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Driver jailed for third DUI offence
Four months after he was disqualified from driving on his second conviction for drunk driving, Barry Dabie took a chance to ply his car for hire to make some money to pay off his court fine.That turned...
View ArticleTTFA agrees to pay businessman $1.2m debt
The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has agreed to pay the $1,262,413 million it owes a Chaguanas businessman in tranches—the first being $262,413.19 will be paid by the end of this...
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Bail woes for accused cops
The two police officers charged with robbing two Chinese nationals in Claxton Bay last month are still behind bars as no one has secured their bail.Special Reserve policeman Sean Joseph and PC Noel...
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Venezuelan amusement park gets green light
Newly elected San Fernando mayor Junia Regrello yesterday visited the ground near Skinner Park where a Venezuelan amusement park is being set up following complaints that equipment had damaged the...
View ArticleDrunk drivers fined
Two men caught driving after consuming so much alcohol that they were almost three times above the legal limit were each fined $8,000 yesterday.Ravi Ragbir, 36, and Ricky Narine 32, were admonished by...
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Killer released after 25 years
After spending a quarter of a century in jail for killing his grandparents, a prisoner was released yesterday in time to reunite with his family for Christmas.Gilbert Evelyn, 59, left with his...
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No joy for the holidays
The sound of laughter will be absent at the home of Cyon Paul this Christmas.Instead, his mother, Safiya Williams, intends to drown her grief of losing the nine-year-old in a bottle of alcohol.Paul was...
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A house for Christmas
“Finally, for one night we will not have to get wet,” exclaimed Neesha Wattley as she stepped into her brand new Housing Development Corporation (HDC) home at Eden Gardens, Freeport, with her husband...
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Woman dies in accident
Plans for a fun family get-together for the Christmas holidays turned into a gathering for a wake when a Barrackpore mother was killed in vehicular accident which left her husband, two children and...
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Two births in Sando
The surprise birth of a healthy bouncing baby boy on Christmas Day was the best Christmas gift in the world for a young San Fernando couple. Celeste Ahay, 21, a student, and Matthew Cooper, 21, an...
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Rev: Spare thought for murder victims’ families
Bemoaning the amount of deaths, particularly murders, in the country, a religious leader yesterday asked his congregation to pray for grief-stricken families shedding sad tears for their loved ones...
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No significance in blessing toys
A Roman Catholic priest broke from tradition and blessed no toys during the celebration of the Feast of the Holy Innocents at the Lady of Perpetual Help Church in San Fernando yesterday.Father Martin...
View ArticleConvicted for second DUI offence: Driver disqualified, faces $12,000 fine
A father of two young children lost his only means of earning an income yesterday when he was disqualified from driving for three years on his second conviction for drunk driving.Rabindranath...
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Man spared jail, fined $10,000 for illegal gun
A Claxton Bay man who claimed he found a loaded gun while drunk during the Christmas season was spared a jail term yesterday.Instead, Tony Jeffrey, 28, was ordered to pay $10,000 in fines for...
View ArticleStill no bail for rape accused
Taxi driver Afteba Huggins who has been in jail for almost a month on charges stemming from the rape and false imprisonment of a police woman returned to prison yesterday.Huggins re-appeared in the...
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Only sheds and fences in the way
Residents of Massahood junction, Fyzabad, who are living in fear that State-owned Petrotrin might try to force them out of their homes have sought legal advice.However, Petrotrin has stated that they...
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No teeth, no justice
A Moruga farmer who went to court with his two front teeth tucked in his pants pocket seeking justice left disappointed after he found out that his accused attacker had been freed five months ago.“My...
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Couva woman goes missing
The police are seeking the public’s assistance in finding a 21-year-old Couva woman who has been missing since last week Thursday.Nickey Lalla was last seen at her Lower Couva home around 7.30 pm,...
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Woman shot in thigh by cop
Police are investigating an unusual case where a woman was shot in the leg as she reportedly reached for the gun holster of a Special Reserve Police officer (SRP) at the police vehicle storage facility...
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Piparo caretaker chopped and burnt
Friends and family of Piparo murder victim Delinjah “Ninja” John described him yesterday as one of the nicest persons you could ever meet.But his killers showed no mercy, chopping the 33-year-old man...
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