Petrotrin president quits
President of State-owned Petrotrin Fitzroy Harewood has resigned. His resignation takes effect on February 28, 2018 and comes weeks after a report found that the so-called “fake oil scandal” was...
View Article‘My daughter didn’t know Vicky’
Alleged fraudster Vicky Boodram’s plan to escape prison seems to have been well orchestrated, as she was being helped by a former prison-mate among many others.However, Jennifer Atwater, the mother of...
View ArticleCanadian citizen slain on eve of return home
Instead of spending the last night of his trip liming with friends, Canadian citizen Vishnu Narine was shot dead and dumped at the side of the Usine, Ste Madeleine Pond.Weeping relatives declined to...
View ArticleMental patient kills best friend
Two weeks after he ran away from the psychiatric ward of the San Fernando General Hospital, a Marabella man stabbed his childhood friend to death yesterday.Anderson Babwah, 24, and the suspect grew up...
View ArticleJeweller Tobago’s 12th murder victim
Known jeweller Roshan Lutchman yesterday became Tobago’s 12th murder victim for 2017.He was found at his Cove Estate, Canoe Bay home around 2.30 pm. His body was found in a badly decomposed state in a...
View ArticleMinistry worker slain in storeroom
A Morvant man was shot dead at his home just after noon yesterday, leaving police confused as to a motive for his death.Police said Kevin Baptiste, 35, of Cipriani Avenue, Morvant, was at home with his...
View ArticleGunman steals SUV from UWI student
Rhondor DowlatA vehicle that was stolen from the compound of the St Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) on Thursday was recovered hours later by good samaritans in the Aranguez...
View ArticleStrong child abuse trend in 2016-17
The Childrens' Authority of T&T received 5,522 reports of child abuse in 2016 requiring investigation and approximately 6,000 additional reports of abuse anticipated for this year, 2017. The...
View ArticlePrisons want single-share database
Rhondor DowlatGoing beyond last week’s prison break, there needs to be the development of an integrated database comprising all arms of the criminal justice system—the Judiciary, the T&T Police...
View ArticleRecollections of Vicky
RUDOLPH BISSESSARSINGHfather of author and historian Angelo BissessarsinghI ponder the rocky road that Vicky has travelled in her lifetime and while many have deemed her as one of the most notorious...
View ArticleMom: Her dad used her as a vehicle to escape poverty
CHARLES KONG SOOVicky Boodram's father, Ramjass Boodram, was driven to make her a child star as a way out of poverty says her mother, Indra Lall, yesterday.Speaking to the Sunday Guardian, Lall said...
View ArticleAngostura
Angostura Holdings Limited yesterday announced changes in its management structure.In an advertisement published on page A 11 of yesterday’s Guardian, it announced that with effect from November 29,...
View ArticleTwo year old shot in head
KEVON FELMINEkevon.felmine@guardian.co.ttTen weeks after surviving a horrific accident in which her father lost his right arm, two-year-old Candy Loubon was shot in the head while standing outside her...
View ArticleRoget fed up of PNM: T&T in for a rough ride
Two years later, a union that rooted for the PNM to win the 2015 election is now taking a back step.The Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM) says it has had enough with Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and...
View ArticleFixin
Rhondor DowlatAs the group Fixin’ T&T renewed its call for the boycott of Angostura Holdings Limited’s products following the firing of the female executive who raised allegations of sexual...
View ArticleFired Angostura executive asked fo $8M settlement
Rhondor Dowlat and Debra WanserGive me $8 million and I will walk. That was the offer made to Angostura Holdings Limited by the female executive who made allegations of sexual harassment against the...
View ArticleArima man gunned down
Investigations are continuing into the murder of Andre “Beenie” Prince of Arima. Prince was gunned down yesterday morning.According to a police report, at about 2.30 am Prince was at an area in Arima...
View ArticleClifton Towers tenants want 24/7 security
Tenants at the Housing Development Corporation’s Clifton Towers in Port-of-Spain are calling for permanent security in and around the compound, saying they are now living in constant fear of bullying...
View ArticleBullet close to Candy’s spine
Doctors at the San Fernando General Hospital have opted to leave the metal pellets in the neck and leg of two-year-old Candy Loubon, who was among three people shot during a family dispute in Moruga on...
View ArticleCarmona off to Kenya for UN Environment Assembly
President Anthony Carmona has left for Nairobi, Kenya, where he is scheduled to deliver a keynote statement at the UN Environment Assembly between December 4-6.Carmona left Saturday on the trip, which...
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