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Five-year-old Haleema Mohammed got a new lease on life yesterday after Stefan Chin, the son of business magnate Derek Chin, owner of MovieTowne, presented a cheque covering the outstanding funds needed for her surgery.

Three construction workers remained warded in hospital last night after being attacked by gunmen at a construction site near the Besson Street Police Station in east Port-of-Spain.

An appeal has been made to the corporate community to lend a helping hand to the 22 families affected by a “twister” which tore through the community of Aripero on Thursday.

But she said she remains committed to the party and will be ready when the election is next called after the court ordered that the election carded for Sunday be postponed.

One day after an area along Southern Main Road, at Coromandel Village caved in cutting off vehicular traffic, about 500 residents are now without a supply of water.

The Chinese national who offered a $2,000 bribe to a police officer to to turn a blind eye to her relative’s illegal status in the country has been jailed for five months.

Two former government ministers are among four accused who intend to provide evidence for their own defence as the “Piarco II” preliminary inquiry wraps up.