Prison alert
Fears of Latin cartel plotting escapePublished: Wednesday, September 18, 2013Alleged drug trafficker held in T&TDino Delano BouterseSecurity has been beefed up at the Maximum Security Prison,...
View ArticleCentral cops probe beating death of girl, 2
Kevon FelminePublished: Wednesday, September 18, 2013Homicide detectives are investigating the murder of a toddler they suspect died after a severe beating on Monday. Two-year-old Kimora Roopnarine...
View ArticleCentral cops probe beating death of girl, 2
Kevon FelminePublished: Wednesday, September 18, 2013Homicide detectives are investigating the murder of a toddler they suspect died after a severe beating on Monday. Two-year-old Kimora Roopnarine...
View ArticlePM on decriminalising use of ganja: More research needed
Richard LordPublished: Wednesday, September 18, 2013Caricom chairman and Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says no decision was taken on the issue of decriminalising marijuana in the region. She...
View ArticleAG welcomes healthy debate on marijuana
Published: Wednesday, September 18, 2013Attorney General Anand Ramlogan said the People’s Partnership Government welcomes a healthy debate on the need to legalise marijuana. His comment was made in the...
View ArticleHowai gets new plan from CAL
Published: Wednesday, September 18, 2013As promised, Finance and the Economy Minister Larry Howai receives the proposed business plan from Caribbean Airline’s chairman Philip Marshall yesterday at the...
View ArticleMixed views on abolishing trials by jury
Geisha Kowlessar and Derek AchongPublished: Wednesday, September 18, 2013The suggestion to abolish jury trials for all criminal offences has received mixed reviews from members of the legal fraternity....
View ArticleGuard strangled at job site
Published: Wednesday, September 18, 2013A 32-year-old security guard was among two men who were murdered in west Trinidad between Monday night and yesterday morning. In the latest incident, security...
View ArticleSparrow out of coma
Published: Wednesday, September 18, 2013Veteran calypsonian The Mighty Sparrow (Slinger Francisco) is out of a coma. He is conscious and responsive, a statement from his wife, Margaret Francisco, said...
View ArticleMinister wants two-year ban on hunting
Camille ClarkePublished: Wednesday, September 18, 2013Minister of the Environment and Water Resources Ganga Singh is seeking a two-year ban on hunting as an immediate intervention was necessary to end...
View ArticleSuruj charges $1b plot to remove Govt
Gail AlexanderPublished: Wednesday, September 18, 2013Works and Infrastructure Minister, Suruj Rambachan speak during the budget debate in parliament yesterday. PHOTO: MARCUS GONZALESAn unnamed...
View ArticleLab remains closed pending probe
Khara PersadPublished: Wednesday, September 18, 2013Explosion at Cariri...The petroleum testing laboratory at the Caribbean Industrial Research Unit (Cariri) will remain closed indefinitely until an...
View ArticleEBC: Registration deadline today
Yvonne WebbPublished: Wednesday, September 18, 2013Today is the final day for potential voters to get their names on the revised list of electors if they want to cast their ballots in the October 21...
View ArticleVolney to step down Monday
St Joseph MP to vacate seat on September 23Published: Wednesday, September 18, 2013FLASHBACK: Former St Joseph MP Herbert Volney waves off House Speaker Wade Mark as he leaves the Parliament chamber,...
View ArticlePilot error blamed in 2011 CAL Guyana plane crash
Official report compiled by TT, US and Guyana authoritiesPublished: Friday, September 20, 2013GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Investigators have blamed pilot error for a 2011 plane crash in Guyana in which a...
View ArticleClash over Puerto Rico airspace
Published: Friday, September 20, 2013New diplomatic row erupts between US, Venezuela...Another diplomatic dispute between US and Venezuelan authorities has spilled over in the public domain. The US is...
View ArticleSleepless nights
Radhica SookrajPublished: Saturday, September 21, 2013SNC-Lavalin deal now troubling MoonilalHousing Minister Dr Roodal MoonilalThe corruption scandal involving Canadian conglomerate SNC-Lavalin is now...
View ArticleNo bail for woman on fraud charge
Published: Saturday, September 21, 2013A 36-year-old woman appeared in court yesterday charged with receiving $5.5 million using a bogus document tendered to the Office of the Prime Minister. Gail...
View ArticleGovernment going ahead with new PSC picks
Richard LordPublished: Saturday, September 21, 2013Let the debate on the appointment of former Independent senator Dr James Armstrong and attorney Roamar Achat-Saney as members of the Police Service...
View ArticleBharath: Port to get $25m scanner by Christmas
Published: Saturday, September 21, 2013Trade, Industry and Investments Minister Vasant Bharath says by December this year the Port Authority will have the capacity to scan some 200 containers per hour....
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