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Government condemns Manchester attack
The Government of T&T has joined the rest of the world in condemning the horrific and cowardly terrorist attack at the Manchester Arena, United Kingdom late yesterday evening.In a release from the...
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A storm in a teacup
Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Darryl Smith, is describing questions surrounding his trip with a delegation of officials to Tobago last weekend as another storm in a teacup.The issue arose...
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Old dispute sparks attack at Tyrico Bay
Police believe aspiring cruise-ship worker Kimberly Lewis was chopped to death on Monday night by a neighbour who had threatened the woman and her husband Jonathan Garcia.Garcia, 29 and Lewis, 24, were...
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Car dealer again held in domestic case
For the second time in a little over a year, a Chaguanas car dealer was arrested in relation to an allegation of domestic abuse against his wife.According to reports, shortly after midday yesterday the...
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Lawyer on DUI charge pleads not guilty
An attorney who allegedly failed a breathalyser test with a high reading of 150 microgrammes has pleaded not guilty to the charge.Dave Maharaj, 50, of San Fernando, was arrested on Monday and appeared...
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Police Service 1,000 short
The Police Service has a shortfall of one thousand officer even as it continues to grapple with spiralling crime, particularly murders, and weaning confidence from the public.Deputy Commissioner of...
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Imbert bordering on contempt—Kamla
The United National Congress (UNC) yesterday accused Finance Minister Colm Imbert of subverting and undermining the judicial process by inviting property owners to continue to submit their valuation...
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Arson attack, threats for outstanding money
A civil engineer attached to the Tobago House of Assembly’s Division of Infrastructure, Quarries and the Environment (DIQE) and his family are now living in fear, after his car was fire-bombed and his...
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Pervert held again outside school
A man who was jailed for masturbating in front of a girls’ primary school in March was again caught by the police on Monday doing the same indecent act, but at a boy’s primary school. When Christopher...
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Griffith: Terror documentary inaccurate
Former national security minister Gary Griffith says the recent documentary by Al Jazeera, Caribbean to Caliphate, was “unfortunately inaccurate.” Griffith, who is featured in the documentary, said it...
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AG: Final child marriage debate before June
The final debate on abolition of child marriages is expected to be heard before June, says Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi. He gave an update on the matter recently when he spoke to students of St...
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HDC to focus more on rentals
The Housing Development Corporation (HDC) will now be putting its focus on making rental units available to applicants, which is part and parcel of an upcoming policy change at the Ministry of...
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Visitor dies after turned away from Mt Hope
A 19-year-old Venezuelan national died hours after he was denied medical care at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMSC) in Mt Hope earlier this month.His body was only flown back to...
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Kamla: Citizens being invited to break law
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says Finance Minister Colm Imbert is encouraging citizens to break the law by advising that they can still voluntarily file their Valuation Return Forms as the...
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New tax order flirts with danger, lawyers say
Finance Minister Colm Imbert’s decision to invite property owners to voluntarily submit their valuation return forms (VRF) for the calculation of property tax may be in breach of the injunction staying...
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Cabinet meets on Tobago boats today
Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan will be taking a note to Cabinet today for a replacement passenger ferry and cargo boat for the troubled inter-island route.He said yesterday it is too early...
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Chatham students beg for new school
Frustrated that their new school has not yet been completed, students and parents of Chatham Government Primary School yesterday staged a fiery protest, demanding that the Ministry of Education...
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Over 55,000 squatters on State, private lands
Between 2012 to 2015, the former government spent $70 million on the Land for Landless Programme, and although 1,500 lots were fully developed at a cost of just under $47,000 per lot ($70.5m), only six...
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Dismembered mason burnt too—autopsy
Ravi Anthony was shot twice and one of his arms and legs were chopped off by his killers, who then tried to set his body afire before dumping it in a forested area in Sister’s Road, his autopsy has...
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Sheron denied bail in protection order breach case
Car dealer Sheron Sukhdeo yesterday pleaded not guilty when he appeared before Chaguanas Magistrate Wendy Dougdeen-Bally charged with breaching a protection order.Sukhdeo, who was represented by...
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