De Coteau: Surge in sex crimes against females
Thursday, August 7, 2014Sharlene RampersadGender, Youth and Child Development Minister Clifton De Coteau says there has been a steady increase in the number of sexual offences against females in the...
View ArticleDuke threatens to shut down all courts
Thursday, August 7, 2014Sascha WilsonFor a second day yesterday the San Fernando Magistrates Court operated with a skeleton staff as administrative staff continued to stay off the job for fear of their...
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One week after oil leak MP tours site
Thursday, August 7, 2014Radica SookrajAffected resident, Sylvia Lewis, left, voices her dissatisfaction to Petrotrin chairman, Lindsay Gillette over the company's response following last Tuesday's oil...
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Heat leads to downtown floods
Thursday, August 7, 2014Pedestrians stranded near the colonial style PTSC building at South Quay squeeze for space on the pavement as downtown Port-of-Spain was swamped by afternoon flash flooding...
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Rise Up no political tool—Vernella
Thursday, August 7, 2014Kalifa ClyneMinister in the Ministry of the People and Social Development, Vernella Alleyne Toppin, second from left, with participants during yesterday's social policy forum at...
View ArticleDeep concerns about proposed bill—Dookeran
Thursday, August 7, 2014Congress of the People founder Winston Dookeran says some deep concerns have been expressed about the Government’s proposed runoff system, which some commentators claim
View ArticleAG: Runoff won’t kill third parties
Thursday, August 7, 2014Gail AlexanderIf third parties fail in an election, the Government’s proposed runoff poll system will allow their supporters to be “unshackled and free” to vote according to...
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PNM weighing legal challenge
Thursday, August 7, 2014Kalifa ClyneFormer national security minister Martin Joseph, left, greets former senator Fitzgerald Hinds before the start of the People’s National Movement's emergency general...
View ArticleCoP quadrupling efforts to bring down murders
Thursday, August 7, 2014Jensen La VendeActing Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams yesterday told his colleagues that while he was proud of their achievements in reducing crime statistics, he wants...
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Deosaran walks away from PSC
Thursday, August 7, 2014Dereck AchongPolice Service Commission (PSC) chairman Prof Ramesh DeosaranPolice Service Commission (PSC) chairman Prof Ramesh Deosaran has resigned in apparent frustration over...
View ArticleT&T puts ban on shark-finning
Friday, August 8, 2014Kalifa ClyneCabinet yesterday approved a note on the implementation of a national ban on shark-finning, following a report that T&T ranks sixth worldwide in terms of the volume
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Point highway cause of woes
Friday, August 8, 2014Sharlene RampersadTara Sharma, left, who suffered losses in last Saturday's flooding in Debe displays a food card she received from the Government to help her in the interim...
View ArticleCops want action on conditions
Friday, August 8, 2014Sascha WilsonActing Police Commissioner Stephen Williams must deal urgently with the unsafe and unhealthy working conditions police work under at the cellblock area of the San Ferna
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Tempers cool in oil leak town
Friday, August 8, 2014Vaughn Mc Donald, a resident affected by last Tuesday's oil leak at Marabella, shows oil he retrieved from the Guaracara River, Pointe-a-Pierre, during a tour of the affected area...
View ArticlePensioner, 72, found dead in Freeport
Friday, August 8, 2014Yvonne BaboolalThe apparent murder of a 72-year old pensioner on Wednesday night has shocked residents of Agostini Settlement, Lime Head Road, Freeport, where he lived. Balliram...
View ArticleTenders awarded for highway barriers
Friday, August 8, 2014Dereck AchongWorks and Infrastructure Minister Suruj Rambachan has blamed a lengthy tendering process for the delay in installing cable barriers along two major highways. Speaking a
View ArticleLess power for PM —Rowley
Friday, August 8, 2014Gail AlexanderA People’s National Movement (PNM) government will examine constitutional changes, including having a deputy prime minister and having wider input for the election of a
View ArticleCOP meets on run-off Sunday
Friday, August 8, 2014Gail AlexanderCongress of the People (COP) members who are concerned that Government’s run-off poll proposal might eliminate third parties in elections will have a chance to air thei
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Abdulah starts education drive
Friday, August 8, 2014Reshma RagoonathMovement for Social Justice (MSJ) leader David Abdulah, center, addresses the media on the controversial constitutional reform proposals at the party’s San...
View ArticleKamla: Be not afraid of reform
Friday, August 8, 2014Rhondor DowlatPrime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has reassured the nation that there is nothing to fear about the proposed electoral reform which she proposed in the Parliament la
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