Cop’s mom slain
A regular day for Constable Shawn Dyer yesterday went horrendously wrong after he responded to a report of a shooting and found his mother to be the victim. According to police sources, Dyer was just...
View ArticleMan slain hours before court appearance
On the eve of his court appearance for gun possession, Fyzabad father Paul Fenton was shot dead on Thursday night.Police said Fenton, 33, a construction worker of New City Avenue, had several pending...
View ArticleOCM to retrench 33 workers
For the second time in less than a year, media conglomerate One Caribbean Media (OCM) is retrenching workers. The T&T Guardian understands that the company yesterday issued letters to 33 workers...
View ArticleReview for Pan Trinbago ahead
Minister of Community Development, Culture and the Arts, Nyan Gadsby-Dolly, says a review is to be carried out to determine if Pan Trinbago is providing value for money in the wake of allegations of...
View ArticleLying medical intern fired
The medical intern, who lied about being robbed at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital (POSGH) two weeks ago, has been fired.Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh yesterday announced the woman’s dismissal...
View ArticleWomen join senior ranks
History was made in the Prisons Service after two female officers were promoted to the First Division for the first time in the 178 years of its existence.The officers, Germaine DeGraff and Charmaine...
View ArticleCops: Revenge porn cases on the rise
More and more cases of revenge porn are gaining the attention of the police, but lawmen still have little power unless necessary adjustments are made to legislation which can deal with the issue.Sgt...
View ArticleMan, 20, gunned down in Mt D'Or
A 20-year-old man was shot and killed while liming with friends in Mt D'Or during the early hours of Saturday morning.According to reports, Zachary Roberts, who lived on Private Road, was with friends...
View ArticleGovt employing political/tactical move—lawyers
Government may be employing a political or tactical move by withholding information from the public about the nine former Housing Development Corporation (HDC) officials they have filed a lawsuit...
View ArticleThree dead in D’Abadie bloodbath
A father and son are among three people who were shot dead in a bloodbath in D’Abadie yesterday afternoon.Five people in all were shot during the incident which took place around 3.20 pm yesterday.Dead...
View ArticleNo apology from Imbert
His comments last week may have been deemed “flippant” or “facetious” and created an outburst of emotion among different sections of the population but do not expect Finance Minister Colm Imbert to...
View ArticleColm quiet after being ‘hauled over coals’
Rosemarie SantFinance Minister Colm Imbert has gone silent after being hauled over the coals by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley before his Cabinet colleagues and then in public at the post-Cabinet news...
View ArticleUS$2m found in Point Lisas cargo
Port security and the Customs and Excise Division are investigating the shipment of approximately US$2 million in currency that was found in a container at the Port of Point Lisas on Friday.A release...
View ArticleThe party that wins Tunapuna wins local elections
Whoever wins the Tunapuna/Piarco Regional Corporation (TPRC) wins the Local Government elections, according to the results of the last three local polls.In the 2003 Local Government elections the...
View ArticleMom pleads: Set my son free
Tricia Williams, 41, just wants one thing for Christmas. To have her missing son come back to her alive and well.When most people were celebrating Divali, the festival of lights, on October 29, the...
View ArticlePan Trinbago facing $34m debt
There is “significant doubt” about Pan Trinbago’s ability to continue as a “going concern” in the light of a $34.5 million debt facing the organisation, PKF Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors...
View ArticleKamla: Expect higher cost of living
Cost of living is expected to increase in the coming months, says Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar.There has been public outrage since Imbert announced government’s intention to offer 0-0-0 per...
View ArticleNational Organ Transplant Unit: 1,500 sign up as kidney donors
The number of people in this country who have donated their kidneys after death is not enough to fill a big maxi. A big maxi taxi seats 25 passengers. Only 17 people in this country have to date...
View ArticleBleak Christmas for axed media workers
Kendelle Crepin, a sub-editor for the past nine years who was among 33 workers axed by One Caribbean Media (OCM), says he might be forced to sell his car to survive financially.Crepin, 34, of...
View ArticleIt’s only PNM grand charge
“It’s a grand charge.” This is how Former Housing minister Dr Roodal Moonilal views reports from Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi that Government has filed legal action against nine former officials of...
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