Missing pages in Life Sport audit
Published: Wednesday, August 6, 2014Two pages from the Central Audit Committee report into the now defunct Life Sport programme were inadvertently omitted from the final report but it does not affect...
View ArticleProtest in La Brea over highway jobs
Sascha WilsonPublished: Wednesday, August 6, 2014Over 100 people from Vance River and Guapo blocked the road with burning debris yesterday protesting mainly for jobs in the construction of $7.5 billion...
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Drama at oil leak protest
Published: Wednesday, August 6, 2014A Marabella man and two children fell ill and had to be taken away by ambulance yesterday during a protest by people affected by last Tuesday’s oil leak. Akemo...
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Duke shuts down Sando court
...Unfit for occupationSascha WilsonPublished: Wednesday, August 6, 2014After years of promises that conditions at the San Fernando Magistrates Court would improve, the majority of administration...
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Public gets some power
Published: Wednesday, August 6, 2014PM seeks sweeping constitutional changeDuring a presentation at the first sitting fifth and final session of the tenth Parliament on Monday, Prime Minister Kamla...
View ArticleFull text of PM's statement on proposed constitutional reforms to electoral...
Published: Tuesday, August 5, 2014 I am pleased to make a statement on the first day of the epoch-making and revolutionary changes we have ushered in through the new Standing Orders. We take pride...
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Deosaran resigns from Police Service Commission
Published: Wednesday, August 6, 2014Prof Ramesh Deosaran has resigned as a member and chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC). The Office of the President said in a release this afternoon that...
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Deosaran walks away from PSC
Dereck AchongPublished: Thursday, August 7, 2014Police Service Commission (PSC) chairman Prof Ramesh Deosaran has resigned in apparent frustration over Government’s failure to revamp the procedure for...
View ArticleCoP quadrupling efforts to bring down murders
Jensen La VendePublished: Thursday, August 7, 2014Acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams yesterday told his colleagues that while he was proud of their achievements in reducing crime...
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PNM weighing legal challenge
Kalifa ClynePublished: Thursday, August 7, 2014After talks on constitutional changes People’s National Movement (PNM) public relations officer Faris Al-Rawi says the party is discussing the effect of...
View ArticleAG: Runoff won’t kill third parties
Gail AlexanderPublished: Thursday, August 7, 2014If third parties fail in an election, the Government’s proposed runoff poll system will allow their supporters to be “unshackled and free” to vote...
View ArticleDeep concerns about proposed bill—Dookeran
Published: 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...
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Rise Up no political tool—Vernella
Kalifa ClynePublished: Thursday, August 7, 2014The Minister in Ministry of the People and Social Development has dismissed Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley’s claim that the ministry’s Rise Up...
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Heat leads to downtown floods
Published: Thursday, August 7, 2014Thundershowers yesterday afternoon, which resulted in flash flooding in Port-of-Spain and environs, were caused by high morning temperatures, says Shakeer Baig,...
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One week after oil leak MP tours site
Mc Leod under fire for tardy responseRadica SookrajPublished: Thursday, August 7, 2014Labour Minister Errol Mc Leod and Petrotrin officials came under fire yesterday when they visited oil-stricken...
View ArticleDuke threatens to shut down all courts
Sascha WilsonPublished: Thursday, August 7, 2014Day two of protest action in San FernandoFor a second day yesterday the San Fernando Magistrates Court operated with a skeleton staff as administrative...
View ArticleDe Coteau: Surge in sex crimes against females
Victims trying to reach outSharlene RampersadPublished: Thursday, August 7, 2014Gender, Youth and Child Development Minister Clifton De Coteau says there has been a steady increase in the number of...
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Rowley: Recipe for political instability
Resist runoffGail AlexanderPublished: Friday, August 8, 2014The Government’s proposal for run-off polls has the potential to create dangerous political instability, says Opposition Leader Dr Keith...
View ArticleBill could prevent President from appointing PM
Gail AlexanderPublished: Friday, August 8, 2014Accusing the United National Congress of being self-serving and presenting legislation to prevent its imminent general election defeat, Rowley said the...
View ArticleKamla: Be not afraid of reform
Rhondor DowlatPublished: Friday, August 8, 2014Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has reassured the nation that there is nothing to fear about the proposed electoral reform which she proposed in the...
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