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35 pupils ungraded
radhica.sookraj@guardian.co.ttAn entire class of 35 pupils from Rio Claro East Secondary have scored ungraded in two of their Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination subjects after...
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No bad bloodover dousing
Less than a week after he was doused with flood water by a group of irate Beetham Gardens residents, local government councillor Akil Audain returned to the community to hand out food hampers...
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New hotline flooded with info
radhica.sookraj@guardian.comRiding on a wave of goodwill from the public, Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith says he is already getting hundreds of calls on his private line 482-GARY giving details...
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2 cops charged with murder
Two police officers charged with the murder of San Fernando resident Adelle Gilbert were jeered by members of the public and prisoners as they were being escorted in handcuffs from the San Fernando...
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Buildings evacuated in Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A powerful earthquake shook Venezuela's northeastern coast yesterday, startling residents in the capital who evacuated buildings and briefly interrupting a pro-government...
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$200,000 bail for two SRPs on misbehaviour charges
Two Special Reserve Police officers have been each granted $200,000 bail after appearing in court charged with robbing two men in separate incidents, earlier this year. PCs Navindra Sinanan, 41, of...
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Car crushed by Cathedral stonework
The Holy Trinity Cathedral in Port-of-Spain sustained damage during yesterday’s 6.9 magnitude earthquake. The Labyrinth floor had fallen masonry and stonework and the top of the church tower was broken...
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Works crews out today
There was chaos yesterday from the most violent earthquake to hit T&T in this century!Buildings suffered structural damage, there were electricity outages in the East and West, police were on high...
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Kamla going to Integrity body
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh has confirmed that his wife has been providing consultancy services for a particular company but has denied Opposition claims of her involvement in Government...
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Earthquake scare for hospital patients
Clutching her three young children and her mother who had suffered a stroke, Traci Cort fled the 15th floor of the San Fernando Teaching Hospital as the tremors from a 6.9 earthquake rocked T&T and...
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Imbert slams Kamla over NIF criticism
“Unfounded” and “baseless”. That is how Finance Minister Colm Imbert described Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s accusations that the National Investment Fund Holding Company (NIF) was...
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Doctor’s murder close to being solved—senior cop
The murder of the Sangre Grande family doctor will be solved, says Assistant Commissioner of Police McDonald Jacob.Speaking a town meeting on Monday at the Sangre Grande Sporting Complex, Jacob...
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Minister steps in to help paraplegic
bobie-lee.dixon@guardian.co.ttIn response to paraplegic Stacy Ann Parris’s plight for help in finding a home, the Minister of Social Development and Family Services, Cherrie-Ann Crichlow-Cockburn,...
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Muslims celebrate Eid ul-Adha
As the thousands of Islamic devotees across T&T observe Eid ul-Adha yesterday, Emir of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Maulana Ibrahim Bin Yacub says he desires all citizens to fulfil their life’s...
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Two friends killed after leaving wakeof murder victim
Two friends were gunned down in Arouca on Tuesday night minutes after leaving the wake of a man who was gunned down hours earlier.According to a police report, at about 9 pm Anderson Forbes, 27 and...
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Duke under fire for panicking public servants
National Security Minister Stuart Young yesterday accused Public Services Association Watson Duke president of causing 80,000 public servants unnecessary panic and anxiety following Tuesday’s 6.9...
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Patients relocated
Tuesday’s 7.3 magnitude earthquake forced the Ministry of Health to move patients out of the Central Block of the Port-of-Spain General Hospital after it suffered minor damage.The shifting of patients...
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Quake displaces 25 Rio Claro families
radhica.sookraj@guardian.co.ttHours after Tuesday’s terror earthquake rocked T&T, over 25 families from Mora Heights in Rio Claro spent the night outside after parts of their homes crumbled. Their...
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Home falls in Princes Town
Sudesh Deonarine left work on Tuesday eager to get home to cook a meal but on his way there the terrifying 6.9 earthquake shook T&T. When he arrived home the back portion of his home had...
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Erin farmers’ lives uprooted
More than 40 farmers have been left on the breadline after Tuesday’s 6.9 magnitude earthquake caused severe damage to acres of agricultural lands and destroyed almost $2 million in crops at Los Iros,...
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