Remaining squatter houses torn down
Demolition crews from the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) returned to Thompson Gardens, Ste Madeleine, yesterday to tear down the remaining squatter houses. But while armed private security...
View ArticleWoman stabbed to death in bar brawl
Two murder suspects remained in police custody last night after being arrested following two fatal stabbings in Pasea, Tunapuna, and Cunupia between Sunday evening and yesterday morning. In the first...
View Article105 held, 8 stolen cars recovered
Police recovered seven stolen vehicles and arrested 105 people during an anti-crime operation in the Southern Division over the weekend.Several places in La Romaine, San Fernando, Pleasantville,...
View ArticleCarmona wants review of national award possession
President Anthony Carmona says the time may have come for a review of who holds the right to possess a national award when recipients of such awards die.He made the comment yesterday, after Group...
View ArticleProtective services demand cash
If the Government insists on paying backpay arrears to police officers in cash and bonds, police officers say they will, in turn, work in tranches. Speaking at a media briefing at the Police Service...
View ArticleDecisive action on terror needed
Government is about to approach the courts to have a number of T&T nationals designated as terrorists and will also very shortly present to Parliament new legislation to deal with people alleged to...
View ArticleMan charged with daughter’s murder
A 32-year-old Laventille man yesterday calmly stood before the Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers Caesar as she read to him the charge of murdering his 17-month-old daughter last week.Brandon Job, of John...
View ArticlePetrotrin employee killed in on-the-job accident
A Petrotrin worker with over 40 years service died yesterday after he was crushed while dismantling a pump jack near a well site in Penal.Charles Mitchell, 59, a technical craftsman attached to...
View ArticleThree held, stolen equipment seized
A 47-year-old Cunupia businessman and two of his employees are being interrogated at a Southern Division police station after police raided a contracting firm and recovered over $2 million in stolen...
View ArticleTree dweller faces eviction
A homeless man who has been living in a tree house at the Tunapuna Public Cemetery for the past 17 years faces eviction from the Tunapuna/Piarco Regional Corporation.Adrian Garcia yesterday pleaded for...
View ArticleOnly petty offenders should be set free
Archbishop Joseph Harris says he is happy with the national dialogue which has been sparked by his pastoral letter calling for “pardon and mercy” for prisoners on remand who have been charged with...
View ArticleApproach proposal with caution—Stewart
Amid growing support to pardon hundreds of remand prisoners who have been in jail without trial, Prisons Commissioner Sterling Stewart is urging that this not be done willy-nilly, saying there must be...
View ArticleChurch petition to free inmates flawed
This petition to set free persons charged with criminal offences tell the story that the crooked always win. We are always told that even when we don’t get justice from man we will get it from God but...
View ArticleDuprey angry at CLF mishandling: ‘I’m not to blame for this fiasco’
CL Financial’s (CLF) majority shareholder Lawrence Duprey, as well as a new group called the Clico Stakeholders’ Alliance (CSA), are formulating legal action to block Government’s proposed sale of CLF...
View ArticleMan, 82, shot in Tobago arson attack
Tobago Police are probing a shooting of an 82-year old man during an arson attack which left 15 people homeless at Mt Pleasant yesterday. Injured pensioner, Daniel Roberts, who is partially blind, said...
View ArticleDecline in murders for Western Division
Western Division has recorded a 53 per cent reduction in murders for the year to date. This also represents the highest reduction in murders as compared to other divisions.But there was an increase...
View ArticleScorpion-stung girl survives
Medical staff at the Pediatric Ward at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope, yesterday came in for high praise from Annie Arietas for saving the life of her four-year-old daughter,...
View ArticleGranny dies from gunshot: Son contradicts police account
Accusing police of fabricating a story to cover up his mother Sona Lalloo’s death, Jamere Lalloo says the officer who shot her must account for his irresponsible action. Lalloo, 80, died on an...
View ArticleVendor killed at Tunapuna market
A 32-year-old vegetable vendor was shot dead at the Tunapuna market yesterday. According to reports, around 6.30 am Anthony Prince Noel, of Monte Grande, was setting up his provision stall when he was...
View ArticleSecurity company drops contract over unpaid $100m bill, Police, army to guard...
The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) yesterday turned to the Police Service and Defence Force to guard the Navet, Caroni and Arena reservoirs after one of its private security contractors...
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