State ordered to pay officer shot by soldier
A High Court Judge is calling on the Government to institute regulations for joint patrols involving police and soldiers. Justice Frank Seepersad made the call in the Port-of-Spain High Court yesterday...
View ArticleFacebook petition to end child marriages
A petition to end child marriages has been set up on Facebook days after the Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO) warned of dire social repercussions if the State interfered with the Marriage Act....
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Parents and pupils protest delayed opening of school
After six weeks of no classes at the Ecclesville Presbyterian Primary School, angry parents and pupils blocked the Rio Claro/Mayaro Road yesterday, calling on the Ministry of Education to address the...
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Faith bodies blast IRO boss’ child marriage claim
There was no consensus on the Inter-Religious Organisation’s (IRO) decision to support the continuation of child marriages, Archbishop Joseph Harris said yesterday, adding that forcing children into...
View ArticleHarrypersad wrong, Faith-based Network
The Faith-Based Network of Trinidad and Tobago has distanced itself from statements made by the president of the Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO), Brother Harrypersad Maharaj, that the entire body...
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Gangar freed of 2 integrity charges after 12 years
Former Government Minister Finbar Gangar yesterday was freed of two charges for failing to declare his foreign bank accounts to the Integrity Commission.Magistrate Christine Charles discharged Gangar...
View ArticleKamla on AG’s Dana statement: It can cause mistrial
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi’s recent disclosure that Strategic Services Agency (SSA) work resulted in people being brought before the courts concerning the murder of State prosecutor Dana Seetahal,...
View ArticleSWRHA suspends CEO
A new acting CEO of the South West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) has been appointed amidst reports that the incumbent, Anil Gosine, has been sent on leave for two weeks initially.Chairman of the...
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Cops seek to ID woman found with head bashed in
Police up to late last night were trying to identify the body of a middle-aged woman who was found yesterday with her head bashed in an agricultural road in Debe. The body was found around 10 am by...
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Death car had faults, says teacher’s aunt
The Toyota Land Cruiser in which Paramin mother and pre-school teacher Candian Boisson was a passenger on Tuesday was not working properly, her relatives told the media yesterday.Speaking at their...
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Questions over headcount of street dwellers
Near epidemic. This was how Port-of-Spain mayor Keron Valentine described the street dwelling population in the city before a Joint Select Committee (JSC) meeting in Parliament yesterday. Chaired by...
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Waiting two years for Oren
Every day, Stella McKenzie looks out longingly to the road in front her house feeling she would see her son, Oren McKenzie, coming home. “When I see him, I will just hug him and tell him I love him. I...
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Judge begins summing up
High Court judge Malcolm Holdip has instructed jurors in the Vindra Naipaul-Coolman murder trial to leave their emotions out of their deliberations in the case. He gave the advice in the Port-of-Spain...
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Lawyer seeks isolation in jail
Reeshie Surajbally, who was allegedly caught with two naked intoxicated girls in his van, was jeered and taunted by a large crowd when he appeared in the Princes Town Magistrates’ Court...
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Suspect in acid bath attack finally held
Three months after La Romaine mother, Rachael Chadee, was allegedly maimed in a brutal acid and knife attack by a man, her family’s prayers were answered when police found him hiding at his sister’s...
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We don’t support child marriage
The Presbyterian Church of T&T (PCTT) and the Anglican Church said they neither perform nor support child marriages as espoused by the Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO) president Brother...
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PSA faction calls on Duke to resign
Even though the Public Service Association’s executive has thrown its support behind rape accused president, Watson Duke, the PSA’s Constitution Protectors is calling for his resignation.Founding...
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Parties spent $157m in ads for last polls
Political parties spent in excess of $157 million in ads in the run-up to the September 7 general election in T&T.This was revealed by president of the Advertising Agencies Association of T&T,...
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Maduro coming to T&T for talks
Embattled Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro, who has asked to hold meetings with Government, will pay a brief state visit to T&T next Monday, Stuart Young, Minister in Ministry of the Attorney...
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No set timeline to reduce crime—Dillon
National Security Minister Edmund Dillon says “abating of the crime rate cannot be sticking to any timeline.” He said it has to be based on operations and an integrated approach to deal with the issues...
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