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Cheaper alternatives from Nepal, as well as rising costs of domestic production, have slashed demand.

The Jharkhand High Court has delivered a crucial judgment regarding the presence of magnesium carbonate in food products, stating that it does not inherently make a food article prohibited under the...

In a recent post in the Talbot Spy, regarding Town of Easton personnel matters and policies, Al Silverstein states that he “is angry.”

“I’m of the view, that the Commissioner of Food Safety has a very important role...The life of citizens is in peril if materials used for packing are not properly monitored and supervised,” the High Court said.

Over 100 years ago, the National Child Labor Committee used photos of children doing industrial work to demand change in America. Several states adopted child labor laws, and after much debate and several setbacks, the Fair Labor Standards Act became law in 1938. Its protections included the nation’s foundational child labor laws, including restrictions on the age of workers and hours they can […]

If passed, businessmen will be prosecuted if they fail to remit the taxes.

PORT OF SPAIN – The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) said cocaine, estimated at more than TT$21 million (One TT dollar=US$0.16 cents) washed ashore in Mayaro, south east of here, earlier this week. The TTPS said that officers of the Mayaro Criminal Investigations Department (CID), acting on information received, proceeded to a location at Guayaguayare, Mayaro, on Wednesday, where the discovery was made. It said the “officers observed 36 …

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC –The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service said cocaine, estimated at more than TT$21 million, washed ashore in Mayaro earlier this week. The TTPS said that officers of the Mayaro Criminal Investigations...

During a Multi-Agency Task Force (MATF) exercise on Wednesday, police officers confiscated 73,900 illicit cigarettes, alcohol, medications, and electrical devices from two locations in Rio Claro.

A total of 73,900 illicit cigarettes have been removed from the local market by the police.