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Fyzabad man shot dead outside parlour
While many families rang in the 2016 together, Victor Corrio “Dan” Welch’s children were left to mourn his death after he was shot dead while liming on Wednesday night.His children spent yesterday in...
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Role for CEPEP in Agri sector
Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat says Community-based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (CEPEP) and Unemployment Relief Programme (URP) workers who fall under his ministry will...
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Contractors welcome new housing drive
Local contractors are welcoming the decision by Prime Minister Keith Rowley to encourage private capital into the housing market to service a sector which forms the Housing Development Corporation...
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The year that was
The end of 2015 was a far cry from the beginning.The year started with what remained of the People’s Partnership in government and ended with the Keith Rowley-led People’s National Movement.It began...
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McDonald denies wrongdoing
Housing Minister Marlene McDonald has firmly denied allegations made yesterday by Housing Development Corporation (HDC) Allocations Manager Lauren Legall that she requested a file for HDC customer...
View ArticleHundreds stuck in airport on New Year’s
Hundreds of people arriving at the Piarco International Airport on Old Year’s Night were forced to ring in the New Year, 2016, in Immigration, as there was a reported skeleton staff.Some arriving...
View ArticleNo fatal crashes on Old Year’s
There were no reported fatal road accidents on Old Year’s Night and early New Year’s Day and it may be that people are finally getting the message, the Police Traffic Branch says.“It was a quiet...
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Lucky seven New Year’s babies at Sando
Seven babies were born at the San Fernando General Hospital (SFGH) on New Year’s day.The first baby, a girl, was born at 1.55 am to Trisha Bridgemohan.Speaking to reporters at her bedside yesterday,...
View ArticleThree give birth at Mt Hope
Twenty-six-year-old Kelly Charles wished for peace and prosperity as she was the first to deliver a baby for the new year at the Mt Hope Women’s Hospital.The mother of two delivered her second child,...
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Boy, 6, and pensioner shot dead
While party-goers were bringing in the new year with revelry, yesterday, a six-year-old boy and a 68-year-old woman were shot dead by gunmen at Phase One in Beetham Estate, Beetham.The year opened with...
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Old Year’s murder in Siparia
As a tradition, every Old Year’s night, Zwade Taylor would leave his Sudama Alley home and venture a short distance away to his brother’s home to ring in the New Year surrounded by family.But on...
View ArticleHunter goes missing
RALPH BANWARIEA 56-year-old hunter of Matura, who left his home on Boxing Day in company with two dogs to hunt in the Matura Forest, is missing.Dennis Mitchell, 56, who left his home on December 26...
View ArticleDeyalsingh: Nipdec will buy medicine
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh says his ministry will revert to Nipdec (National Insurance Property Development Company Limited) to procure medication and pharmaceuticals and will return to doing...
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Crime spikes in times of hardship
Former head of the National Operations Centre (NOC), Commander Garvin Heerah, is warning that current economic challenges can influence crime trends in the country and he is urging the authorities to...
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Cybercriminals target local ATMs
A security expert at a local commercial bank says skimming attacks like the one which occurred on December 28 will happen again because ATMs are increasingly being targeted by cybercriminals who are...
View ArticleSafeguards against card fraud
• Update your contact information with your financial institution. Your bank can't ask you about a suspicious charge unless it has your current phone number.• Copy the customer service phone number...
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Ramdial concerned about higher taxes
Couva North MP Ramona Ramdial says she is being bombarded with calls from constituents who are worried that additional taxes will be imposed on their US dollar accounts as a means of raising foreign...
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Tuco launches into Carnival
Scores of patrons braved inclement weather on New Year’s Day to attend the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians’ Organisation’s (Tuco) launch of Carnival 2016 and Artistes Welfare Fundraiser in the foyer at...
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No ISIS refugees in T&T
Reports that scores of refugees fleeing the crisis in Syria have entered T&T are not true. Former Arima Mayor Ghassan Youseph said only “a few, young Christian Syrian men” have sought refuge in...
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Young hints at fireworks legislation
Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney General Stuart Young said yesterday he was very concerned about the increasing number of incidents involving firecrackers.“It is my personal view that we need...
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