PM wants Smith to account for Trip
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has called on Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs Darryl Smith to produce a full report into his recently concluded trip to Tobago with ministry and Sports Company of...
View ArticleRowley receives Smith report
Sport Minister Darryl Smith has complied with a request to submit a detailed report on the $91,000 Tobago trip to Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley in less than 24 hours.Minister in the Office of the...
View ArticleTeenager missing from Woodbrook home
The TTPS is seeking the urgent assistance of the public in locating 15-year-Brenda Gopaul. Brenda, a ward of a children’s home in Woodbrook, was last seen at the home around 3:45 pm on April 7. She...
View ArticleMayhem ahead
Lawyers representing some of the accused people affected by former chief magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar’s short-lived appointment as a High Court judge are questioning why their clients were not...
View ArticleMore heat for CJ, JLSC
Chef Justice Ivor Archie and the members of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission “must do the honourable thing and step down.”That’s the view of Senior Counsel Martin Daly after the Judiciary...
View ArticleSmith gives report to PM
The report, well placed sources said, was submitted to Rowley yesterday morning prior to the meeting of Cabinet.And even as the PM contemplates Smith’s future, there is now word that an e-mail...
View ArticleChaos as motion against Glenn fails
The Council of the Siparia Regional Corporation descended into chaos and disorder yesterday, as chairman Dr Glenn Ramadharsingh not only presided over a no-confidence vote against him, but voted in the...
View ArticleCunupia businessman abducted and killed
A foreign-used car dealer was abducted on Wednesday and murdered in a wooden shack in the hills of San Juan.The businessman was identified as Julian Moonsammy, 56, of LP#32 Church Street,...
View ArticleVigilante villagers beat innocent man
Social media users applauded Macaulay residents yesterday, after videos surfaced of them apprehending and dealing a dose of vigilante justice to a man they believed to be a truck thief.However, when...
View ArticleSacked NP CEO wins appeal
Former chief executive officer of T&T National Petroleum Marketing Company Limited (NP) has won his lawsuit against his former employer for wrongful dismissal.Delivering a 22-page judgement at the...
View ArticlePM cut travel $$ on Chile mission
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley will lead a team of four government ministers on an official visit to Chile, in South America on Sunday.The two-day visit is on the invitation of Chile’s President...
View ArticleTwo shot dead in Tumpuna gun attack
Two men were shot dead and another injured during a shooting incident in Arima on Wednesday night.The dead men have been identified as: Kion Carr, 30, and Anderson Meloney.A third person was shot and...
View ArticleLitterbug held by off-duty cop
A man caught dumping garbage in a public area in Debe by an off-duty policeman has been ordered to do 50 hours of community service.In default, Antonio Soogrim, 20, will have to pay a $1,500 fine or...
View ArticleI want justice
Decima Nottingham, the man who was beaten by Claxton Bay residents who thought he was a thief, is calling on members of the public to think before they act. Nottingham, 28, was on Thursday held and...
View ArticleCCTV footage throws new light on case
Although closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage of the incident in which a woman police constable (WPC) shot PH taxi driver Barry Seepersad emerged on social media yesterday, there are now more...
View ArticleNo action on Smith for now
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley expects to complete his review of the report on Sports Minister Darryl Smith’s controversial Tobago trip in the “not-too-distant future” and determine what action he’ll...
View ArticlePM apologises for sea bridge woes
The Port Authority’s fast ferries—the T&T Express and T&T Spirit—have suffered “human interference” and data on their maintenance have also been removed among other problems, Prime Minister Dr...
View ArticleFerry sabotage costs State $$
Port Authority of T&T chairman Alison Lewis says she intends to request a copy of a report submitted in December last year which alleged acts of sabotage on the T&T Express — the lone passenger...
View ArticleProper protocol was followed
The fixing of an appointment for the Appeal Court to hear Government’s appeal of Justice Frank Seepersad’s judgement on the property tax issue didn’t depart from established practice and protocols...
View ArticleWoman killed at Lange Park
A 65-year-old grandmother was found murdered at her Lange Park, Chaguanas home yesterday, in what police suspect may be a hit. Rahzia Sieuchand, owner of R&Rs Drugs, a pharmacy located in St...
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