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Former MPs job hunting
After years of reviewing legislation, attending debates, advocating and promoting the interests of their constituents in the Lower House, some former MPs are jobless and job hunting following last...
View ArticlePSA to defend suspended TRHA docs
The Public Services Association (PSA) will be defending the three doctors who were involved in performing the caesarean section on Rose Gordon, 35, of Charlotteville, who died on New Year’s Day after...
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Machel joins Digicel family
Soca star Machel Montano is now an ambassador for the Digicel family with the likes of other top local artistes like Destra Garcia, Kees Dieffenthaller and Ravi B. Montano, 41, took to his Instagram...
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Big start at Kalypso Review tent
The Kalypso Review tent opened its 2016 season on Friday at the Arima Velodrome under overcast skies t0 a near sold-out audience. Over 25 calypsonians, mostly women, performed on the night.Proving to...
View Article‘Gang leader’ killed in shootout
A 26-year-old reputed gang leader was killed in a early morning shootout with police in Laventille, yesterday. According to reports, around 4.45 am, officers of the Inter Agency Task Force (IATF) went...
View ArticlePolicemen charged with extortion
Four police officers have been arrested for attempting to bribe a Chinese businessman. According to reports, the officers, all police constables assigned to the North Eastern Division, were arrested at...
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Unpaid bills to companies could worsen recession
Economist Dr Vaalmikki Arjoon is appealing to the Government not to dip into the Heritage and Stabilisation Fund (HSF) to pay local contractors who are owed $2 billion, even as he admits that failure...
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Teen mom beats tough life to help others
Abandoned by her mother at age nine and left to care for three younger siblings she later lost, Melanie Daniel endured a life of pain and tragedy. But she was determined to survive.Today, at 45, Daniel...
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Nobby pushes right buttons at Kaiso Showcase
Calypsonian Carl “Nobby” Barrington stole the show at the opening of the Kaiso Showkase 2016 on Friday night with his composition, Marriage Advice.Barrington and 22 other calypsonians performed at the...
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Man murdered in Cocorite
A Cocorite man who was recently released from prison on a marijuana charge was killed this morning by gunmen who police believed were waiting for him. According to police reports, Kevin Greene, 26,...
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Double road fatality in Laventille
A late night vehicular accident along the Eastern Main Road has claimed the lives of two people. The victims have been identified as Mark Guy and Shamarke Pascall. Another passenger, Akila Lane, 21,...
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$100,000 worth of weed found in mangrove in Marabella
After combing the mangroves covering the Marabella waterfront, Southern Division police found $100,000 worth of "lemon cush" hidden under galvanize sheets. The find came as police were searching the...
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Father of five dies in hospital after being shot
A father of five died while being operated on on Sunday afternoon after being shot while at his Mapp Lands, Laventille home. Police reports state that 47-year-old Abdul Karim was killed after he was...
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Man escapes police custody at the San Fernando Magistrate's court
A man who had just been sentenced to three years hard labour ran out of the San Fernando Magistrates Court today, moments before officers could put handcuffs on him. Russel Thomas and his twin brother...
View ArticleHouseholds can expect to spend $300 more a week
As supermarkets across the country prepare to implement the reduced rate of Value Added Tax (VAT) from 15 per cent to 12.5 per cent which takes effect on February 1, consumers falling into the lower...
View ArticleCabinet approves new rules for picking top cops
Under the new process for the appointment of a commissioner of police and deputy commissioner the Police Service Commission will have to contract a local firm under the Central Tenders Board Act to...
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Dillon denies murder spike
National Security Minister Edmund Dillon says there is no spike in the murder rate in this country. He said so in response to a question on the Order Paper from Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar...
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Prisoner escapes after three-year sentence
After being sentenced to three years in jail for armed robbery, twin brothers Roston and Russel Thomas tried to make a dash for freedom from the San Fernando Fourth Magistrates’ Court yesterday....
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Fire reignites at WASA
Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs Stuart Young says files of interest were removed from WASA’s St Joseph office at the weekend but they were retrieved by the...
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Injured warden wants justice
Traffic Warden Mandisa Woods, 27, who was severely injured in an accident while on duty along Independence Square, Port-of-Spain, last Tuesday said she needs to get justice and is wondering why there...
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