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Elderly abuse on the rise
Shaliza HassanaliPhysical, verbal and sexual abuse of the elderly are on the rise. For director of the Division of Ageing Dr Jennifer Rouse, the statistics are worrying, and she pleaded with citizens...
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PNM ministers deny role in $26m Las Alturas towers
Renuka SinghTwo former People’s National Movement (PNM) housing ministers have distanced themselves from the now demolished $26 million Las Alturas towers at Morvant. Both Opposition Leader Dr Keith...
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‘Policy by vaps in energy?’
Following is the continuation from yesterday of Opposition leader Dr Keith Rowley’s response to the 2014/15 budget delivered in Parliament on Friday, September 12:
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Steady increase
Charles Kong SooAnthony Low, the owner of Sing Chong Supermarket says China’s ever-growing acquisitions of global meat, dairy and processed food to satisfy her population has been driving up food...
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Lee Yuen: We have no control over inflation
Shaliza HassanaliFood prices are on the rise.
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Ojah-Maharaj denies election bullying
Shaliza HassanaliFormer People’s National Movement (PNM) MP Indra Sinanan Ojah-Maharaj has denied that she mandated two party activists to intimidate, bully, threaten and verbally abuse Toco/Sangre...
View ArticleNew law term begins tomorrow
Chief Justice Ivor Archie is expected to raise some of the concerns of the Judiciary when he addresses the opening of the new law term at the Hall of Justice, Port-of-Spain tomorrow. The ceremonial
View ArticleGas leak shuts down Erin
Kevon FelmineErin residents could not prepare Sunday lunch as they were afraid to light their stoves. Two people were taken to hospital and several residents were forced to leave their homes after a...
View ArticleT&T link in company fraud claim
GEORGETOWN, Guyana—Indian construction firm, Surendra Engineering Corporation (SECL) has denied allegations that it had submitted false documents to the Guyana government to secure
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Filmmaker’s devil
As told to BC PiresMy name is Shea Best and I’m the technical operations director of the Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival that opens tomorrow.
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Please endorse our visa requests
Gail AlexanderThe three Muslim leaders who recently returned from Venezuela after being detained there want the Government to endorse their visa applications to the Saudia Arabian authorities so they...
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Cox questions $60,000 a month for Malabar FC
Kalifa ClyneThe signature of the Ministry of Sport’s Permanent Secretary Ashwin Creed, who has just gone on pre-retirement leave, is on a document giving approval to raise funding for a Malabar...
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By force or by change of heart: State can stop hunger strike
Kevon FelmineDespite Government’s refusal to stop the Debe to Mon Desir section of the San Fernando to Point Fortin highway, environmental activist Dr Wayne Kublalsingh gave Prime Minister Kamla...
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Rowley pays tribute to Manning
Kevon FelmineA glowing tribute from an unexpected source.
View ArticleControversy over UWI ‘political meeting’
Richard LordIn spite of controversy brewing over a panel discussion on the 2015 budget scheduled to take place at the University of the West Indies St Augustine campus on Wednesday from 6.30 pm to 9...
View ArticleWhy call out volunteer troops now?—Rowley
Leader of the Opposition Dr Keith Rowley is demanding answers from both Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and President Anthony Carmona about why the Volunteer Defence Force was called out to p
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Teacher in court for offering cop bribe
Sascha WilsonA primary school teacher has been put on $30,000 bail on two charges for allegedly offering a policeman a bribe and driving under the influence of alcohol. Baboolal Ramsubhag, who teaches...
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Authorities alarmed by ChikV spread in smaller islands
Anna-Lisa PaulEven as local authorities ramp up clean-up operations to try and stem the spread of the chikungunya virus, health authorities in Grenada are alarmed by its rampant spread in the smaller...
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Maxi owners wary of rapid rail plan
The national Maxi Taxi Association (MTA), which hasn’t been consulted on the People’s National Movement’s plan for a rapid rail system, has warned it will not stand idly by for any system that may
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