How Ministers, Opposition MPs plan to spend Christmas
Government Ministers, Opposition MPs as well as mayors will be spending Christmas praying in churches, cooking, visiting new-borns at hospitals and playing with their grandchildren some of whom are new...
View ArticleChristmas jail for 8 Cuban dissidents
Eight Cubans, who are seeking asylum in the United States through the United Nations office here in Trinidad, will spend the Christmas holiday period in jail after they were denied bail when they...
View ArticleMan shot dead in car during Sando rush hour
After shooting Henry Prince dead in his car during heavy traffic yesterday, Prince's killer casually walked up John Stone Street in San Fernando and disappeared near Carib Street, close to the Grant...
View Article$75,000 bail for soldier on wounding charge
A soldier who was detained at Sangre Grande Police Station after he allegedly shot two people, including a two-year-old girl, appeared in court yesterday charged with wounding with intent to do...
View ArticleFamily fears losing home in HDC mix-up
Over seven years ago, the Murrell family, of Paradise Heights, Morvant, was severely traumatised after one of their relatives was killed by gunmen who stormed into their apartment while they were...
View ArticleA new home for Seema
Living in squalor since the death of her husband, widow Seema Ramsaroop and her children can finally see a ray of hope.This after a couple from Penal promised to build them a new home early next...
View ArticlePoor sales in Port-of-Spain
It was a game of hide and seek yesterday between vendors and the police on Frederick Street in Port-of-Spain.As some vendors hastily placed tables, toys and other goods for sale on make-shift tables in...
View ArticleCops give hampers to single mothers
Several single mothers of Sangre Grande were recipients of Christmas Hampers donated by Community Police Officers attached to Eastern Division yesterday.The mothers all received boxes of groceries,...
View ArticleAll not well on Knox Street
Pressure is mounting on Chief Justice Ivor Archie to speak out on allegations being made against him.A High Court judge has written to him saying he cannot stand by and remain silent about “the most...
View ArticleBaksh mulls $1bn lawsuit
The gloves are off - on all sides.Attorney for A&V Oil and Gas CEO Hannif Nazim Baksh, Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj SC, is challenging a decision by state-owned Petrotrin yesterday to terminate the...
View Article2 arrested after theft of alcohol
Police arrested two men and recovered some 17 cases of alcohol that were stolen by trickery from a supermarket on Thursday evening in Mayaro.A TT Police Service media release said the owner of S&S...
View ArticleUN works with T&T to make refugees’ life easier
UN resident coordinator for T&T Richard Blewitt says he is working closely with T&T to address refugee challenges, noting access to the basic services needed to support a life with dignity...
View ArticleMixed views on presidential selections
Three names have been put forward in the race to become the sixth President of T&T and already political analysts, social activists and attorneys have expressed support and opposition for those...
View ArticleUNC not happy with Nelson as pick
The United National Congress will have concerns if the Government indeed picks retired Justice Rolston Nelson as its choice for T&T’s sixth President, says Opposition whip David Lee.“There’s a...
View ArticleValencia man held with gun in knapsack
A 20-year-old Valencia man was arrested by the police on Thursday evening after he was held with a firearm and several rounds of ammunition.A TTPS media release said around 8.10 pm, officers of the...
View ArticleChristmas jail for man on arms charge
A Barrackpore fish farmer, in whose home police allegedly found 12 guns and 2410 rounds of ammunition, will likely spend the Christmas holidays behind bars.Nyron Goordial, 40, was denied bail when he...
View ArticleComedian Joseph dies suddenly
Days before Christmas Day, T&T’s local comedians have been plunged into mourning over the passing of one of their beloved members - Peter Joseph.Joseph, of Belmont, died yesterday morning at the St...
View ArticleMan fined $6,250 for using cocaine as his ‘medicine’
A Fyzabad man who claimed he used cocaine to treat a rare bone disease was ordered to pay fines totalling $6,250 when he pleaded guilty to 15 charges.Curtis Knight, who has been using cocaine since he...
View ArticleNo bail for man charged with sexual touching of 9-year-old girl
A 46-year-old Colombian national was denied bail on Thursday when he appeared before a Port-of-Spain magistrate charged with the sexual touching of a nine-year-old child.A TTPS media release yesterday...
View ArticlePolice find grenades, drugs in Woodbrook house
Police discovered two hand grenades, a pistol, a revolver and 2.5 kilograms of high-grade marijuana during a search of a house in Woodbrook, on Friday, around 10 pm.They also seized a 9mm magazine with...
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