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Professor gets $1M to write a report THE five-member Committee appointed by Cabinet to “enquire into the root causes of the problems identified and shown by crime statistics, particularly as it affects Trinidadian males, and to suggest solutions to problems they identify” has hit a snag over money. The delivery read more…

Grande Corp to clean up old buildings
May 4th 2012 12:10 PMTHERE are too many old buildings on the brink of collapse in Sangre Grande, and the eastern town is overrun with big fat rats, complained Councillor Martin Terry Rondon at last Thursday’s statutory meeting. He pointed to the abandoned administration complex which used to house the Inland Revenue Department office, read more…

Bishop Berkeley witnesses Toco miracle
May 4th 2012 11:59 AMANGLICAN Bishop Claude Berkeley says when he witnessed leatherback turtles hatching on the Grande Riviere beach he was convinced he was seeing a miracle taking place. “The first time I saw turtles hatch it was like a miracle,” Bishop Berkeley told TnT Mirror on Saturday night, just minutes before he read more…

Fish broth, cow tongue dumplings for Bishop Berkeley
April 27th 2012 12:03 PMBISHOP Claude Berkeley is scheduled to celebrate Mass at St. David’s Anglican Church, Toco at 10 a.m. on Sunday, April 29, and already parishioners are preparing a royal welcome for him. Parish priest Rev. Marcus Joseph and Toco-Fishing Pond Councillor Martin Terry Rondon have put their heads together to come read more…

Matelot fishermen cut nets to free trapped turtles
April 27th 2012 11:58 AMINSPIRED by staffers from the Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA), Matelot fishermen are walking the talk, cutting their nets to free trapped turtles, including the endangered giant leatherback, before they are drowned. Prior to the start of the six-month 2012 turtle nesting season the IMA took pains to visit fishing read more…

Lifeguard saves 200 lives in 33-year career
April 22nd 2012 11:59 AM‘Some don’t even bother to say thank you’ LIFEGUARD Michael Joseph estimates that he has saved the lives of more than 200 TnT citizens from a watery death in his 33-year career. Joseph, a father of three who lives in La Horquetta with his wife Lucia, turns 60 on May read more…

Matlot, Toco gets PURE attention
April 20th 2012 11:58 AMThe 30-kilometre stretch of the Paria Main Road between Matelot and Toco which has been so neglected for years, is on the priority list for repairs and Toco-Fishing Pond Councillor Martin Terry Rondon is ecstatic. He said he was in Rio Claro on Wednesday last for the re-launch of Programme read more…



