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Tears for teen bandit
Teenager Curtis Junior Pierre was described as a respectful, vibrant and wonderful teenager at his funeral yesterday.But when he stormed a Claxton Bay bar last month with a gun-toting accomplice, those...
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Children’s Authority: 100 reports of toddler abuse in nine months
During the nine-month period, May 18, 2015 to February 17, 2016, the Children's Authority received approximately 100 reports of children three years and under, including newborns who were physically...
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Kamla at Monday Night Forum: Rowley moves to reshuffle Cabinet
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the head of Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi is on the chopping block, as Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley gets set to reshuffle his Cabinet once again....
View ArticleRadio DJ/soca artiste assaulted at nightclub
Police are investigating a incident in which radio announcer and soca artist Janelle “J Angel” De Leon was injured during a altercation with a group of women at a bar in Woodbrook on Monday...
View ArticleTeacher accused of telling student to drink own urine
A female teacher at the Robert Village Hindu School, who allegedly told one of her student to “drink pee”, was locked out of the compound yesterday morning, even as members of the Parent Teachers...
View ArticleWidespread blackout after power plant failure
At least nine schools were dismissed early as an unspecified problem at the Trinidad Generation Unlimited (TGU) plant at the Union Industrial Estate, La Brea, caused power outages across the country...
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Handcuffed father attends son’s funeral
“Forgive Daddy, Sham, it was an accident.” This was the plea of Seeta Siewnarine to her dead brother, Sham Siewnarine, as she bid farewell to him during his funeral service yesterday. Sham, 28, died on...
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TDC boss axed
Tourism Minister Shamfa Cudjoe yesterday confirmed that communications professional Dennise Demming has been fired as chairman of the Tourism Development Company (TDC) and that attorney Richard Duncan,...
View ArticleSenator swayed by expert advice
Opposition Senate Leader Wade Mark has said the Opposition will soon decide its next option on the passage of the Strategic Services Agency (Amendment) Bill and if to challenge it in court.And one of...
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OWTU to Nidco: Settle workers’ dispute before OAS leaves T&T
As officials of Brazilian construction company, Construtora OAS are expected to leave Trinidad this month, the Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) is demanding the National Infrastructure Development...
View ArticleMoonilal calls on Rowley: Clear up rental of One Alexandra
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley must clear the air and say whether the Government will actually be using One Alexandra Place and if rent is being paid on the building since the People’s National...
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22 years for serial rapist
A Siparia man was sentenced yesterday to 22 years for raping a schoolgirl in 1997 but his victim left the court disappointed. The victim, now 34 years old and a mother of three children, said she felt...
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Her daughter’s tears changed suicide thoughts
After doctors told Abiola Thompson Abraham and her husband, Kerwin Thompson, their five-day-old baby had died, they spent about three hours kissing him and “bonding” with him in a room at the...
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Govt hears public outcry
Government is actively considering increasing the speed limit on the two main highways from the current 80 kmph to 100 kmph and is also looking at the speed limits for other roads, acting Prime...
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PSA boss kept in detention over rape claim
Public Services Association (PSA) president Watson Duke spent the night in police custody after being detained in relation to a rape allegation made by an attorney working with his organisation....
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I stand by my vote
Former temporary Independent Senator Justin Junkere says he is standing by his vote in support of the Government on the SSA Amendment Bill on Tuesday and will vote the same way in similar situations.In...
View ArticleMore troubles for WIN TV
Central-based television station, WIN TV, is said to be in dire financial difficulties and management temporarily sent home nine of its employees on Wednesday.Speaking with the T&T Guardian, a...
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74 minors gave birth last year
Shocking and quite worrying.That’s how Medical Chief of Staff of the Mt Hope Women’s Hospital, Dr Karen Sohan, yesterday described information which revealed “74 girls under the age of 16” gave birth...
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$.5m for ex-CEO in libel lawsuit
Former chief executive officer of the Estate Management Business Development Company Ltd (EMBDC), Seebalack Singh, has been awarded more than $.5 million in compensation in a libel lawsuit brought...
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Escapee’s body found wrapped in plastic
The body of a man who escaped from a police cell was found yesterday off Mausica Road, D’Abadie, wrapped in plastic. Police were alerted of the body by relatives of Peter Solaiman to a bushy area near...
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