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The High Court has dismissed an application by the Office of the Attorney General to lift an interim injunction that was previously granted to two prison officers preventing the Commissioner

Devotees and well-wishers at Jai Kali Mandir, fondly known as Carli Bay Temple, Couva, celebrated the instal­la­tion of three new murtis, Lord Ganesha (Ganesh), Maa Bhadra Kaali and Maha Kaal

A 25-year-old ice cream vendor was robbed of cash and lollies in Arouca on Monday afternoon.

A HIGH COURT judge has refused to set aside an injunction which prevents the Commissioner of Prisons from transferring two Muslim prison officers who have complained of a policy barring them from wearing beards.

Police are trying to identify a man whose body was found in a river in Arouca on Tuesday afternoon.

ENERGY Minister Stuart Young put in a strong defence of this country's continued reliance on its energy sector at the BBC World Questions TT event on Wednesday evening, declaring: "Thank God we have an oil and gas economy."

Repeatedly targeted, beaten and terrorised by bandits, armed with guns or cutlasses, farmers are buckling under pressure. Some have been forced to scale down their operations which is affecting their livelihood, while others, fearful for their lives, are contemplating moving away from agriculture or the country as they have no protection or redress.

THREE men and two women lost their lives on the road in accidents in Arouca and Couva on Sunday. The latest victims was reportedly crossing the Priority Bus Route near the Main Road intersection in the Five Rivers area, when he was struck by an oncoming vehicle. He is yet to be identified. In the

As Housing and Urban Development Minister Camille Robinson-Regis presented 36 new starter homes to families along the east-west corridor on Friday, she said the mantra of the PNM on upcoming platforms would be that of gratitude. Speaking at the handing over ceremony at the Tunapuna Community Centre, Tunapuna, on Friday, Robinson-Regis asked how many countries

Maddie searches “did not find anything relevant”; “If anything relevant had been found, it would not be going for analysis to Germany”