Dominica gets lots of love
Responding to the call made by a 97-member group led by comedian and media personality Errol Fabien, the public, corporate T&T and local and regional soca artistes and deejays showed just how big a...
View ArticleMom of man killed by fallen tree grieves
Diego Martin mother Carol Noel was overwhelmed with grief yesterday, after learning the man who was killed when a falling tree crashed into a car at Granville beach on Sunday was her son, Joshua...
View ArticleBody found on river bank
The body of a 48-year-old man was found lying on a river bank in Williamsville yesterday morning.Police suspect that Nowray Rooplal, of Dharamdass Trace, St Julien Road, Princes Town, may have fallen...
View ArticleEMA probes La Brea fish kill
The Environmental Management Authority (EMA) is investigating another incident of dead fish floating along the La Brea shorelines. In a release yesterday, the EMA said after being informed by the La...
View ArticleVeteran masman Neville Aming dies
Veteran masman Neville Aming passed away on Friday at a nursing home where he spent his latter days. With his chaplet in hand, his family said he peacefully left to the songs of praises, prayers and...
View Article27 dead, 18 still missing
ROSEAU—Dominica’s police chief says the death toll following the passage of Hurricane Maria has now risen to 27.Police Chief Daniel Carbon, who made the disclosure during a press conference here early...
View ArticleAbdulah slams xenophobia towards Dominicans
Movement for Social Justice leader David Abdulah has labelled as racist and xenophobic recent public comments over Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s call to house nationals from Hurricane...
View ArticleKallco gets $400m highway contract
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said yesterday he hoped the decision to award a $400 million dollar contract to contractor Kallco to construct the first segment of the Churchill Roosevelt Highway...
View ArticleMinister: 1,000 jobs at new Pt Fortin Hospital
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh says between 800 to 1,000 jobs will be available in 2019 when the Point Fortin Hospital is completed.During a tour of the facility being built by Austrian firm VAMED...
View ArticleShut your mouth
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday reacted angrily to the negative criticism which his suggestion T&T should open its doors to Dominicans ravaged by Hurricane Maria has brought on social...
View ArticleSkerrit to T&T: Dominicans peaceful
Dominica Prime Minister Dr Roosevelt Skerrit yesterday assured Trinidadians “there is nothing to fear” from any of his compatriots who may accept Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s invitation to stay in...
View ArticlePolice kill man while taking him for gas
A reformed thief turned security guard was killed by police early yesterday, in circumstances that left his brother questioning whether the police followed proper protocol.According to police, Gary...
View ArticleRed tape delays Dominica relief
Two of ten freight containers with relief supplies, which were expected to be shipped today from Carenage to Dominica, had to be offloaded and redirected to the Port of Port-of-Spain for clearance on...
View ArticleConstable shoots colleague, self while cleaning gun
Two police officers, including a female officer, were accidentally shot yesterday while one of the officers was cleaning his service pistol.According to reports, Constable Bernard, who is attached to...
View ArticleNo bail for cops on drug charge
Two police officers attached to specialised units in the Port-of-Spain Division were denied bail and remanded in custody to re-appear in court today, when the appeared in the Port-of-Spain Magistrates’...
View ArticleLewis telling blatant lie
“A blatant lie!”That’s how Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan has described last Wednesday’s testimony by Port Authority of T&T CEO Charmaine Lewis before the Joint Select Committee (JSC)...
View ArticleWoman guilty of husband’s killing
Sixty-year-old Jasodra Jagmohan who was initially charged with the murder of her husband yesterday pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of manslaughter.Wearing a sling on her right arm, a frail Jagmohan...
View ArticleRobbery ruled out in Rio Claro killing
Police said they were baffled when they were called to investigate the murder of family man Larry Garcia who was described by relatives and neighbours as "a good man."Garcia, 31, was dragged off his...
View ArticleLand donated forhomeless shelter
Rhondor DowlatA parcel of land just in front the Riverside Plaza’s carpark in Port-of-Spain has been given to the Port-of-Spain City Corporation by the Government for the construction of a centre for...
View ArticleCameras caught fatal accident
The daughter of Leona Scott who was fatally knocked down while crossing in La Romaine on Monday night is pleading with the police to release the footage of the incident to help catch the culprit and...
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