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Mayaro highway not needed—TTCA
President of the T&T Contractors Association Mikey Joseph says the San Fernando to Mayaro highway must be postponed.The highway was touted as an integral access route for the gas corridor by Prime...
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Slow sales for South mas bands
South bandleaders say they are reeling from slow sales as masqueraders tighten their belts in response to falling oil prices.Yesterday, both Lionel Jagessar, of Lionel Jagessar and Associates, and...
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As bullying video goes viral - Student says sorry for action
A Barataria South Secondary student, who appeared on a social media Web site last week with what appeared to be a weapon in her waist while admonishing another student in a classroom, has...
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Man with infection ‘escapes’ from SFGH
Gripping a blood-stained diaper in one hand and a catheter (urine bag) in the other, Shaffrool Hosein yesterday fled the San Fernando General Hospital without being stopped by security.For two and a...
View ArticleMinister: We’ll deal with land grabbers
Minister of Land and Marine Resources Jairam Seemungal says the granting of deeds to squatters is no election ploy but he is warning people who insist on grabbing State land that they will be dealt...
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Key wells will not be capped
Petrotrin is denying that lucrative oil wells are being capped to facilitate the $7.4 billion Solomon Hochoy highway extension to Point Fortin.The clarification came after chairman of the National...
View ArticleCAL employee held in $.5m cellphone theft
Police yesterday recovered approximately $500,000 in cellphones and SIM cards belonging to Cellular Planet at a home along the Southern Main Road, Cunupia. A 32 year-old Caribbean Airlines employee, a...
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HDC pensioners suffer nine-year wait for money
Approximately 500 retirees from the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) have not received their pension. And their grievance has been picked up by the Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM).Vincent...
View ArticleRetired cop gets $60,000 for wrongful arrest
Almost six years after a retired police inspector was assaulted and wrongfully arrested by security officers at the San Fernando General Hospital, the security firm has agreed to pay him $60,000 in...
View ArticleAccused takes stand
However, Quintyne contended that she could not make any order for the release of anything, since a report on the seizure of the items was not laid before her.“Where is the report? This is the first...
View ArticleCops ordered to return seized items
Senior Magistrate Debra Quintyne yesterday ordered police to return the quantity of TT and US currency and a Toyota Hilux pick-up they seized during the arrest of attorney Sharma Boodram, son of...
View Article$175,000 bail for trio charged with raping girl, 13
Three men charged with having sex with a 13-year-old girl were granted bail totalling $175,000 yesterday.Rajesh Gangapersad, 19, Kevin Ramnathsingh, 21, and a 17-year-old boy, all construction workers...
View ArticleNo show by Jack in ex-assistant’s lawsuit
Justice Frank Seepersad yesterday set March 19 as the trial date for the $1.2 million lawsuit filed against former national security minister Jack Warner by his former personal assistant.Fixing the...
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Stay out of our business
Stay out of San Fernando East business and concentrate on winning Tobago West.That was the retort from PNM San Fernando East PRO Anthony Clarke to PNM Tobago West chairman Stanford Callender on...
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Montano looks to give young artistes a ‘haven’
Machel Montano will be launching a record label and safe haven for young artistes shortly after Carnival 2015.This was announced by his manager Che Kothari during a panel discussion on the life and...
View ArticleFour in wild card vote
Mobile operator Digicel has announced a major change in the Groovy Soca Monarch competition which will allow one more artiste to head to the finals on Fantastic Friday.The new element of the...
View ArticleCops threaten to boycott Panorama
There will no police presence for Sunday’s Panorama semifinals and at all other major Carnival events.So said president of the Police Service Social and Welfare Association Insp Anand Ramesar.He added...
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Williams names DCP for probe
The Attorney General is now under police probe.Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams yesterday appointed acting Deputy Commissioner of Police (operations) Harold Phillip to investigate Police...
View ArticleRamlogan: It’s political conspiracy
Attorney General Anand Ramlogan yesterday labelled a criminal complaint against him of witness-tampering allegations as “part of a wider political conspiracy designed to damage the government as we...
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Extra security given to West
National Security Minister Gary Griffith has been identified as a critical witness in the criminal investigation of misbehaviour in public office against Attorney General Anand Ramlogan, according to...
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