Nine years after iron assault, Set free after serving 4 extra years in jail
A mentally ill man who would have spent four years more than the maximum prison sentence for the crime he committed was set free yesterday after spending over nine years in custody.Terrence Prince has...
View ArticleMasonic a solid bet
Masonic rates a solid betting proposition for the Maiden Auction Stakes over a mile of Chelmsford polytrack tonight, mount of champion-elect apprentice, Josephine Gordon!What a remarkable 2016 it has...
View ArticleSingh’s career best puts Windies A in command
PALLEKELE—Vice-captain Vishaul Singh struck a career-best fifth first class century to spearhead a massive West Indies A batting effort on the second day of the second four-day “Test” against Sri Lanka...
View ArticleMothers wait in wheelchairs with newborns
kevon.felmine@guardian.co.ttAn influx of babies conceived during the Carnival season has left mothers and their newborns sitting for hours in wheelchairs, awaiting beds at the San Fernando General...
View ArticleBreaking: Woman's body found in Penal forest
Police and other first responders are currently on the scene where the body of a woman was found in the Penal forest this morning.Members of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit and other units in the police...
View ArticleHeavy Machinery called in to help retrieve body
Police are now using a tractor to assist in retrieving the skeletal remains of a woman found in South Trinidad this morning.Officers of the Anti-Kidnappong Unit, the San Fernando CID and the...
View ArticleBody found in Penal not Ria
The decomposed body of a woman found in South Trinidad is not that of missing hairdresser Ria Sookdeo.Police say the body belongs to someone else.According to police the body of the woman found had a...
View ArticleOPM honours Lillyan
Teenager Lillyann Williams, who act of kindness has inspired the nation, was summoned to the Office of the Prime Minister yesterday and mingled with the Prime Minister and his Cabinet...
View ArticlePhotos: Help slow to come in Haiti
Guardian Media's Khamal Georges visited Fonds Des Negres, a rural village in Haiti yesterday. Parts of the village were swept away by flood waters when Hurricane Matthew battered the country last...
View ArticleGirls Rule: Lakshmi Girls’ Hindu College, St. Joseph's Convent, Port-of-Spain...
Priya Maraj, of Lakshmi Girls’ Hindu College and Raquel Le Blanc, of St. Joseph's Convent, Port-of-Spain, are this year’s President's Medal winners.President medal winner Raquel LeBlanc of St Joseph's...
View ArticleNew suspect in Ria's abduction
The Criminal Intelligence Unit has released a new sketch of a suspect wanted in the abduction of Debe hairstylist Ria Sookdeo.The artist depiction of the suspect showed that he was a man of African...
View ArticleGirls sweep President’s Medals
Priya Maraj of Lakshmi Girls’ Hindu College and Raquel Le Blanc of St Joseph’s Convent, Port-of-Spain, are this year's President’s Medal winners.Minutes after the announcement was made by Education...
View ArticleNo reason to go
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi says he isn’t the subject of any police probe—concerning pictures of youngsters holding high-powered weapons—and he’s not resigning. The AG made that clear yesterday,...
View ArticlePublic data not tainted—CSO
Acting Director of the Central Statistical Office (CSO), Sean O’Brien, says the four officers suspended from duty had no influence on data flowing into the national domain. He made the comment in a...
View Article$16m budget to feed prisoners
Taxpayers will be paying $16 million in 2017 to feed T&T’s 3,600-plus prisoners, as well as prisons officers on duty.That works out to about $13 to $14 per person a day, National Security Minister...
View ArticleCoast Guard visits Lillyan
Grocery packer Lillyan Williams’ dream of joining the T&T Coast Guard drew closer after she met with Force Command Fleet Chief Petty Officer Marlon Bethel and Lt Commander Kirk Jean-Baptiste,...
View ArticleHelp pours in for Haiti
Help is continuing to pour in for Haiti in the aftermath of Hurricane Matthew from civic-minded nationals and organisations across T&T.The Penal/Debe Chamber of Commerce has partnered with the...
View Article‘A tale of woe and historical obscurity’
The descendants of this country’s indigenous people must be treated with respect and not be the brunt of ridicule, says President Anthony Carmona.He was delivering a lecture “Champions of the First...
View ArticleLeaking fuel scares residents
The Ministry of Energy yesterday sent a team to investigate complaints of fuel leakage and fumes from a defunct and unsecured service station near Fyzabad junction where it is believed 5,000 gallons of...
View ArticleGrocery worker found floating in ocean
RALPH BANWARIE Wrapped up in a piece of curtain cloth, the battered body of grocery delivery man Adam Jotis was discovered floating in the Atlantic Ocean early yesterday.Jotis, 25, who worked at...
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