Trinidadian Ian Williams wins Canada’s top literary award for fiction
TORONTO, (Reuters) – Writer Ian Williams won Canada’s top annual literary award for fiction for his book “Reproduction,” the prize’s sponsor said yesterday.
TORONTO, (Reuters) – Writer Ian Williams won Canada’s top annual literary award for fiction for his book “Reproduction,” the prize’s sponsor said yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) The media have been banned from the funeral of Satnayaran Maharaj, secretary general of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS).
(Trinidad Newsday) The day before she was fired as Scarborough General Hospital’s Medical Chief of Staff, Dr Rufaro Celestine sent a legal letter to the Tobago Regional Health Authority (TRHA), questioning the conduct of the authority’s CEO Sheldon Cyrus in relation to an e-mail she had written, two weeks ago, expressing concern about the shortage of medical staff at the hospital.
(Trinidad Guardian) Two teenagers, a 15-year-old girl and 19-year-old boy, drowned at the Argyle Waterfall in Tobago yesterday, after a sudden gush of water caught them off-guard.
(Trinidad Guardian) A 26-year-old man from El Dorado was shot and killed while purchasing a meal in Curepe, early yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) A man was attacked and beaten to death with a concrete block in Ste Madeleine near San Fernando on Sunday afternoon.
(Trinidad Newsday) A three-year-old girl died in the arms of her father after suffering for three days from cold-like symptoms, which her family believes were related to the H1N1 virus (swine flu).
(Trinidad Express) Secretary General of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS), Satnarayan Maharaj, has died.
(Trinidad Guardian) Secretary General of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha and a man who carved out a legacy for himself as a fighter, Satnarayan Maharaj, 88, has died.
(Trinidad Guardian) The protracted “Piarco Two” preliminary inquiry into fraud charges arising out of the construction of the $1.6 billion Piarco International Airport has to be restarted.
(Trinidad Guardian) Homicide detectives strongly believe that a deadly hit was carried out on the life of Arlene Blackman, however, a motive is yet to be established for her killing.
(Trinidad Newsday) Counsellors from the police Victim and Witness Support Unit have been assigned to ten children, eight of whom witnessed the killing of their father, Damian Howe, in the family’s Marabella home on Thursday morning.
(Trinidad Express) Arlene Blackman died on Thursday night after being shot in her car in Mt Hope.
(Trinidad Guardian) Shortly after UNC officials spoke out against T&T’s runaway crime situation at a political meeting on Thursday night came news that Princes Town MP Barry Padarath had been robbed at gunpoint.
(Trinidad Express) A CEPEP worker was shot dead in front of his children at their home in Marabella yesterday morning.
(Trinidad Guardian) A man who jumped bail 23 years ago on charges of rape, buggery and robbery with aggravation has been found by the police.
(Trinidad Newsday) A 31-year-old father on Tuesday found out in the Chaguanas magistrates’ court that he had been paying maintenance for two children whom, he later found out are not his.
(Trinidad Guardian) The grieving mother of the eight-year-old Nathaniel Findley, who died after suffering a seizure at his Primary School on Monday, is calling for a full investigation into his death.
(Trinidad Guardian) An opportunist! That’s how United National Congress (UNC) public relations officer Anita Haynes described Christopher Wylie who worked with Cambridge Analytica (CA) and conducted data mining and analyses in T&T.
(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of National Security Stuart Young says he is very concerned about the information brought to light in Christopher Wylie’s book about how the UNC sanctioned a breach of citizens’ privacy.
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