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Dillon keen on joint sea patrols
Faced with an increase in human trafficking in the wake of Venezuela’s social unrest, National Security Minister Edmund Dillon wants co-ordinated patrols between Venezuela’s Guardia Nacional and the...
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Locked Out: Board action to expel 3 teachers affects entire school
Pressuring the Ministry of Education to discipline three senior teachers, the Arya Pratinidhi Sabha Board has shut down the Rio Claro Vedic Primary School, leaving students in a quandary. With national...
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Cops, army lockdown South hot spots
Determined to combat the spillover of guns, drugs and immigrants fleeing Venezuela, over 250 law enforcement officers locked down hot spot areas in San Fernando and Marabella yesterday.The exercise...
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Look out for human trafficking—Al-Rawi
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi wants citizens to watch out for potential victims of human trafficking as the Government forges international alliances to deal with trans-Atlantic crimes.He was speaking...
View ArticleZika scare in Barrackpore
Faced with an influx of mosquitoes and the possibility of contracting Zika, frustrated residents of St Croix Road, Princes Town, want Government to spray their homes and dig a drain to rid the area of...
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Child bride, Rosey Ali, wants change in laws: ‘Don’t marry children’
Paid a $25 dowry in exchange for her hand in marriage, child bride Rosey Ali remained trapped in a loveless, abusive, adulterous marriage for 36 years. Ali, who is now 78, wants the Government to...
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Robber kills Point Fortin hardware dealer
Tears flowed down the faces of Point Fortin residents yesterday as the news spread that popular businessman Vishnu Singh had died after being shot by a lone robber.Singh, 55, of Reid Road Extension...
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Psychiatrists call on RC Archbishop: Open dialogue on abortion and contraception
With 2,500 teenage girls in T&T getting pregnant every year, secretary of the Association of Psychiatrists, Varma Deyalsingh, is calling for adoption centres to be set up by the Catholic...
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PCA wants power to charge errant cops
Seeking constitutional power to prosecute errant police officers, director of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) David West has vowed to restore public trust and confidence in the Police...
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Probe after junior named to top post in corporation
Local Government Minister Franklin Khan has initiated an investigation into the appointment of a low-level employee who is overseeing $24 million taxpayers’ dollars at the Couva /Tabaquite/Talparo...
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‘Mother Teresa’ killed in road accident
Eileen Allan, who was known as the ‘Mother Teresa of Fyzabad,’ died yesterday after a car knocked her down while she was crossing the road close to her workplace.Allan, 80, of Fyzabad Main Road,...
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Princes Town family fears collapse of house
Truck driver Kimchan Singh and his family evacuated their Princes Town home a year ago to allow contractors to fix a landslip near their home.Now that the landslip repairs are almost complete, Singh’s...
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Life of squalor: Polio victim begs for help
Rosanna Ramlal has spent most of her life fighting for survival. Ramlal, having suffered with polio from birth, is still struggling in her twilight years as life has taken a turn for the worst.Her...
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Manning falls ill
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has called on the nation to pray for former prime minister Patrick Manning who was hospitalised after falling ill.He made the call at the official opening yesterday of...
View ArticleRamesh not giving up on Clico policyholders
The Colonial Life Insurance Company (Clico) was being used as a cash cow by government, former attorney general Ramesh Lawrence said yesterday as he lost a case in the Privy Council filed on behalf of...
View ArticleMedic: T&T needs cardiac centre
Faced with an increase in heart disease, head of the Cardiology Care Unit at the San Fernando General hospital, Dr Pravinde Ramoutar, is calling for a cardiac rehabilitation centre to be established in...
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Manning in stable condition
Results of blood tests on former prime minister Patrick Manning, who is still warded at the San Fernando General Hospital, are yet to be released to the family.In an interview yesterday, Manning’s...
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Hazel to mourners: Uphold his principles
“Know your legacy, live it and pass it on.”This is what former education minister Hazel Manning wrote as she signed a condolence book for her late husband, former prime minister Patrick Manning who...
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Hazel recalls life with Patrick: My first and only love
“Patrick Manning was my first and only love. Would you believe it?” These were the words from former education minister, Hazel Manning, yesterday as she opened up for the first time since her husband’s...
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Gardener shot in head
“They killed my grandson in the bushes. It not fair. What is this world coming to?” Melena Rauseo cried as she told relatives in the United States about the murder of her grandson, Kadeem Mark.Standing...
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