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QC Nelson receives payment before turning State witness
Posted: Monday, July 5, 2021

QC Nelson receives payment before turning State witness
Jamaican-born British Queen's Counsel Vincent Nelson received almost $11 million in outstanding legal fees from the State over a year before he agreed to serve as its main witness in a legal fee kickback corruption case against former attorney general Anand Ramlogan, SC, and former opposition senator Gerald Ramdeen.

As construction sector back out today:
Apart from losing income, Mahabirsingh said some contractors were saddled with additional costs. Heavy rainfall has led to several construction sites either being flooded out or collected water that had to be pumped out. The elements also depreciated the value of some heavy machinery and equipment.

13 additional COVID-19 deaths, 115 new cases
The Ministry said this brings the total number of confirmed COVID-19 related deaths to 892.

AP: 99% of US virus deaths are unvaccinated people
America's top infectious disease expert says about 99.2 per cent of recent COVID-19 deaths in the United States involved unvaccinated people. And Dr. Anthony Fauci says "it's really sad and tragic that most all of these are avoidable and preventable."

Tokyo assembly split after vote amid pandemic Olympics fears
Public opinion surveys show about 60% of respondents want the Games canceled or postponed again. Behind the fears is the lagging vaccination rollout, with only about 10% of the population fully vaccinated.

PM to Kamla: Next time I will describe you fully
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has warned that he would respond "fully" to Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar if she continues her wholly inappropriate and desperate attacks.

How the ocelot came to Trinidad
So, how did ocelots come to exist in Trinidad? Well, it's important to know that Trinidad was once connected to the South American mainland but broke off thousands of years ago. However, some South American animals like the ocelot would have remained and survived on the new island.

Phenomenal Lara
This year marks 17 years since Brian Charles Lara broke the world record for the highest Test score when he eclipsed Australia's Matthew Hayden 380 (vs Zimbabwe, 2003) with 400 not out against England in Antigua 2004.

Tarodale woman, 18, charged with Khadijah Flament's murder
An 18-year-old woman has been charged with the murder of Princes Town mother of one Khadijah Flament.

Trini stranded in US dies of Covid
Trinidadian Akil Inniss, who was stuck in the United States due to Trinidad and Tobago's border closure, will never get the chance to return home as he contracted Covid-19 and died of the virus last month.

Pentecostal reverend Margaret Elcock dies
Elcock founded the Family Focus Broadcasting Network (FBN), which launched I.S.A.A.C 98.1FM, the first Christian radio station in Trinidad and Tobago.

Harry Singh, a doctor who cared for all
If you have lived in Piarco, Caroni, and environs, you or your grandparents, may have been a patient of Dr Harry Singh. Dr Singh, who died of oesophageal cancer on June 12.

Poverty forces 3 sisters, 2 brothers to drop out of school
No job, no money, in dire need of proper shelter and facing a daily shortage of food, every other day survival becomes a grim reality for a family of seven from La Romaine.

Teenager killed by Tiida gunmen
The Express was told that at about 4.30 p.m., Alvarez was at his home with relatives when a white Nissan Tiida pulled up. Persons in the car called out to Alvarez. He went outside and was seen having a conversation with the occupants of the car. However, while walking back into the yard, several gunshots were heard.



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