100 new buses to be added to national transportation system
Port-of-Spain: The Public Transport Service Corporation (PTSC) is seeking to expand its routes throughout Trindad and Tobago and already there are more plans to get a further 100 new buses…
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U.S. athletes find fans playing for Mexican teams
As the players run on to the court, the excitement begins to build in the arena full of fiercely loyal basketball fans. It’s a small arena with capacity for only 1,200 people, not counting standing-room-only tickets. As the members of the team are intr…
“A Partnership for National Unity” unveiled as the Joint Opposition Political Parties head into the 2011 elections.
Georgetown: The declaration and unveiling of the name forming the Joint Opposition Political Parties is gaining momentum at the Savannah Suite Pegasus where speakers are currently giving their commitment to…
PPP/C is ready to face the polls – Donald Ramotar
Georgetown : People’s Progressive Party presidential candidate Donald Ramotar briefing members of the media this morning at Freedom House, the party’s headquarters in Robb Street said , the party…
Ex-Rwanda minister gets life for genocide, rape
A former Rwandan minister has been jailed for life for genocide and incitement to rape at the United Nations-backed court for Rwanda.
Militant group denies link to bin Laden
A member of a Pakistani-based militant group is denying a New York Times report that stated that a cellphone found during the raid of Osama bin Laden’s compound contains information that links the group to bin Laden.
Money missing from the Treasury Department
Bridgetown. The police are investigating the disappearance of more than $500,000 from the government's Treasury Department. Assistant Commissioner of Police, in charge of crime Seymour Cumberbatch, confirmed the investigation of…
Education Minister defends position of shortage of Maths and Science teachers-claims improvements of grades
Georgetown : Minister of Education Shaik Baksh in response to People’s National Congress Reform, Member of Parliament Amna Ali, with respect to programmes introduced by the Ministry to alleviate inadequacies of mathematics and science teachers in…
Untold rape during Holocaust
Women were harassed, beaten and stripped naked. But some scholars and activists want to bring attention to sexual violence in the Holocaust — including rape — raising controversy among those who’d rather leave the subject alone. LISTENING TO VICTIMS …
Rape in wartime: Listening to the victims
They’re a small fraternity of men and women who spend months in war zones listening to victims recount violent rapes. They do it to help shape foreign policy and because they believe listening is the least the world owes.
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