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Published:Wednesday | April 10, 2013 | 12:00 AM

PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC): Embattled National Security Minister Austin 'Jack' Warner says he has no intention of resigning from his Cabinet post, accusing his detractors of trying to prevent the coalition People's Partnership government ...

Published:Wednesday | April 10, 2013 | 12:00 AM

PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC):The Environmental Management Authority (EMA) says it is unable to identify any environmental reasons why more than 100 black vultures (Coragyps atratus) died in west Trinidad on Monday.The EMA said it is also working on the theory...

Published:Wednesday | April 10, 2013 | 12:00 AM

PHILIPSBURG (AP):A Jamaican security guard accused in the stabbing deaths of a South Carolina couple at their Caribbean vacation home repeatedly rebuffed a judge's questions at the start of his murder trial.Meyshane Johnson...

Published:Tuesday | April 9, 2013 | 2:50 PM

Opposition politicians have intensified their calls for Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar to dismiss Warner, who is also chairman of the ruling party, from her cabinet.

Published:Tuesday | April 9, 2013 | 12:00 AM

PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC): Police say they have destroyed marijuana worth an estimated TT$57 million (One TT dollar = US$0.16 cents) in the Moruga forests, south of here over the weekend.

Published:Tuesday | April 9, 2013 | 12:00 AM

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: President Donald Ramotar says he is not in favour of an opposition request for an extension of the debate on the GUY$209.8 billion (One Guyana dollar = US$0.01 cents) budget and urged legislators to put aside their differences for the betterment of Guyana.

Published:Monday | April 8, 2013 | 12:00 AM

HAVANA (CMC) A Cuban author who wrote about racism in the country has been demoted from his top job at the government-controlled Casa de las Americas book publishers.

Published:Monday | April 8, 2013 | 12:00 AM

MIAMI (CMC): Seven young members of the internationally acclaimed National Ballet of Cuba have defected to the United States.

Published:Monday | April 8, 2013 | 12:00 AM

HAVANA (AP): The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia says a high-ranking leader has arrived in Havana to join peace talks with the Colombian government....

Published:Monday | April 8, 2013 | 12:00 AM

MIAMI (AP):More than 20 officers from Haiti's national police force are training in South Florida to combat drug trafficking in their Caribbean homeland.US State Department officials say 21 officers from the Haitian National Police Counternarcotics Unit...

Published:Wednesday | April 3, 2013 | 5:34 PM

Simpson was found guilty of the murder of 66-year-old Ida James, his landlady. Simpson was ordered to serve at least 23 years before being eligible for parole.

Published:Monday | April 1, 2013 | 1:10 PM

Kaylan died on Saturday but the other babies are reported to be doing well at the hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.

Published:Monday | April 1, 2013 | 12:00 AM

PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC):Former FIFA Vice-president Jack Warner says he has nothing to fear following international media reports that he is the subject of a probe by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the United States.Warner, minister of national...

Published:Monday | April 1, 2013 | 12:00 AM

GEORGETOWN (AP):Authorities in Guyana say 10 citizens have been selected to form part of a panel charged with helping improve the South American country's police force.National Security Minister Clement Rohee says...

Published:Monday | April 1, 2013 | 12:00 AM

PORT-OF-Spain (CMC): Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, under pressure to dismiss her National Security Minister Austin 'Jack' Warner amid allegations that he may be implicated in a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) probe involving soccer's global governing body ...

Published:Saturday | March 30, 2013 | 6:07 PM

Governor of the USVI warns that this could lead to a prolonged legal case that would be divisive and difficult to win and could inflict damage on the economies of the region.

Published:Saturday | March 30, 2013 | 8:19 AM

Deputy Governor Franz Manderson said the provision was very flexible and allowed for exceptional circumstances where the chief immigration officer could still grant temporary work permits.

Published:Friday | March 29, 2013 | 6:07 PM

A statement from the prime minister’s office gave no indication as to how long she would stay home.

Published:Wednesday | March 27, 2013 | 12:00 AM

PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC):Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, insisting that she is not attacking press freedom, has called on the Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago to rein in "rogue" members of the profession.

Published:Wednesday | March 27, 2013 | 12:00 AM

PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC):Interim president of the Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago, Suzanne Shepherd, yesterday expressed concerned at statements made by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar that there were "rogue" journalists operating against her...

Published:Tuesday | March 26, 2013 | 9:44 AM

It follows media reports that a man convicted of raping a 15-year-old girl in 2007 was doing supervised work across the street from the belonging to teen's mother.

Published:Monday | March 25, 2013 | 11:40 AM

The court granted the appeal on the basis of qualified privilege.

Published:Monday | March 25, 2013 | 9:05 AM

Sports Minister Anil Roberts says he will also be seeking legal remedy from the chairperson of his Congress of the People's Political Party.

Published:Thursday | March 21, 2013 | 5:30 PM

The World Bank told the new government that it has been forced to take this action since seven loan repayments are more than 30 days overdue.

Published:Thursday | March 21, 2013 | 1:35 PM

The 57-year-old will appear in court next month, to face four counts of Breach of Trust by a member of the Legislative Assembly and five counts of theft.

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