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Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh says he has been forced to personally intervene in operations at North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA), due to the inefficiency at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital which has led to gross neglect.

Head of the Highway Reroute Movement Dr Wayne Kublalsingh is calling on Government to remove a quarter mile embankment built by the last government, which he believes is responsible for extensive flooding in the Oropouche region.

Hundreds of short-term workers employed by the Ministry of Education are now facing uncertain futures after their contracts were not renewed due to a lack of funds to pay them for the next contract cycle.

Two years after he escaped from the Carrera Island Prison, Steve McGilvery was recaptured in his home town of Sea Lots yesterday.

Former attorney general John Jeremie, SC, has no fear over Government’s threat to refer him to the Disciplinary Committee of the Law Association, over his alleged conflict of interest in representing a group of CL Financial (CLF) shareholders opposed to a move to wind up the company.

The T&T Electricity Commission (T&TEC) has been ordered to pay $1 million in compensation to a driver who was unfairly forced to retire on medical grounds after suffering a mild heart attack in 2011.

A key member of the Unruly Isis gang was yesterday shot dead by police officers while making his way to purchase a vehicle in Chaguanas.

From August 1, 60 randomly selected police officers will begin nationwide body camera testing. It is hoped that at the end of a six-month trial stint, these devices will be issued to every officer on duty.