Trinidad and Tobago News
| PM praises Soca Princesses The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, has sent a congratulatory message to the victorious Trinidad and Tobago team on their historic 2-1 victory against Chile i...
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9/6/10 8:24 PM
Trinidad and Tobago project designed to protect Buccoo Reef Canadian experience in water and wastewater engineering is portable. The engineers at IBI-MAAK Inc. www.topix.net | 9/4/10 8:22 AM T&T Celebrates 48 Years of Independence September 2, 2010 Trinidad & Tobago : Trinidad and Tobago celebrated 48 years of independence on Tuesday August 31, 2010. www.topix.net | 9/3/10 8:38 AM The hanging debate The recent spate of murders in Trinidad and Tobago has reignited the death penalty debate. www.topix.net | 8/28/10 1:17 AM Embracing a new culture The phrase "open sepulchre'' does double duty when used to describe the ease with which arms enter Trinidad and Tobago. www.topix.net | 8/26/10 5:31 AM Business groups urge PM to diversify in budget Diversification of the economy was the main area of focus at the pre-budget consultations yesterday as various stakeholders met with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Finance Minister Winston Dookeran. www.topix.net | 8/25/10 8:58 AM Labour laws main issue for trade unions Labour Minister Errol Mc Leod, right, shares a laugh yesterday with from
left Senator David Abdulah and president of the Oilfields Workers Trade
Union Ancel Roget at the ministry’s national stakehol...
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8/25/10 6:48 AM
A-Level student dies from dengue Andrew Siewlall Relatives of an A-Level student, who died from
dengue haemorrhagic fever have accused the two medical institutions that
treated him of negligence. Siewlall Anirudh complained that ...
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8/25/10 6:48 AM
Karamath, wife on $3m bail Led by their attorney Om Lalla, right, Khalil Karamath, centre, 22, son
of deceased construction mogul Hafeez Karamath, and his wife, Sabeerah
Mohammed, 23, leave the Port-of-Spain Magistrates’ Cour...
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8/25/10 6:48 AM
PM gets budget wish lists Representatives of ten special-interest groups yesterday presented Prime
Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar their respective 2010/11 budget wish
lists. The discussions took place at the Prime Minister’...
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8/25/10 6:48 AM
120 days jail for AWOL soldier A solider was sentenced to 120 days in a military jail for going on sick
leave without the necessary permission from his immediate superiors. A
release from the Defence Force yesterday said Private Al...
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8/25/10 6:48 AM
Flag-burning suspect sent back to Venezuela The Venezuelan national suspected of burning his country’s
national flag has been sent back home. In a telephone interview
yesterday, Venezuelan Ambassador Maria Eugenia Marcano said the man who als...
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8/25/10 6:48 AM
‘Busy’ driver fined $2,400 A Santa Flora man was fined $2,400 after pleading guilty to two traffic
offences. Ronald James Jeffery was almost arrested, however, for failing
to attend court yesterday. Senior Magistrate Rajendra R...
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8/25/10 6:48 AM
Parade in Savannah on Tuesday The Independence Day Parade will begin at 7.30 am at the old Grand Stand
site at the Queen’s Park Savannah on Tuesday, according to Defence
Force public relations officer Captain Al Alexander. In a ...
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8/25/10 6:48 AM
Three held as cops seize ammo, ganja Southern Division police have seized some 602 rounds of high-powered
ammunition, including AK47 and M16 bullets, during an exercise on
Monday. Thirteen packets of compressed marijuana, were also recov...
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8/25/10 6:48 AM
Ramadhar seeks new office for Registrar General Minister of Legal Affairs Prakash Ramadhar, left, looks a the view from
one of the buildings on Harris Street San Fernando that has been
earmarked to house the Ministry of Legal Affairs. Photo Rishi R...
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8/25/10 6:48 AM
Defeated PP candidate plans peace walk Ralph Maximin Belmont resident Ralph Maximin and members of the
Belmont North West Team will be staging a peace walk through the streets
of Belmont on Independence Day. Maximin, who contested the ...
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8/25/10 6:48 AM
Is T&T ready to host the women’s U-17 W Cup Jack Warner, centre, Works and Transport Minister, Anil Roberts, right,
Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs and Oliver Camps, TTFF president
talk about the upcoming Fifa Under-17 Women’s World Cup ...
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8/25/10 6:48 AM
Raw sewage flows in Tarouba Lisa Forde points to the hole on Ian Atherly Drive at Tarouba Heights in
Marabella. PHOTOs: RISHI RAGOONATH Raw sewage is flowing from an
open hole on Ian Atherly Drive,Tarouba Heights in Marabell...
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8/25/10 6:48 AM
$3M bail granted to Karamath couple KHALIL KARAMATH, held hands with his wife Sabeera Mohammed as they left
Port-of- Spain Magistrates Court after securing bail of $1.5 million
each yesterday.
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8/25/10 6:18 AM
Unipet wants CNG subsidised The United Independent Petroleum Marketing Company Limited (UNIPET) is
hoping Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) subsidies and crime are some of the
issues that would be addressed in the upcoming Budget for...
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8/25/10 6:18 AM
PSA holds first meeting with CPO The Public Services Association (PSA) yesterday afternoon held its first
meeting with the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO) at the Office of the
Minister of Public Administration on Abercromby Street, Por...
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8/25/10 6:18 AM
Jazz is alive at the Hilton Head of the Jazz Alliance of Trinidad and Tobago Sean Thomas is considered one of the most accomplished jazz drummers in the country. www.topix.net | 8/25/10 4:59 AM Upgrades coming for Crown Point, Scarborough Tobago is soon to get a new Licensing Office as well as upgrades at the
Crown Point International Airport and the Scarborough port facilities.
The decisions were the outcome of a meeting with the Toba...
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8/25/10 4:36 AM
Minimum wage won’t go up to $20 says Mc Leod Minister of Labour, Small and Micro Enterprises Errol Mc Leod says the
minimum wage will not be increased to $20 an hour. He was speaking
yesterday at a press briefing after the ministry’s consultat...
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8/25/10 4:36 AM
I begged him not to join Police Service Grace Thomas, the mother of slain police constable Jason Thomas, at the
Forensic Science Centre yesterday. The mother of Police Constable
Jason Thomas, the officer who was killed by carjackers on M...
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8/25/10 4:36 AM
Hip hop star to launch ‘Localize Itt’ Nikki Minaj One of the world’s biggest female hip hop
artistes, Nikki Minaj, is coming to Trinidad. Minaj, 25, who has
Trinidadian parentage, will be the headline act at a concert to
officially ...
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8/25/10 4:36 AM
Caribbean financier indicted in US in fraud case A Jamaican financier accused of defrauding thousands of investors with
an alleged multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme has been indicted in a
Florida court on fraud and money laundering charges, officials...
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8/25/10 3:08 AM
Girls in green ready for Samba sisters The girls in green earned their historic place in the sun by finishing
runners-up in the European Championship finals, only losing out to Spain
in a penalty shoot-out in the final. And, as he announce...
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8/25/10 2:32 AM
Papa Reu - Put It In The Air Papa Reu has been a fixture in the Houston rap scene for awhile now. A Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, he's known for blending island sounds with southern rap. www.topix.net | 8/25/10 12:50 AM BBC Caribbean News in Brief But he has told BBC Caribbean that there are some questions that need to
be addressed including what he claims are inconsistencies in the
vetting process.
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8/24/10 10:22 PM
Miss T&T fails to qualify MISS TRINIDAD and Tobago, Latoya Woods, failed to qualify as one of the top 15 contestants at last night's Miss Universe Pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. www.topix.net | 8/24/10 8:35 PM Spectrum for T&T reprocessing gig Spectrum will reprocess 2D data covering the eastern
coasts of Trinidad & Tobago under a 20 August 2010 deal. Spectrum
said under the deal it it signed with the Ministry of Energ...
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8/24/10 7:45 PM
Kamla in top ten female leaders Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday played down being named by Time magazine as one of the top 10 female world leaders. www.topix.net | 8/24/10 4:25 PM Kamla begins budget talks with interest groups today PORT OF SPAIN - In preparation for the 2010/2011 national budget, Prime
Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will hold several meetings with various
stakeholders starting today. Persad-Bissessar, on her...
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8/24/10 2:14 PM
Study launched to educate women on cervical cancer Professor K Ashing-Giwa chats with chairman of the T&T Cancer Society Dr George Laquis at the launch of CCAREa s awareness campaign and research study yesterday at the Carlton Savannah, Cascade. www.topix.net | 8/24/10 12:06 PM Help trickles in for Couva family Radesh Dijindra, 28, Angela Mahabir, 26, Sonjay Mangaroo, 13, and
Angela’s five-year-old son at their home. Photo: Innis Francis
Help has come for a mentally challenged family whose life of squa...
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8/24/10 8:42 AM
Venezuelan quizzed on embassy ‘attack’ AC Maria Eugenia Marcano. Photo: Shirley Bahadur Employees of the
Venezuelan Embassy were left confused yesterday, after their
country’s national flag was discovered burnt and the
embassy’s c...
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8/24/10 8:42 AM
Sando gets disaster warehouse Lester Mattadeen, left, helps Marvelle John into his new wheelchair held
by Minister of Local Government Chandresh Sharma yesterday.The
wheelchair was part of the relief supplies. Photo: Tony Howell ...
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8/24/10 8:42 AM
Karamath’s son denied bail Khalil Karamath, son of deceased millionaire Hafeez Karamath, in the
carpark of the Port-of-Spain Magistrates’ Court during a viewing
of the illegal items allegedly found at the family’s home last...
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8/24/10 8:42 AM
Disorderly mom gets reprimand Frustrated by the outcome of her son’s case, Patricia Watt also
found herself in trouble with the law after she began to shout in the
corridor of the San Fernando Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Mo...
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8/24/10 8:42 AM
Man hangs self 14 years after parents’ murder-suicide Fourteen years after his father killed his mother and then committed
suicide, a 28-year-old construction worker also ended his life on
Sunday. Police said Suresh Balgobin of North Road, Robert Villag...
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8/24/10 8:42 AM
No dengue deaths in Tobago Tobago House of Assembly Secretary of Health and Social Service Albert
Pilgrim has confirmed there are no dengue related deaths on the island
to date. Pilgrim said there had been 507 screenings of pe...
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8/24/10 8:42 AM
Rock: Extradition decision puzzling Now, let me get this straight. Federal authorities will not seek to extradite the former principal of Winterville Elementary School accused of stealing thousands of dollars from an after-school activities fund at the school, but that former principal, 64-year-old Yvonne John-Daniels, faces arrest and prosecution if she ever returns to the United ... www.topix.net | 8/24/10 7:51 AM Car thief shot dead by cop A robber, who was caught red-handed by police as he broke into a car at
San Fernando on Sunday night, was shot dead by an officer. Alysta
Tannis, of Blitz Village, Pleasantville, died around 10.50 pm...
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8/24/10 6:38 AM
Kamla in top ten female leaders Kamla Persad-Bissessar Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar
yesterday played down being named by Time magazine as one of the top 10
female world leaders. “Please let me know when they have lis...
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8/24/10 6:38 AM
Soon Haiti will no longer be beggar Feature speaker Prof Emeka Nwabueze, left, Chief Servant Makandal Daaga
and his wife, Liseli, at the National Action Cultural Committee and
Caribbean Historical Society's 28th annual emancipation dinn...
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8/24/10 6:38 AM
Study launched to educate women on cervical cancer Professor K Ashing-Giwa chats with chairman of the T&T Cancer
Society Dr George Laquis at the launch of CCARE’s awareness
campaign and research study yesterday at the Carlton Savannah, Cascade. ...
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8/24/10 6:38 AM
Granville residents call for widespread spraying after dengue outbreak Granville residents are calling on the Health Ministry to begin
immediate spraying in the region after three residents contracted dengue
fever. President of the Granville Village Council Shankar Teel...
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8/24/10 6:38 AM
Shooting spree victim discharged from hospital Bevon Drakes, one of four people who escaped death in a shooting spree
at Tarodale Gardens, Ste Madeleine, on Thursday night, has been
discharged from the San Fernando General Hospital. Up to late ye...
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