Published 21 August, 2018
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By : Media Source
Trinidad and Tobago and the region has been jolted by a massive earthquake.
The quake happened at about 5.31 p.m. and lasted for almost a minute.
Published August 13, 2018
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by: Ministry of Education St Vincent Street
The shocking figures came on the weekend when otherwise pupils in TT yesterday (Sunday) received their results for the CAPE Exam (formerly A’levels) from the CXC’s online portal. Pupils can access their CSEC results online on Thursday.
Published 3 August 2018
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by: Media Source
BREAKING NEWS: Ross University to shut down operation in Dominica
Ross University’s campus in Portsmouth
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has told the nation that Ross University has taken a decision to leave Dominica.
Skerrit said in an address to the nation on Friday morning that the university will be permanently moving its operations out of the island.
More information on this development to follow.
Published 16 July 2018
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West Indies v Bangladesh – Test, Second Test
WI
Skipper Jason Holder produced another devastating burst of bowling as the West Indies completed a 2-0 series win over Bangladesh on Saturday, romping to a 166-run victory inside three days at Sabina Park.
Chasing a daunting target of 335 after the hosts were dismissed for 129 in their second innings, Bangladesh slumped to 162 all out off just 42 overs.
West Indies captain Holder was responsible for most of the carnage, taking six for 59 in the second innings to finish with match figures of 11 for 103.
“We played as a team and different players stood up at different times,” said Holder, named Man of the Match and Series.
“It’s all about heart, about putting in the effort every day to ensure that we are able to come away with the results and the performances that we wanted.”
Holder’s opposite number, Shakib al Hasan, fought with both bat and ball in a vain attempt to stave off defeat.
He took six for 33 with his left-arm spinners to engineer the West Indies’ second innings collapse from their overnight position of 19 for one. Shakib then offered the lone meaningful resistance with a topscore of 54 as the wickets tumbled around him.
“I knew coming back as captain it would be tough but I didn’t expect it to be this tough,” said Shakib.
“Our batting just didn’t show up at all as a team. We continue to have this problem when we play away from home and I am really disappointed that we didn’t show any of the fight that we are known for.”
When he was eighth out, bowled fittingly by Holder, the home side knew the match was in their grasp, along with a promotion up the international rankings to number eight.
Earlier, Holder initiated the collapse by trapping Tamim Iqbal leg-before without scoring. Liton Das played positively for 33 but fell in the penultimate over before tea, caught by Shai Hope in the gully off debutant Keemo Paul.
Worse was to follow with the interval just seconds away when Roston Chase, brought on to bowl his off-spin in the final over of the afternoon period, caught Mominul Haque plumb in front and then accounted for Mahmudullah at the start of what proved to be the final session of the match.
Only when Mushfiqur Rahim partnered Shakib in a 54-run fifth-wicket stand did Bangladesh show any degree of competence at the crease. It took the return of Holder for another spell to breach Mushfiqur’s defences for 31.
In the West Indies second innings, Chase topscored with 32 as the hosts struggled to build on a huge first innings lead of 205 runs.
Published 9 July 2018
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Vybz Kartel defense lawyers have requested that the Court of Appeal accepts fresh evidence in their appeal case and the judges accepted them.
Vybz Kartel, whose real name is Adidja Palmer, Shawn “Storm” Campbell, Andre St John, and Kahira Jones, are all seeking to have the appeal court overturn their 2014 murder conviction. The legal team representing the four men, filed legal docs in court this morning to enter fresh evidence in their case. The new evidence includes an affidavit given by attorney-at-law Kimberli Whittaker which includes crucial statements made by two of the jurors from the murder trial in 2014.
The jurors statements are part of a case that cops are building against another juror, Livingston Caine, who allegedly tried to bribe other members of the jury including the forewoman in an effort to have them return a not guilty verdict.
Kartel’s attorney, Valerie Neita-Robertson, confirmed that the two jurors statements indicated that the corrupt juror approached the forewoman and offered her a bribe in exchange to exonerate the accused men at the end of the trial. This is a blatant attempt to taint the juror and should be enough to toss the case.
The lead prosecutor, Jeremy Taylor, asked the court to reject the defense application for fresh evidence. Taylor told the Appeal Court that the jury forewoman played a recording of the alleged attempted bribe for other members of the jury. Neita-Robertson pushed back saying that just reinforces her argument that the jury is tainted which makes the panel incapable of sitting on the case.
Neita-Robertson argued that if the judge had conducted an inquiry into the affairs of the jury, then he would’ve dissolved the jury and ordered a new trial. Shawn Storm’s attorney, Bert Samuels, also requested that the court entered into evidence a handwritten statement by the prosecutions main witness, as well as, an affidavit filed by Kimberly Cranston.
The Court of Appeal judges overseeing the case, Justice Dennis Morrison, Justice Patrick Brooks, and Frank Williams, have sided with the defense team and rule to allow the hearing of the new evidence.
