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Consultation next year on education
Education Minister Anthony Garcia says a national consultation on education will be held early next year to address indiscipline in schools.Speaking at the T&T Unified Teachers Association (TTUTA)...
View ArticlePenal/ Siparia fares increase
Route Five Maxi Taxi drivers plying the San Fernando to Siparia route have increased their fares by $1 across the board. Executive member of the association Ashook Sirju said the decision was taken...
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After video on Trinis as ISIS fighters, Muslims want Govt action
Calls are being made for the Government to liaise with all Muslim organisations to stop the recruitment of terrorist fighters by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). This follows the posting of...
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Mediation needed in T&T—Carmona
President Anthony Carmona believes there is a crisis in the way the T&T society handles conflicts and disagreements. Delivering the feature address at the Presentation College, San Fernando,...
View Article$30m jackpot up for grabs but punters remain sceptical
Lotto mania has not hit all of T&T as yet, even though the National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB) has set the jackpot at $30 million, the largest in the country’s history. In San Fernando, Debe...
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Drug dealer gunned down in Princes Town
The misery Lisa Thompson-Cooper faced when her youngest son was murdered in 2012 returned to haunt her on Friday night when her elder son was gunned down in similar style.Cylus Cooper, 30, of Lengua...
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Boy, 7, drowns in Gran Couva, Neighbours’ CPR too late
Dexter Jones collapsed on the banks of the Coorsal River in Gran Couva yesterday, after the body of his seven-year-old son, Jordell Jones, was pulled out of the river. Jones, a Standard One pupil of...
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Kamla wishes opponents well
Opposition leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is wishing her opponents Vasant Bharath and Dr Roodal Moonilal good luck in their attempt to remove her from the helm of the party’s leadership. Both men, who...
View ArticleH1N1 drugs run low
Tamiflu, a prescriptive drug used to treat the H1N1 influenza or the seasonal flu, is running out at the nation’s hospitals. Relatives of patients who are being treated for the influenza are also...
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Late cops delay boy’s autopsy
An autopsy scheduled to be done on the body of seven-year-old Jordell Jones had to be postponed yesterday after police officers arrived late at the San Fernando mortuary. Jones’s father, Dexter, said...
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Gasparillo man gunned down in front his home
Two weeks before his engagement to his girlfriend Nikita Wolfe, Iam Joseph was gunned down in front of his Gasparillo home on Friday evening.Wolfe and Joseph were expected to get married next June and...
View ArticleBan rum ad—Teelucksingh
As T&T faces increased road deaths caused by speed and alcohol, independent Senator Daniel Teelucksingh is calling for a ban on a highway advertisement promoting alcohol.Delivering a sermon at the...
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Dad-to-be drowns, two friends survive: Deadly Fishing Trip
A fishing expedition on the Godineau River, La Romaine ended in tragedy on Saturday night as a father-to-be drowned after the pirogue he was in capsized after colliding with concrete pillar.Vinod...
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Groom-to-be shot dead after parang lime
An Oropouche man who planned to marry his children’s mother next year was shot dead outside his home on Saturday by gunmen who blasted 19 shots at their target.Kareem Modeste, 28, who worked as a...
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Princely send off for accident victim
He languished in hospital for eight months, shrunken and paralysed but when he was cremated yesterday, accident victim Chaitram “Kenny” Rampersad looked like a prince.Even though he died a shadow of...
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63 children get free eyewear
Faced with an increase in child obesity cases in T&T, medical practitioner Dr Shazard Soobrattie is calling on parents to make healthier food choices for their children. He was speaking at the...
View ArticleEnraged driver tries to ‘run over’ biker
Bicycle rider Errol Lochan pedalled to save his life yesterday after an enraged cutlass-wielding motorist tried to run him over with a car in front of several witnesses.The motorist, who was locked up...
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Dump fire spews toxic fumes
Thick smoke blanketed the western coast off San Fernando for several hours on Sunday night after fire broke out behind Roodal Cemetery, destroying mounds of waste from the Embacadere landfill, spewing...
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Two held after fast food fight
An argument at a fast food outlet in San Fernando ended in a bloody street brawl outside the Guardian South Bureau office, Chancery Lane, yesterday.At the end of the fight, two men were arrested and a...
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11 diagnosed with Zika so far
Mosquito eradication has been ramped up in low-lying areas of south Trinidad after the Ministry of Health confirmed two more cases of the Zika virus.The victims, who live in Oropouche and Barataria,...
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