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Carenage man shot dead
For the second time in just over a year, a Carenage family is dealing with the murder of one of their sons. Shaquille LaVende, 20, of L’Anse Mitan, who shot dead on yesterday, just 13 months after his...
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Flood losses at Morvant Epiphany
There were no classes at the Morvant Epiphany Primary School on Friday as it was forced to remain closed as school officials tried to clean up debris and damage left by Thursday’s floods.Flash floods...
View ArticleMurdered boy’s mom moves out: ‘I still look for him’
Unable to bear the overwhelming agony and sadness since her first born, nine-year-old Cyon Paul, was shot dead 50 days ago, single mother Safiya Williams has moved out of the house.“Even though I know...
View ArticleOil tank emptied in search for missing man
Before he climbed atop a 120-foot oil tank at Trinmar Tank Farm on Saturday, Point Fortin resident Curtis Pierre said goodbye to his nine-year-old daughter and showed her a cut throat signs. Relatives...
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Banks open Help for Haiti accounts
Local banks have agreed to open special Help for Haiti accounts from today to receive donations for the hurricane-ravaged Caribbean nation. This follows an appeal over the weekend by Prime Minister Dr...
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Delaysingh slams ‘callous’ public hospitals
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said yesterday he is giving regional health authorities a month to get their act together.Deyalsingh, who delivered the feature address at the Palliative Care...
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No word on stand-off between PM, President
Rosemarie SantIs there a stand-off between President Anthony Carmona and Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, or have the two met and agreed to settle their public differences behind closed doors? These are...
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Parang competition back after six years
RALPH BANWARIEAfter an absence of six years, the National Parang Association of T&T (NPATT) will be hosting a competition this year.NPATT president Larry Denalli said the group would not be detered...
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Man dies in bus crash
Pastor Liesha Kerr-Bernard, sister of Roosevelt “Bassy” Kerr, 50, of L’Anse Fourmi, Tobago, who died from injuries he sustained when a Public Transport Service Corporation bus ran off the road...
View ArticleAlert ferry passenger helps save fishermen
A passenger on board one of the Water Taxi Service vessels probably saved the lives of five fishermen who were stranded at sea yesterday evening.According to T&T Coast Guard reports, Johnnie...
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Barbershop shooting victim dies
Hassan Ali, the man shot in the head during a shootout between a police officer and two bandits last Friday, died yesterday evening.Ali, 35, of Farfan Street, La Puerta, Diego Martin, was at Specs Cuts...
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AG in budget debate: Six nationals to be deemed terrorists
Government is finalising paperwork to designate six T&T nationals and two foreigners as terrorists and is also examining the position with nine other people who are to return home, Attorney General...
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No bail for ex-soldiers on gun, ammo charges
The two ex-Special Forces soldiers held last week, allegedly with cache guns and ammunition, were denied bail yesterday after the State said they were awaiting vital information from the Defence Force...
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Missing woman found murdered
A family of an accident victim, who were on their way to place flowers at the site where the woman was killed, stumbled on the decomposing body of another woman who was apparently stabbed to death.They...
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Charges against Sheron dropped
Used car dealer Sheron Sukhdeo has been freed of two domestic violence charges after his estranged wife yesterday said she no longer wished to pursue the case against him. Sukhdeo’s wife, Rachael, was...
View ArticleVictims shot, then dumped at sea
Investigators said the murders of produce vendor Wazim Nabbie and taxi driver Che-Anderson Abraham Reid were execution style killings.Nabbie, 21, of Church Street, La Romaine, was discovered by the...
View ArticleCholera now a major threat
With the death toll from Hurricane Matthew rising in Haiti to 1,000 up to yesterday, cholera spreading rapidly and the dead being buried in mass graves, 22-year old Trinidadian Hadassah Hector leaves...
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Retired cop’s nephew on sex charge
Jake Abraham, the nephew of retired police superintendent Johnny Abraham, spent the night behind bars yesterday after he appeared before a Couva Magistrate charged with breaking and entering a house to...
View ArticleWest knocks cop who put pregnant mom off PBR
Police Complaints Authority director David West yesterday chastised the police officer who issued a ticket to the husband of a then pregnant and in labour Arlene Laban-Ammon for using the Priority Bus...
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AG confirms family assessed by army after death threats
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi confirmed yesterday that his family had received a threat assessment and instruction from the army after he received several deaths threats since he assumed office last...
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