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Counter-striker ends his hunger
A cheese paste sandwich and a cup of hot chocolate was the first meal hunger-striker Ravi Maharaj was given after he decided to end his five-day protest action against environmentalist Dr Wayne...
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3 charged with killing cop in court
The State is ready to begin paper committal proceedings against three men charged with the murder of Sgt Hayden Manwaring. When the matter was called before Senior Magistrate Lucina Cardenas-Ragoonanan...
View ArticleLovers’ row ends in death; woman held
Police up to late yesterday were probing the death of a 48-year-old technician from New Grant who died after being stabbed in the chest on Sunday. Investigators could not say whether Satnarine Ramphal...
View ArticleFormer Point mayor dies
The Point Fortin Borough flag will fly at half-mast today in honour of former mayor Victor Chin Kit. Chin Kit, 84, died yesterday. He had been ailing for several years. Present mayor Clyde Paul...
View ArticleVIDEO: Pistorius sentenced to 5 years for killing Reeva Steenkamp
Oscar Pistorius, the South African track star, was sentenced to five years in prison for killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.Judge Thokozile Matilda Masipa said a long sentence would lack “mercy,”...
View ArticleProposed list of CAPE 2014 scholarship recipients
Following is the complete list of proposed 2014 scholarship recipients in the Caribbean Advance Proficiency Education (CAPE). ARIMA CENTRAL SECONDARY SCHOOLADDITIONAL ARIEL A DE FRETIASBusiness...
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HRM head bedridden but Wayne wants to go distance
Although seemingly bedridden and too weak to move, leader of the Highway Re-Route Movement (HRM) Dr Wayne Kublalsingh remains resolute that he will not back out of a second hunger strike which began...
View ArticleCarmona defends his wife’s honour
Lawyers representing president Anthony Carmona have sent a pre-action protocol letter to comedienne Rachel Price over comments she has been making about the President’s wife, Reema.CNC3 reported last...
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Tetanus vaccines run short
The public health sector has run short of the tetanus vaccine.A source said yesterday that a batch of the vaccine was found to be defective last month and was sent back to the supplier for replacement....
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Petrotrin exposed T&T to Ebola, says Roget
Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) president general Ancel Roget says that Petrotrin could have possibly exposed the country to the Ebola virus as no medical officer screened the crew aboard the...
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Dad of 36 killed in road accident
Clifton Youk See was an 83-year-old father of 36 children and grandfather of close to 40. He lived a full energetic life up to his death on Monday night, his children recalled. He was knocked down on...
View ArticleWoman in lovers’ row death freed
Police have released the 25-year-old woman arrested for the death of New Grant father Satnarine Ramphal as the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions ruled there was not enough evidence to...
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Defence: Witness was beaten for statement
Keon Gloster, the State’s main witness in the Vindra Naipaul-Coolman murder trial, was allegedly beaten by police before he agreed to assist in their investigation. The alleged beating was one of...
View ArticleA-Level schol list released
The Ministry of Education yesterday released the full list of scholarship winners in the 2014 Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examinations (Cape).The release came after the delay in publishing the list...
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Drivers complain about traffic-light Christmas tree
About 20 decommissioned traffic lights from one of the country’s busiest intersections, near Grand Bazaar, have been recycled to create a Christmas-tree “sculpture” near the Churchill-Roosevelt and...
View ArticleLIVE VIDEO: One dead, soldier shot, as gunman attacks Canadian parliament
IN BRIEFOne shooter dead.Second gunman still believed at large in downtown Ottawa.Additional shots fired near Parliament Hill.Police going door to door in downtown core. Schools locked down.Canadian PM...
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No Trinis hurt in Canada attack
National Security Minister Gary Griffith has condemned yesterday’s brazen attack on the Canadian Parliament and reminded T&T citizens that the cost of real freedom is eternal vigilance and those...
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Ramnarine: Ebola protest a dynamic case
This country will be sourcing crude oil supplies from Colombia and Russia after Petrotrin workers refused to berth a tanker that arrived in T&T waters on October 18 from Gabon due to concerns over...
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Kambon: There’s racism against Africans in T&T
Chairman of the Emancipation Support Committee Khafra Kambon says racism is still being practised against African people in T&T. Kambon was speaking on Tuesday at a panel discussion on the topic,...
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Family attacks will not be tolerated—Carmona
President Anthony Carmona says “unwarranted attacks” which seek to bring members of his family and his office into disrepute will not be tolerated. A statement from his office yesterday confirmed a...
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