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Officers of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit (AKU) have until 4 pm today to formally charge or release a dentist who was arrested last week, after he was suspected of receiving a ransom payment connected to the kidnapping of Jankie Satie Karim.
With the national budget approaching, both Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo have failed to provide a definitive timeline for when public servants will receive the promised ten per cent wage increase.
Dain Maharaj has been appointed chairman of the Community-Based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (CEPEP), but there is still no clear timeline for hiring new contractors—a move that could potentially pave the way for the re-employment of recently terminated workers.
The streets of Port-of-Spain tell many stories. For some, they’re simply a path from one place to the next. For others, they reveal a harsher reality—one marked by noise, hustle, and moments that aren’t always easy on the eyes or ears. However, one man is hoping to change that—not through protest or policy, but with something far more elegant: classical music.
Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs, Sean Sobers, says the two-day official visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi cost taxpayers “around $900,000.”
Former Mayaro MP Rushton Paray, once labelled a dissident within the United National Congress (UNC), has expressed full support for Kamla Persad-Bissessar following her unopposed re-election as Political Leader of the party on Sunday.
Culture Minister Michelle Benjamin and the Emancipation Support Committee are moving forward, even after she issued a stinging media release on Sunday demanding accountability from the organisation over government financing.
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne said yesterday that the information which led immigration officers to make “further inquiries” of former T&T prime minister Dr Keith Rowley did not originate in St John’s.
A Ministry of National Security employee has been granted $450,000 bail after being arrested and charged with embezzlement at the ministry.
A Diego Martin man who attempted to harm himself twice whilst in police custody over the weekend remained under police guard at hospital yesterday.
A man and a woman are recovering at the San Fernando General Hospital after being robbed and shot at Skinner Park in the early hours of Sunday morning.
The Ministry of Education has extended condolences and pledged support to the school community of San Juan North Secondary following the death of Form Four student Isaiah Pemberton.
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