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Govt orders forensic probe
Government has ordered a full forensic audit to determine exactly how much taxpayers' money was pumped into the bail out of Colonial Life and CL Financial in light of billion-dollar discrepancies,...
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Rowley: Abortion remains illegal
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has contributed to the national discussion on the issue of abortion, saying Government will abide by the current laws.Responding to questions during yesterday's...
View ArticlePolicyholders want urgent public update
The Clico Policyholders Group (CPG) wants Government and the Central Bank to update the public on the Clico/CL Financial matter as soon as possible.CPG head, Peter Permell. made the call yesterday,...
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Help for 800 jobless WASA guards
The Estate Police Association (EPA) has intervened to find alternative work for 800 security officers whose contract with the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) ended prematurely because of an...
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Pardon petition now online
The Roman Catholic Church wants the wider national community to have its say on the call by Archbishop Joseph Harris for provisions to be made by the Government to pardon deserving prisoners,...
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Cops: Murder suspect flees to Venezuela
Police believe the suspect who shot and killed Guyanese national Khemraj Persaud and injured another man has fled to Venezuela.T&T Guardian was told that local police have sent out an advisory to...
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PCA launches separate probe
The police constable involved in the accidental death of Rancho Quemado grandmother Sona Lalloo is being investigated by the Police Complaints Authority (PCA).This was confirmed by its director David...
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Speeding drivers will be stopped, fined
Speed guns are to be introduced on T&T’s roads and highways on Monday in an attempt to significantly reduce the incidence of fatalities, Works and Transport Minister Fitzgerald Hinds told a news...
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Murdered guard worked at PM’s home
The security guard who was chopped to death and left at the side of the road in Bagatelle, Diego Martin, on Thursday, was employed at the Prime Minister’s official residence in St Ann’s.Police...
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‘New’ Clico group demands answers
More pressure is being brought to bear on the Government and the Central Bank concerning Clico/CL Financial.Following CL Financial’s majority shareholder Lawrence Duprey’s threat of legal action...
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Forgive officer who killed pensioner, 80
“Pray for the police.”This was the advice given to the grieving family members of Sona Lalloo at her funeral service yesterday. Lalloo, 80, succumbed to her injuries hours after she was shot in the...
View ArticleEmrith files lawsuit against newspaper
Embattled former United National Congress member Ken Emrith is mounting High Court action against the Express newspapers concerning an April 24 story about him. Emrith’s attorney Larry Lalla notified...
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Carenage man killed in gang shooting
Police are blaming neighbourhood warfare for the murder of a 22-year-old L’Anse Mitan man who was shot dead yesterday morning.According to police reports, around 10.30 am residents of Marcel Circular,...
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Police mistrust crippling fight against crime
The latest batch of 167 police graduates, who are set to hit the streets next week, have been advised not to become distracted from apprehending the real bullies of the nation who live by muscle and...
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Counter proposal ready by May 31
Finance Minister Colm Imbert will communicate with the police, fire and prisons associations by May 31 on final decisions concerning all matters they have raised, including requests for housing or land...
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Chief Justice: Two juvenile courts by year’s end
Two juvenile courts—one in Trinidad and the other in Tobago—are expected to be established and operational by year’s end.This was an assurance given on Thursday by the Chief Justice Ivor Archie.Archie...
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Contribute to help build balisier complex
Members of the ruling PNM have been asked to contribute “beyond their means “to help build the party’s new Eric Williams Memorial Complex at Balisier courtyard, expected to be finished by the next...
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Prisoners, police in stand-off
The security booth inside the Golden Grove prison was set on fire by inmates yesterday as a near riot erupted in the exercise yard of the Remand Prison, the Sunday Guardian has learned.The situation...
View ArticleTrincity man held for rape of Jamaican woman
A 38-year-old construction worker has been charged with the rape of a Jamaican national in Trinidad.The man was arrested at his Trincity home on Thursday morning by officers of the Chaguanas CID and...
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Reformed inmates mentor youth
Prisons Commissioner Sterling Stewart says reformed prisoners in the various prisons are mentoring youths to stay away from crime and warning them that there is no future in crime.He was speaking to...
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