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Port of Spain: Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the government plans to provide a $5,000 grant for prisoners being released back into society. She says the grant would have conditions, so that it…

Port of Spain: Workers at the National Petroleum Company have walked off the job after an early morning heat explosion. An oil blending boiler top exploded at NP's headquarters off Beetham…

Port of Spain: Caribbean Trakker is receiving reports of an explosion at the headquarters of the National Petroleum company off the Beetham Highway next to Bhagwansingh's Hardware. Details are still…

A new crime operation is expected to kick in today with a massive show of force my national security agencies. The police, army, coast guard and immigration officers are supposed…

Some big names are back into the Power Soca Monarch competition this year. There was confirmation today that both Machel Montano and Destra Garcia have jumped back into the fantastic…

National Security Minister John Sandy says he’s been serving the country since 1966 and doesn’t intend to stop now.
He says his aim is to stop murders in the country and says he is pain personally at everyone that occurs.
He is responding in Parliament to calls from Opposition Leader Keith Rowley for his resignation.
Sandy is using the opportunity to highlight the work that his Ministry is doing to fight crime and lawlessness.

Opposition leader Keith Rowley says Reasmah Ramnarine jumped at least 22 positions in the SSA for which she was not qualified.
Rowley is on his feet now in Parliament and is calling for the resignation of National Security Minister John Sandy to resign.
The Opposition Leader has had several interruptions already by Government MPs.
He is describing a litany of blunders that led to Ramnarine’s appointment and subsequent resignation.

The Parliament Chamber is expected to be heated today with debate over the admitted blunderings of Government Ministers in the appointment of Reshmi Ramnarine as head of the Strategic Services Agency.

National Security Minister John Sandy, who issued an apology last evening, is expected to apologise again in the Chamber in what some say may be an effort to thwart a motion by Opposition Leader Keith Rowley to refer him to the Priviledges Committee of Parliament.

Opposition MPs are also planning to raise the issue as motions on the adjournment of the House.

Three fishermen, missing at sea, since Monday are now feared dead. The men from Moruga, disappeared after their boat developed a leak and sank off the coast of Venezuela.
Up to today the search for the men was continuing but relatives of one of the men identified as Wilbert Coto Noel say they are quickly loosing hope.

A building is now ablaze in downtown Port of Spain.
Firefighters are trying to control the fire burning the Gillette hardware at the corner of George Street and Independence Square.
The hardware is located near a main entrance to the city and the fire is causing a huge traffic pile up.
The cause of the fire which started about an hour ago is still uncertain..