Diego man shot: critical --
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
A DIEGO MARTIN man is now warded in critical condition at the Port of Spain General Hospital after he was shot in the head late Friday evening.
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Nothing to beat issue of climate change at gathering --
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
With only 14 days left until the grand opening of the monumental Copenhagen Climate Change summit, this week’s Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, right here in Port of Spain, promises to be one of the most important Commonwealth meet ups ever.
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Cultural space --
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | yesterday
Port of Spain had no concert hall until 1959 when Queen’s Hall was built on the edge of St. Ann’s. Pressure for the building of a concert hall was led by the redoubtable Mrs Helen May Johnstone, universally called Ma John, by all of those who knew her.
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Sri Lanka PM to participate in Commonwealth heads meeting
Colombo Page (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Nov 21, Colombo: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Rathnasiri Wickramanayaka and Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama are to participate in the 21st Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to be held in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad from November 27-29.
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$4m People's Space opens today --
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
The ’People’s Space’ has been developed at a cost of approximately $4 million, Culture Minister Marlene McDonald said yesterday, and will be officially opened to the public at 5 p.m. today at the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port of Spain.
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Teen missing
Newsday (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Monifa Carry, 13, of Pitchery Lane, East Dry River, Port-of-Spain has been missing since last Saturday. She was last seen at the St Jude's Home for Girls and has reportedly escaped from the facility.
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Cabinet gets climate change policy draft --
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
A draft climate change policy for Trinidad and Tobago was submitted to the Cabinet yesterday, less than a week before the issue is set to take centre stage during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Port of Spain.
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No protest plans for PoS so far -- CHOGM Gold Commander:
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Police have no records of any activists planning to protest while this country comes under international scrutiny during its hosting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Port of Spain next week.
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Plea via video link
Newsday (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The video conferencing facility in the Port-of-Spain High Court was used for the first time yesterday when local attorney Mario Merritt made a plea in mitigation on behalf of his client, to a High Court Judge, in the British Virgin Islands (BVI).
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Twenty years ago the modern era began
HexagonalBlog (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
On 19 November 1989 -- twenty years ago today -- Trinidad & Tobago and the USA met each other in Port-of-Spain for their final World Cup qualifier match for the 1990 World Cup in Italy. The circumstances and consequences of that match have made it the most important match in US soccer history, and marked the start of the modern era in American soccer. I must admit that I don't have very vivid memories...
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Four suspected swine flu cases at Inland Revenue --
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
FOUR people from the Inland Revenue Division in Port of Spain have reportedly contracted the influenza A/ H1N1 virus.
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Mom begs in court: Help my daughter -- Woman sues PM, wife
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
THE mother and stepfather of the woman who made allegations against both Prime Minister Patrick Manning and his wife yesterday begged a Port of Spain magistrate to send the woman for psychiatric evaluation.
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Manning: Security must be 'flawlessly adequate'
Newsday (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
PRIME Minister Patrick Manning said last night Trinidad and Tobago will benefit from the attention thrown on the country by next week's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Port-of-Spain.
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Rwanda: Commonwealth Verdict Out Next Week
All Africa (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
Commonwealth leaders are set to make a final decision on Rwanda's membership at their summit meeting in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, at the end of next week (November 27-29).
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No major losses for PoS retailers -- Browne outlines traffic, security plans at opening of CHOGM Village:
Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Trade and Industry Minister Mariano Browne says he does not expect major losses to be incurred by Port of Spain businessmen during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at the end of this month.