Truck driver held after hit-and-run
The driver of a truck believed to be responsible for Saturday’s hit-and-run accident which killed two people has been held, but relatives said it does little to ease their pain. On Sunday, Central...
View ArticleFarmer delivers letters to PM after 5-hour walk
It took 59-year-old farmer Wilfred Edwards five hours to walk from the D’Abadie home of Highway Re-Route Movement (HRM) leader Dr Wayne Kublalsingh to the Office of the Prime Minister in St Clair to...
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Fire damages cancer clinic
Cancer patients who showed up for diagnostic tests at Southern Nuclear Medicine were turned back after an early-morning fire at the San Fernando clinic yesterday. Director and medical physicist Anthony...
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T&T borders open to Nigerians—PM
While Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says no-one will be blacklisted for entry into T&T, she remains adamant that security forces will do what is necessary to ensure public safety. The Prime...
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T&T Chamber used in lottery $cam
One of the country’s leading business organisations, the T&T Chamber of Commerce, has been named as a facilitator in what appears to be an identity-theft scam. The scam, which calls on people to...
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Digicel boss wary of regional CWC monopoly
Digicel executive chairman Denis O’Brien said yesterday that to preserve competition and protect consumers in the Caribbean, regional regulators should insist that the combination of Cable &...
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Killers strike in heart of PoS
Homicide detectives are investigating three more killings across the country, including one brazen attack in the heart of Port-of-Spain. In the most recent incident, police said residents of the...
View ArticlePresident of Society of Planners on Greyfriars: Stiffer laws needed to save...
President of the T&T Society of Planners Lennox Austin says stiffer penalties and proper enforcement of the law are needed to save historic buildings like the Greyfriars Church of Scotland. He said...
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Accident survivor at dad’s funeral
Even though accident survivor Ramdath Ramdeen is still nursing injuries the 38-year-old endured his physical pain yesterday to attend his father’s final rites. Ramdeen, who had a plaster covering the...
View ArticleNegligence claims rejected
A private medical institution and a specialist doctor have rejected claims by former finance minister Karen Nunez-Tesheira over their alleged negligence in her husband’s death after a prostate...
View ArticleEqual Opportunity Commission on sex discrimination: More men complaining
More men have reported being victims of discrimination, and according to the Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC) of the 55 sexual discrimination complaints received for this year, 21 are from men. The...
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PM distances self from media gifts
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday distanced herself from the now controversial distribution of vouchers to “special journalists” at her annual media Christmas function last week, saying...
View ArticleBrazil’s OAS bosses charged, locals mum
Local executives of Brazilian construction giant OAS Construtora are tight-lipped about whether the arrests of top company executives in Brazil will have any impact on the construction of the Solomon...
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Vendor killed in brazen Broadway attack
A 25-year-old sidewalk clothing vendor was gunned down in front of his store in yet another brazen attack in Downtown Port-of-Spain on Wednesday night, a short distance from the mobile police post on...
View ArticleEyewitnesses: Killer returned to crime scene
As killers return to the scene of the crime, eyewitnesses said, so did Stephen “Tee Tee” Pollard’s attacker yesterday morning at Broadway, Port-of-Spain. Vendors along Broadway said hours after the...
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Doma’s Aboud on PoS killings: Season’s rampage
Downtown Owners and Merchants Association (Doma) president Gregory Aboud says more could be done to prevent the ongoing spate of crimes this holiday season. He was speaking in the wake of three murders...
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Kangaloo in Sando East running
The name of former government minister Christine Kangaloo has arisen in some of the party’s San Fernando East circles in the event the incumbent MP Patrick Manning does not wish to contest the seat,...
View ArticleUS war veteran goes missing in Princes Town
The search is on for 59-year-old US Army veteran Kevin Petway, who went missing on Wednesday night after setting out for a Princes Town supermarket. Petway, a US citizen who fought in the Vietnam war,...
View ArticleManzanilla/Mayaro Road to open before Christmas
Contractors working on the flood-damaged Manzanilla/Mayaro Road have been given a Christmas deadline to restore the link between the two communities to allow for light to medium traffic. The...
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More security but work on highway stalls
Construction on the Point Fortin end of the Solomon Hochoy Highway extension project remained at a standstill yesterday, even though three security firms were hired to protect OAS workers. Two...
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