Prison guard arrested after going home with keys
A junior prison officer was detained by police yesterday evening, after he failed to return a bunch of keys for the general population section of the Port-of-Spain Prison in a timely manner.According...
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THA official on 2 sex charges
Director of Playing Fields in the Division of Education, Youth Affairs and Sports in the Tobago House of Assembly and former coach of Tobago United Football Club, Peter Granville, appeared in the...
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Killings of 2 men push toll to 200
A second Trincity taxi driver was found murdered yesterday and police believe, like another murder victim last month, his killers wanted to burn his body. Darryl Gordon, of Maloney, was found with a...
View ArticleLate release for final acquitted Vindra accused
All seven men who were incorrectly returned to prison after being acquitted of the murder of businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman this week were released on Thursday night. The men secured their...
View Article2 wanted for cop’s shooting surrender
Two men surrendered to the police yesterday in connection with the shooting and wounding of Sgt Ricardo Morris.According to police sources, the men, who live in the Sea Lots area, walked into the...
View ArticleProtest coming next week
Two groups representing Clico policyholders and shareholders are escalating action against the Central Bank and Government over their respective issues concerning the controversial insurance...
View ArticleNo rating system for Tobago hotels
No systems in place to rate hotels in Tobago, conditions at the ANR Airport so poor that airline Virgin Atlantic was forced to pull its operations from the island, poor sea port facilities, poor...
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Cabinet still to determine recommendations
Public Administration and Communications Minister Maxie Cuffie says Cabinet is yet to determine which of the four recommendations for CNMG and GISL will be accepted.He said this at a short and simple...
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More education, legislative changes needed
As the national debate continues on the topic of child marriages in T&T, The Children’s Ark has weighed in on the matter by calling for greater education on the topic as well as legislative...
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Mohammed Ali, the greatest, dead at 74
He was fast of fist and foot (AP) -- lip, too - a heavyweight champion who promised to shock the world and did. He floated. He stung. Mostly he thrilled, even after the punches had taken their toll and...
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I didn’t violate policy—HDC chairman
Housing Development Corporation (HDC) chairman Newman George has denied that he violated any policy in dealing with correspondence from former MP Jack Warner concerning housing requests for several...
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Mom struggles to help daughter finish med studies
Joanette Pariag has always been a woman of indomitable spirit. As a single mother she did everything to nurture and protect her only child, Jade.Ten years ago she beamed with joy and pride when Jade...
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Security beefed up at PoS jail
Security has been beefed up at the Port-of-Spain prison after the keys to all the doors at the facility went missing on Thursday night, acting National Security Minister Stuart Young has said.Officers...
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Venezuelans taking T&T jobs
Desperately hungry but with their dignity well intact, boatloads of Venezuelans are continuing to show up along the shores of the southwestern peninsula, with the hope of building a better life in...
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ArcelorMittal houses up for sale
ArcelorMittal’s steel plant in Point Lisas will be put up for sale as soon as the paperwork required to start the process is already in the advanced stages, liquidator Christopher Kelshall has said.So...
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Parents, relatives main perpetrators of crime
Within the 12 months since its inception, the Child Protection Unit (CPU) of the Police Service has brought 500 cases before the court, involving sexual and physical abuse of children as young as 16...
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Trinis pay tribute to Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali, the legendary boxer who captivated the world as “The Greatest” in life, in death continues to rivet the world with his influence on people, T&T being no exception. The Sunday Guardian...
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Family hopeful body to be shipped from Venezuela
Valdeen Shears-NeptuneFollowing the recent visit by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, one Trinidadian family is hopeful that bilateral ties will assist in expediting the release of the body of their...
View ArticleCabinet approves nationwide storm drills
Cabinet has approved a massive, nationwide disaster drill to take place in July.The exercise comes as the Caribbean braces for higher-than-average tropical storm and hurricane predictions for the...
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Music education for Hype trainees
The MIC Institute of Technology has launched a musical curriculum for trainees, which could see them learning music literacy and receiving international certification.The programme, dubbed Hype Music,...
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