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And they expect to spend even more as the robbery and murder rates continue to escalate.

Swansea chairman Huw Jenkins insists striker Jason Scotland will only leave "when the deal is right" as Wigan close in on his signature.

Prime Minister Patrick Manning has been given a clean bill of health by his doctors in Cuba, a statement from the Prime Minister's Office said yesterday.

A 56-year-old fabricator has gone into hiding after beating a woman on the head with a baton.

Richplain men on murder charge With towels draped over their heads to hide their faces from the television cameramen and photographers lined outside the Port-of-Spain Magistrates' Court yesterday, two Diego Martin men entered the courthouse charged with the murder of Camille Daniel.

The Czech homosexual couples' interest in entering registered partnership has fallen slightly since March 2006 when the law on registered partnership of same-sex couples was passed in the Czech Republic.

It is likely to be mere coincidence that the Government has finally got around to soliciting public comment on its energy green paper that has languished for three years.

The Prime Minister has stated that Tobago shall be given autonomy but qualified this statement by declaring that the autonomy shall be given to suit readiness of the island measured by its development.

OVER $150,000 worth of stolen crane parts were recovered and four men including a quarry operator charged over the weekend in Sangre Grande.

LA PAZ, Bolivia: President Evo Morales on Wednesday accused Barack Obama of lying by pledging to end U.S. interventionism and then halting trade benefits that saved Bolivia about $25 million a year.

While surveying the rally course in Ste Madeleine, three members of the Trinidad and Tobago Rally Club yesterday stumbled upon a body at the side of the track.

What is Swine Flu? Swine influenza is a common and sometimes fatal respiratory disease among pigs, first identified in 1930, that is caused by a Type A influenza virus.

Trinidadian diaspora blogger Jumbie's Watch takes issue with a government anti-crime advertisement.

ON one hand there is enormous concern, igniting an impulse for control and micro-management. That's on the side of the authorities, in Port of Spain and in Scarborough.

The death from dengue of 12-year-old Sydney Boodhan last week is strikingly similar to the death last year of another child-eight-year-old Sasha Bickram.

June 26th 2009. 4:09pm The Trinidad and Tobago Transparency Institute says an Integrity Commission should be set up immediately given the countrya s history of corruption by persons in public life.

Port-of-Calling Trinidad and Tobago an 'economic powerhouse' in the Caribbean, India's High Commissioner Malay Mishra has said both countries are planning to set up a joint chamber of commerce to boost bilateral trade.

A. M. Best Co. has placed the financial strength rating of A- and issuer credit rating of a oea-a of Trinidad & Tobago Insurance Limited under review with negative implications.

Following is a statement released by National Security Minister Martin Joseph in the wake of the killing of Camille Daniel on the compound of the West End Police Station.

St. Kitts & Nevis - " June 24, 2009 : Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning says not only had violence grown in most of the region in recent decades, but youth are disproportionately represented in the incidents and severity both as victims and perpetrators.