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Island People in stand-off with police and army
Nadaleen SinghPublished: Tuesday, March 4, 2014Joint army and police were forced to intervene when Island People Mas band made a determined effort to break the Port-of-Spain Carnival parade route...
View ArticleSando reveller jailed for two months
Sascha WilsonPublished: Tuesday, March 4, 2014Hours after being held with a knife during J’ouvert celebrations in San Fernando, a reveller appeared in court and was jailed for two months....
View ArticleSEC investigates Citigroup over fraudulent Mexican loans
Published: Tuesday, March 4, 2014The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating Citigroup for accounting fraud after it disclosed bogus loans in its Mexican Banamex unit, a source...
View ArticleSafest Carnival Ever
Melissa Doughty and Shaliza HassanaliPublished: Wednesday, March 5, 2014National Security Minister Boasts Former Miss Universe Wendy Fitzwilliam with Harts presentation Of Love & War cross the...
View ArticleMontano’s MOR in front
Richard LordPublished: Wednesday, March 5, 2014Carnival bands crossed the stage at Queen’s Park savannah quicker yesterday ensuring there was no major congestion and delays. President of the National...
View ArticleNCBA head: Too much political interference
Richard LordPublished: Wednesday, March 5, 2014President of the National Carnival Bands Association (NCBA), David Lopez yesterday complained that there was too much political interference in Carnival...
View ArticleFour families mourn during Carnival
Kevon FelminePublished: Wednesday, March 5, 2014While thousands were enjoying the Carnival festivities on Monday and Tuesday, four families were plunged into mourning with the murders of four people in...
View ArticleNo sleep for homicide cops during festive weekend
Jensen LaVendePublished: Wednesday, March 5, 2014Head of the Homicide Bureau ACP Wayne Dick said yesterday that his officers have had little to no sleep since Carnival Friday with nine separate...
View ArticleChallenges facing T&T in curbing drug trade
Published: Wednesday, March 5, 2014WASHINGTON—The United States says corruption, lack of sustainability of government funded programmes as well as gaps in legislative and organisational implementation...
View ArticleFormer employee awarded damages
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Wednesday, March 5, 2014Negligence at commercial bank... A commercial bank has been ordered to pay compensation to former employee for failing to provide a safe working...
View ArticleKillers lose appeal before Privy Council
Published: Wednesday, March 5, 2014The Privy Council has dismissed an appeal by two men convicted of a double murder in Barataria in 2004. In rejecting the duo’s application for leave to challenge...
View ArticleActing CoP: Only 35 serious crimes reported over Carnival
Camille ClarkePublished: Thursday, March 6, 2014A total of 251 people were arrested by the police between J’Ouvert morning and midnight on Carnival Tuesday, according to acting police commissioner...
View ArticleJewish sect blocked at Piarco
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Thursday, March 6, 2014Nine members of Lev Tahor, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect from Quebec in Canada, who were detained on Monday at Piarco Airport were expected to be...
View ArticleNo sign of missing teen
Sharlene RampersadPublished: Thursday, March 6, 2014Parents, police seek public’s help Nicole JagganAlmost a month after she disappeared without a trace, police investigators are now calling on the...
View ArticleChow Lin On: Glen Antoine's death a loss to local radio
Peter Ray BloodPublished: Thursday, March 6, 2014Broadcaster dies from stroke Broadcaster Glen AntoineBroadcaster Glen “Thunder” Antoine, 57, died on Carnival Tuesday morning on his way to work at...
View ArticleKiller dies from ingesting poison
Kevon FelminePublished: Thursday, March 6, 2014The day after murdering his common-law wife Marilyn Murggan, Cepep worker Harold Ali died yesterday of poisoning at the San Fernando General Hospital....
View ArticleConvicted murderers ask Government to stay execution
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Thursday, March 6, 2014While awaiting appeal to IACHR… Two convicted killers, who lost their final appeal before this country’s highest appellate court, are seeking an...
View ArticleFr Harris knocks revellers’ lascivious behaviour: That’s not our culture
Yvonne WebbPublished: Thursday, March 6, 2014Fr Kenneth Assing, left, assists a member of the congregation in putting ashes on the forehead of another congregation member during the Ash Wednesday Mass...
View ArticleAlderwoman wants action on child abuse: Public drive now critical
Paras RamoutarPublished: Thursday, March 6, 2014There is an urgent need to embark on a programme of public education to sensitise the population on the vexing issue of child abuse, according to...
View ArticleNCBA under fire as All Stars win
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Friday, March 7, 2014Members from Neal and Massy Trinidad All Stars’s portrayal of Sailors on Shore Leave at A Tropical Fiesta in all their glory crossing the Queen’s Park...
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