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Tobago woman, Venezuelan man dead in separate accidents
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 3, 2025
News Ryan Hamilton-Davis 2 Hrs Ago An emergency ambulance - File photo A 79-year-old retiree from Tobago is among two people who died in separate accidents on August 2. The retiree’s name is Marjorie Orr. Police said at about 8.35 am, she was an...
Trinidad Senator and NCIC President Deoroop Teemal dies at 69
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 3, 2025
Independent Senator and President of the National Council for Indian Culture (NCIC), Deoroop Teemal, has died. He passed away at his home on Sankar Street, St. Augustine around 1 a.m. on Sunday. He was 69 years old. - Advertisement - His death was...
EnerMech Secures Cranes Contract Extension for bp in Trinidad & Tobago
Offshore Source - Florida
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EnerMech has been awarded a two-year contract extension by bp Trinidad & Tobago to continue providing crane operations on the operator’s 12 offshore platforms in the Caribbean country. Having first secured the contract in 2022, the extension marks...
Illegal prison cellphones loaded with thousands of dollars in credit–POA president
Barbados Today
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August 10, 2025
167 Trinidad Guardian – Illegal cellphones smuggled into Trinidad and Tobago’s prisons—some loaded with prepaid credit values ranging from TT$8 000 to TT$11 000 (US$1 179 – US$1 621)—are enabling inmates to run criminal networks from behind bars....
Police warn motorists to be cautious as
CNC 3
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August 11, 2025
Senior reporter [email protected] The number of fatal road fatalities rose to 71 yesterday, following five deaths over the weekend. An unidentified man became the second road accident victim at 11.55 pm on Saturday, as he and a second man...
Police warn motorists to be cautious as 5 killed in accidents
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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Anna-Lisa Paul Senior reporter anna-lisa.paul@guardian.co.tt The number of fatal road fatalities rose to 71 yesterday, following five deaths over the weekend. An unidentified man became the second road accident victim at 11.55...
Trinidad PM commits to reparations plan
Stabroek News
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August 2, 2025
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has unveiled an action plan aimed at deepening cultural recognition, economic empowerment, and reparatory justice for the descendants of enslaved Africans. Delivering the feature address at...
Trinidad man sentenced to 13 years, in addition with separate LAC six-year sentence, for high-speed chase in Castle Rock, crashing into patrol cars
The Chronicle-News - Colorado
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August 1, 2025
T’Naus Nieto The Chronicle-News Roy Allen Elliott Casaus III was wanted back in 2022 before the Castle Rock incident, for accessory to homicide The 23rd Judicial District announced Tuesday, July 29, that Roy Allen Elliott Casaus, 33, out of...
Jamaica: Trafficking haven Researcher points to trade’s big business in Caribbean
Win Media SKN
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August 4, 2025
Tamoy Ashman (Jamaica Observer) – WITH more than 80,000 smugglers entering the Caribbean region each year it has become a haven for sex and human trafficking, according to Dr Cleophas Justine Pierre. Based on his research, Dr Pierre pointed out...
Costaatt moves to promote youth mental health in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 4, 2025
News Laurel V Williams 4 Hrs Ago Costaatt’s president Dr Keith Nurse presents a signed copy of the memorandum of understanding between Costaatt and the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health (AAIUH) to Dr Marilyn Fraser, CEO of the AAIUH. THE...
WI Vs PAK: When And Where To Watch Live Streaming Of West Indies Vs Pakistan, 2nd ODI?
News24
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August 10, 2025
Mohammad Rizwan led Pakistan will be eyeing a win as they will be playing against West Indies in the second ODI on Sunday in Trinidad. The visitors lead the three-match series by 1-0 after registering a solid five-wicket win in the first ODI....
Re-thinking the current football business model in Nigeria as a catalyst for sports development, by Raji Fashola
Eagle Online
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August 10, 2025
I am very enthusiastic about being at this event, to receive Mumini Alao’s autobiography and thank him sincerely for the privilege he has afforded me: not only to get a copy of his book in advance, but also to give me this important platform to...
Chinese research vessel enters Luzon Strait; PCG sends aircraft
Cebu Daily News
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August 3, 2025
MANILA, Philippines — The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has deployed an aircraft to the Luzon Strait in the northern top of the country near Batanes and Taiwan to monitor and challenge a Chinese research vessel that has been spotted in the area....
Journalist Shweta Sharma feels at home in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 3, 2025
Features Joey Bartlett 6 Hrs Ago Shweta Sharma is proud of her many cultures. - Photo by Faith Ayoung WHEN Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stepped onto Trinidadian soil in July, it wasn't just a diplomatic mission: it became a moment of...
As wealth increases locally – EU phases down operations in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 3, 2025
News Janelle De Souza 18 Minutes Ago European Ambassador Peter Cavendish at his Queen’s Park East Office, Port of Spain on July 22. - Photo by Angelo Marcelle After years of granting project funding, the Delegation of the European Union (EU) to TT...
Trinidad man sentenced to 13 years for crashing stolen car in Castle Rock high-speed chase
Denver 7 - Colorado
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July 30, 2025
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — A Trinidad man will spend more than a decade in prison after ramming a stolen vehicle at police cars during a high-speed chase in Castle Rock in early 2022, a spokesperson with the 23rd Judicial District Attorney’s Office said...
Super Size Me: BP’s new upstream technology head boosts super computer in renewed E&P drive
Upstream
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UK supermajor BP is to quadruple the capacity of its Houston-based supercomputer by the end of the year as the operator looks to harness technology in its renewed drive to increase oil and gas production, a senior executive has told Upstream. The...
Prof Hosein: New US tariffs could deepen T&T’s forex challenges
Trinidad Express
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August 10, 2025
THE newly imposed 15% US tariff on key Trinidad and Tobago energy exports threatens to tighten foreign exchange flows and strain the country’s fragile currency regime, economist Prof Roger Hosein has warned. However, Hosein believes that this...
Three Trinidad and Tobago nationals cop Chevening scholarships
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 1, 2025
News Kinnesha George An Hour Ago Shawn Melville - THREE TT nationals – Shana Thomas, Clayanne Knott and Shawn Melville – have been awarded fully funded scholarships to pursue their master’s degrees in the UK. The announcement of the 2025 Chevening...
Honouring the past, unlocking Trinidad and Tobago destiny
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 1, 2025
Commentary Newsday 3 Hrs Ago Donna Prowell-Raphael - African Emancipation Day message from Donna Prowell-Raphael, Chairman of the Equal Opportunity Tribunal AFRICAN Emancipation Day is far more than a commemoration of the legal abolition of...