Three-month girl dies at day care
Another mother is calling for justice after her baby died at a day care centre in Diego Martin. Three-month-old baby, Anastacia Phillip, was the second baby to have died in the past six days while in...
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3 held in Tobago double murders
Homicide detectives have held three people, among them a woman, in connection with the killing of British lawyer Richard Wheeler and his Trinidadian wife Grace. The suspects are in their 20s.The...
View ArticleEx-envoy hits cops on killings
Former UK High Commissioner to T&T Arthur Snell took to social media to knock personally the Police Service regarding the apparent lack of action in solving crimes against foreign nationals in...
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It’s just political mischief
PNM backlash! That’s the view of Opposition UNC Senator Wayne Sturge after a picture of himself with a jersey up, pants open and showing off his Superman briefs was circulated in the public domain...
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Frontline backing for Moonilal
While UNC MPs Barry Padarath and Christine Newallo-Hosein are supporting UNC incumbent Kamla Persad-Bissessar for the leadership of the party, several other UNC MPs are not committing yet on who they...
View ArticleFuad: I knew about swine flu death
Former health minister Dr Fuad Khan says he knew about the death of Siparia mother Cherrie Ryce to the deadly H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu) but withheld information because he did not want anyone to...
View ArticleRowley: No witch-hunting
There will be no witch-hunting by the Cabinet of T&T but Government will not be turning a blind eye and allowing wrongdoing to become fashionable in the country.That was the promise of Prime...
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Election finance reform needed
Political scientist Dr Bishnu Ragoonath is calling on Government to reform the Representation of the People’s Act (RPA), using proposals drafted by the Elections and Boundaries Commission.His comments...
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Diego man, 19, shot dead
Richard Hercules, 19, of Quarry Street, Diego Martin died at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital (PoSGH) early this morning after he and friends were attacked by gunmen.Police reports stated that around...
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‘Light on head’ makes man do drugs
Even as Inshan Ali admitted to a San Fernando Magistrate that he smokes marijuana daily, he begged the court for leniency on his 29th drug possession charge, saying he has a “light on his head” that...
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Bharath, Moonilal courted to head UNC
A shadow of uncertainty hangs over the United National Congress (UNC) even as former prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar launched her bid for re-election as party leader yesterday. The inner turmoil...
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New political party takes over Rienzi ...UNC just renting complex
The birthplace of the United National Congress (UNC)—the historical Rienzi Complex—is now home to a new political party. The National Solidarity Assembly (NSA), launched yesterday at the UNC base, is...
View ArticleCoP: No serial killer in Tobago
Acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams says there is no serial killer at large in Tobago.He was speaking to reporters after the T&T Police Service’s graduation ceremony for Special Reserve...
View ArticleKamla launches re-election campaign
Despite the UNC losing the last five elections they contested, Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar got a fresh mandate from party members to seek re-election as their political leader.Launching...
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Couva residents clamour for general hospital
Residents of Couva and environs are clamouring for the Couva Children’s Hospital to be opened for use as a general hospital, where everyone could access its services.The nearest health care...
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Govt to plug gaps in real estate sector
Establishing formal rules to govern the real estate sector in T&T will be a key part of the legislative agenda of the Keith Rowley-led administration says Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney...
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Rudder honoured by UWI
Valdeen Shears-NeptuneHe is now Dr David Michael Rudder.On October 24, the calypsonian, whose “lyrics could make a politician cringe and turn a woman’s body into jelly,” took the stage in a different...
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Fire victim’s sister graduates with honours
Valdeen Shears-NeptuneRhesia Heeralal, the daughter of photojournalist Ramdeo Heeralal, who survived a fire at their Cunupia home in August, graduated with distinction yesterday from the University of...
View ArticleCops arrest Enterprise gang leader
A notorious gang leader from Central Trinidad, who police say was a major player in the violence that rocked Enterprise, Chaguanas, earlier this year, was arrested yesterday while hiding out in a...
View ArticleOperations of Livestock Board under review
The operations of the Livestock and Livestock Products Board is under review says Clarence Rambharat, the minister of Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries. Rambharat was responding to comments made by...
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