Burkie helps police catch car thief
Sea Lots community leader Cedric “Burkie” Burke yesterday helped police apprehend a car thief and recover a stolen car.But in a telephone interview with the T&T Guardian hours after his act, Burke...
View ArticleSiblings in Piarco heist granted bail
Siblings Kizzy Bernard, 38, and brother Kenol Singh, 32, of Longdenville, Chaguanas, who were charged in connection with the recent 5.5 million heist at the Piarco International Airport, were both...
View ArticlePetrotrin workers reject Deokiesingh again
RADHICA DE SILVAradhica.sookraj@guardian.co.ttFor the second time in as many weeks, the Oilfield Workers Trade Union staged protests demanding the removal of Vidya Deokiesingh, after he was sent to...
View ArticleEmailgate finding
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the outcome of the police probe into the “Emailgate” allegations brought by Dr. Keith Rowley in 2013 proves he’s “unfit” to lead T&T.Earlier this week,...
View ArticleManzanilla murder accused in court
The man accused of murdering his sister-in-law and shooting three other people in a bar almost two weeks ago finally appeared in court charged with the crimes.Tarran Nannan, 60, of Plum Road,...
View ArticleAnsa McAL donates $.8m to local charities
Christmas came early for some 24 organisations and institutions who are sharing in an $839,678 donation from the Ansa McAL Foundation.At a ceremony at Tatil Building ion Maraval Road yesterday,...
View ArticleMaloney highway protestors fined
Three Maloney men who were arrested during last week’s blockade of the Churchill Roosevelt Highway during a protest for water were each fined $150 yesterday after they pleaded guilty.The men—Joseph...
View ArticleElder brother of dead teen bandit charged for robbery
The elder brother of a teenage bandit who was killed after he shot a police officer in Marabella appeared in court yesterday on robbery charges stemming from the incident.The 16-year-old school boy,...
View ArticleCubans may get Christmas shelter
There was movement yesterday towards a short-term resolution for the Cuban “dissident” group currently camping out at Chancery Lane, Port-of-Spain - at least for Christmas.Attorney General Faris...
View ArticleBad suggestion
Police Service Commission (PSC) chairman Dr Maria Therese-Gomes yesterday admitted the commission was not in support of an election for a commissioner of police, as this process could be “utterly...
View ArticleLeave my private life alone—Young
Minister in the Office of the Attorney General and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister “has the full support of his Cabinet team.”This from Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi in the face of...
View ArticleNothing to trigger Section 137 probe
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi says Government will act with “propriety” in the matter involving Chief Justice Ivor Archie and calls for the executive to move to begin impeachment proceedings under...
View ArticleAG: Emailgate far from over
Attorney General Faris A- Rawi says “the Emailgate saga is far from over.”And while he is unhappy with the position of the Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams on the issue, he said he does not...
View ArticleBody of ex-con found in trunk
Homicide detectives probing the murder of Kerwin Buchan have found two criminal records that may give insight into the reason for his death.Investigators said he was known in the Port-of-Spain Division...
View Article12 guns, 2,000 rounds of ammo seized in raid
A Barrackpore man who rears tilapia was arrested after South Western Task Force and Penal CID officers raided his home and allegedly found a large cache of arms and ammunition yesterday.According to a...
View ArticleLatest FIU reports over $22B in suspicious transactions
The Financial Intelligence Unit has reported a 500 per cent increase in the monetary value of suspicious transactions and suspicious activity between 2016 and 2017 with the monetary value growing from...
View ArticleBail denied for accused bank burglar
A 40-year-old Freeport man was denied bail after he appeared before Senior Magistrate Jo-Anne Connor charged with stealing over $3 million from First Citizen’s bank.Hardath Solomon, of Mission Road,...
View ArticleChristmas in a cowshed
Usually, around this time, Seema Ramsaroop and her eight children would be busy decorating their Couva home in preparation for Christmas. Shopping would have already been done and cooking would have...
View Article3 in court for murder of reserve cop
Three men accused of murdering Special Reserve Police officer Richard Babwah and robbing the owner of a Chinese restaurant appeared in court jointly charged with the crimes yesterday.Keane Osei...
View ArticlePNM picks retired judge, UNC wants ex-diplomat
In less than a month the country will have a new President.January 19, 2018 is the date set for a meeting of the Electoral College of Parliament to elect a new President of T&T.Although the term of...
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