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Murderer challenges prison rule: Commissioner fails in bid to have it thrown...
A lawsuit from a convicted murderer challenging a prison rule mandating supervised meetings between death row inmates and their lawyers is set to be determined on September 30. High Court judge Carol...
View Article1,000 rush for houses every day HDC: 669 will get them by tomorrow
Every day approximately 1,000 applicants register for the opportunity of a new home, according to HDC corporate communications manager Maurisa Findlay. In a telephone interview yesterday, she said HDC...
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Aviation Institute gets 727 jet
Fed Ex has donated a Boeing 727-200 jet to the University of T&T (UTT) Aviation Institute. Accepting the gift at the Piarco International Airport yesterday, Tertiary Education and Skills Training...
View ArticleWithdrawing Plastikeep’s support a retrograde step
I could not believe what I was hearing on the news Thursday night about the Green Fund withdrawing its support for Plastikeep, an NGO that has had an admirable record of achievement, and virtually...
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Duke urges productivity
The State will have to pay out $1.9 billion in arrears to public servants within the next few months, after the Public Services Association (PSA) yesterday signed a collective bargaining agreement for...
View ArticleWeekend in jail for cops
Questions have been raised over how two policemen accused of a combined total of 12 criminal charges, including bribery and grievous sexual assault, were released on bail before appearing in...
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Girl, 5, sees mom killed
CrimeWatch host Ian Alleyne was on the scene of the tragic murder/suicide in San Fernando last Saturday, which claimed the lives of Jessica Brereton and Anil Lalmansingh.Last weekend Brereton was shot...
View ArticleFunding delay hits water taxi service
Residents of the southwestern peninsula will have to wait at least another year for the introduction of a water taxi service to Point Fortin.Clyde Paul, mayor of Point Fortin, has blamed the delay on...
View ArticleNo funding without accountability
Community organisations seeking state funds will not get any if they do not provide proper accountability, says Minister in the Ministry of the Environment Ramona Ramdial.Ramdial was responding to...
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14 per cent wage hike for PTSC workers
The bus driver’s union has accepted a 14 per cent salary increase for Public Service Transport Corporation (PTSC) employees, bringing an end to nine days of work-to-rule action. Officials of the...
View ArticleFuad picks 16 private centres
Patients with renal failure who require dialysis treatment will no longer have to wait months to receive that treatment.Relief is coming as the Ministry of Health has authorised 16 private health...
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Probe must take its course—PM
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says there is no evidence to support calls for the suspension of Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine and the National Gas Company board of directors pending completion...
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9,000 more families can access cheaper land
Land and Marine Resources Minister Jairam Seemungal yesterday defended the proposed changes to the Land for the Landless programme, saying the category of people who could access it was widened because...
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Not enough private land to satisfy demand
There is not enough land in T&T to satisfy the high demand, said a spokesperson for Kanhai Real Estate. Speaking on condition of anonymity, he said there had been instances where members of the...
View ArticleFuad leaves door open for ex-ERHA boss to return
There is a possibility that former chief executive officer of the Eastern Regional Health Authority (ERHA), Ameena Ali, could be reinstalled as head of the institution.These were the sentiments...
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China Jiangsu threatens to take Las Alturas CoE to court as firm resists...
Contractor China Jiangsu International Corp T&T Ltd has issued a pre-action protocol letter threatening litigation against the Las Alturas Towers Commission of Enquiry (CoE) if the firm is not...
View Article5 Trinis in Venezuela fear being sent to ‘horror prison’
The lives of the five Trinidadians who are currently detained in Venezuela’s Sevin Prison may now be at risk as there are plans to have them relocated to one of Venezuela’s main prisons, which is...
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Age is no barrier for Marjorie, 73: Grandma graduates in computer studies,...
Arouca granny Majorie Anderson epitomises the phrase “You are never too old to learn,” after having graduated with certificates in computer literacy, Microsoft Powerpoint and Access. Anderson, at the...
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65 % not happy with Govt management of healthcare
Long waits for medical attention and for surgeries, no beds, poor healthcare, verbal abuse, negligence and prescriptions not filled in a timely manner are some of the major complaints levied by sick...
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Al-Rawi should drop Rowley matter—Daly
Legal luminary Martin Daly, SC, contends that attorney Faris Al-Rawi should consider removing himself from Dr Keith Rowley’s legal team in the defamation case with former attorney general Anand...
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