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Suspect charged in Manzanilla murder
A 60-year-old handyman and PH driver of Plum Road, Manzanilla has been charged with killing a 44-year-old mother of two, wounding her 18-year-old daughter and several gun-related offences.Senior police...
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Maloney protest sparks WASA action
Public Utilities Minister Robert Le Hunte will meet with the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) board this week to address two areas that customers have been expressing dissatisfaction about—poor...
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Parliament body mulls fixed time for fireworks display
The largest fireworks importer in the country FireOne Fireworks is recommending Parliament consider regulations for specific days and times for setting off fireworks— in what the company believes may...
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Soggy Christmas for flood victims
Several families in Woodland, one of the areas worst affected by severe flooding two months ago, will not be celebrating Christmas.The residents are pleading with the Government to give them an early...
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Law body starts probe of allegationsMore trouble for CJ
Rosemarie SantThe Law Association has retained two senior counsel to look into the issue of whether Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley can be approached to initiate impeachment proceedings against Chief...
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No bail for Piarco heist accused
Kizzy Bernard, the lone woman accused in the $5.5 million robbery at the Piarco International Airport, was yesterday denied bail by an Arima magistrate.Bernard, 38, who is eight months pregnant,...
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Man fined $6200 for harassing women on street
A 48-year-old-man who was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct for heckling and harassing women on the streets of Sangre Grande, was yesterday fined $6,200 by a Sangre Grande magistrate after...
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Judge freezes EPoS worker’s $15m assets
Justice Frank Seepersad yesterday granted a request by the East Port-of-Spain Development Corporation (EPoS) to freeze the assets of an employee and two of his companies to the tune of over $15...
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Transgender slain; cops arrest guard
radhica.sookraj@guardian.co.ttAlmost two weeks after the death of transgender woman Keon Alister Patterson in Port-of-Spain, another transgender woman, Keil Lensay, was murdered in Debe...
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AG calls meeting on Cuban dissidents
Local authorities are moving to deal with issues concerning a group of Cubans - hoping for asylum in the US - after the group yesterday moved onto the United Nations’ property at Chancery Lane,...
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Red House projectready by Nov 2018
After several promises and hundreds of millions of dollars in expenditure, the Red House restoration project should be completed by November 2018.The $440m project, which is being managed by UDeCOTT,...
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Tobago ferry gets two-month extension
The lone passenger ferry servicing the seabridge, the T&T Express, may remain in service until February, next year.This as the vessel, which was scheduled to be taken off the route for dry dock...
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Moonilal not fazed by threat
“Stand in line!”That’s Oropouche East Member of Parliament Dr Roodal Moonilal’s response to Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s threat of legal action.Moonilal says “we are going by alphabetical order...
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PM fuming over false claims
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has instructed his attorneys to pursue legal action against anyone who have published “false and malicious” statements made in the Parliament last Friday by Oropouche...
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Tobago medical icon dies
Former general manager of Primary Health Care Services in Tobago under the Tobago Regional Health Authority (TRHA) Dr Mentor Melville has died after ailing for some time. Melville 65, of Delaford,...
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Public sector must strive for excellence
Former permanent secretary Roselyn Lauren Khan, who received a public service medal of merit gold award on Monday, admitted that the standards in the public sector have fallen.Khan said sometimes...
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After killing of Samantha Isaacs:Activist calls for national gender policy
radhica.sookraj@guardian.co.ttStalking is a crime in T&T, yet Samantha Isaacs was stalked for months by her killer who terrorised her family before finally ending her life last Saturday.And even...
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$37m gift for Fire Service
The Fire Service yesterday received a $37m Christmas gift of 17 spanking-new vehicles to boost their ability to respond more effectively.While the president of the Fire Service Association Leo...
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Robbery accused has seizure in court
A mother of three accused of committing several armed robberies collapsed in court yesterday, after she, her sister and boyfriend were granted bail in the total sum of $1.3 million.Maxine Marshall fell...
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Under-employment leads to drug traffickingKarate champ fined $45,000
A South Korean style taekwondo champion was yesterday fined $45,000 after he pleaded guilty to possession of over one kilogramme of marijuana for the purpose of trafficking. Leigh Young Lum Kin, 28, of...
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