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Come clean on impact of oil price decline
Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) leader David Abdulah is calling on Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine to be honest about the implications the decline in the price of oil will have to the economy....
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Weekend road death toll climbs to four
Two more families were plunged into mourning after two people died in separate road accidents near Caroni and Gasparillo yesterday morning. Sade Hernandez, 28, a mother of one, and Kyle Mendoza, 23,...
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After two bodies found, Family still has hope
The discovery of two decomposing bodies on Saturday have not dimmed the hopes of Gail Harford who believes that her mother Irma Rampersad and one of her sisters would be found alive. On Saturday,...
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Wayne signals end of hunger strike
Dr Wayne Kublalsingh said yesterday that he was prepared to suspend his protest action and end his hunger strike if the Government was serious about mediation in the dispute over the Debe to Mon Desir...
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Rare flesh-eating bacteria attacks 30-year-old man
Medical director at the San Fernando General Hospital Dr Anand Chatoorgoon said doctors did all they could to save Navin Singh, but the flesh-eating bacteria that attacked him affected all of his vital...
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EMA outpost for illegal quarrying
Environment Management Authority (EMA) chairman Dr Allan Bachan says it will open a post very soon in Valencia to address illegal quarrying. Bachan, addressing a joint select committee in Parliament on...
View ArticleCourt okays JLSC’s decision
A novel lawsuit challenging the legality of re-appointing a high court judge who resigned to deliver outstanding judgments has been struck out. In his judgment in a constitutional interpretation case...
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No leads yet in missing men’s cases
After futile searches for two missing men, the police are now calling on the public to come forward if they have information about the disappearance of Michael Knights and Cedros fisherman Ian Dookie....
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What’s in a name?
As we sit waiting, the German woman and her two children tell me about the puppy they rescued from Mt Irvine Bay in 2013 and took back to Germany. Many tourists, mainly Europeans, fall in love with one...
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A very Trinidadian philosophy
My name is Burton Sankeralli and I am a founder-member of the Philosophical Society of T&T. I spent most of my life in highly boring Valsayn and no one “comes from” there, really. So I’d have to...
View ArticleTransferring a motor vehicle in T&T
Veneeta Ramsingh Student, Hugh Wooding Law SchoolThe Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act Chap. 48:50 identifies the procedure for changing the ownership of a vehicle or transferring it to another...
View ArticleCentral businessman robbed of $310,000
Police have detained a 23-year-old man in connection with a $310,000 robbery in Claxton Bay yesterday morning. His accomplice is still at large. The two reportedly entered the home of Bruce Chen, 62, a...
View ArticleYMCA plea to police: Find Norma’s killers
The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) yesterday pleaded with the police to exhaust all avenues to ensure that killers of pensioner Norma Holder were arrested and brought to justice. Holder, 74,...
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Hunt still on for Brasso Seco trio: Bodies found were a man and baby
One of the bodies found at Brasso Seco, Paria on the weekend, initially believed to be that of a woman, was in fact a man. The decomposing corpse was identified as Felix Hernandez, 52, who disappeared...
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Govt to look again at Carmona’s housing allowance
While Government reviews the Chief Personnel Officer’s (CPO) decision to approve the monthly $28,000 housing allowance given to the President, questions have arisen over whether President Anthony...
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Grandma to errant driver: Own up
A Penal grandmother is pleading with the driver who knocked down her grandson to come forward and take responsibility for it. Polly Rampersad said on November 3, her grandson, Khemraj Rampersad, 11,...
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Havoc in east Trinidad after bad weather
Bad weather left residents of east Trinidad marooned as rivers overflowed their banks, landslides and fallen trees blocked roads along the Toco Main Road. Chairman of the Sangre Grande Regional...
View ArticleProject 40 team meets with Carmona today
Members of the lobby group, Project 40, said yesterday they were optimistic their meeting with President Anthony Carmona today would have a positive outcome. Carmona is expected to meet three of its...
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Appeal Court throws out ILP’s lawsuit Way eased for passage of runoff bill
The Constitution (Amendment) Bill will now find its way back to the Lower House after the Independent Liberal Party (ILP) failed in its appeal over the constitutional motion it filed to challenge the...
View ArticleMan, 68, jailed for assaulting granddaughter
A 68-year-old Point Fortin grandfather who indecently assaulted his 11-year-old granddaughter twice eight years ago was jailed yesterday for 354 days. Despite the age of the accused and his previous...
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