Robocop killed in ambush
Reputed gang leader and criminal mastermind Selwyn “Robocop” Alexis was assassinated at his Enterprise, Chaguanas business yesterday. Alexis, customer Kevin Escayg, of San Juan and Escayg’s...
View ArticleDrug dealer’s hit executed on man
Despite his mother’s heartfelt pleas to stay away from Charles Street, La Romaine, teenager Mickel Thomas’ persistence in liming with his friends there ended in tragedy when he was gunned down in a...
View ArticlePanic over GATE cut recommendations: Students’ Guild fears dropouts
Panic. There could be a high drop out rate of university students come the start of the new semester in September.This was the response yesterday of secretary of the Students’ Guild of the University...
View Article2 die in Tobago crash
An early morning accident claimed the lives of two people and left one hospitalised in critical condition here yesterday. Police said Obinna Daniel, 16 and Aaron George 20, died after the vehicle they...
View ArticleMan charged after getting granddaughter, 15, pregnant
A mentally challenged teenager has given birth for her grandfather, who has now been charged for buggery and incest after hiding from police for over a year.The 65-year-old grandfather was remanded in...
View ArticleFire hits P/Town First Citizens
First Citizens Bank customers in Princes Town will have to conduct business at other branches for some time, after a fire razed the first floor of the building early yesterday.According to a report, a...
View ArticleImam queries Eid funding
Islamic organisation Umaah T&T wants to know why over 30 Islamic organisations were blanked government funding to hold their Eid-ul-Fitr functions.The question was raised by Umaah T&T chairman...
View ArticleNo favouritism, says SWHRA boss
JOEL JULIENAlthough she is yet to complete half the time on her three-year employment contract at the San Fernando General Hospital, Dr Malini Gosine, the daughter of the chief executive officer (CEO)...
View ArticlePoint family homeless after arson attack
A Point Fortin woman and her two babies are now homeless after their home was burnt to the ground in a suspected arson attack on Friday morning. Nacayah Jeffrey, who suffers with sickle cell disease...
View ArticleRobo was silenced
Selwyn “Robocop” Alexis, 51, was murdered because he had pledged to expose the operations of the Unruly Isis gang, their affiliation and close networking with some members of two of the country’s major...
View ArticleUNC ignored us since 2010 over use of Rienzi, says union
Since 2010 the All Trinidad General Workers’ Trade Union (ATGWTU ) was trying to negotiate with the UNC over rent issues of the Rienzi Complex in Couva but the party had ignored the union over the...
View ArticleNo decision taken yet
Government has not made any final decision regarding the Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses (GATE) programme.Advising that final recommendations will be made public within the next week-...
View ArticleWe leave things in Allah’s hands
Relatives of the man who police say donned a woman’s wig in order to ambush and kill reputed gang leader Selwyn “Robocop” Alexis are not fearful of any reprisals that may come from his murder.Speaking...
View ArticleDangerous to adjust GATE, says Kamla
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she is deeply concerned about the recommendations presented to the Government by a special task force to review the Government Assistance for Tuition...
View ArticleCops increase patrols, raids in Enterprise
Rhondor DowlatIn the aftermath of the murder of Central businessman Selwyn “Robocop” Alexis, 51, there are now heightened police and army patrols throughout Enterprise, Chaguanas, and environs in a bid...
View ArticleIssues over balisier at Tobago hotel
General manager of State-owned Magdalena Grand, Christopher Forbes, has vowed to remove several balisier flowers — the emblem of the People’s National Movement (PNM) — from a tent outside the Lowlands...
View ArticleMurder suspect killed in shoot-out with cops
As mourners prepared to say farewell to Point Fortin gardener Kadeem Mark, who was shot dead a week ago, one of the men believed to be responsible for his murder was gunned down by police.According to...
View ArticleDPP orders inquest into Bamboo killing
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard yesterday ordered police to release the 33-year-old woman who stabbed her common-law husband to death in an alcohol-fuelled argument last week....
View ArticleOccah plans to sue PM Rowley
Rosemarie SantGML Enterprise DeskFormer House Speaker Occah Seapaul is contemplating legal action against Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley for allegations made by him that she was placed under house...
View Article‘He was our oppressor’
A member of the Unruly ISIS Gang attempted to stop the burial of reputed gang leader Selwyn “Robocop” Alexis yesterday when he stormed into the Muslim cemetery at Monroe Road and pulled a gun on the...
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