Immigration refuses Nigerians with fake visas
Nigerians carrying fake visas, unknowingly or not, have actually arrived in T&T but were refused entry and returned to their port of origin.This was confirmed by director of Corporate...
View ArticleRegrello dedicates Mayoral appointment to late mother
Newly installed Mayor of San Fernando Junia Regrello, yesterday, dedicated his appointment to his mother, May Arthur, whom he said died an unhappy woman in 1978, because she was unable to fulfill her...
View ArticleJSC hears no system to check flood of herbal medicine: No customer redress
There are no systems in place to evaluate and monitor the flood of herbal medicine claiming to cure a host of illnesses in this country.And to make matters worse there is no redress for customers who...
View ArticleRape Crisis Centre on Shannon’s murder: It took T&T by storm
The murder of Shannon Banfield took T&T “by storm” because of the brazen manner in which it was done.General manager of the Rape Crisis Society and the T&T Coalition Against Domestic Violence,...
View ArticleCasino bandit was a master of disguises
Police yesterday identified David Allen as the bandit who was killed by an off-duty police officer during a botched robbery at a casino in Woodbrook on Monday night.Allen, 31, of Enterprise, Chaguanas,...
View ArticleSecond suspect released again
Dale Seecharan, the 38-year-old St Helena man held in connection with the death of Shannon Banfield who was released from custody a second time last night. Speaking with the media outside the Central...
View ArticleUNC walkout of Sangre Grande Corporation
The Sangre Grande regional corporation has re-elected Terry Rondon as chairman, following a walkout by United National Congress (UNC) councillors.The election of councillors began this afternoon after...
View ArticleRondon retains power in Grande
Incumbent chairman of the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation Terry Rondon retained his title under controversial circumstances yesterday, as the corporation swore in its new executive.United National...
View ArticleSecond suspect in Shannon murder case released
Police have released the two men they deemed “persons of interest” in the death of Shannon Banfield, however, they are not void of a suspect, rather they are trying to avoid a media circus hampering...
View ArticleTHA elections set for Jan 23
Tobagonians will go to the polls on January 23 to elect a new House of Assembly.A release from the Office of the Prime Minister confirmed the date yesterday.Nomination Day is January 3.The People’s...
View ArticleMachel focuses on co-operation over competition
Anna-Lisa Paul Ten months after he was declared this year’s road march winner for an eighth time, soca super-star Machel Montano was yesterday presented with his brand new 2016 Ford Ranger truck at...
View ArticlePH driver shot dead after argument
A 24-year-old PH taxi driver from Maraval was shot dead in front of his home yesterday morning in apparent retaliation for a argument he had at a bar earlier this week.According to reports, around 3 am...
View ArticleGas explosion at healthcare facility
It has bread for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and to wash down the food is a glass of cold milk.That has been the meal for mentally ill patients at the Point Fortin Extended Care Centre (PFECC) for the...
View ArticleMayor promises to help fire officers
One day after he was sworn in as Mayor of Point Fortin, Abdon Mason visited fire officers at the Point Fortin Fire Station and joined their call for a new fire station to be built there. But Fire...
View ArticleBail woes for accused cops
The two police officers charged with robbing two Chinese nationals in Claxton Bay last month are still behind bars as no one has secured their bail.Special Reserve policeman Sean Joseph and PC Noel...
View ArticleNew appliances for Matelot residents
Christmas came early for 51 residents of Matelot, Grand Riviere and St Helena villages who were affected by recent floods and landslides as they received $350,000 worth of stoves, fridges, televisions,...
View Article$25,000 bail for man on assault charge
A 34-year-old old man yesterday appeared before a Chaguanas magistrate charged with assaulting a woman who shrugged off his advances at the Munroe Road branch of KFC.Dawood Ali, of Munroe Road,...
View ArticleUS loses in Warner case again
For the second time in six months, the United States (US) has been refused permission to enter former government minister Jack Warner's legal challenge of Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi’s decision to...
View ArticleArson suspected
Ten people, including two children and an elderly widower were left homeless following what fire officials suspect as a case of arson at a Morvant warehouse.According to fire officials the blaze took...
View ArticleParty chairman: It’s too late
Chairman of the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation, Terry Rondon, is willing to extend an olive branch to the UNC following the walkout by the party’s councillors and aldermen at Thursday’s swearing-in...
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