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Monday, July 7, 2025

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FILE - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, is greeted by President Donald Trump as he arrives at the West Wing of the White House in Washington, April 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

FILE - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, is greeted by President Donald Trump as he arrives at the West Wing of the White House in Washington, April 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Mark Schiefelbein

Trump and Netanyahu may take a victory lap on Iran, but the Gaza war looms over their meeting

Is­raeli Prime Min­is­ter Ben­jamin Ne­tanyahu and U.S. Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump might look to take a vic­to­ry lap on Mon­day af­ter their re­cent joint strikes on Iran, hailed by both as an un­mit­i­gat­ed suc­cess.

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Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro with the first batch of completed Firearm Users Licence (FUL) applications in his office at the Police Administration Building, Port-of-Spain.

Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro with the first batch of completed Firearm Users Licence (FUL) applications in his office at the Police Administration Building, Port-of-Spain.

COURTESY:TTPS

Guevarro tight-lipped on who’s applying for FULs

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Kejan Haynes
Mon Jul 07 2025
FILE: Ellen Lewis

FILE: Ellen Lewis

Abraham Diaz

Lewis returns to WASA as management team nears completion

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Kejan Haynes
Mon Jul 07 2025
Police investigators return to the crime scene where Kelvin “Balo” Paul (inset) was fatally shot and three others injured at La Platta Circular, KP Lands Valencia on Sunday.

Police investigators return to the crime scene where Kelvin “Balo” Paul (inset) was fatally shot and three others injured at La Platta Circular, KP Lands Valencia on Sunday.

ROGER JACOB

One dead, 7 injured after two shootings in Eastern Division

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Anna-Lisa Paul & Ralph Banwarie
Mon Jul 07 2025
Police investigators process the scene of a fatal shooting along Nelson Street, Port of Spain, yesterday.

Police investigators process the scene of a fatal shooting along Nelson Street, Port of Spain, yesterday.

ANISTO ALVES

Unidentified man gunned down on Nelson Street

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Anna-Lisa Paul
Mon Jul 07 2025
Marissa Paul, right, shows a top to an unidentified woman during the Curepe Community group’s first charity share drive, held at the Curepe Community Centre, Saldenah Terrace, Curepe, last week.

Marissa Paul, right, shows a top to an unidentified woman during the Curepe Community group’s first charity share drive, held at the Curepe Community Centre, Saldenah Terrace, Curepe, last week.

ABRAHAM DIAZ

Curepe group goes from keeping residents safe to helping those in need

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Anna-Lisa Paul
Mon Jul 07 2025
PNM Chairman Marvin Gonzales

PNM Chairman Marvin Gonzales

Gonzales urges NGOs to join with PNM to fight job losses in T&T

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KEVON FELMINE
Mon Jul 07 2025
Former Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan

Former Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan

Ex-minister says Govt must ensure refinery bidder has capital for investment

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Andrea Perez-Sobers
Mon Jul 07 2025
T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce chief executive officer Vashti Guyadeen

T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce chief executive officer Vashti Guyadeen

Business groups excited by agreements between India, T&T

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Andrea Perez-Sobers
Mon Jul 07 2025
Former primary school teacher Omella Achong reviews past papers with SEA student Ebraheem Jdid during an interview at her home in Arima yesterday.

Former primary school teacher Omella Achong reviews past papers with SEA student Ebraheem Jdid during an interview at her home in Arima yesterday.

ANISTO ALVES

Retired teacher helps boy relearn English and achieve SEA success

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Carisa Lee
Mon Jul 07 2025
National Parent Teacher Association (NPTA) president Walter Stewart, left, speaks with NPTA second vice president Zena Ramatali and Minister of Rural Development and Local Government Khadijah Ameen during the NPTA’s 65th Anniversary Interfaith Service at City Hall, Knox Street, Port-of-Spain, yesterday.

National Parent Teacher Association (NPTA) president Walter Stewart, left, speaks with NPTA second vice president Zena Ramatali and Minister of Rural Development and Local Government Khadijah Ameen during the NPTA’s 65th Anniversary Interfaith Service at City Hall, Knox Street, Port-of-Spain, yesterday.

ANISTO ALVES

NPTA wants TTPS to help parents curb school violence

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Carisa Lee
Mon Jul 07 2025
A screen grab from a video posted on social media showing a teenaged girl next to a police vehicle used to transport her to graduation.

A screen grab from a video posted on social media showing a teenaged girl next to a police vehicle used to transport her to graduation.

SOCIAL MEDIA

CoP requests report after police car used to take teen to graduation

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Anna-Lisa Paul
Mon Jul 07 2025

Teacher walks free after sexual assault case takes emotional toll on alleged victim

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KEVON FELMINE
Mon Jul 07 2025
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Opposition members of Parliament join terminated CEPEP workers during a protest on Frederick Street, Port-of-Spain on Friday.

Opposition members of Parliament join terminated CEPEP workers during a protest on Frederick Street, Port-of-Spain on Friday.

PNM says court case over CEPEP firings still on: It was never dismissed

Op­po­si­tion Sen­a­tor Faris Al-Rawi says it’s “fake news” to sug­gest a court chal­lenge over the dis­missal of CEPEP con­trac­tors has col­lapsed, in­sist­ing the case was sim­ply with­drawn so it could be re­filed cor­rect­ly.

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Kejan Haynes
Mon Jul 07 2025
Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles gives the feature address during the People’s National Movement meeting in Chaguanas on Saturday.

Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles gives the feature address during the People’s National Movement meeting in Chaguanas on Saturday.

Courtesy PNM Facebook

Beckles slams UNC’s ‘silence’ on crime

Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les is call­ing out the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) Gov­ern­ment for stay­ing silent amid a con­tin­ued surge in vi­o­lent crime.

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KEVON FELMINE
Mon Jul 07 2025
Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro with the first batch of completed Firearm Users Licence (FUL) applications in his office at the Police Administration Building, Port-of-Spain.

Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro with the first batch of completed Firearm Users Licence (FUL) applications in his office at the Police Administration Building, Port-of-Spain.

COURTESY:TTPS

Guevarro tight-lipped on who’s applying for FULs

Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro is stay­ing tight-lipped about who is ap­ply­ing for Firearm Users’ Li­cences (FULs), of­fer­ing no in­sight in­to whether more women have joined the line in re­cent months. He was equal­ly guard­ed when asked about the de­mo­graph­ic break­down of ap­pli­cants be­ing ap­proved.

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Kejan Haynes
Mon Jul 07 2025
FILE: Ellen Lewis

FILE: Ellen Lewis

Abraham Diaz

Lewis returns to WASA as management team nears completion

The fi­nal pieces of the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty’s (WASA) new ex­ec­u­tive struc­ture are falling in­to place, with Guardian Me­dia con­firm­ing that Ellen Lewis will re­turn to the util­i­ty com­pa­ny as Di­rec­tor of Cus­tomer Care.

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Kejan Haynes
Mon Jul 07 2025
Police investigators return to the crime scene where Kelvin “Balo” Paul (inset) was fatally shot and three others injured at La Platta Circular, KP Lands Valencia on Sunday.

Police investigators return to the crime scene where Kelvin “Balo” Paul (inset) was fatally shot and three others injured at La Platta Circular, KP Lands Valencia on Sunday.

ROGER JACOB

One dead, 7 injured after two shootings in Eastern Division

A 39-year-old man was shot dead and three oth­ers in­jured dur­ing an ear­ly morn­ing at­tack in KP Lands, Va­len­cia, just hours af­ter four men were wound­ed in a sep­a­rate shoot­ing in San­gre Grande.

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Anna-Lisa Paul & Ralph Banwarie
Mon Jul 07 2025
Police investigators process the scene of a fatal shooting along Nelson Street, Port of Spain, yesterday.

Police investigators process the scene of a fatal shooting along Nelson Street, Port of Spain, yesterday.

ANISTO ALVES

Unidentified man gunned down on Nelson Street

The mur­ders con­tin­ued yes­ter­day with the killing of an uniden­ti­fied man at the cor­ner of Nel­son and Prince Streets, Port-of-Spain.

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Anna-Lisa Paul
Mon Jul 07 2025
Marissa Paul, right, shows a top to an unidentified woman during the Curepe Community group’s first charity share drive, held at the Curepe Community Centre, Saldenah Terrace, Curepe, last week.

Marissa Paul, right, shows a top to an unidentified woman during the Curepe Community group’s first charity share drive, held at the Curepe Community Centre, Saldenah Terrace, Curepe, last week.

ABRAHAM DIAZ

Curepe group goes from keeping residents safe to helping those in need

Un­aware of the pow­er she held as she formed an on­line group called the Curepe Ad­min Com­mu­ni­ty back in 2020, Anush­ka Ramjohn ini­tial­ly used it as a tool to keep res­i­dents of Curepe in­formed and up­dat­ed on neigh­bour­hood ac­tiv­i­ties and sus­pect­ed crim­i­nal ac­tiv­i­ty.

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Anna-Lisa Paul
Mon Jul 07 2025
PNM Chairman Marvin Gonzales

PNM Chairman Marvin Gonzales

Gonzales urges NGOs to join with PNM to fight job losses in T&T

With an al­leged 20,000 pub­lic sec­tor work­ers dis­missed since the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) as­sumed of­fice, Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) chair­man Mar­vin Gon­za­les has called on non­govern­men­tal or­gan­i­sa­tions (NGOs) to unite with his par­ty to con­front what he de­scribes as es­ca­lat­ing so­cial in­jus­tice.

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KEVON FELMINE
Mon Jul 07 2025
Former Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan

Former Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan

Ex-minister says Govt must ensure refinery bidder has capital for investment

En­er­gy ex­pert and for­mer en­er­gy min­is­ter Car­olyn Seep­er­sad-Bachan says there is a need for a rep­utable in­ter­na­tion­al in­vestor to re­open Petrotrin’s Pointe-a-Pierre re­fin­ery.

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Andrea Perez-Sobers
Mon Jul 07 2025
T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce chief executive officer Vashti Guyadeen

T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce chief executive officer Vashti Guyadeen

Business groups excited by agreements between India, T&T

Busi­ness groups see the mul­ti­ple Mem­o­ran­da of Un­der­stand­ing (MoUs) be­tween T&T and In­dia as hav­ing the po­ten­tial to push mean­ing­ful trans­for­ma­tion across key sec­tors, in­clud­ing health, agri­cul­ture, re­new­able en­er­gy, jus­tice, ed­u­ca­tion and trade.

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Andrea Perez-Sobers
Mon Jul 07 2025
Former primary school teacher Omella Achong reviews past papers with SEA student Ebraheem Jdid during an interview at her home in Arima yesterday.

Former primary school teacher Omella Achong reviews past papers with SEA student Ebraheem Jdid during an interview at her home in Arima yesterday.

ANISTO ALVES

Retired teacher helps boy relearn English and achieve SEA success

At 11 pm on Ju­ly 3, when Ebra­heem Jdid logged in to the Sec­ondary En­trance As­sess­ment (SEA) ex­am por­tal, he did not think the re­sults would show Holy Cross Col­lege.

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Carisa Lee
Mon Jul 07 2025
National Parent Teacher Association (NPTA) president Walter Stewart, left, speaks with NPTA second vice president Zena Ramatali and Minister of Rural Development and Local Government Khadijah Ameen during the NPTA’s 65th Anniversary Interfaith Service at City Hall, Knox Street, Port-of-Spain, yesterday.

National Parent Teacher Association (NPTA) president Walter Stewart, left, speaks with NPTA second vice president Zena Ramatali and Minister of Rural Development and Local Government Khadijah Ameen during the NPTA’s 65th Anniversary Interfaith Service at City Hall, Knox Street, Port-of-Spain, yesterday.

ANISTO ALVES

NPTA wants TTPS to help parents curb school violence

Na­tion­al Par­ent Teacher As­so­ci­a­tion (NPTA) pres­i­dent, Wal­ter Stew­art, is ap­peal­ing to Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er, Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro, to work with them to curb school vi­o­lence.

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Carisa Lee
Mon Jul 07 2025
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Che Teekersingh

Mottley: Trump tariff threat spurred Caricom food security drive

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Akash Samaroo
Mon Jul 07 2025

Eight held, trafficking victims rescued, firearms seized in raids

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Mon Jul 07 2025
Head offices of the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) on Frederick Street in Port of Spain, Trinidad. [Image courtesy LATT]

Head offices of the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) on Frederick Street in Port of Spain, Trinidad. [Image courtesy LATT]

Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago

Law Association condemns UNC attacks on independent senators

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Mon Jul 07 2025
Opposition members of Parliament join terminated CEPEP workers during a protest on Frederick Street, Port-of-Spain on Friday.

Opposition members of Parliament join terminated CEPEP workers during a protest on Frederick Street, Port-of-Spain on Friday.

PNM says court case over CEPEP firings still on: It was never dismissed

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Kejan Haynes
Mon Jul 07 2025
Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles gives the feature address during the People’s National Movement meeting in Chaguanas on Saturday.

Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles gives the feature address during the People’s National Movement meeting in Chaguanas on Saturday.

Courtesy PNM Facebook

Beckles slams UNC’s ‘silence’ on crime

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KEVON FELMINE
Mon Jul 07 2025
Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro with the first batch of completed Firearm Users Licence (FUL) applications in his office at the Police Administration Building, Port-of-Spain.

Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro with the first batch of completed Firearm Users Licence (FUL) applications in his office at the Police Administration Building, Port-of-Spain.

COURTESY:TTPS

Guevarro tight-lipped on who’s applying for FULs

by

Kejan Haynes
Mon Jul 07 2025
FILE: Ellen Lewis

FILE: Ellen Lewis

Abraham Diaz

Lewis returns to WASA as management team nears completion

by

Kejan Haynes
Mon Jul 07 2025
Police investigators return to the crime scene where Kelvin “Balo” Paul (inset) was fatally shot and three others injured at La Platta Circular, KP Lands Valencia on Sunday.

Police investigators return to the crime scene where Kelvin “Balo” Paul (inset) was fatally shot and three others injured at La Platta Circular, KP Lands Valencia on Sunday.

ROGER JACOB

One dead, 7 injured after two shootings in Eastern Division

by

Anna-Lisa Paul & Ralph Banwarie
Mon Jul 07 2025
Police investigators process the scene of a fatal shooting along Nelson Street, Port of Spain, yesterday.

Police investigators process the scene of a fatal shooting along Nelson Street, Port of Spain, yesterday.

ANISTO ALVES

Unidentified man gunned down on Nelson Street

by

Anna-Lisa Paul
Mon Jul 07 2025
Marissa Paul, right, shows a top to an unidentified woman during the Curepe Community group’s first charity share drive, held at the Curepe Community Centre, Saldenah Terrace, Curepe, last week.

Marissa Paul, right, shows a top to an unidentified woman during the Curepe Community group’s first charity share drive, held at the Curepe Community Centre, Saldenah Terrace, Curepe, last week.

ABRAHAM DIAZ

Curepe group goes from keeping residents safe to helping those in need

by

Anna-Lisa Paul
Mon Jul 07 2025
PNM Chairman Marvin Gonzales

PNM Chairman Marvin Gonzales

Gonzales urges NGOs to join with PNM to fight job losses in T&T

by

KEVON FELMINE
Mon Jul 07 2025
Former Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan

Former Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan

Ex-minister says Govt must ensure refinery bidder has capital for investment

by

Andrea Perez-Sobers
Mon Jul 07 2025
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