Xi praises Govt for grand welcome

President of China Xi Jinping has hailed T&T for hosting a grand welcome reception at the Piarco International Airport on Friday. Xi praised the Government as he paid a courtesy call on the Speaker and Senate President at the Parliament in Port-of-Spain, yesterday. Xi was...
Posted On 02 Jun 2013
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Latest on crime front: PNM vs police

Proving things could always get worse, the Police Service, having steadily lost public confidence, now seems set on a path toward alienation of the People’s National Movement (PNM) opposition. Or at least of its leadership. 
Posted On 02 Jun 2013
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We seem to be descending to the nature of the beast

A newspaper report on Sunday about the verbal abuse of Deputy Police Commissioner Mervyn Richardson and his wife by shoppers at a supermarket is a sad reflection on the nature of our society. The report said Richardson was shopping at the grocery with his wife on Friday when some...
Posted On 02 Jun 2013
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Renovations at Grande hospital

Renovations at the Accident and Emergency Department of the Sangre Grande Hospital would not affect any other services of the Hospital, according to the Eastern Regional Health Authority (ERHA). In a press release, the ERHA stated that the Department would be temporarily...
Posted On 02 Jun 2013
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Benefits for TT from Biden, Xi Jinping visits

International relations experts say United States vice-president Joe Biden’s whirlwind visit to Trinidad and Tobago, early last week, will ultimately benefit this country, if only to eliminate doubt that the US influence in the region had waned.
Posted On 02 Jun 2013
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100 Chinese medics for TT, funding for Arima hospital

CHINA will send 100 medical professionals to Trinidad and Tobago and Caricom over the next three years and will assist in financing arrangements for a new hospital at Arima, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced yesterday, after meeting with China’s visiting President...
Posted On 02 Jun 2013
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DCP RICHARDSON ABUSED

Deputy Police Commissioner Mervyn Richardson was forced to flee from a supermarket in East Trinidad on Friday after a group of shoppers began verbally abusing him. Richardson, who was in the company of his wife at about 10 am on Friday, was placing grocery items on his trolley...
Posted On 02 Jun 2013
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