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The Forensic Pathology Subdivision (FPS) of the Forensic Science Centre, St James, depends on medical personnel who are mostly not adequately skilled in the field of forensic pathology.

Government is “at the end of the closing stages” (sic) of negotiations for collective agreements for 2008-2010 and will “hopefully” start negotiations for 2011 having covered the background, Finance Minister Winston Dookeran said yesterday.

Sleep is contagious and passengers in vehicles need to stay awake in order to help the driver avoid road accidents. That was the observation by president of Arrive Alive, Brent Batson, following eight road fatalities in the first 22 days of the year.

It took slightly under eight hours for 29 North bands to showcase their wares before the judges at the preliminary round of the Single Pan Bands Competition in Panorama 2012 in the Paddock area of the Grand Stand, Queen’s Park Savannah, Port-of-...

Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley says the People’s Partnership Government paid $1 million to former director of the Special Anti-crime Unit of Trinidad and Tobago (SAUTT), Peter Joseph, for wrongful dismissal.

Homicide officers are investigating the death of a 23 year-old man of Nelson Street, Port-of-Spain who was fatally stabbed outside a fete in St Ann’s on Sunday.

Political analyst Dr Hamid Ghany says Labour Minister, Errol McLeod, has not betrayed the labour movement by resigning as political leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ).

Almost two weeks after the disappearance of three central fishermen during a fishing trip, two Sea Lots residents yesterday made their first appearance before the court charged with the trio’s murders.