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190 workers left stunned
In the first step of an effort to cut jobs, Spanish energy firm Repsol E&P T&T Ltd yesterday offered 190 employees Voluntary Separation of Employment (VSEP) packages.The company did so in an...
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Baby burnt in arson attack dies
The investigation into an arson attack at a home in Santa Flora is now a homicide case as one of two children burnt in the fire, nine-month-old Kyle Jacob, has died.Baby Kyle, who suffered third degree...
View ArticleFormer National Security minister: Crime surges noted in hot spots since 2013
Security sectors have since 2013 noted crime surges in “hot spots” in the East/West Corridor and Central Trinidad where some gangs have used religion and religious organisations as a “front,” former...
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Imam’s family not returning to T&T
Five family members of Imam Nazim Mohammed who travelled last year to war-torn Syria, where the Isis terror group operates, would not be returning to Trinidad.Confirmation came yesterday from...
View ArticleCar firm ordered to refund buyer for Benz
Automobile dealer Sterling Services Limited has been ordered to pay almost $400,000 in compensation to a customer to whom it sold a defective Mercedes Benz to in 2013. Danley Maharaj received the...
View ArticleTwo plead guilty to 11-year-old murder
Two men pleaded guilty yesterday to murdering Nigel Allen who was choked, stabbed with a fork and buried in a shallow grave in Claxton Bay almost 11 years ago.Nigel Roderique, 40, aka Ryan and Cat, and...
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Minister: Govt to consider specific programme to help prevent Isis recruitment
Government will consider implementing a specific programme to prevent possible recruitment of students by the terrorist group Islamic State in Syria (Isis). So said Minister in the Ministry of...
View ArticleEx-boxer charged with Brit’s murder
A former amateur boxer appeared in court yesterday charged with the murder of 22-year-old United Kingdom national Adrian St John who was shot dead during a robbery at Mt D’Or on April 10.Maldon...
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Aspiring dancer cops Miss Siparia Fete Queen
Aspiring professional dancer Ariel Thomas, 21, was adjudged the 2016 Miss Siparia Fete Queen in a competition on Friday.Six contestants participated in the competition, which is part of the annual...
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All children of fallen officers should benefit
Former minister in the Ministry of National Security Subhas Panday is advising all women who have children for officers in the protective services to get paternity tests done immediately, so they can...
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15 NGC workers sent home
National Gas Company yesterday issued severance letters to 15 contract workers and redeployed 69 others within the company, as the 100 per cent state-owned company signed a contract with Spanish energy...
View ArticleMuslim leaders want to meet ministers on ‘red flags’
Local Muslim leaders want a meeting with the Ministers of National Security and Foreign Affairs to discuss recent Government statements about security and monitoring systems, following revelations that...
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GML radio personality CG dies
Staff of Guardian Media Ltd (GML) were thrown into mourning late yesterday following the death of Vibe CT105.1FM radio personality Derek Selman, better known as CG.He died at the Mount Hope Medical...
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Estrada presents credentials
New US Ambassador to Port-of-Spain John L Estrada says citizens of T&T should unite, lobby the Government for stronger laws and work with the law enforcement agencies to stop gun violence in this...
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Relatives: Protection order would have saved Felicia
Relatives of Felicia Persad, whose body was found in the Mitan River last week Friday, said yesterday she would still be alive if only she had been granted a restraining order which she had filed...
View ArticleRamesar: SRPs waiting too long for appointment
A pre-action protocol letter is expected to reach the desk of Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi on Monday, outlining the intention of the Police Service Social and Welfare Association to legally challenge...
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Machel Montano sues TSTT over cancelled contract
Reigning Road March champion Machel Montano is suing the Telecommunications Services of T&T (TSTT) for terminating its sponsorship deal with him. In his filed lawsuit, Montano is seeking damages...
View ArticleBranch president insists: Not enough lifeguards
President of the Lifeguards Branch, Augustus Sylvester, is denying statements made by the Ministry of National Security that there are adequate lifeguards on duty.In a brief interview yesterday,...
View ArticleNo justice yet for Nekeisha
Just over one month since the headless body of Eden Nekeisha Teesdale was stuffed in a barrel and dumped in the Mitan River, relatives are wondering why the person she was last seen in the company of...
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25 restored computers for children homes
Even though government is reviewing the free laptop for secondary school children programme, Minister in the Ministry of Education Dr Lovell Francis said the Government will use funding to improve...
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