Police start national body cam tests
From August 1, 60 randomly selected police officers will begin nationwide body camera testing. It is hoped that at the end of a six-month trial stint, these devices will be issued to every officer on...
View ArticleProtest outside health centre
A key member of the Unruly Isis gang was yesterday shot dead by police officers while making his way to purchase a vehicle in Chaguanas.Police officers assigned to the Central Division said they were...
View ArticleT&TEC to pay driver $1m for forceful retirement
The T&T Electricity Commission (T&TEC) has been ordered to pay $1 million in compensation to a driver who was unfairly forced to retire on medical grounds after suffering a mild heart attack in...
View ArticleAppeal hearing set for Tuesday
The Government’s appeal over the dismissal of its application for the appointment of two provisional liquidators for CL Financial (CLF) is set to be heard on Tuesday morning.The date was set during a...
View ArticleJeremie not worried at disciplinary threat
Former attorney general John Jeremie, SC, has no fear over Government’s threat to refer him to the Disciplinary Committee of the Law Association, over his alleged conflict of interest in representing a...
View ArticlePrison escapee recaptured
Two years after he escaped from the Carrera Island Prison, Steve McGilvery was recaptured in his home town of Sea Lots yesterday.According to police reports, around 11 am officers of the Port-of-Spain...
View ArticleFinancial woes hitting hard
Hundreds of short-term workers employed by the Ministry of Education are now facing uncertain futures after their contracts were not renewed due to a lack of funds to pay them for the next contract...
View ArticleOropouche farmers beg for flood relief
Head of the Highway Reroute Movement Dr Wayne Kublalsingh is calling on Government to remove a quarter mile embankment built by the last government, which he believes is responsible for extensive...
View ArticleDressing down for managers
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh says he has been forced to personally intervene in operations at North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA), due to the inefficiency at the Port-of-Spain General...
View ArticleI asked for no gag order
Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj SC has written to the Registrar of the High Court asking “who authorised a gag order” on documents filed on behalf of former chief magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar against Chief...
View ArticleCarmona warned me not to commit suicide
Whenever Marcia Ayers-Caesar is seen in public nowadays she is called names and disrespected. She is also shunned by family, friends and former colleagues. As a result of this, Ayers-Caesar now avoids...
View ArticleMaharaj: Ayers-Caesar matter needs to be public
Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC says he has not received a response from the registrar of the High Court in relation to a reported move by the Judiciary to seal documents filed by former chief magistrate...
View ArticleCabo successfully sails to Tobago and back
After what he described as a successful test run to Tobago and back to Port-of-Spain on Friday, Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan says the cargo vessel the Cabo Star should be ready to begin...
View ArticleAnti-bullying group visits Orlando
A group of students from Arima North Secondary School, Fatima College, Bishop’s High School West and Costaatt visited Orlando from July 10 to July 17. The 15 students were part of a group founded by...
View ArticleIan goes to cops after receiving death threat
Crime Watch television host Ian Alleyne has complained of serious threats he received from Unruly Isis gang leader, Abdul “Krysis” Wakeel Krysis while at the Chaguanas Health Facility on Friday...
View ArticleHouse in Santa Cruz destroyed after heavy rainfall
Emily Sookraj and her daughter were home alone yesterday when parts of their house were destroyed as a result of heavy rainfall.The rain brought with it a landslide which crashed its way into their...
View ArticleDescendants of the Dragon flourish on Charlotte Street
There is a proliferation of Chinese businesses in communities across the country, including a strong presence in the country’s capital, Port-of-Spain.The Chinese came to T&T more than 200 years ago...
View ArticleDeyalsingh: No soft drinks in new school term
When the new school term opens in September, all sugary drinks including soft drinks will be banned from schools across the country. Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said the move was aimed at...
View ArticleFinal rites for Carlet
Media personality Carlet Holder Alvarez was cremated yesterday.The cremation took place at Allen’s Funeral Home in Arima after the salaat-ul-janazah (Islamic funeral prayer) was performed.Host of The...
View ArticleSouth Oropouche murder accused in court tomorrow
A South Oropouche man will appear in the Siparia Magistrates’ Court tomorrow charged with the murder of 17-year-old David Sancaro. The accused is a 37-year-old mechanic.Sancaro, of St Mary’s Village,...
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