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TTFA, Melville reach agreement on ‘Soca Warriors’ name ownership
WALTER ALIBEYSports commentator Selwyn Melville may soon be smiling all the way to the bank after the board of the T&T Football Association (TTFA) agreed he was the one who coined the phrase “Soca...
View ArticleNo charges yet for Duke, still in custody
Watson Duke, the president of the Public Services Association (PSA), remained in police custody up to late last night as the investigations into rape allegations against him continued.Duke was said to...
View ArticleQuestions over Julien’s role in Ghana energy deal
JOEL JULIENProf Ken Julien’s role in the signing of a new energy sector deal between T&T and Ghana is being questioned by former attorney general Garvin Nicholas.Nicholas has questioned whether...
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Salybia killer remains on the run
RALPH BANWARIEThe man who shot and killed Lloyd Ramkissoon and his son, Ryan Ramkissoon, in Salybia on Friday, was on the run up to late yesterday. Relatives of the Ramkissoons said they are scared for...
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Estrada pushes role model message to T&T youth
ORIN GORDONJohn Learie Estrada, asked by President Barack Obama’s staff what he’d like to do in his (the president’s) last term starting 2013, did not even think about the job he’s doing now, United...
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Demming remains mum on reason for TDC sacking
She’s not divulging the details surrounding her termination but sacked chairman of the Tourism Development Company (TDC), Dennise Demming, says once people don’t understand their roles and...
View ArticleAl-Rawi on no-confidence motion by Opposition: A red herring... bring it on
“It’s a distraction.”So said Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi in response to the Opposition’s filing of a no-confidence motion against him.He said the Opposition has little to say and was trying to...
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Teachers locked out of classes by irate parents
Frustrated parents of Rousillac Hindu School locked teachers out of classes on Friday as they staged a silent protest over delays in reconstruction of a new school.It has been 13 years since the school...
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PNM lays down law for local govt polls
Any PNM party member who runs afoul of the law in any way won’t be among the PNM’s local government selections.PNM chairman Franklin Khan has made it very clear that running afoul of the law will be a...
View ArticleT&T-Jamaica impasse: Enough ole talk, time for action
I am incensed! I generally do not share my personal feelings via traditional or social media, but feel strongly that the spotlight needs to be put on this issue repeatedly until it is addressed.The...
View ArticleDiversification—Imagining the future
At a meeting with the representatives from Chile, our government’s Multilateral Environment Agreements Unit reported on its implementation plan for carbon reduction geared towards transportation and...
View ArticleNew procedure at Licensing but same old wasted time
I'm writing this letter in the hopes that the Minister of Works and Transport Fitzgerald Hinds, or the Prime Minister himself, investigate and correct the highly irregular occurrences taking place in...
View ArticleIs saving a few minutes worth your life?
I would like to firstly commend the Government for having the will and courage to introduce speed guns in T&T. While there are many clamouring for raising the speed limit, there are many people who...
View ArticleIf there is need to change the speed limit, change it
For years, one organisation in particular, along with several citizens, many defined as “prominent,” have been hollering for the introduction of speed guns as a panacea to deal with the carnage on the...
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Central mom found stabbed to death
Wailing inconsolably that her murdered daughter was calling her, a distraught Erica Thomas chased in vain after the hearse taking her body away yesterday afternoon.Thomas and her mother Linda Thomas...
View ArticleSpate of killings mostly in Central
There were nine people killed between Friday afternoon and yesterday morning, taking the murder toll to 178 for the year. However, of that nine, seven took place in the Central Division.In a telephone...
View ArticleExposé on money laundering coming soon—Faris
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi is promising an exposé on money laundering and corruption in T&T to be released to the public soon.Speaking to reporters after attending a Naparima Girls’ High School...
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Rowley spoiling for fight on no-confidence motion
Stories by JOEL JULIEN The Government will receive the motion of no confidence against Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi with “great glee,” said a combative Prime Minister Keith Rowley on his return to...
View ArticlePM on violence
JOEL JULIEN The level of violence in this country is “just too high and unacceptable,” Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has said. Rowley said this country is labelling itself as a “violent society” in...
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Brown to US ambassador: Fix your house first
Hazel Brown, co-ordinator of the Network of NGOs of T&T for the Advancement of Women, says the United States needs to fix their house before anyone else’s.Brown was speaking in response to the...
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