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Covid19 not at Lotto outlets? People line up to play online games at Lotto booth. Photo by Marvin Hamilton THE EDITOR: Can someone in authority responsible for formulating the regulations of Public Health Ordinance 12 please enlighten the population as to the logic and rationale behind the closure of bookstores but deeming National Lottery online games as essential. Please don’t get me wrong, I too enjoy a regular flutter on Play Whe and Lotto and I can't recall the last time I read a book much less browse through a bookstore to purchase one. There are relatively few bookstores in the coun...

No leads on killing of Charlieville ex-fireman, 76 Mervyn Prescott Police have been unable to find any leads on Monday night’s killing of 76-year-old ex-fireman Mervyn Prescott in Charlieville, Chaguanas. Up to Thursday, no one had been arrested. Police said investigations are ongoing. Prescott, fondly called Precko, was gunned down outside Jai’s Bar at Caroni Savannah Road. The grandfather of two lived a short drive away at Savannah Heights. A relative told Newsday on Thursday that an autopsy is scheduled for Friday at the Forensic Sciences Centre in St James. Police said Prescott was...

[UPDATED] Community shocked as ex-fireman killed outside Chaguanas bar Mervyn Prescott - The shooting death of ex-fireman Mervyn Prescott on Monday night outside a bar in Charlieville, Chaguanas, sparked outrage by residents and relatives, saying the killer took the life of an innocent man. "Why can’t people live in peace?" his bereaved wife Maria Bruce, 72, said on Tuesday. Prescott, a father of two, turned 76 in February. Bruce spoke briefly to Newsday at the family’s home at Savannah Heights in Charlieville. The mother of two said people are killing people anywhere. "You are in your h...

Lotto operators threaten shutdown over increased weekly fee by 20210401 A man awaits his turn to go into a Lotto both on Queen Janelle Commissiong Street, Port-of-Spain, yesterday. NICOLE DRAYTON shar­lene.ram­per­sad   Lot­to booth op­er­a­tors are threat­en­ing to shut­down their ma­chines on Mon­day and Tues­day if the Na­tion­al Lot­ter­ies Con­trol Board does not re­scind a de­ci­sion to in­crease their week­ly fee from $15 to $100. Head of a com­mit­tee ad­vo­cat­ing for the op­er­a­tors, Dean Per­sad told Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day the board has no ...

A philanthropist, who was always content with what he had, is Trinidad and Tobago’s newest Lotto jackpot millionaire. Now, someone who has always given back has received a bonus Christmas 2020 gift and has told the National Lotteries Control Board (NLCB) that he intends to “broaden his humanitarian outreach now that he can afford to and help where he can”. The NLCB announced yesterday that the latest winning ticket, which netted a $3.5 million jackpot, was purchased at Cloud 9 Lotto and Bar, Aranjuez Main Road in San Juan. The new winner “woke up to a huge jackpot” of...