Suspect remains in custody
How Lisa Matagoolam met her death could not be determined yesterday because of her body’s advanced state of decomposition.Matagoolam’s decomposing body was found at the bottom of a 20-foot precipice in...
View ArticleMom clears the air on vigilante action: I was going to wait for police
A day after the nation learnt of a “PH” taxi driver’s failed attempt to seduce a primary school student, the child’s mother is saying she did not intend to take part in vigilante justice to capture the...
View ArticleGarcia wants new dress code for teachers
Education Minister Anthony Garcia is holding talks with the T&T Unified Teachers’ Association (TTUTA) to address the dress code of teachers.This was announced by chairman of the People’s National...
View ArticleHome of Little Carib founder demolished
Cultural activists are outraged over the demolition of deceased cultural icon Beryl McBurnie’s home.The structure, which had been deteriorating on Panka Street in St James for some years, was...
View ArticlePermell: Probe Clico Mausica land deal
Finance Minister Colm Imbert has asked the Central Bank to investigate the alleged undervaluation and sale of Mausica Estate lands owned by Clico which had been in the works from May 2015.Imbert...
View ArticleGeorge famous for customer service
Admit it. Good customer service in this country is hard to find. It could be said, it’s like finding a needle in a haystack.Yet, that’s what the Sunday Guardian found when Sommerleigh Pollonais posted...
View ArticleKamla against abolishing juries
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says there should be no abolishing of the jury system in the country’s courts without nationwide consultation.Speaking at the UNC’s National Congress at the...
View ArticleUS$20,000 kidney transplant
Twelve years ago Sieunarine Ganar paid US$20,000 for the kidney he currently has inside his body.Ganar, 67, says it was a “steal of a deal.”When Ganar was diagnosed with renal failure and required a...
View ArticleReform Road needs repairs
Reform Road in Gasparillo does not live up to its name. While the word reform means the improvement or amendment of what is wrong or unsatisfactory, this road in south Trinidad is in poor condition and...
View Article1,700 pounds of garbage in Chacachacare clean-up
A total of 1,714 pounds of garbage was collected from Chacachacare Island by local volunteers in the International Coastal Clean-up (ICC) 2016 in just over an hour yesterday.Minister of Planning and...
View ArticleSeales: TTPS arrears to be paid by March
Minister of Finance Colm Imbert has made a commitment to the members of the T&T Police Service (TTPS) that arrears will be paid in cash no later than March 2017.This commitment was made to the TTPS...
View ArticleFans stand up for Price
Comedienne Rachel Price hasn’t had to respond to the claims made against her by new Internet sensation Kia Jadeana Hosein. She doesn’t have to. Her fans have been rallying to her cause in increasing...
View ArticleSabga: No drastic cuts expected in Budget
ANSA McAL chairman A Norman Sabga says while he believes there may be some cutbacks in subsidies announced in the upcoming Budget he does not expect the Government to make any drastic changes.“I...
View ArticleWorking hard for her son’s success
In the congested Chaguanas Market, Ashmin Mohammed sells costume jewelry to send her son to the University of the West Indies, St Augustine.A single parent, she works 18 hours a day making anklets,...
View ArticleInvader’s Bay theme park on hold
Businessman Derek Chin says he knows that his $1 billion Invader’s Bay development project, Streets of the World, was deliberately blocked to facilitate other projects along the western peninsula.Chin,...
View ArticleFamily of autistic woman: We forgive her killers
Kadeen Dass shared a message of forgiveness with mourners yesterday at the funeral of his cousin, Carla Achalal. Achalal, 30, was killed during a robbery at her Bonne Aventure, Gasparillo home last...
View ArticleSan Juan South PTA to protest poor facilities
ANDRE WORRELLThe Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) of the San Juan South Secondary will be staging protest action in front of the school’s compound today over the dilapidated state of classrooms and...
View ArticleMahabir-Wyatt hails vigilante mom: She’s a hero
If the mother who executed vigilante justice on the PH taxi driver who had made advances on her 11- year-old daughter had depended on the police to take action, she would still be waiting, says social...
View ArticlePM Rowley tells it his way in new book
The political career of Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, including his famous falling-out with the late Patrick Manning, and the events which immediately followed the 2010 elections have now been...
View ArticleCostaatt lecturer still missing
Eternally optimistic. This is how relatives of missing lecturer Glenda Charles-Harris feel 14 months after her continued disappearance. And while the head of the environmental studies department at the...
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