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Brathwaite eyeing more runs in Boxing Day Test
GEELONG—West Indies opener Kraigg Brathwaite is hoping to continue his good form when he faces the rampaging Australians in the second Test of the ongoing series starting in Melbourne on Boxing Day.The...
View ArticleNo pay yet for 2,275 reforestation workers
While Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat took to social media on Tuesday to assure National Reforestation workers they would be paid by 2 pm yesterday, there was no money in the bank for employees...
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Armstrong takes over at JCC
Former independent senator Dr James Armstrong is the new president of the Joint Consultative Council (JCC).He was elected in absentia at a late evening vote on Wednesday night. It was only yesterday...
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We will catch the killers
Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams says gunmen wanted for the murder of PC Russell Ramnarine will be brought to justice.Ramnarine, 24, and UWI engineering student Avery Keshwar, 22, were...
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Chastising Jwala will be backward step
Neither of the two pieces of legislation relevant to Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran’s controversial forex revelations, mandates absolute confidentiality, says public interest lobbyist group...
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Ex-PNM ministers head two boards
Former PNM government ministers Hedwige Bereaux and Neil Parsanlal have been appointed to head the Palo Seco Agricultural Enterprises Ltd (PSAEL) board and National Library and Information Systems...
View ArticleGovt cuts soca and chutney $$
Cabinet yesterday agreed to a huge reduction of the budgetary allocation to the International Soca Monarch and the National Chutney Soca Monarch for Carnival next year.Speaking during yesterday’s...
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Take charge of your own affairs
There will be no more secrets surrounding construction projects or delays in school reopening once legislation for local government reform is approved next year.This was the view shared by Prime...
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TSTT settles 10% wage pact
Majority state-owned telecommunications provider, TSTT, yesterday signed a three-year collective agreement with the trade union representing its 2,000 junior and senior staff that gives the employees a...
View ArticleOn the way back to a law-abiding nation
Some recent actions by the police service are contributing to a gradual perception that good things may be beginning to happen in law and order in the nation.Among them are the bringing to justice some...
View ArticleLack of commitment the cause of Windies decline
With the present very poor showing of the West Indies Test team on the world stage, it is imperative that the people of the Caribbean know the real reason for our general decline.Is it that we did not...
View ArticlePrice hikes will dampen economy
As I read the headline “Utilities rate review coming,” I could not help but think of the upside down manner by which we are being governed by successive governments.It seems intuitive that government...
View ArticleThe true spirit of Christmas
I saw my star for Christmas in reading in a daily paper about the work of Pastor Awong and his wife in caring for vagrants and other socially displaced people at his TLM (Transformed Life Ministry)...
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Nurses refuse swine flu vaccine
Amid the report of 29 confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu virus or swine flu in the country, Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh also revealed that nurses are refusing to take the vaccine for the...
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29 confirmed swine flu cases this year
There have been 29 lab-confirmed cases of the H1N1 influenza (swine flu) in this country so far for 2015, with three resulting in death.Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh, yesterday, shared this...
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Kamla: UNC lawyers creating database on job loss
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the opposition’s team of attorneys will be compiling a database of job losses under the PNM Government.Persad-Bissessar addressed the issue of Housing...
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PoS mayor: Health concerns the priority
Port-of-Spain Mayor Raymond Tim Kee says the health of the 350,000 people who visit Port-of-Spain every week takes precedence over the concerns of vendors at the Queen’s Park Savannah.At a press...
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25 new ambulances coming in 2016
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh says citizens will have access to 25 new ambulances by the end of the first quarter of 2016.This comes after he gave a directive to increase the fleet of ambulances...
View ArticleMinister lashes media
Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh yesterday set new “ground rules” for his interaction with the media as he announced a new weekly press conference on the health sector.Deyalsingh, who spoke at...
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Mourners advised to use life wisely
With the murder of engineering student Avery Keshwar reminding many of life’s uncertainty, Jehovah’s Witness brother Roger Nurse told mourners they should count their days left on earth and spend it...
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