Breaking: Four fire officers injured in flood rescue
Four firemen are being treated at the Eric Williams Medical Science Complex in Mt. Hope after they were injured while assisting citizens distressed by flood waters in Barataria.They were injured after...
View ArticleTTPS : "Don't blame us for ticket given to pregnant woman."
The T&T Police Service (TTPS) says it was a officer assigned to the Transit Police Unit who issued a ticket to a man, who was taking his pregnant wife to hospital for emergency treatment, for using...
View ArticleVideo: Citizen captures moment fireman gets shocked from high tension wires.
T&T citizen Shinelle Medina, today captured the moment a firefighter in Barataria is shocked by electrical wires after assisting citizens trapped in flood water.
View ArticleChampion of the people
President Anthony Carmona and Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley sat just feet apart from each other yesterday in the front pews of the St Charles RC Church, Tunapuna. The men, holders of the two highest...
View ArticleResidents count their losses
Even as they stacked water-soaked appliances, broken furniture and slushy rolls of carpet outside their homes, La Romaine residents yesterday braced for more flooding as the Meteorological Office...
View ArticleDillon outlines security plan: Police, Army base for Central T’dad
Government has identified a Central Trinidad base for the establishment of a 24-hour army and police presence, which would come into force before year-end, said National Security Minister Edmund...
View Article‘Hope is all I have’
Frankie Rajkumar, the father of missing hairdresser Ria Sookdeo, said he is baffled by media reports about a drug connection and link being made to missing businesswoman Carolyn Katwaroo in his...
View ArticleBandit shot dead in barbershop robbery
An off-duty police officer is now being hailed as a hero by his colleagues after he shot and killed a bandit and is believed to have wounded another, following an attempted robbery at a Diego Martin...
View ArticleJealousy link in Beetham killing
Police believe jealousy is to blame for the daylight killing of a Belmont man at Beetham Gardens, Port-of-Spain, yesterday.The victim, Kendall Alexander, 23, was linked to three romantic relationships...
View Article‘Prisoners’ may get pay days
Government may have to pay millions of dollars in compensation to scores of people who were denied bail under the controversial Bail (Amendment) Bill after the now defunct legislation was deemed to be...
View ArticleAssociation hails injured fire officers
The Fire Services Association has dismissed criticism of the fire officers who sustained serious injuries during a rescue operation in San Juan on Thursday. Five of the officers, assigned to the San...
View ArticleSeven-foot snake worries Palmiste Park
Wildlife conservationist Saiyaad Ali is warning the Palmiste Park in south Trinidad may soon become dangerous as the lack of maintenance can attract venomous snakes. He said venomous species, such as...
View Article$331m Microsoft deal left idle
Minister of Public Administration and Communications Maxie Cuffie said the former People’s Partnership government spent $331 million on a Microsoft software agreement that could not be used and for...
View ArticleCarmona’s spending spree
Taxpayers have spent more on vacation travel for His Excellency, President Anthony Carmona and his family, than for official travel.The Sunday Guardian obtained documents, detailing specific payments...
View ArticleT&T groups rally to help Haiti
Several organisations in T&T have joined in the international humanitarian assistance for Haiti after Hurricane Matthew left behind a trail of destruction last week. Reports up to late yesterday...
View ArticleGML pledges support for Haiti
Guardian Media Ltd is ready to offer help as its Caribbean neighbours begin the painstaking task of rebuilding after the latest natural disaster to ravage Haiti.The media company has reached out to...
View ArticleMaloney man gunned down
A Maloney man was shot dead on Friday night during an incident which police officers said was linked to ongoing gang warfare in the area.Dead is Addison St Louis from Building 10 in Maloney.According...
View ArticleBody found bound, gagged, floating in South
Twenty-two hours after a Water Taxi crew and its passengers made the chilling discovery of a corpse floating in the Gulf of Paria, the Coast Guard were finally able to bring the bound and gagged body...
View ArticleSangre Grande Magistrates’ court reopens on Tuesday
Sangre Grande Magistrates’ Court is expected to be reopened on Tuesday.The court was temporarily closed to the public last Monday to facilitate repair works on the leaking roof and malfunctioning air...
View ArticleSchoolgirl missing since 1991
For 25 years, 11-year-old schoolgirl Oma Nanan has been missing. It’s a pain that can never escape a mother’s heart. At 73, Fulbassia Nanan still recalls the ordeal as though it happened yesterday, but...
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