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Maritime Services Association calls for stricter jet ski laws
8+ hour, 4+ min ago (423+ words) Reef boats anchored near the shore in Pigeon Point yesterday. The Mar'itime Ser'vices As'so'ci'a'tion of Trinidad and To'ba'go yes'ter'day called for the in'tro'duc'tion of stricter leg'is'la'tion and tougher penal'ties for breach'es of jet ski op'er'a'tion pro'to'cols, say'ing de'ci'sive ac'tion is…...
T&T-Venezuela gas talks under a geopolitical shadow
8+ hour, 2+ min ago (337+ words) This is not a new be'gin'ning. Trinidad and To'ba'go and Venezuela have been en'gaged in near'ly two decades of stop-start ne'go'ti'a'tions over cross-bor'der gas, dat'ing back to ear'ly talks in 2003 and for'malised agree'ments in 2007. The ques'tion, there'fore, is not whether…...
Young questions PM's standing to lead Venezuela talks
8+ hour ago (609+ words) Port-of-Spain North/St Ann's West MP Stuart Young speaks during yesterday's Opposition media briefing at Charles Street, Port-of-Spain. Speak'ing at an Op'po'si'tion me'dia brief'ing yes'ter'day at the Of'fice of the Op'po'si'tion Leader in Port-of-Spain, Young chal'lenged the Prime Min'is'ter to…...
Delcy Rodriguez arrives in Grenada
14+ hour, 55+ min ago (78+ words) Courtesy Office of the Prime Minister of Grenada Act'ing Venezue'lan Pres'i'dent Del'cy Ro'driguez has ar'rived in Grena'da in what is be'ing de'scribed as her first in'ter'na'tion'al trip since as'sum'ing of'fice in Jan'u'ary. Members of the Mc Cann team that won…...
Families traumatised after child killed in jet ski tragedy
23+ hour, 12+ min ago (569+ words) Busi'ness'man and Hin'du pun'dit Dr Don'ny Sam'lal has raised con'cerns about the be'hav'iour of some tour op'er'a'tors at Pi'geon Point Beach, say'ing they ap'peared to be un'der the in'flu'ence short'ly be'fore sev'en-year-old An'gel'i'ca Jo'gie was killed in a jet ski…...
TTFS gets 6 new fire tenders to boost emergency response
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (512+ words) Af'ter years of lim'it'ed equip'ment and de'layed re'spons'es to emer'gen'cies, the Trinidad and To'ba'go Fire Ser'vice (TTFS) has re'ceived a ma'jor op'er'a'tional boost with the han'dover of six new fire ten'ders val'ued at $69 mil'lion. The equip'ment will be de'ployed across…...
Regional leaders voice their positions on Caricom row
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (510+ words) An'tigua and Bar'bu'da Prime Min'is'ter Gas'ton Browne says his coun'try will be stay'ing out of the im'passe be'tween Trinidad and To'ba'go and Cari'com de'spite be'ing drawn in'to the con'tro'ver'sy by this coun'try's For'eign Af'fairs min'is'ter. Mean'while, Guyana Pres'i'dent Dr Ir'faan…...
Jet ski horror
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (701+ words) A per'fect day at the beach end'ed in hor'ror yes'ter'day, af'ter a run'away jet ski ploughed in'to a va'ca'tion'ing Bar'rack'pore fam'i'ly and killed sev'en-year-old An'gel'i'ca Jo'gie at Pi'geon Point, To'ba'go. Scores of vis'i'tors, both lo'cal and for'eign, were at the…...
PM announces energy mission to Venezuela
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (379+ words) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar delivers the feature address at the handover of six fire tenders to the Trinidad and Tobago Fire Service at the Penal Fire Station on Clarke Road, Penal, yesterday. Prime Min'is'ter Kam'la Per'sad-Bisses'sar says a diplo'mat'ic del'e'ga'tion…...
Dubraj and Friends" celebrates music, memory and identity
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (295+ words) The rhyth'mic pulse of the dho'lak and the bright, metal'lic ring of the dhan'tal filled the Cou'va South Au'di'to'ri'um re'cent'ly as In'di'an Clas'si'cal mu'sic and tra'di'tion'al chut'ney shared cen'tre stage in a seam'less cul'tur'al show'case led by Dubraj Per'sad. "The…...