Guard gunned down at fast food outlet
Robbers shot dead a security guard at a Church’s Chicken outlet at the newly opened O’Meara Plaza in Arima on Saturday night after they became enraged that they were unable to open the cash...
View ArticleNewtown Playboys retain single pan title
The first Panorama title of the 2018 season has gone to Angostura Newtown Steel Symphony.The band retained the National Panorama Single Pan Band title on Sunday night, earning 286 points for their...
View ArticleComply with noise level or face fines
Warning that fete promoters will be fined and penalised if they do not comply with stipulated noise levels, chairman of the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) Nadra Nathai-Gyan yesterday called...
View ArticleFisherman killed over missing boat light
An argument between two fishermen over a missing boat light ended in murder in the fishing village of Cumana near Toco on Sunday.David Callender, 38, fisherman of Unity Lane, Anglais Road, Cumana was...
View Article‘We would not get another President like him’
Throngs of people, including school children turned out yesterday at Parliament to pay tribute to the country’s fourth President George Maxwell Richards, who they described as a statesman, exemplar,...
View ArticleGridlock as city stops for Max
Unable to contain her emotions Jean Ramjohn-Richards broke down in tears yesterday, as she viewed the body of her husband and former President George Maxwell Richards at the Parliament lobby in...
View ArticleHealth Ministry answers heart patient’s prayer
Ailing mother Stephanie Mohammed yesterday celebrated with her husband after getting promising news that the Ministry of Health had granted approval for her to undergo a free medical study for a...
View ArticleBullets fly under cover of rain
Imani Blackett’s ambition of becoming a cattle farmer and purchasing his own car died with him yesterday as he was gunned down while working at his cousin’s parlour.Blackett, 22, of Thornhill Drive,...
View ArticleSevered leg, arm washes ashore
RALPH BANWARIEPolice was called out to Matura last night after what appeared to be the severed leg of a man washed ashore. The discovery was made less than 24 hours after a villager found a human arm,...
View ArticleMaxine: Dedicate Carnival 2018 to former president
The family of former President George Maxwell Richards has one wish—for Carnival 2018 to be dedicated to him.Putting forward the proposal was Richards’ daughter, Maxine, as she spoke to the media in...
View ArticleBody found wrapped in sheet at Mt Lambert
Police are seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a murder victim, whose body was found in Mt Lambert yesterday.According to reports, around 10.30 am residents of Mt Lambert Circular contacted...
View ArticlePetit Valley man killed in ambush
A man from Petit Valley became the country’s 33rd murder victim of the year after he was ambushed and killed in front of his home yesterday.According to reports, shortly after 5 pm, Jamal Joseph was...
View ArticleHelp locate 3 missing girls
The T&T Police Service (T&T) is seeking the urgent assistance of the public in locating three teenagers, two of whom are sisters from Oropune Gardens, Piarco.In the most recent incident,...
View ArticleMinister: Boycott wet fetes to save water
Partygoers who intend to go to wet fetes this Carnival season are asked to think twice before they do so, especially if they complain about the country’s poor water supply and delivery.These were the...
View ArticlePM defends decision to award Kallco $400m highway contract
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has defended Government’s decision to award Kall Co Ltd (Kallco) a $400 million contract to construct the first segment of the Churchill- Roosevelt Highway extension to...
View ArticleMalabar man shot dead by intruder
A 22-year-old Arima man was killed and his 16-year-old brother wounded as they attempted to protect their father from an armed intruder on Monday night.According to reports, around 9.30 pm Dominique...
View ArticleJudge grants injunction stopping highway project
Environmental activist group Fishermen and Friends of the Sea (FFOS) has obtained an interim injunction barring the Government from continuing work on the first phase of the $400M Churchill Roosevelt...
View ArticleMayor: Give more to support downtown mas
Port-of-Spain Mayor Joel Martinez yesterday called on business people to be more generous to help host downtown Carnival as each year the event has gotten “bigger and better.”Faced with tough economic...
View ArticleCarnival assault costs man $12,000
Men can be arrested for ‘thiefing a wine’ during Carnival but Govind Seepersad has to pay a woman $12,000 in compensation for groping a woman’s genitals during the festival a decade ago.Seepersad, 25,...
View ArticleHeavy rains hamper public viewing of body
After maintaining her composure for the last week, Maxine Richards, the daughter of former president George Maxwell Richards broke down in tears yesterday, as the hearse carrying her father’s body...
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