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Bronze for Tobago
Posted: Friday, August 21, 2009

Berlin 2009 Women 400 metres Hurdles Final (Video)

Bronze for Tobago
Josanne Lucas bags medal in World Championship women's 400 metres hurdles final

...Tobago-born Lucas shines

Hope dims for Paige's arm
AMERICAN citizen Raquel Welch reportedly screamed in shock yesterday on her bed in the east wing of the Medical Associates private hospital in St Joseph, after reportedly hearing from doctors in the US that her teenaged daughter's body was not responding to her left arm which had to be surgically reattached, following a boating accident in Chaguaramas last Sunday.

Beaten Chinese national on the mend
ONE OF the badly beaten Chinese nationals, Quan Took Wong, was yesterday discharged from the Port-of-Spain General Hospital (PoSGH). Quan who underwent reconstructive surgery to his jaw, at St Clair Medical Hospital in St James on Tuesday, was yesterday said to be in good condition and was subsequently discharged shortly before noon.

Warner backs down on lawsuit against Panday
In a news release yesterday, Warner stated that pleas from Caroni East MP Dr Tim Gopeesingh, Fyzabad MP Chandresh Sharma and UNC general secretary Fazal Karim, together with many more calls, were instrumental in him changing his mind not to take Panday to court.

Okay, I won't sue Bas
Warner gives in to party members' pleas

Panday: They did a very stupid thing
This is how an upset sounding Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday has described the plea by three party members to Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner to drop a lawsuit against him (Panday).

Meteorite or bomb blast?
Residents of Barrackpore and police are baffled over a strange explosion which rocked the area early yesterday, gouging a crater-like hole in the ground and sending tremors more than a mile away.

T&TEC: Light bills to go up
An increase in electricity rates is to take effect from September 1, the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) has announced. In most cases, electricity rates for residential, commercial and industrial customers will be raised by 1 cent per unit (kWh).

...Business not worried by electricity hike

Minister ready to assist with electricity bills
EDUCATION Minister Esther Le Gendre said yesterday her ministry is not "averse to assisting in any way we could", the denominational schools in the payment of electricity bills. She said the bills had increased partly because of computerisation and partly because of the rate increase.

Chag councillors walk out of Navas' meeting

Navas vs Nagessar
The row between Chaguanas Mayor Natasha Navas and Deputy Mayor Orlando Nagessar became more heated yesterday when Nagessar stormed out of a meeting, clutching the keys to his office building, in defiance of a move to get him to share the space with administrative staff of the borough corporation.

Claimants 'invade' Chag tomorrow
The planned "invasion" of Chaguaramas by claimants to land owned by the State is on for tomorrow morning, even though their attorney, Prakash Ramadhar, is warning that they will be breaking the law.

Holy month of Ramadan begins tomorrow

Inquest delay upsets Bakr
Bakr said he was told that the inquest would have ended yesterday, but he was being told to return to court on Tuesday, four days after the start of Ramadan.

How did she get gun licence?
'She cannot speak or write English as well'

Chinese puzzle over firearm licence
A Chinese National's guilty plea to ammunition possession was changed yesterday by a Port-of-Spain Magistrate who continued to highlight the peculiar circumstances of the case.

Mc Nicolls served
Chief Magistrate Sherman Mc Nicolls has been served with a notice to appear before a Port-of-Spain Magistrate to answer a charge of permitting a police officer to drive his vehicle without a valid certificate of insurance.

Truck driver on 5 charges
Mosquito Creek fatal accident



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