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New video emerges in Morvant police killing
Posted: Friday, July 10, 2020
New video emerges in Morvant police killing
The video shows police dragging what appear to be the dead bodies of two of the men from the car. A third man is seen lying at the side of the road behind the car. Police involved in the shooting said in their official report that they took the injured men to hospital in the back of one of the jeeps. Doctors declared them dead on arrival.
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Director of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA) David West is maintaining that the Authority did nothing wrong when it made a recommendation to Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith to suspend officers involved in the fatal shooting of three men in Morvant on June 27.
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CMO: 100 more nationals return this weekend
Kamla: Govt opening borders for CPL but not citizens
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T&T hosts CPL alone, no fans at grounds
She said a contingent of over 251 people, including the players, staff and other officials attached to the six CPL teams—the Barbados Tridents, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Jamaica Tallawahs, St Kitts & Nevis Patriots, St Lucia Zouks and the Trinbago Knight Riders—will come into T&T for the series and will be quarantined at the Hilton Trinidad in Port-of-Spain and must adhere to strict COVID protocols
Bar owners: Let's go full time
They say they are losing 50 to 70 per cent of their revenue because of reduced operating hours amid Covid-19 restrictions and they have had enough of the Government's decision to reduce their operating hours.
Tearful Holding says education key to stop racism
"When I say education I mean going back in history. What people need to understand that this thing stems from a long time ago, hundreds of years ago. The dehumanization of the black race is where it started. People will tell you, 'That's a long time ago, get over it.' No, you don't get over things like that and the society has not gotten over something like that."
Inglot T&T ends contract with Starlite Pharmacy over Aboud's comments
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UNC reveals crime-fighting plans
Citing the murders of three people between Monday night and Tuesday morning, UNC political leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar vowed to tackle crime and violence through a combination of hard and soft crime-fighting initiatives, together with restructuring the Ministry of National Security.
Kamla: Don't blame covid19 for economic hard times
Persad-Bissessar slammed the government for mismanaging the economy by relying heavily on taxes and loans to improve the state of the country. "For the first time in our nation's history, seven petrochemical plants have been shut down in six months – and don't let them fool people into thinking this is because of covid19. Their whole campaign is covid19 – but they collapsed this economy long before covid19 came."
Caricris reaffirms TT govt 'high creditworthiness' rating
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Police called in to break up drifter's wake
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