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Corporation: 34 ChikV cases in Diego
Anna-Lisa PaulPublished: Thursday, September 11, 2014The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), which is mandated to test and confirm the instances of chikungunya virus throughout the region, has...
View ArticleWASA to spend $1.2b to beef up waste plants
Kalifa ClynePublished: Thursday, September 11, 2014Contracts 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...
View ArticleArmoured carriers soon for protective troops
Gail AlexanderPublished: Thursday, September 11, 2014Six armoured personnel carriers (APCs) being purchased this year, to add to similar carriers the T&T Defence Force previously had, will be used...
View ArticleIslamic links keep T&T under watch
Terrorism proves complex regional situationGail AlexanderPublished: Thursday, September 11, 20149/11 13th anniversaryAfter the failed 1990 coup attempt in T&T and the attack on the US on September...
View ArticleSingh unhappy at SWMCOL’s pace
Tense mood at tour of proposed recycling plant Rhondor DowlatPublished: Thursday, September 11, 2014The Solid Waste Management Company (SWMCOL) came under fire yesterday from the Minister of the...
View ArticleArmy happy with $m for slain servicemen
Gail AlexanderPublished: Thursday, September 11, 2014The 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...
View ArticleUpdate: Cops confirm police killing in St Barbs but identify different victim
Gerard BestPublished: Thursday, September 11, 2014St Barbs man shot, killed by cops on eve of 28th birthdayResidents of St Barbs protested over the death of a 27-year-old man, who was reportedly shot...
View ArticleThere are (still) only 43 confirmed chikungunya cases in T&T—Health Ministry
Gerard BestPublished: Thursday, September 11, 201442 chikungunya cases confirmed in Trinidad, one in Tobago.Those are the latest official figures from the Ministry of Health, seeking to "allay the...
View ArticleLucky’s touch missed by residents
Jensen La VendePublished: Friday, September 12, 2014St Barb’s, Laventille, residents say they now have no trust in the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) in the wake of Gillian Lucky’s departure from...
View ArticleAnger in St Barb’s after Police kill man two days before birthday
Jensen La VendePublished: Friday, September 12, 2014Enraged at the killing of their neighbour Kerron Wellington by police, residents of St Barb’s, Laventille, yesterday demanded justice and promised to...
View ArticleAG sues Rowley over E-mailgate
Dereck AchongPublished: Friday, September 12, 2014Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has filed yet another defamation lawsuit against Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley, this time for his role in the...
View ArticlePoS port gets scanner to beef up efficiency
Rapheal John-LallPublished: Friday, September 12, 2014A new scanner installed at the Port of Port-of-Spain will improve efficiency and increase trade levels, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said...
View ArticleCARPHA: We’re still testing for ChikV
Anna-Lisa PaulPublished: Friday, September 12, 2014The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) yesterday denied the agency had stopped testing for chikungunya cases in the country. CARPHA director, Dr...
View ArticleWarning to stay alert for Ebola
Anna-Lisa PaulPublished: Friday, September 12, 2014Although the Ebola outbreak seems to be limited to west and central Africa, director of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), Dr James...
View ArticleNo answer yet from PM to Kublalsingh so Hunger strike still on
Kalifa ClynePublished: Friday, September 12, 2014In 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)...
View ArticleMurder suspect claiming police broke his arm
Published: Friday, September 12, 2014One 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...
View ArticleOpening of $20m South cinemas hits new snag
Published: Friday, September 12, 2014The 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...
View ArticleYouth group wants food cards for overseas students
Radica SookrajPublished: Friday, September 12, 2014President of the group Youths for Social Justice (YSJ) Ife Smith is calling on Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to give food cards to local...
View ArticleEvaluation of Gate critical says economist
Radica SookrajPublished: Friday, September 12, 2014Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Dr Marlene Attz, is calling on the Government to do a...
View ArticleRoget unhappy with $15 minimum wage: Govt should provide a living wage
Kevon FelminePublished: Friday, September 12, 2014Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) president Ancel Roget says the Government has reneged on its 2010 election promise to increase the minimum wage...
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