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Man on trial for slaying ex’s mother

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 05:11
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Richmond stages cricket clinic for East Bank schools

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 05:11
The Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport (MCYS) in collaboration with the National Sports Commission (NSC) held a one day cricket clinic yesterday at the Agricola Basketball court, East Bank...

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Michael Jackson’s teen daughter attempts suicide -mother

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 05:11
LOS ANGELES,  (Reuters) – Paris Jackson, the 15-year-old daughter of late pop star Michael Jackson, was rushed to a Los Angeles-area hospital on Tuesday after an apparent suicide attempt, her...

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What of the clogged drains and existing garbage?

Thu, 06/06/2013 - 05:10
Dear Editor, I grew up in Fourth St, Alberttown, between Light and Albert streets, and the other children in the street and I would play in the gutter at the side of the street, chasing the little...

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Bandits seize $2M from Wismar Post Office, take cop’s rifle

Mon, 06/03/2013 - 14:54
Police say that at about 0815h today, two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun, entered the Wismar Post Office and held up the Police Constable who was on duty guarding cash. The perpetrators...

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Miner succumbs after set afire at Chinee Landing

Mon, 06/03/2013 - 14:49
On May 21, 2013, the police say that miner Elroy Sealey, 29 years, of Yorkshire Hall, Mahaicony, ECD, was confronted by a man at Chinee Landing, Cuyuni, during which he was doused with gasoline and...

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Albion woman strangled, husband attempts suicide

Mon, 06/03/2013 - 13:11
A twenty-eight-year old mother of three from Albion was strangled allegedly by her husband last evening. The woman who has been identified by the police as Geeta Bissoondyal died in her High Reef...

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Rita Marley honoured by women

Mon, 06/03/2013 - 12:57
(Jamaica Gleaner) Famed artiste and humanitarian Rita Marley has been honoured with the International Women’s Forum (IWF) Leading Light Award for 2013. The honour was bestowed on Marley last...

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Jean Stapleton, who played TV’s Edith Bunker, dies at age 90

Mon, 06/03/2013 - 09:17
NEW YORK,  (Reuters) – Actress Jean Stapleton, best known for her Emmy-winning role as the good-hearted housewife Edith Bunker in the groundbreaking 1970s television comedy “All in the...

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Chinese US$3B only for Caricom countries with One China policy

Mon, 06/03/2013 - 07:39
(Trinidad Express) Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries that support the People’s Republic of China’s One China policy, including Trinidad and Tobago, are to benefit from US$3 billion in...

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Blaze at locked Chinese poultry slaughterhouse kills 119 -state media

Mon, 06/03/2013 - 07:35
BEIJING,  (Reuters) – A blaze at a locked poultry slaughterhouse in northeast China killed at least 119 people today with several still unaccounted for, officials and state media said,...

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China unwraps US$1.5B grant to CARICOM

Mon, 06/03/2013 - 05:23
Guyana will look at how it will tap into a US$1.5 billion grant announced by the Chinese Government during the visit of that country’s President Xi Jinping to Trinidad, while ways in which Beijing...

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GuySuCo not tackling poor cane quality –Komal Chand

Mon, 06/03/2013 - 05:22
GAWU Head, Komal Chand says that GuySuCo is not addressing one of its major problems –the quality of canes in the ground – even as the corporation now faces the task of producing at least 143,000...

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LBI man perishes in hit-and-run

Mon, 06/03/2013 - 05:21
A 56-year-old La Bonne Intention, East Coast Demerara man was killed in a hit-and-run accident on Saturday night. Teril Changa called ‘Mack’ was crossing the LBI public road when he was struck by the...

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Granger: Message to Ramotar was governance has to be improved

Mon, 06/03/2013 - 05:20
Leader of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) David Granger said that when he met with President Donald Ramotar last week he did not go with a “shopping list” but rather the main objective was to...

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Crematorium commissioned at Blairmont

Mon, 06/03/2013 - 05:19
A dream for providing a better facility for cremating the dead became a reality yesterday with the grand opening of the Blairmont Crematorium & Memorial Garden (BCMG). President of the BCMG,...

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Consideration of three local gov’t bills completed

Mon, 06/03/2013 - 05:18
The Special Select Committee on Local Government has completed consideration of another two bills, according to Chairman Basil Williams, and stands ready to tackle the fourth and final bill as early...

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Unity man, child injured in gas explosion

Mon, 06/03/2013 - 05:17
A Unity, Mahaica man was last night in a coma and his two-year-old niece nursing third degree burns following a gasoline explosion after he fell asleep with a lit cigarette near the fuel. Kishan...

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Team performances critical to my success, says Cameron

Mon, 06/03/2013 - 05:17
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – West Indies Cricket Board president Dave Cameron believes the success or failure of his tenure will be based on the regional side’s results on the pitch. The Jamaican...

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D’Andrade, Morgan cop second places finishes in T/dad

Mon, 06/03/2013 - 05:16
Trinidad-based distance athlete, Lionel D’Andrade and Alika Morgan both claimed second place in the Eastern Credit Union’s (ECU) 25th Granny Lucess 5K and 15K Classic Road Race respectively in...

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