Photos: Why do you love T&T?
As the country celebrates its 54th anniversary of independence on Wednesday, many politicians and public figures will offer greetings and anniversary messages.The Sunday Guardian asked our audience to...
View ArticleLife changing potential of organ donations
If there’s a small upside to the runaway violence in Trinidad and Tobago in which murders have topped 300 in only 242 days this year, (read latest murder/suicide on page 5) it is that one such fatal...
View ArticleMurder-suicide rocks Trincity
The worst fears of Rosemarie Blackburn’s two adult children were realised yesterday when they heard a single gunshot in their home and within seconds discovered their mother dead lying on the bathroom...
View ArticleImam slams Dillon for ‘political’ crime walkabout
Enterprise Imam Morland Muakyil Abdullah yesterday slammed Friday’s walkabout by the Minister of National Security, Edmund Dillon saying that he strongly believes that it was political and not a...
View ArticleCapital losing the battle against street-dwelling
T&T has a major problem with homelessness and all it takes is a casual walk through the streets of Port-of-Spain to see the extent of the problem. It is virtually impossible to walk along a block...
View ArticleLa Brea fishermen demand investigation results
La Brea Fisherfolk Association president Alvin La Borde is calling on the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) and the Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA) to disclose the results of their...
View ArticleWoodland vendors plead hardship
Crab and oyster venders in Woodland who have been struggling to survive since oil seeped into the mangrove more than a month ago also want monetary assistance from Prime Minister Dr Keith...
View ArticleWomen urged to leave abusive relationships
Be proactive and not reactive.Words of advice to women in abusive relationships and homes by Madinah House president, Lydia Choate. Over the past 16 years, she said Madinah House has provided shelter...
View ArticleTreat Tassa with respect
Tassa music is being treated with disrespect by politicians in T&T, according to Wendel Eversley, the vice president of the Tassa Association of T&T (TATT). Eversley was speaking at the 16th...
View ArticleDebe still reeling from floods
Hours after cleaning dirty water and slush from their homes, Chester Street, Debe residents watched helplessly as their homes were inundated with flood waters for the second consecutive day.“We are fed...
View ArticleThe Clico Policyholders judgment
On June 28, 2016, the Privy Council delivered its judgment in the case of The United Policyholders Group and others (the Appellants) v The Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (the Respondent)...
View ArticleMom must wait for case hearing
A clerical court error may have caused a 34-year-old mother of seven to lose custody of two of her children. Laventille resident Natasha De Silva is now seeking any legal aid she can get to assist her...
View ArticleMom has two ways to challenge ruling
Natasha De Silva, the mother of seven who lost two of her children in a custody battle with their father after she failed to attend a case hearing due to an apparent error by the Judiciary, can now...
View ArticleHikers rescue fawn from forest
A local story the equivalent of Disney’s Bambi occurred this past weekend in the Morne La Croix forest.A deserted fawn was rescued by hikers from the Garden of Eden Adventure Tours and Camping hike...
View ArticleMan shot dead by cops during roadblock
The daughter of Curt Moses, who was killed by police on Friday night, believes there is an attempt to cover up her father’s killing by the lawmen and this was the reason his body was not taken to the...
View ArticleTwo nude bodies found
The bodies of two decomposing men were discovered yesterday morning at Invaders Bay, off the Audrey Jeffers Highway.One of the men was found floating in the Gulf of Paria while the other was found hog...
View ArticlePM invites Kamla for crime talks
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has agreed to meet with Opposition Leader, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, and her delegation on Friday at the Office of the Prime Minister, St Clair, to discuss rising crime in...
View ArticleBison rampage petition gets 500 signatures
Almost one month after he was shot over an argument about bison, Barrackpore farmer Ricky Gangadhar has completed a petition calling for the removal of the animals from his neighbourhood. On August 2,...
View ArticleFlooded out for 3 straight days
While most people snuggled under the warmth of their sheets around 1 am yesterday, residents of Chester Street, Debe, were cold and wet as flood waters rose in their homes for the third consecutive...
View ArticleFormer CDA chairman speaks out: ‘I am not bipolar’
“I am not bipolar and I have not lost my mind. However, I have accepted my fate.”So said Anthony Pierre, who resigned on Saturday as chairman of the Chaguaramas Development Authority (CDA) after the...
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