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2 cops detained after brutal attack against couple
Four people, including two police officers, are in police custody after they allegedly attacked a young Springvale couple, beating a woman unconscious and almost severing her companion’s wrist.The...
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Cops kill prison escapee
Just over two months after Sheldon Lendore escaped prison custody, he was shot dead during an alleged shootout with police yesterday.Police gave little information about Lendore’s death last evening,...
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Brits ‘block’ Galicia from delivering Tobago cargo
Chairman of the Tobago Chamber of Commerce Demi John Cruikshank said Tobago was short of bread yesterday, following a situation on Tuesday night when the Super Fast Galicia cargo vessel was unable to...
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Guard killed in cigarette heist
RALPH BANWARIEA security guard was killed during a shootout with bandits at a bar in Maturita, Arima, yesterday.Police said Joel Punette, 55, a security guard with Thor Security, of Enterprise,...
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Prison Association to probe gun find
With conflicting reports of an illegal homemade gun being found at the Golden Grove Remand Prison, the Prisons Officers’ Association is conducting its own investigating to determine whether security at...
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UNC seeks to keep six corporations, capture more
The United National Congress (UNC) will be launching its manifesto for the November 28 Local Government elections in the next few weeks.Tabaquite MP Dr Suruj Rambachan, who is one of the strategists...
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10 % wage hike for T&TEC workers
The Oilfields Workers Trade Union (OWTU) and the T&T Electricity Commission (T&TEC) are expected to sign off on a collective agreement today.While OWTU officials were tight-lipped about the...
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Damage control by PM
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley sought to do some damage control today hours after the Finance Minister created a furore with his talk of wage restraint. At a forum at the Hyatt on Wednesday Finance...
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140-pound growth turns woman into a social recluse
Adorning the wall of Gloria Nicome’s home is a plaque that reads “tough times don’t last but tough people do.”In the last six years, Nicome has been trying to put on a brave face but few people know...
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No 0-0-0 policy
Finance Minister Colm Imbert’s stated 0-0-0 start-up basis for public sector negotiations was a speculative position and an “opening gambit,” Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says.The PM appeared at...
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You’re out of order
The National Trade Union Centre (Natuc) is warning the Government that Finance Minister Colm Imbert’s plan to introduce a wage restraint for public servants “was out of order” and could prove to be a...
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Haitian student being sent home
A Haitian student facing deportation is calling on the Chief Immigration Officer to have mercy as he claims to have the required permission to study in T&T.Speaking with the T&T Guardian...
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Port to probe blocking of vessel
The Port Authority has requested a report from the T&T Inter Island Transportation Company Ltd (TTIT) on why the British naval vessel, the RFA Wave Knight, was allowed to drop anchor in the channel...
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Family mulls Venezuela visit
In the face of reports that his wife may have been spotted in Venezuela, Mark Sookdeo says his family may consider visiting the country to look for Ria themselves. Last Thursday, Venezuelan news site...
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OWTU warning for new Energy Minister
Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) president general Ancel Roget is wary of the appointment of Franklin Khan as the Energy and Energy Industries Minister, saying he has a history of putting private...
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Cop's mother killed in city ambush
A woman was killed near Angie's Roti Shop on Picadilly Street this morning. The shooter escaped by running up Bart Street East Dry River. Early reports say the woman, Felicia Dyer-Francis is the mother...
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Hunt for suspect in Picadilly Street murder
Police have blocked off parts of Picadilly Street, Port-of-Spain as they investigate the murder of a woman, who was killed in her car while headed to church this morning.The woman, Felicia Dyer-Francis...
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Hero granny terrifying scratch bomb tale
In a desperate act to save her granddaughter’s life, a Talparo woman snatched a lighted scratch bomb from next to the child and tried to hurl out of a car window on Divali night.The scratch bomb was...
View ArticleConstantine to head CNMG
Presenter and radio broadcaster Wendell Constantine has been appointed chief executive officer of State-owned CNMG on an acting basis, according to a release from the station.The release yesterday...
View ArticleUnions leave room for Imbert apology
Trade unions and business groups who met with Minister of Finance Colm Imbert yesterday have described the meeting as a positive one. They welcomed the tripartisan method of dealing with labour issues...
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