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A police anti-crime exercise in Arima on Saturday night resulted in the arrest of a La Horquetta couple and the seizure of a large cache of arms and ammunition, including a Russian-made AK-47 assault rifle.

An instructor assigned to the Police Training Academy is expected to be interrogated by senior investigators in connection with the alleged rape of a trainee at the Academy’s St James compound on Saturday morning.

Vowing to shut down the Petrotrin oil refinery and producing fields, Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) president general Ancil Roget said yesterday that workers intend to make “more mas” this Carnival as they embark on an official strike action.

Several persons—female and male—are under consideration for the post of CNMG chairman, after last week’s resignation of ex-chairman Brian Stone, government officials said on Saturday.

Planning Minister Dr Bhoe Tewarie says the Government is aiming to reduce poverty by two per cent annually.

The celebrations of newly crowned Chutney Soca Monarch Kris “KI” Persad were yesterday dampened after a gunman invaded a victory party held at his Barataria home.

Traffic piled up, on both the north- and southbound lanes of the Solomon Hochoy Highway after a car accident claimed the lives of a 47-year-old woman and her daughter yesterday.

Anti Corruption Investigation Bureau (ACIB) officers were in possession of a legitimate search warrant which provided them with the authority to carry out a search for evidence at Newsday, Police Commissioner Dwayne Gibbs has said.