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Man murdered at Cleaver Woods
The family of 20-year-old man who was shot dead in the Cleaver Woods Recreation Park in D’Abadie on Sunday night claim he was executed by his friends.They made the claim while speaking with reporters...
View ArticleInnocent teen killed in gangland shooting
For living on the wrong side of the road, a Laventille teenager was shot dead in the ongoing gang warfare between the Muslim and Rasta City factions.According to relatives, Raheem Martin, 17, was...
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Robbery victim dies from burn injuries
Guyanese national Deokaran Sewkaran, 35, who was robbed, stabbed and set on fire by thieves on November 29 in Waterloo succumbed to his injuries on Saturday at the San Fernando General...
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Angry granny wants justice
A male relative of 23-month-old Khristha Knutt and her mother are in police custody after the child was electrocuted in what police believe was a botched attempt to resuscitate her. Police have also...
View ArticlePNM candidates win by-elections
The People’s National Movement (PNM) has retained the two electoral districts contested in yesterday’s local government by-elections in Arima and Tunapuna.Up to 8 pm, preliminary results showed the PNM...
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Election chief defends UNC polls
In the face of mounting charges of rigging in the United National Congress (UNC) internal elections, the party’s chief elections officer, Dr Rampersad Parasram, is maintaining he is “fairly satisfied”...
View ArticleDiesel on road blamed for crash of ambulance
Investigators say diesel spilled along the Solomon Hochoy Highway may have led to Sunday’s near fatal accident in Tarouba, involving an ambulance.The T&T Guardian learned firefighters had to use...
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Kidney patients in the cold
The Ministry of Health has reportedly ceased an arrangement with a private medical facility which allowed kidney patients to get free dialysis treatment.And as a result six critical patients who need...
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No charges yet in death of toddler
Police were still taking statements yesterday from relatives of 23-month-old Khristha Knutt, who died from head injuries and electrocution in what police believe was a botched attempt to resuscitate...
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Doctors make history
Three local doctors have made medical history. The trio — urologist and lead surgeon Dr Lall R Sawh, general vascular surgeon Dr Steve Budhooram and Dr Peng Ewe, anesthetist and intensivist — removed...
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Worker crushed by tonne of steel
The family of a Cunupia man who died in a work-related accident yesterday is calling on witnesses to come forward and say how he really died.Ryan Maharaj, 31, of Pina Circular, Dyette Estate, Cunupia,...
View ArticleArcellorMittal layoffs slammed
President of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) Joseph Remy has described the laying off of 600 workers from ArcellorMittal, “as a direct and brazen attack on trade unions in T&T.”He also...
View ArticlePolice seek help to ID murder victim
Police are seeking the public’s help to identify the body of a man found yesterday with bullet wounds to the back of the head at Concord Road, San Juan.The latest killing pushed the murder toll to 389...
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Imbert cautious on bank’s recession talk
The Government is awaiting information from the Central Statistical Office (CSO)—expected in a few weeks—on the Central Bank governor’s recent statement that T&T is in a recession, Finance Minister...
View ArticleAct before energy sector dies
The bubble has burst.That’s what the lowest oil price in six years and the laying off of several hundred ArcellorMittal workers means, according to Independent senator Stephen Creese yesterday.He made...
View ArticleTeacher, doubles vendor on $4m fraud charges
Three women, including a secondary school teacher, appeared in court yesterday charged with defrauding the North Central Regional Health Authority of over $4 million.The women—Phern Spencer, 35, Stacy...
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Minister warns of zika virus hitting T&T
It is inevitable the zika virus will hit this country, warned Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh at a workshop to develop a regional network on surveillance and diagnosis of emerging vector-borne...
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UNC will die ‘slow, painful death’
The founder of the United National Congress says the party was now on a path for a “slow and painful death” now that the membership has re-elected Kamla Persad-Bissessar as its leader.Basdeo Panday,...
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Prisoner separated from co-accused
One of 11 men charged with the murder of Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal has given a statement implicating the others and admitting to his role in the crime, and may likely be used as a witness against...
View ArticleRipple effect to ArcelorMittal layoffs: Sub-contractor sends home 40
Days after ArcelorMittal laid off a reported 600 of its workers and Labour Minister Jennifer Baptiste-Primus called on companies to only send home workers as a last option, one of the steel company’s...
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