Facebook 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...
View ArticleLawyer 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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$1m death benefit for slain cops by June, says PM
By the end of June, plans should be operationalised for retroactive payment of the $1 million death benefit to the families of protective services officers killed in the line of duty, Prime Minister Dr...
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Letter penned to Maduro
Relatives of five T&T nationals detained in Venezuela on alleged terrorism charges for two years are appealing to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who will be here on Monday, to release the...
View ArticleKamla supports end to child marriages
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is expressing full support for ending child marriages in T&T, saying it was not a religious issue but an inappropriate cultural practice which must be...
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Man murdered over religion
Two men arguing over religion on Thursday night ended with one dead and the other being sought by police for his killing. There were 188 murders up to late yesterday.Police said Clint Julien, 36, of...
View ArticleThree murders in under 24 hours
Three people, including two teenagers, were gunned down in separate incidents in South and Central Trinidad in less than 24 hours, with one murder taking place in front of a secondary school in broad...
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Prison officials promise to keep Surajbally safe
All necessary measures have been put in place to ensure Reeshie Surajbally, the man accused of kidnapping and sexual indecency with two girls, is not harmed in prison.The assurance came from Prisons...
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Hinds: PP sat on US$120m loan to fight flooding
Minister of Works and Transport Fitzgerald Hinds yesterday accused the former People’s Partnership (PP) government of securing a US$120 million loan to solve widespread flooding in the capital city...
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