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Steel gate crushes 75-year-old man
Published: Thursday, November 13, 2014A 75-year-old Longdenville man died on Tuesday after a steel gate fell on him while he was cleaning grass off its tracks. According to a relative of the father of...
View ArticlePool table sent for forensic tests
Anna-Lisa PaulPublished: Thursday, November 13, 2014The pool table on which kidnapped businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman was reportedly shot and dismembered is said to have been “dissected,” with...
View ArticleRegion’s export performance graded
Suzanne SheppardPublished: Thursday, November 13, 2014Caribbean countries are still struggling to recover and return to growth after the global economic recession and the pivotal role of the private...
View ArticleOWTU claims political mischief at Trinmar Union boss axed
Workers vow to fight for fired union boss Yvonne WebbPublished: Friday, November 14, 2014The Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) is claiming political victimisation after its Trinmar branch...
View ArticleCops get key info in family’s murders
Published: Friday, November 14, 2014Police say they have made a serious breakthrough in the kidnapping and now murder of members of the missing Brasso Seco family, after one of the five men in custody...
View ArticleCop, soldier in court on criminal charges
Published: Friday, November 14, 2014Three men, including a soldier and a police constable, appeared before Senior Magistrate Indrani Cedeno in the Arima Magistrates Court yesterday charged with...
View ArticlePM disagrees with London’s claims but AG to look into THA ‘incursions’
Gail AlexanderPublished: Friday, November 14, 2014Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has disagreed with Tobago House of Assembly Chief Secretary Orville London that there have been “serious...
View ArticleTHA, PP make progress on self-governance
Published: Friday, November 14, 2014Government and the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) have progressed on internal self government for Tobago and must now determine the substance of new legislation for...
View ArticleFarmers count their loses as Flooding hits rural areas
Sascha WilsonPublished: Friday, November 14, 2014Farmers suffered thousands of dollars in losses yesterday after their crops were destroyed by floodwaters which also caused havoc in several communities...
View ArticleForeign TSTT workers escape kidnap attempt
Published: Friday, November 14, 2014Two Venezuelan engineers, employed with the Telecommunications Services of T&T (TSTT), escaped a kidnap attempt on Wednesday by jumping out of a moving car in...
View ArticleHospital jumper dies from fall
Published: Friday, November 14, 2014A 33-year-old man who jumped off the second floor of the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope, on Wednesday died hours afterwards from injuries he...
View ArticleAfter controversy of pro-highway ads New guidelines coming
Kalifa ClynePublished: Friday, November 14, 2014The T&T Publishers and Broadcasters Association (TTPBA) hopes to have an overarching guideline document on advertising standards collated within the...
View ArticleODPM: More bad weather ahead
Published: Saturday, November 15, 2014The Met Office says there will be more rain this weekend. Meteorologist Paula Wellington said some rainfall will continue with periods of sunshine. Yesterday, the...
View ArticleGovt retreat in Tobago: No word on any Cabinet changes
Gail AlexanderPublished: Saturday, November 15, 2014There was no confirmation yesterday on whether any changes to Cabinet portfolios or other government framework would be undertaken as a result of...
View ArticleCrime down on the island—Ministry
Published: Saturday, November 15, 2014Tobago crime has been reduced by 39 per cent, including tourist-related crime, says Carl Francis permanent secretary in the Ministry of National Security. He...
View ArticleRoads cave in after heavy rains swamp T&T
Sharlene RampersadPublished: Saturday, November 15, 2014Heavy, persistent rainfall over the past few days has left Ministry of Works teams swamped with reports of land slippages across T&T. So said...
View ArticleRains bring destruction in East: Residents beg for more help
Sascha WilsonPublished: Saturday, November 15, 2014Hundreds of Mayaro and Sangre Grande residents remained trapped in their homes, schools were closed and communities were cut off as flood waters left...
View ArticleStranded workers taken home by trucks
Yvonne BaboolalPublished: Saturday, November 15, 2014Hundreds of people were stranded yesterday and had to be rescued by trucks as several parts of Central Trinidad experienced major flooding during...
View ArticleRange Resources oil production up 15 per cent
Aleem KhanPublished: Saturday, November 15, 2014Australia’s London-listed Range Resources Ltd (RRL) production out of T&T continues to increase following successful drilling operations, the company...
View ArticleMarooned residents swim through floods for help
Sharlene RampersadPublished: Sunday, November 16, 2014Desperate residents of Mafeking Village Mayaro have had to become their own first responders, as there is no one to bring food and other supplies...
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