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Cabinet yesterday approved the absorption of over 800 Special Reserve Police (SRP) into the TTPS—and a number of persons are being interviewed regarding the school safety officer system.
Political scientist Dr Bishnu Ragoonath says political patronage — not merit — continues to influence the ethnic composition of State boards in T&T, shifting depending on which party is in power.
The Government has pushed back against Opposition criticism of State board appointments, urging an end to what it called divisive racial rhetoric.
Weekly Cabinet meetings officially resumed yesterday at the Diplomatic Centre, which has been “cleaned up,” according to Parliamentary Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Nicholas Morris.
Lightning, heavy rainfall and gusty winds on Wednesday night left a family in East Trinidad counting losses after their roof was torn off and several vehicles were damaged. The damage to the house is estimated at over $60,000, and includes household appliances—furniture, stove, refrigerator, television, and beds. The cost of damage to the vehicles is yet to be determined.
Chief Secretary Farley Augustine says the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) had the documents to verify millions spent on overseas travel, but a simple administrative failure meant those records were never submitted to the Auditor General.
As uncertainty surrounds the fate of thousands of CEPEP workers across the country, San Fernando Mayor Robert Parris has taken matters into his own hands, quietly reabsorbing a few into short-term work in his Pleasantville electoral district.
A quantity of cash seized from a house in Valsayn remained in police custody up to Thursday afternoon, as officers from the Financial Investigations Bureau (FIB) continue to trace the origin of the funds.
The Court of Appeal has upheld the decision of a judge to order a Belmont-based law firm to pay over $1 million in compensation for a fraudulent land deal it was found to facilitate through negligence.
A childhood friend of kidnap victim Jankie Satie Karim, who has been searching for her in forested areas, is pleading with her abductors to release her.
A High Court Judge has resolved a long-standing dispute with a company, a bailiff, a widow and a businessman over control of a 7.7-acre parcel of land in Mayaro.
A 37-year-old man was shot while standing near a fruit stall in Morvant on Wednesday afternoon.
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