Sat: People seeing race in roti talk
Secretary General of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS) Satnarayan Maharaj says it is unfortunate that the Divali meal served by former prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar at the Diplomatic Centre...
View ArticleGun video under probe
Officers of the Port-of-Spain Division are now investigating a 23-second long video clip, showing a known criminal brandishing a gun with two extra cylindrical magazines.Police identified the man who...
View ArticleRadical changes proposed
The Opposition United National Congress (UNC) is proposing a radical overhaul of Local Government in T&T as it seeks to woo voters to give it a clear mandate in the November 28 elections.The party...
View ArticleCops shot teen five times
Fifteen-year-old Josiah Ramsahai who was killed by police last Friday in a reported shoot-out with police was shot five times with a high-powered rifle his autopsy revealed.According to forensic...
View Article11,500 living with virus in T&T
A video has gone viral on social media purportedly showing two male hospital employees having sex in one of the bathroom’s of this country’s public hospitals.Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh, when...
View ArticleRamdeen accuses HDC official of bid rigging
United National Congress Senator Gerald Ramdeen has accused a top Housing Development Corporation (HDC) official of bid rigging.He made the accusation during a press conference at the Hyatt Regency,...
View ArticleT&T national cops Rhodes scholarship
Joel Julien T&T national Simone Delzin is the latest recipient of the Commonwealth Caribbean Rhodes Scholarship.Delzin, 22, was chosen from among nine candidates who were interviewed on Tuesday at...
View ArticleSchool visit turns heated: Garcia jeered PTA president lists woes at school
Education Minister Anthony Garcia was jeered by parents of students at the Santa Flora Government Primary School during a visit yesterday. Parent Michael Nemai confronted Garcia during the encounter,...
View ArticlePolice shoot suspect after bar robbery
A Diego Martin man was shot by police and his two accomplices arrested following a robbery in Williamsville on Tuesday.The 22-year-old suspect, of Richplain Road, was warded under police guard at the...
View ArticleFactory torched in arson attack
A San Francique family is facing a bleak Christmas after their home and furniture business were destroyed yesterday in a suspected arson attack yesterday.The family says they estimated their loses to...
View ArticleInjunction removed but assets still frozen
The Court of Appeal has ruled that the National Gas Company’s (NGC) asset freezing order against mega-contractor ,Super Industrial Services (SIS) over the controversial Beetham Water Treatment Plant...
View ArticleUNC and PNM agree: More municipal police can make a difference
The ruling People’s National Movement (PNM) and the Opposition United National Congress (UNC) both believe that municipal police have a greater role to play in the fight against crime.But while one...
View ArticlePoint mayor can still seek office
Point Fortin Mayor Clyde Paul was convicted yesterday on a drunk-driving charge and fined $7,000. However, the conviction does not make him ineligible to run for public office.In default, Paul, who has...
View ArticlePrisons officer shot at DVD business
The Prison Officers Association is raising issues again about the protection of their members in the wake of another attack on an officer.Although police officers yesterday were still trying to...
View ArticleHart: I’m not worried
WALTER ALIBEYNational coach Stephen Hart said he will have no problem with any decision made by the T&T Football Association (TTFA) as it relates to his future with the Soca Warriors.Hart comments...
View ArticleTewarie outlines differences: UNC backs Local Govt reform
The United National Congress has struck down claims made by Prime Minister Keith Rowley that it was being obstructionist to proposed reform of Local Government legislation. However, two of the party’s...
View ArticleBring body cams now—Seales
President of the Police Service Social and Welfare Association, Insp Michael Seales, has called again for not only the full implementation of body cameras for officers but dashboard cameras as well.His...
View ArticleSuspended cop held
A second police officer has been detained in connection with the $400,000 robbery of a Chinese businessman in Claxton Bay two weeks ago.The officer, who is on suspension after being charged with...
View Article$6,800 fine for smashing ‘horner man’s’ car
A La Romaine mason who “mashed up” a man’s vehicle with a hatchet during an argument over infidelity has to pay $6,800 or serve three months in jail.Keston Christopher, 29, apologised for his actions...
View ArticleMagistrate knocks delays in Dana’s case
The magistrate presiding over the preliminary inquiry into the murder of former Independent Senator Dana Seetahal, SC, has given prosecutors and defence attorneys a stern warning over causing further...
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