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Angry parents and students of the Penal/Quinam Government Primary school staged a protest yesterday, calling on the Education Ministry to open their new school building.

An urgent call has been made for more doctors to specialise in the field of otolaryngology to address the backlog of cases dealing with the ear, nose and throat (ENT).

Youth leader of the Jamaat Al Muslimeen, Fuad Abu Bakr, has pleaded not guilty to two charges stemming from an incident at the Belmont Police Station last year.

In the last eight months, hundreds of squatters have encroached on State lands in the Sangre Grande and Point Fortin areas.

The land grabbing in these two districts has now become a major concern.

The 11-year-old primary school student who was charged with trafficking marijuana last Friday was granted $20,000 bail when he appeared before Arima magistrate Indar Jagroo yesterday. He pleaded not guilty.

Eight years after he was charged with causing the death of five people by driving dangerously along Mosquito Creek, South Oropouche, truck driver Balton Barnwell has been committed to stand trial in the High Court.

Police have detained a man for questioning in connection with the brutal cutlass attack on Jennifer Rampersad, who remains warded at the San Fernando General Hospital.

Spanish energy giant Repsol E&P T&T Limited has offered a US$.5 million bid for two of the National Gas Company (NGC) of T&T Limited’s offshore fields, as the company seeks to offload assets with the energy sector continuing to struggle due to low prices on the international markets...