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Govt workshop starts tomorrow Posted: Thursday, September 2, 2010
Fireworks light up QP Savannah FIREWORKS lit up the Port-of-Spain sky above the Queen's Park Savannah on the night of Independence Day when Firepower Fireworks in collaboration with Newsday, IETV Channel 1 and Stega Engineering presented a spectacle entitled "A gift to the nation".
Volney: 'Hang them in The square' Criminals who are faced with the death penalty should be hanged in Woodford Square, says Minister of Justice Herbert Volney.
...PM: Laptop deal clean Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday there was no kickback in the award of an $83 million contract to HP for the provision of 24,000 laptops to students entering secondary school this month.
38 new bus routes opened Thirty-eight new bus routes were opened up Monday, with the use of 85 buses and with the employ of 200 new bus drivers.
Govt workshop starts tomorrow PRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar and members of the People's Partnership Government are expected to begin arriving at the Coco Reef Hotel in Tobago this evening for a workshop on governance and related issues.
PP activists cry neglect from Govt Members of a newly-formed association, comprising some 500 People's Partnership activists, are calling on the party to provide them with jobs.
Three people minimum for PBR The Ministry of Works is advising motorists using the Priority Bus Route on Monday to exercise caution.
Carnival returns to QP Savannah BANDLEADERS and other Carnival stakeholders yesterday expressed excitement and enthusiasm for the return of the Parade of the Bands on Carnival Monday and Tuesday to the big stage at the Queen's Park Savannah.
Rowley: Focus on development OPPOSITION LEADER Dr Keith Rowley has called on the People's Partnership Government to ensure human development was at the core of the 2011 Budget because TT was facing "testing times”.
Rowley off to 'consultation' in Jamaica Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley left the country yesterday morning to attend a Regional Stakeholders Consultation on Model Legislation for the Registration and Financing of Political Parties and Campaigns, which will be held today and tomorrow at the Jamaica Conference Centre in Kingston.
Cop killed: accused lies to court about age A 16-year-old Chaguanas boy, one of three people charged with the murder of police constable Jason Thomas, yesterday lied to a Tunapuna magistrate about his age.
PSC head: Philbert's 'firing' a private issue CHAIRMAN of the Police Service Commission (PSC) Nizam Mohammed says there were more issues which led to the PSC's decision to terminate the contract of former acting commissioner of police James Philbert last week. However, he said the other issues were private and confidential and could not be discussed.
Gibbs plans sit-down with ex-top cop DWAYNE GIBBS, the country's next commissioner of police, says when he assumes duty as head of the Police Service, he intends to meet with former acting CoP James Philbert.
'I wanted to help kill my wife' ASKED why he stabbed his wife in her neck and slashed her arm, a Guyanese born man yesterday told a San Fernando magistrate that after his wife told him she wanted to commit suicide, he decided to help her in the act.
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