DPP orders inquest into Bamboo killing
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard yesterday ordered police to release the 33-year-old woman who stabbed her common-law husband to death in an alcohol-fuelled argument last week....
View ArticleOccah plans to sue PM Rowley
Rosemarie SantGML Enterprise DeskFormer House Speaker Occah Seapaul is contemplating legal action against Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley for allegations made by him that she was placed under house...
View Article‘He was our oppressor’
A member of the Unruly ISIS Gang attempted to stop the burial of reputed gang leader Selwyn “Robocop” Alexis yesterday when he stormed into the Muslim cemetery at Monroe Road and pulled a gun on the...
View ArticleHitman shot six times by Alexis
Selwyn “Robocop” Alexis shot Thomas “Hamza” Sharpe six times in the head before he himself succumbed to a gunshot in the right of his head, an autopsy revealed yesterday.According to police, forensic...
View ArticleLoyalists will remain—friend
Selwyn “Robocop” Alexis, 51, even in death, has his loyalists who will do what they have to do.This was the opinion given by Alexis’ close friend, Crown Trace Mosque Imam Morland Muakyil Abdullah,...
View ArticleRobocop was Robin Hood of community, says ex-cop
Selwyn “Robocop” Alexis, 51, was well known to the police in the Central Division over the years to be involved in high-level criminality.However, he had another side to him—the Robin Hood of the...
View ArticleSuspended Petrotrin five to know fate next month
The five Human Resources heads at State-owned Petrotrin who were suspended last week will know their fate next month.This was outlined in Ryerson Bagoo, Fareeda Mohammed, Gillian Cherotiere, Franka...
View Article43 firms bid to build Tobago’s desal plant
A total of 43 local and foreign companies have expressed an interest to build and operate Tobago’s first million-dollar desalination plant at the Cove Industrial Estate.So said Water and Sewerage...
View ArticleGovt to spend millions to repair La Brea road
After decades of fiery protests, muddy roads and damaged vehicles, Government is forking out millions of dollars to correct approximately one kilometre of road in La Brea that will hopefully bring...
View ArticleScammers hack minister’s social media profile
Scammers have hacked the social media profile of a Government Minister and are using her account to solicit private information from unsuspecting citizens.Planning Minister Camille Robinson-Regis told...
View ArticleAntoine appalled by working conditions at landfill
This is how Public Utilities Minister Ancil Antoine has described the conditions that workers at the Beetham landfill are operating under daily.Standing a few feet away from an open sewer located...
View ArticleDr Tim wants PM to remove Garcia
While the recommendations of the Gate Task Force have not as yet been accepted by the PNM Cabinet, former education minister Dr Tim Gopeesingh says Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley should remove the...
View ArticleDon’t blame ministry for leak, says Garcia
Education Minister Anthony Garcia yesterday defended Ministry of Education employees and members of the Gate Task Force Committee, saying they were not responsible for leaking the 70-page report to the...
View ArticleEPA president files criminal report after melee at HQ
Estate Police Association (EPA) president Steve Smart yesterday filed a criminal report and sought medical treatment after he was allegedly assaulted by members at the Marabella headquarters.Smart,...
View ArticleImam at Hamza’s funeral urges: Don’t take law into your hands
Imam Shaykh Munuf Muhammed yesterday called on Muslims not to take the law into their own hands when a wrong has been committed against them. They were instead advised to report their injustices to the...
View ArticleAbu Bakr: Robocop’s killing is insanity
Jamaal Al Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr yesterday described the killing of Selwyn “Robocop” Alexis as “insanity.” Bakr said the fact that Alexis’ killer could disguise himself by wearing a wig to...
View ArticleBandits shoot running salesman outside bar
Fed up of being robbed, a Penal man’s decision to run from bandits proved deadly when he was shot in the chest outside a San Fernando bar on Tuesday night.A wounded Capildeo Harrilal managed to walk...
View ArticleWoman found with throat slit in Malabar
Two more murders in north Trinidad are being investigated, including that of a 51-year-old schizophrenic woman, who police initially thought had committed suicide.According to police, Jenny Jones’...
View ArticleMinistry, TSC plan to tackle education woes
The Ministry of Education and the Teaching Service Commission (TSC) have promised to work together to improve a number of issues plaguing the education system, including appointments, transfers,...
View ArticleFish kill off Mosquito Creek
Thousands of dead herring, mullet and catfish have been washing up along the shoreline of the Mosquito Creek over the past few days. The dead fish started coming to shore late on Monday afternoon and...
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