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Security fear
Over 30 Venezuelan nationals who were incarcerated at the Maximum Security Prison (MSP) were recently transferred to the Eastern Correctional Rehabilitation Centre (ECRC) at Santa Rosa Heights, Arima,...
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Lawyer to challenge ‘unfair’ deportations
The State may face a legal challenge from some of the 82 Venezuelan nationals who were deported on Saturday.Attorney Mervyn Cordner is claiming the Government may be held in contempt of court as it...
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Woman still critical after arm severed
A mother whose hand was severed by her son in a brutal cutlass attack remains warded in a critical condition at the Intensive Care Unit of the San Fernando General Hospital.Doctors have managed to stem...
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Cedros fire victims seek help
Unable to understand that her home was destroyed by fire, four-year-old Natalia Paul kept crying and begging her mother and father to carry her home.Natalia, her sister, Jessica, 14, brother Narin, 11,...
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Guardian readers pledge support for baby Angelica
German-born diarist Anne Frank once said that “No one has ever become poor by giving”.And it was for this reason several T&T Guardian readers contacted our offices pledging support for 11-month-old...
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T&T nationals safe after Toronto rampage
T&T’s Toronto consulate and the homes of two T&T staffers were close to the scene of Monday’s “van attack” by a young Toronto man - but no T&T national was injured, Foreign Affairs Minister...
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High Court judge knocks magistrate’s comment
A magistrate may find himself in hot water over comments he made while presiding over an assault case in the Arima Magistrates Court.This after a High Court judge said he found the comments had the...
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A worst-case scenario
The attorney-general is perfectly correct. A nice speech and photo-op at a conference and a signature on an international agreement/treaty/convention means absolutely nothing when you get back home....
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Free grad dresses, suits for students
A young couple from Penal is giving deserving secondary students across the country the chance to go out in style for their final days in school by offering free graduation dresses and suits on...
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Public servants could benefit
A proposal for interim payment of pensions to public servants who don’t have savings will be studied by the Finance Ministry this year.The proposal was made by Parliament’s Public Administration and...
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Injured mom unwilling to give police info, schoolboy freed
After spending almost a week in police custody for allegedly chopping off his mother’s hand, a 15-year-old student was released from police custody yesterday.Police said the Director of Public...
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IWRN: Dangerous precedent being set
Instructions to release a teenager, who was in police custody after allegedly almost severing his mother’s hand off during an attack at last Thursday, may be setting a dangerous precedent for parents...
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Opposition wants info from T&T
The Venezuelan Parliament, which has an opposition majority, will be sending an official request to the T&T Government for information regarding the circumstances surrounding Saturday’s...
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Ex-British diplomat: My T&T-born son was denied UK passport
Former British High Commissioner to T&T Arthur Snell’s baby son was initially denied a United Kingdom (UK) passport because he was born in Trinidad and Tobago.Snell made the revelation in a series...
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Self-Help Commission under financial strain
The National Self-Help Commission has spent half a billion dollars in the last 10 years and has emptied more than $14 million from the Abercrombie Fund at First Citizens.Now officials are saying a lack...
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Child sex offenders going unpunished
Child sexual abuse is prevalent and common in several communities with many of the offenders going unpunished for their crimes, according to Prof Rhoda Reddock of the University of the West...
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Residents want action to clear blocked river
Barrackpore residents are bracing for floods in the rainy season, just about a month from now, after a land developer backfilled part of the Jingiesingh River to extend his property.More than 40...
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School bus drivers demand $10m debt
Scores of school bus drivers yesterday staged a protest outside of the Public Service Transport Corporation in San Fernando over $10m in outstanding debt owed by the Government.The protest blocked...
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Rowley bouffs UN
An angry Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday said he intends to write the United Nations (UN) to complain about this country’s local UN representative’s comments about the recent repatriation of...
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Darryl Smith probe delayed by two weeks
The public will have to wait two more weeks for the findings of a committee set up to find out what “new information” caused former sports minister Darryl Smith to be fired from Government.This was...
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