Female officer in gun photo now facing probe
The T&T Police Service is now investigating one of its own, after a photo surfaced on social media over the weekend of a woman holding what appears to be a gun near the head of a baby also in her...
View ArticleHDC unable to help Josephs further
The Housing Development Corporation says it cannot do anything more for former national heavyweight boxer Wendel Joseph and his wheelchair-bound wife Erica.The HDC made the comment in a press release...
View ArticleTobago prisoner escapes custody
A manhunt is in progress for a prisoner who escaped from a cell at the Scarborough Police Station over the weekend.The T&T Guardian understands that Samuel Maharaj, 25, of Mt. Zion, Whim, a repeat...
View ArticleCollusion rampant
Former Education Facilities Company Ltd (EFCL) chairman Arnold Piggott has described the organisation which he inherited as one in which collusion, bid-rigging, favouritism, nepotism and political...
View ArticleEx-EFCL chair: I was not forced out
Former Educational Facilities Company Ltd (EFCL) chairman Arnold Piggott has insisted he was not forced out from the organisation by the People’s National Movement (PNM) or by Prime Minister Dr Keith...
View ArticleDrunk driver to fix broken house
The drunk driver who crashed into a family’s home in Debe escaped being sent to jail yesterday.Nigel Jacob, however, is not off the hook. His is sentences for driving under the influence and dangerous...
View ArticleMagistrate absent,Vicky’s case put off
Almost two weeks after her short-lived prison escape, accused fraudster Vicky Boodram reappeared in court yesterday on a series of fraud charges which landed her in prison in the first place.Boodram...
View ArticleBrother in court for sibling’s murder
Ramraj Samaroo yesterday appeared in the Couva Magistrates Court charged with the murder of his younger brother.Samaroo, also known as Baye, 52, of Couva, is accused of chopping his brother, Ganesh...
View ArticleSoldier kills girl, 2, during argument
A soldier was detained at the Sangre Grande Police Station last night, after he allegedly shot two people, including a two-year-old girl who subsequently died at hospital.The girl’s uncle was also...
View ArticleMissing teen found close to dad’s home
Two days after she was reported missing, 16-year-old Shakeela Phillip was found in a house metres away from her father's Sea Lots, Port-of-Spain home.The teen was last seen by her father, Sheldon...
View ArticleSpoiled Christmas
Slain SRP Richard Babwah’s daughters were very traumatised yesterday as they tried to come to terms with the sudden death of their father, who was killed by bandits during a robbery in Arouca on Monday...
View ArticleGovt intervened
The Government intervened in the Education Facilities Company Ltd (EFCL) but did not interfere, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said yesterday.Rowley’s comment came as he responded to claims by former...
View ArticleTobago prisoner recaptured
Samuel Maharaj, who escaped from the Scarborough Police Station between Sunday and Monday, was recaptured by police on Monday night.Police told the T&T Guardian that following an all-day search for...
View ArticleWorker accused of $16m EPoS fraud
A forensic audit at the East Port-of-Spain Company Limited (EPoS) has unearthed a scheme of unauthorised cheque payments to the value of approximately $16 million to a company affiliated with an EPoS...
View ArticleTunapuna
In light of the recent killing of Special Reserve Police Officer Richard Babwah, the Greater Tunapuna Chamber of Industry and Commerce is calling for increased police patrols in the region.Chamber...
View ArticleWitness goes missing, murder accused freed
The inability of police to locate a teenager, who witnessed his father’s murder when he was nine-years-old, has allowed the alleged killer to walk free.After spending almost a decade on remand,...
View ArticleMedia barred at Vicky’s hearing
The media was barred from the second court appearance of alleged fraudster Vicky Boodram and the two police officers, accused of facilitating her short-lived escape from prison.Reporters from several...
View ArticleCouple held, stolen cash recovered
A Carapichaima couple was arrested after police recovered $220,000 which is believed to be part of the loot stolen from Super Industrial Services (SIS).According to police, a 51-year-old man, who is...
View ArticleCops arrest robbery gang
San Fernando CID arrested five members of a suspected robbery gang on Wednesday who has been targeting small businesses for the past month.Investigators said the gang included two women who would go...
View ArticleFifth suspect held in $5.5m Piarco heist
A fifth person was arrested yesterday and a quantity of cash seized in relation to the $5.5 million robbery at the Piarco International Airport last week.Police said the arrest took place early...
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