SDMS lawyer writes EOC on hijab case
The Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS) is accusing the Equal Opportunity Commission (EOC) of discriminating against it in its handling of a controversy over an alleged hijab ban at the Lakshmi Girls’...
View ArticleI’m sorry for what I did
After buckling under pressure, Michael Powell yesterday admitted that he fabricated a story about being a cancer patient at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMSC) to grab sympathy and...
View ArticleKazim keen to talk with Gary
radhica.sookraj@guardian.co.ttLocal Government Minister Kazim Hosein has expressed faith in newly-appointed Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith, saying his ideas and crime-fighting strategies must be...
View ArticleMayor mulls legal action against Judiciary
kevon.felmine@guardian.co.ttFed up with the eyesore and the breeding of mosquitoes at the stalled renovation works at the San Fernando Magistrates Court building, San Fernando Mayor Junia Regrello is...
View ArticleHigh water pressure rupturing old lines
radhica.sookraj@guardian.co.ttEven as residents face water shortages across several regions of the country, high water pressure pumped by the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) is believed to be...
View ArticleCop not a suspect in murder of Parliament clerk
kevon.felmine@guardian.co.ttContrary to media reports, homicide investigators said they are not searching for a police officer in connection to the murder of Parliament clerk Mariana Moonisar. The...
View ArticleBoy Boy charged with murder of Chinese businessman, student
Keyshawn “Boy Boy” Mckenzie yesterday appeared in the San Fernando Magistrates’ Court charged with the murders of a Chinese businessman and a 16-year-old school boy which occurred two months apart....
View ArticleNo magic wand, bullet to solve crime—Young
“There is no magic wand….there is no magic pill… and not for a want of a pun, there is no magic bullet either to solve crime in any country of the world, including Trinidad and Tobago.”This was how...
View ArticleNutsman chargedwith killing Rambo
A South Oropouche man has appeared before a magistrate charged with the murder of Andre James.Lennox Andrews, aka ‘Nutsman’, 60, of Aripero Village, South Oropouche, appeared before Magistrate Margaret...
View ArticleHomeless man jailed for burglaries
A homeless Tobago man has been sentenced to two years’ in jail after appearing before the Scarborough Magistrates Court charged with breaking into three businesses in the Scarborough district between...
View Article11 years in jail for raping minor
A 36-year-old man has been sentenced to a little over 11 years in prison for raping his 14-year-old girl over a decade ago. While Peter Andrew Davis was convicted of the offence in May, High Court...
View ArticleProtests over clogged drain in Penal
radhica.sookraj@guardian.co.ttFaced with frequent flooding, residents of Penal/Quinam Road yesterday staged a placard protest asking Works Minister Rohan Sinanan to immediately assist local contractors...
View Article3 charged withkidnapping, rape of foreigners
Three men, among them a national from the Dominican Republic, have been remanded into custody after appearing before a Chaguanas magistrate charged with the kidnapping and rape of three women which...
View ArticleJearlean thanks God after car crash
Former managing director of the Housing Development Corporation Jearlean John yesterday thanked God for sparing her life after being involved in what she described as a “serious vehicular accident” in...
View ArticlePSA workers call on Duke to settle negotiations
Less than a dozen public servants represented by the Banking, Insurance and General Workers Union (BIGWU) staged a noisy protest outside the Public Services Association (PSA) headquarters, calling on...
View ArticleFalling branch kills T&TEC worker in Tobago
CasandraThompson-Forbes Police are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of a T&TEC employee in Tobago.Dead is Ahkenaton Quashie 32, of Golden Lane.According to reports, the incident...
View ArticleTemporary fix for broken highway culvert
Temporary repairs have been completed on a broken culvert which caused part of the Solomon Hochoy Highway in Freeport to sink on Thursday, triggering a massive traffic jam.In an interview yesterday,...
View ArticleMedical Board:
radhica.sookraj@guardian.co.ttApart from temporarily hiring 250 foreign specialist doctors, the Government should consider training unemployed doctors in specialist medical fields. So said vice...
View ArticleGeorges: I’m still recovering from roller coaster endured
CNC3 television anchor Khamal Georges breathed a sigh of relief yesterday afternoon as his Kia Sportage SUV was returned to him after being twice stolen and recovered in a little over 24 hours.Speaking...
View ArticleArima vendor takes legal action against mayor, CEO
RALPH BANWARIEArima Open Market Vendors have taken legal action against the mayor of Arima and the chief executive officer of the Arima Borough Council after they failed to respond within the seven-day...
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