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Man-Made Mess
Posted: Friday, August 29, 2008

Inflation inches to 12%

Imbert on flooding: Need to review drainage system
This was how Works and Transport Minister Colm Imbert described the heavy rainfall, which triggered flooding in several areas in T&T within the past few days.

Imbert: It's bizarre
WORKS and Transport Minister Colm Imbert yesterday described the intense rainfall which caused unprecedented flooding in southern Trinidad on Wednesday as "unusual, unprecedented" and "bizarre", as the Government promised to intensify efforts to provide relief to affected citizens.

Man-Made Mess
Works and Transport Minister Colm Imbert yesterday described the rainfall on Wednesday which caused severe flooding in South and Central Trinidad as "bizarre".

Central residents brace for dengue
...call on Ministry to spray area after floods

Minister: Time to set up disaster relief fund
The Government may have to consider developing a disaster relief fund if it intends to fulfill its Vision 2020 objective, says Works and Transport Minister Colm Imbert.

Minister warns errant developers
People who build homes and other structures outside the regulations must be dealt with in order to help curtail the increase in flooding throughout the country, says Works and Transport Minister Colm Imbert

Govt to crack down on errant developers

Parsanlal on Integrity list
INFORMATION Minister Neil Parsanlal is listed among more than120 persons in public life who have failed to file declarations of income assets and liabilities to the Integrity Commission.

'Dreadlocked' fisherman drowns

A Manning for all seasons
The importance of a private executive jet for Mr Manning to political unity ... may be critical. It just might tell the difference between the republican monarchy that emerges from the Manning Initiative being a superpower on the world stage or not...

Jack Warner chides Manning's integration thrust
Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner is again chiding Prime Minister Patrick Manning's regional integration thrust.

Jagdeo: Premature to decide right now
While he is in support of any initiative that will help bring people together, Guyana's President Bharrat Jagdeo said yesterday he needs to see what model of integration is being proposed before making a commitment to the idea of a political grouping as proposed by Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning.

Woman admits to fake kidnap report
A Princes Town woman appeared in the Port-of-Spain Magistrates' Court yesterday, charged with wasteful employment of police time.

bpTT chairman sees increase in natural gas prices

Ice seller stabbed to death

Ice vendor found stabbed to death in San Juan
A 44-year-old man was found stabbed to death yesterday in an apartment on El Socorro Road in San Juan.

$174m complex for UWI students, says Kangaloo
Government will be spending more than $174 million to construct a multi-storey complex to house University of the West Indies (UWI) students, says Tertiary Education Minister Christine Kangaloo.

WASA loses more than 40% of its water ever day

Kambon tipped for AU assembly
Chairman of the Emancipation Support Committee (ESC) of Trinidad and Tobago Khafra Kambon has been nominated as a member of the first Permanent General Assembly of the Economic, Social and Cultural Council of the African Union (Ecosoc).



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