Technology can help prevent flooding in Diego Martin

To help avoid a recurrence of the devastating floods of last year which left two persons dead, the Chairman of the Diego Martin Regional Corporation, Mr. Anthony Sammy, says utilising technology is an option.
Posted On 03 Jun 2013
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Privileges Committee meets, Rowley to appear soon

Opposition Leader Dr. Keith Rowley will appear before the House of Representatives Privileges Committee soon. This after the House of Representatives Privileges Committee convened at Tower D of the Port of Spain International Waterfront Centre shortly after 10am on Monday.
Posted On 03 Jun 2013
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Law Association condemns alleged abuse and vilification of DCP Richardson and wife

The Law Association of Trinidad & Tobago (LATT) has strongly condemned the alleged abuse and vilification of DCP Mervyn Richardson and his wife at a supermarket in east Trinidad on 31st May 2013 by a group of shoppers.
Posted On 03 Jun 2013
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Minister of Food Production’s statement on food prices

I have noted with concern an article written by Shaliza Hassanali of the Sunday Guardian entitled “VAT OFF FOOD FLOPS”. I wish to put on record the facts as it pertain to the image of Local Food Production and Supply. Data coming out of the Central Statistical Office shows that...
Posted On 03 Jun 2013
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Scarred images

By Reginald Dumas Visits by Xi Jinping and Joe Biden notwithstanding, Trinidad and Tobago hasn’t in recent weeks been getting the best regional and international coverage it could. On aviation matters, for instance, Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines...
Posted On 03 Jun 2013
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Muslims okay with by-election during Ramadan

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday met with members of the Muslim community who said that they have no objections to the Chaguanas West by-election being held in the month of Ramadan. However, they appealed that it not be held in the last ten days of the holy period...
Posted On 03 Jun 2013
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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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