La Brea fishermen demand investigation results
La Brea Fisherfolk Association president Alvin La Borde is calling on the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) and the Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA) to disclose the results of their...
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Woodland vendors plead hardship
Crab and oyster venders in Woodland who have been struggling to survive since oil seeped into the mangrove more than a month ago also want monetary assistance from Prime Minister Dr Keith...
View ArticleDebe still reeling from floods
Hours after cleaning dirty water and slush from their homes, Chester Street, Debe residents watched helplessly as their homes were inundated with flood waters for the second consecutive day.“We are fed...
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Flooded out for 3 straight days
While most people snuggled under the warmth of their sheets around 1 am yesterday, residents of Chester Street, Debe, were cold and wet as flood waters rose in their homes for the third consecutive...
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They are worth more to us alive
Shark advocate and environmental activist Marc de Verteuil is making another appeal to the authorities to get serious about protecting local sharks.He made the appeal after a photo of a Tiger Shark,...
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Abandoned gas station causes Zika panic
Concerned citizens are appealing to San Fernando Mayor Kazim Hosein to clean up a derelict service station in Marabella which has become an eyesore and a health hazard.A citizen who requested anonymity...
View ArticleBipolar patient to go home
A La Romaine man who was shot by police after he allegedly attacked them with a shovel was not of sound mind. This information was contained in a report sent to the San Fernando Magistrates’ Court by...
View Article$150,000 bail for man on $3.6m fraud charges
A former prisons officer who allegedly tried to deposit a bogus $3.6 million cheque payable to his company was granted $150,000 bail yesterday. Nasiff Mohammed, 42, re-appeared before Deputy Chief...
View Article...Court closes early, no prisoners brought
No water at the San Fernando Supreme and Magistrates’ Courts yesterday resulted in no prisoners being brought down from prison and the early closure of the buildings.Matters were dealt with as fast as...
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Slow pace of justice haunts legal system
ROSEMARIE SANT DEREK ACHONG SASCHA WILSONThe opening of the 2016-2017 law term takes place tomorrow and it is expected that Chief Justice Ivor Archie will, for yet another year, detail the positives,...
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Suspect remains in custody
How Lisa Matagoolam met her death could not be determined yesterday because of her body’s advanced state of decomposition.Matagoolam’s decomposing body was found at the bottom of a 20-foot precipice in...
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Man charged with sex act on girl, 14
A Rio Claro gardener who allegedly had sexual intercourse with a 14-year-old girl was denied bail when he appeared in court yesterday morning.Davion Ragbir, 25, who was barefoot, appeared before...
View ArticleSenior economist at budget forum: ‘The good life done’
“The good life done!” senior economist Hayden Blades said yesterday as he summed up how citizens are likely to be affected by the budget to be presented by Finance Minister Colm Imbert on September...
View ArticleTaxi driver on 11 fraud charges
A taxi driver who allegedly stole over $25,000 from people by pretending to be foreign used car dealer was granted $50,000 approval bail after he appeared in court on 11 fraud charges.Haimraj Narine,...
View ArticleTwo die after van overturns
A Guyanese national and his co-worker were killed when the van they were in struck another van and flipped several times along the highway near Chase Village Flyover on Saturday night.Rajendra Persad,...
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We’re looking day and night for her—relatives
A suspended policeman and his female relative were among three people detained after police impounded a Nissan X-Trail at a house in Penal as the search continues for abducted hairdresser Ria...
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‘Baby Hulk’ is T&T first Ninja Warrior
In the hundred episodes of the American Ninja Warriors competition he watched over the years on YouTube Jeremy John never once imagine he would get the opportunity to participate in such a competition,...
View ArticleWoman killed in truck collision
A daily routine for a Princes Town mother of two to pick up her children from school turned tragic yesterday after she was killed and her son injured in a head-on collision at M1 Ring Road, Princes...
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Preying on pensioners
A PH taxi driver who preyed on pensioners, robbing them of groceries, jewelry and cash, was sentenced to 13 months in jail yesterday.Eric Caton who admitted to the crime and was not represented...
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Kamla: Don’t be distracted by FATCA, Carmona issues
Opposition leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has urged supporters not to get distracted by controversies surrounding Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) or President Anthony Carmona as their main...
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