Amended Bail Bill approved by House
Khara PersadPublished: Saturday, February 8, 2014Amendments to the Bail (Amendment) Bill 2013 were passed in the House of Representatives yesterday after it received full support from the 27 MPs on the...
View ArticleCourt denies Petrotrin an extended injunction
Derek AchongPublished: Saturday, February 8, 2014With no new complaints against OWTU...Petrotrin has failed in its attempt to extend its injunction against the Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU), to...
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Six held with sub-machine gun in police drag net
Yvonne WebbPublished: Saturday, February 8, 2014Senior Superintendent Cecil Santana, centre, of the Southern Division, Harris Promenade, with fellow police officers display a Mac10 sub-machine gun,...
View ArticlePNM seeks legal action against radio station
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Saturday, February 8, 2014The People’s National Movement (PNM) is seeking legal action for what it described as “defamatory statements” made by the state-owned Talk City 91.1...
View ArticlePeople must be held accountable
Richard LordPublished: Saturday, February 8, 2014Rowley pledges to enforce laws as PMPeople’s National Movement (PNM) leader Dr Keith Rowley says law enforcement and accountability are two priorities...
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Ganga praises WASA for quick work
Khara PersadPublished: Saturday, February 8, 2014Cost to repair broken main still unknown... WASA workers at the site of the ruptured 48-inch main pipe on the Churchill Roosevelt Highway widening...
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Mom’s killing sparks action
Published: Saturday, February 8, 2014Victim unit starts training driveCrime WatchThree-year-old Christiano Harickdeo is hugged by his grandmother Sally Roopan during the funeral service of his mother,...
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Revising a tradition
Austin FidoPublished: Sunday, February 9, 2014Veteran masman Anderson Patrick, portraying the Black Indian, was among the many colourful traditional mas players who turned out to display their costumes...
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183 teens give birth at Mt Hope for 2013
Shaliza HassanaliPublished: Sunday, February 9, 2014The Mt Hope Women’s Hospital has recorded 183 teenagers giving births for 2013. The teenagers had all attended the hospital’s antenatal clinic and...
View Article3 more killed
Jensen LaVendePublished: Sunday, February 9, 2014Three men were killed in separate shooting incidents that occurred between Friday night and yesterday. Their deaths have pushed the murder toll to 58...
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PNM leadership race heats up
...Rowley labelled ‘the next Mugabe’RENUKA SINGHPublished: Sunday, February 9, 2014Dr Keith Rowley and Penelope Beckles-RobinsonAs the race for political leader of the People’s National Movement (PNM)...
View ArticleClico policyholders disappointed over plans to sell Methanol shares
Published: Sunday, February 9, 2014The Clico Policyholders Group (CPG), led by Peter Permell, yesterday said it was “deeply concerned and disappointed” that all of Clico’s 56 per cent shareholding in...
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Ryan on party wranglings: It’s par for the course
RENUKA SINGHPublished: Sunday, February 9, 2014Prof Dr Selwyn RyanWhile the acrimony coming out of the PNM has surprised many, at least two analysts are saying that this is just par for the course....
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Mitchell visits his friend Manning
Published: Sunday, February 9, 2014Prime Minister of Grenada Dr Keith Mitchell during his visit to Trinidad earlier this week to seek investment opportunities. PHOTO: TONY HOWELLNot too many Caribbean...
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Petrotrin fires six
...major spill caused by negligence, not sabotageSascha WilsonPublished: Sunday, February 9, 2014Petrotrin chairman Lindsay Gillette, left, and president Khalid Hassanali listen to questions from...
View ArticlePloy to undermine Customs at Piarco
Charles Kong SooPublished: Sunday, February 9, 2014There is a deliberate ploy to undermine the operations of the Customs division at the Piarco International Airport in order to justify privatising the...
View ArticleCriminology lecturer: Drug dealers using more sophisticated techniques
Charles Kong SooPublished: Sunday, February 9, 2014University of the West Indies (UWI) criminology lecturer Daurius Figueira says drug dealers are using increasingly sophisticated techniques that can...
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PTSC board members fete while buses shut down, workers cry out for better...
Radhica SookrajPublished: Sunday, February 9, 2014Dr Vincent LasseCalls are being made for the Integrity Commission to investigate what is being described as “wastage of public funds” at the Public...
View ArticleNigel Khan: T&T’s reading culture has changed
Published: Sunday, February 9, 2014Judging from the 250,000 paying customers at his stores last year, Nigel R Khan believes the T&T reading culture has developed. “We have serviced 250,000...
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Birds roost in Grande town centre
Shaliza HassanaliPublished: Sunday, February 9, 2014A flock of birds believed to be martins, roosting on wires in Sangre Grande. PHOTO: ABRAHAM DIAZHundreds of dark-coloured birds, identified as...
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