Roget: Unions set to rumble
Published: Wednesday, August 14, 2013President general of the Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU), Ancel Roget, yesterday signalled the intention of trade unions to up the pressure on issues...
View ArticleBuilding tax may return—Moonilal
Radhica SookrajPublished: Wednesday, August 14, 2013Leader of Government Business Dr Roodal Moonilal says even though Finance Minister Larry Howai is looking at reintroducing land and building taxes,...
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Warner meets with highway residents today
Kevon FelminePublished: Wednesday, August 14, 2013Tyres burn in loads of gravel dropped in the middle of the SS Erin Road, Debe, in the early hours of Monday morning. There were no protesters in or...
View ArticleODPM and UWI on Couva hospital project: We were left out of early planning
Reshma RagoonathPublished: Wednesday, August 14, 2013Office of Disaster Preparedness and Management (ODPM) CEO Dr Stephen Ramroop said yesterday he would not have expected a hospital to be constructed...
View ArticleGeorge wants more $$ from budget
Derek AchongPublished: Wednesday, August 14, 2013National Security Minister Emmanuel George says he hopes his ministry is allocated more than $5.5 billion in the September 9 budget. In an interview,...
View ArticleMan shot dead near home
Published: Wednesday, August 14, 2013A 25-year-old man was shot dead near his Laventille home on Monday evening, raising the murder toll for the year to 235. According to reports around 6.30 pm,...
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Moonilal: Penal hospital contract still open
Radhica SookrajPublished: Wednesday, August 14, 2013CCC report on SNC Lavalin next week...Housing Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal, left, talks with residents of his Oropouche East constituency, who...
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Caricom food import bill crosses US$2b yearly
Charles Kong SooPublished: Wednesday, August 14, 2013UNCCD secretariat representative Dr Richard Cox chats with Minister of State in the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources Ramona Ramdial...
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Five Killed in East Port of Spain: Gangs on Warpath
Derek AchongPublished: Thursday, August 15, 2013Crime scene tape keeps residents of Quarry Street, East Port-of-Spain at bay as police investigate the murder of Christopher Peters who was shot dead...
View ArticleWilliams summons senior cops to emergency meeting
Published: Thursday, August 15, 2013Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams has called an emergency meeting with senior police officers this morning, to discuss yesterday’s murder spree. Senior...
View ArticleIntegrity body to probe Jack’s claim
Reshma RagoonathPublished: Thursday, August 15, 2013Glenn ready to assist as...Minister of the People Dr Glenn Ramadharsingh yesterday welcomed the Integrity Commission’s announcement it would probe...
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Two shot dead after carjacking Arima family
SHASTRI BOODANPublished: Thursday, August 15, 2013Senior Supt Johnny Abraham, right, head of the Central Division Police, and other officers show the guns and ammunition reportedly recovered on the...
View ArticleJack: Don’t blame me for highway bacchanal
Kevon FelminePublished: Thursday, August 15, 2013Independent Liberal Party (ILP) political leader Jack Warner said yesterday he could not be blamed for the current impasse between residents in south...
View ArticleNo return to state of emergency—Kamla
Reshma RagoonathPublished: Thursday, August 15, 2013Even as crime continues to spiral, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar last night dismissed the notion of calling a limited state of emergency....
View ArticleMoonilal to gangs who take over HDC homes: Police coming for you soon
Khara PersadPublished: Thursday, August 15, 2013Housing Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal yesterday sent out a stern warning to individuals who invade Housing Development Corporation (HDC) homes, saying they...
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Carmona to review report on highway
Kublalsingh: He treated us with dignityKALIFA SARAH CLYNEPublished: Thursday, August 15, 2013President Anthony Carmona bids farewell to environmental activist Dr Wayne Kublalsingh following a meeting...
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108 get housing comfort
Khara PersadPublished: Thursday, August 15, 2013Samune Mohammed, of Princes Town, receives a certificate of comfort from Housing Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal, right, and Public Utilities Minister Nizam...
View ArticleCEO on baby Kevisha’s burnt hand: Intravenous fluids leaked from needle
Published: Thursday, August 15, 2013Chief Executive Officer of the Tobago Regional Health Authority (TRHA) Paula Chester-Cumberbatch yesterday confirmed fluids had leaked from a needle placed in the...
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Relief as CAPE results released
Reshma RagoonathPublished: Thursday, August 15, 2013Students of Presentation College, from left, Kiral Khan, Balraj Dipchand, Christ Meetoo and Jordan Gopie celebrate their success. PHOTO: KRISTIAN DE...
View ArticleTSTT: CWU playing with safety issues
Khara PersadPublished: Thursday, August 15, 2013Telecommunications Services of T&T (TSTT) has responded to health and safety concerns raised by San Fernando workers, saying the Communications...
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