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Independence Day, August 31, 2009
Posted: Monday, August 31, 2009

47 years of triumphs and challenges

Independence Day, August 2009

Be prepared for the journey forward, says Manning
Prime Minister Patrick Manning has called on the youth of Trinidad and Tobago to be more vigilant in their avoidance of chaos, mediocrity and failure.

Hillary sends US congratulations
US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, in congratulating this country on its 47 years of independence, reaffirmed yesterday the commitment of the US to work with T&T to strengthen the relationship of the two countries.

TT's first Independence Day
TRINIDAD AND Tobago became an independent nation on August 31, 1962. The first Independence Day celebration was a grand occasion.

...The 1962 Independence Day Address

Panday: T&T has descended into tyranny, time for citizens to fight

Panday: Democracy under threat

Tesheira: Clico is 'our AIG'
COLONIAL Life Insurance Company (Clico) and its parent company CL Financial are the American International Group (AIG) of Trinidad and Tobago.

Order of T&T for Jizelle
Jizelle Salandy was the lone recipient of this country's highest award in the 2009 Independence Day honours, presided over last night by President George Richards. Salandy was awarded the Order of Trinidad and Tobago for distinguished and outstanding national service in the field of boxing. The award was presented posthumously.

...TT's most decorated boxer

Hummingbird Gold for maestro Boogsie

Hanooman to receive posthumous honour
Gowriedath "Boyie" Hanooman saved his family from a burning ambulance back in March 2008...

NCIC questions Kamal's 'rejection'
President of the National Council for Indian Culture (NCIC) Deokinanan Sharma is questioning the method of selection of recipients for national awards.

Maha Sabha: TT needs divine intervention

Expulsion doesn't scare Jack
CHAGUANAS West MP Jack Warner yesterday described political talk from his UNC colleagues that he will be expelled from the party as "inconsequential". At a meeting at the UNC's Couva South constituency office last Thursday, Caroni East MP Dr Tim Gopeesingh hinted that Warner, Tabaquite MP Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj and Mayaro MP Winston "Gypsy" Peters...

Jack hands out school hampers

Conflict of interest
OPPOSITION SENATOR Wade Mark yesterday warned that the sale of Udecott chairman Calder Hart's sailboat the 'Ace of Harts' to the Genivar president Ali Ettehadieh in November 2006 raises the issue of a conflict of interest, as he called for a "serious probe" into the transaction.

Lone fire survivor battles with stress
Daren Dixon, the lone survivor of the fire that claimed the lives of seven two Saturdays ago at McBean, Couva, is said to be doing better...

Mom, tot killed in highway crash

...Mother and baby killed in highway crash

Belmont man gunned down in Diego

...Man shot dead after argument

Soldier accused of beating policewoman
A soldier assigned to Teteron Barracks was arrested by police after he allegedly physically assaulted a woman police constable during a road traffic accident in Maraval on Saturday night.

Trini extradited to US on cocaine-trafficking charges



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