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T&T Chamber wants clarity on tax
Published: Wednesday, April 26, 2017The country’s largest business grouping, the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce, says Government must waste no time in fully engaging the business...
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300 barrels of oil washed into river
Radhica SookrajPublished: Wednesday, April 26, 2017Clean up operations stretch to GulfPetrotrin is now saying that 300 barrels of oil spilled in the Guaracara River from a ruptured storage tank, but...
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Hinds: Water relief on the way
Gail AlexanderPublished: Wednesday, April 26, 2017Southern areas which have been without pipe-borne water for the past month should see an improvement in the next three to four days since the Water and...
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Corned beef import ban lifted
Published: Wednesday, April 26, 2017The ban on meat products imported from Brazil has been lifted by the Ministry of Agriculture.In a statement yesterday, the ministry said the temporary restriction on...
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Historic buildings posed threat—Rondon
Shaliza HassanaliPublished: Wednesday, April 26, 2017No move to restore Grande structuresChairman of the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation Terry Rondon says he has no intention of apologising for the...
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Bullet pendant lands man behind bars
Sascha WilsonPublished: Wednesday, April 26, 2017A labourer who was caught sporting a bullet casing as a pendant and wearing a camouflage short pants landed him a night in jail and a $1,000...
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Ex-highway workers get partial payout
Radhica SookrajPublished: Wednesday, April 26, 2017Former workers of Brazilian construction firm, Construtora OAS, who are owed salaries, severance and fringe benefits because of queries of their...
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State to pay over $1m for excavator seizure
Derek AchongPublished: Wednesday, April 26, 2017A Sangre Grande construction company has won a lawsuit against the T&T Police Service for impounding its excavator for more than a year without...
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Opposition mulls legal challenge to property tax
Gail AlexanderPublished: Wednesday, April 26, 2017While the Opposition UNC has not yet decided how it will represent the myriad concerns of constituents on the property tax, a legal challenge has not...
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Three business chambers want Govt to Defer property tax until 2018
Published: Wednesday, April 26, 2017The Chaguanas Chamber of Industry and Commerce (CCIC), the Couva Point Lisas Chamber of Commerce and the Penal/Debe Chamber of Commerce are calling on government to...
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Old Ayers-Caesar case adjourned: Upset inmates in court uproar
Jensen La VendePublished: Wednesday, April 26, 2017Several inmates, mostly murder accused, had to be removed from the Port-of-Spain Eighth Magistrate’s Court yesterday, after they began shouting and...
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Homeowners urged to comply with deadline
No need to state rental value—AfraRosemarie SantPublished: Wednesday, April 26, 2017Valuator Afra Raymond is advising citizens to “not panic” about the property tax and there is no need for citizens to...
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Petrotrin faces hefty fines for latest leak
Yvonne WebbPublished: Wednesday, April 26, 2017At a time when oil and gas prices are stunted, Petrotrin is facing the risk of being penalised in light of last Sunday’s spill which has begun to exact...
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Driver crashes after bullet to head
Kevon FelminePublished: Wednesday, April 26, 2017A mysterious phone call may be linked to the murder of Ste Madeleine pensioner Calvin Baptiste who was shot while driving through his Tarodale Hills,...
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$2m a year for Enterprise peace
Rhondor DowlatPublished: Wednesday, April 26, 2017The cost to maintain a 24-hour presence in crime hotspot of Enterprise, Chaguanas can cost of the T&T Police Service (TTPS) in excess of $2 million...
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Defects in property tax law—Ramadhar
Richard LordPublished: Wednesday, April 26, 2017Opposition MP Prakash Ramadhar says citizens should not pay property tax unless Government fully implemented public procurement, campaign and party...
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9,000 vacancies in public service
Gail AlexanderPublished: Wednesday, April 26, 2017There are 9,000 vacancies in T&T’s public service which is staffed by 27,000 to 30,000 public servants—including 13,800 contract officers.The...
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Aviation worker suspended for Facebook post
Anna-Lisa PaulPublished: Wednesday, April 26, 2017The Public Services Association (PSA) has warned the T&T Civil Aviation Authority (TTCAA) that it will not tolerate attempts to bully, harass or...
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Marcia resigns after reflection
... scolded by CJ, but restored as Chief MagistrateRosemarie SantPublished: Thursday, April 27, 2017Less than a week after taking the oath as a Judge of the High Court, Marcia Ayers-Caesar yesterday...
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Port to approach W/Bank for $$ to buy new ferry
Published: Thursday, April 27, 2017Government’s hope of getting a vessel to replace the Super Fast Galicia soon has hit a major snag.The tender which closed on Monday yielded only one response and at...
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