Well done
“Run baby, run!” Yvette Wilson screamed yesterday as her last child, Jereem Richards, sprinted his way to the bronze medal in the men’s 200 metres final at the IAAF World Championships in...
View ArticlePure stupidness
Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan yesterday denied he owns or has shares in Canadian-based firm Bridgemans Services Group LP.His comments came after several posts surfaced yesterday on...
View ArticlePATT, Bridgemans boss in secret meeting
The Port Authority of T&T and the vice president and partner of Bridgemans Services Group LP, Andrew Purdey, held a secret two-hour long meeting to discuss the cancellation of the controversial...
View ArticleRelative: Detractors were for his jugular
Former Petrotrin executive chairman Dr Malcolm Jones was an icon who possessed values yearned to see emulated by young people in this country, said his close friend Winston Rudder yesterday during his...
View ArticleWe expected his killing
Relatives of Lorenzo Mc Leod, who police shot and killed moments after he stole a car Wednesday morning, say they had been expecting his death for almost five years,Speaking with the T&T Guardian...
View ArticleFour more guns seized, three suspects held
Four more illegal guns have been taken off the streets by police and three men are in custody for the latest seizures.Police said two men were arrested after officers of the Western Division Task Force...
View ArticleMedical records run-around
Three years after the death of her mother, Cherisse Lambkin is still trying to get the San Fernando General Hospital to release her mother’s medical records.Frustrated at a lack of action at the...
View ArticlePolice body: Landlord threatening to evict SRP in leaked photos
The Special Reserve Police (SRP) officer whose photographs went viral on social media is now faces possible eviction from her apartment, according to the Police Service Social and Welfare...
View ArticleEx-coast guard officer held with drugs, gun
A San Fernando man, who was discharged from the Coast Guard three years ago, was arrested by police after he was caught in possession of a firearm and an estimated $10,000 worth of marijuana...
View ArticleTeen stabbed, thrown in river
Hours after going outside the Bethel House of God Church to sell produce to help his mother make ends meet, 15-year-old Emmanuel Okeiro’s mutilated body was being fished out a Freeport River.Autopsy...
View ArticleBody in river identified
The body of the man found floating in a river at Cunjal Road, Barackpore on Wednesday has been identified as 55-year-old Thakorie Adheen.He was stabbed, choked and thrown into the river still alive and...
View Article2nd suspect charged for stomping murder
A second man has been charged with the murder of 36-year-old Akeeno Thomas who was shot and stomped on in a drain last month.The court appearance of the second man, Adio Mustapha Smith, comes five days...
View ArticleKPMG to help select top cop
Auditing firm KPMG’s has been awarded the contract to assist the Police Service Commission (PSC) in the recruitment and selection of a new Police Commissioner and Deputies.In a press release issued...
View ArticleTrump weighs military response to Venezuela
WASHINGTONTrump told reporters at his New Jersey golf course yesterday that he’s “not going to rule out” a military option.” He added that it’s “certainly something that we could pursue.”Trump has been...
View ArticleOperations ‘shut down’
People’s National Movement councillors and aldermen at the Siparia Regional Corporation are once again calling on chairman Dr Glen Ramadharsingh to step down.This latest squabble in the corporation...
View ArticleBridgeman’s offers alternative sea bridge deal
Vice president of Canadian-based ferry service provider Bridgeman’s Services Group LP Andrew Purdey yesterday objected to the Port Authority of T&T’s (PATT) termination of the Ocean Flower II’s...
View ArticleMan shot dead in Tunapuna, dragged by killers
A man was shot dead along Tunapuna Road yesterday taking the number of people killed for the year to 295.According to reports, around 4.30 pm residents of Cornelius Street, Tunapuna heard six gunshots...
View ArticleNo bail for Chinese national charged with bribing cop
Chinese national Lu Wuying was remanded into custody yesterday, after being charged with attempting to bribe a police officer in Princes Town last week.Wuying was arrested on August 2 at the Joy Xin...
View ArticlePATT engineer failed Ocean Flower after sea test Major mechanical faults found
The Port Authority of T&T’s (PATT) Chief Engineer, Brendon Powder, ruled that the Ocean Flower II may not have been suitable to service the sea bridge between Trinidad and Tobago because of several...
View ArticleYoung people need jobs
Where are the jobs?It’s a question being asked by hundreds of young people across T&T, as they attempt to find their way in an economy they feel now lacks opportunities.Last week, the Central Bank...
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