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Port-of-Spain mayor lends weight to chikungunya fight
Neal RasminePort-of-Spain Mayor Raymond Tim Kee visited Belmont as part of a public health campaign to stop the spread of dengue and chikungunya.
View ArticleSingh unhappy at SWMCOL’s pace
Rhondor DowlatThe Solid Waste Management Company (SWMCOL) came under fire yesterday from the Minister of the Environment and Water Resources Ganga Singh. Singh threatened to scrap its contract should...
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Islamic links keep T&T under watch
Gail AlexanderAfter the failed 1990 coup attempt in T&T and the attack on the US on September 11, 2001—the 13th anniversary of which is today—the Caribbean’s situation where the growth of Islamic...
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Amoured carriers soon for protective troops
Gail AlexanderSix armoured personnel carriers (APCs) being purchased this year, to add to similar carriers the T&T Defence Force previously had, will be used for situations including...
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WASA to spend $1.2b to beef up waste plants
Kalifa ClyneContracts have been awarded in a TT$1.2 billion investment in the rehabilitation of T&T’s waste water treatment plants to allow for a centralised sewerage system. This was announced at...
View ArticleCorporation: 34 ckikungunya cases in Diego
Anna-Lisa PaulThe Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), which is mandated to test and confirm the instances of chikungunya virus throughout the region, has reportedly stopped testing, owing to the...
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Court blocks opening of two schools
Dereck AchongAlmost two weeks after the start of the school term, more than 200 pupils remain at home after the planned opening of their two private schools was blocked by a last-ditch lawsuit by the...
View ArticleRoaming boy saved from death
Kevon FelmineThree-year-old Jordon Campbell unknowingly escaped death yesterday after he wandered some 800 metres from his Freeport home onto the busy Southern Main Road. Death would have been almost...
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Mahabir-Wyatt on baby fund: Teach moms how to be better parents
Yvonne BaboolalChild rights activist Diana Mahabir-Wyatt says the $500 babycare fund for underprivileged mothers is okay but they also need classes on how to be better parents, among other things....
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Howai admits babycare grant not finalised
Geisha KowlessarThere are still some kinks to be worked out with the proposed $500 babycare grant, Finance Minister Larry Howai said yesterday. He admitted that he was not even sure whether the money...
View ArticleArmy happy with $m for slain servicemen
Gail AlexanderThe T&T Defence Force has welcomed Government’s move to establish a fund from which $1 million can be drawn to add to the estate of any serviceman or woman killed in the line of duty....
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There are (still) only 43 confirmed chikungunya cases in T&T—Health Ministry
Gerard Best42 chikungunya cases confirmed in Trinidad, one in Tobago.Those are the latest official figures from the Ministry of Health, seeking to "allay the concerns of citizens".
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Update: Cops confirm police killing in St Barbs but identify different victim
Gerard BestResidents of St Barbs protested over the death of a 27-year-old man, who was reportedly shot and killed by police around midnight on September 11.
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Opening of $20m South cinemas hits new snag
The opening of the new $20 million South Park Cinemas 10 hit another snag yesterday as the magistrate hearing the application for its licences requested additional documents before it can be proces
View ArticleMurder suspect claiming police broke his arm
One of four suspects held hours after the murder of a 52-year-old Diego Martin man on Monday morning, is claiming his hand was broken by police while under interrogation. The 20-year-old suspect of
View ArticleNo answer yet from PM to Kublalsingh so Hunger strike still on
Kalifa ClyneIn five days, Dr Wayne Kublalsingh will begin his second hunger strike if the Prime Minister fails to respond to the Highway Re-route Movement’s (HRM) letter on the Debe to Mon Desir...
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Warning to stay alert for Ebola
Anna-Lisa PaulAlthough the Ebola outbreak seems to be limited to west and central Africa, director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr James Hospedales, has warned the Caribbean region...
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CARPHA: We’re still testing for ChikV
Anna-Lisa PaulThe Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) yesterday denied the agency had stopped testing for chikungunya cases in the country. CARPHA director, Dr James Hospedales, defended the...
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PoS port gets scanner to beef up efficiency
Rapheal John-LallA new scanner installed at the Port of Port-of-Spain will improve efficiency and increase trade levels, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday. Unlike the previous system...
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AG sues Rowley over E-mailgate
Dereck AchongAttorney General Anand Ramlogan has filed yet another defamation lawsuit against Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley, this time for his role in the controversial E-mailgate scandal.
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