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New methods needed to combat crime—Seales
One of the nominees for the post of Police Commissioner has admitted that deploying manpower in known criminal “hot spots” may not be the most effective way of combating crime.President of the Police...
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Cops wrap up probe against errant officer
Investigators probing the alleged theft and attempted sale of police gear by a junior officer are hoping to wrap up their inquiries today.The 22-year-old police constable found in possession of two...
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Garcia downplays Valencia school fight
Education Minister Anthony Garcia has accused the media of sensationalizing a fracas at the Valencia High School earlier this week.In an interview at his ministry yesterday, Garcia claimed that...
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Decomposed body found in forest
A decomposed body has been found in the forested areas off St Anns yesterday.CNC3 News reported the discovery was made by hunters around midday.The group were reportedly combing the forests behind the...
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Soldiers agree to repay $1.5m in payroll scam
Two soldiers, accused of defrauding the Defence Force of $1.5m in an alleged payroll scam, have agreed to repay the money.Lance corporal Jason Richards and private Josimar Belgrave gave the undertaking...
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Widen search for diver to Grenada, Venezuela
Hope for finding missing diver Chevonne Bartholemew alive grew dimmer yesterday.Bartholemew went missing on Monday in a routine dive off Gasparee Island and his wife, Pete-Ann, is now pleading for the...
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Ministers moved by baby’s case
Two Government Ministers touched by the plight of a six-month-old baby who suffered a fractured skull last year have reached out to help.Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh and Minister of Social...
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Welder held with AK-47 rifle, ammo, drugs
A Vistabella welder is expected to appear before a San Fernando Magistrate today to answer charges of possession of an AK-47 assault rifle and $500,000 worth of cocaine and marijuana.A report stated...
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Cabo Star crew in ocean rescue mission
This country’s lone inter-island cargo vessel, the Cabo Star, changed course yesterday en route from the Port of Scarborough to Port-of-Spain after it received a distress signal from a barge that had...
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Diego resident on run after sex video released
A Diego Martin man is on the run after he was discovered to be the person involved in video sexually assaulting a child.The video, which has been circulating on social media in recent days, was...
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No Splinters for bandits who target soca star
Soca star and radio personality Shal Marshall was thanking his lucky stars that bandits did not get away with some of the rewards of his bumper season with hit Splinters yesterday.This after quick work...
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Teenager rescued from abusive home
Grimacing from the knife wound a female relative had dealt him a mere three days before, 14-year-old John (not his real name) still tried to keep a smile as journalists yesterday walked through the...
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Fire go bun you
“If you continue to distress my officers fire go bun you.”This was the message sent to the criminal elements yesterday by Prisons Commissioner Gerard Wilson. He was speaking at the funeral service of...
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Cops seek help to ID prison officer’s killer
A sketch of the man suspected of fatally shooting prison officer Devendra Boodooram in broad daylight in Port-of-Spain last week has been released by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service’s (TTPS)...
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Another land-grabbing case against Dulalchan
Farmer Satesh Maraj apparently came down with a case of amnesia yesterday when questioned about the situation where he was forced from State land in favour of the man proposed to become this country’s...
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Kamla blanks PM on private CoP talks
The Police Service Commission’s nomination of Deodat Dulalchan for the post of Commissioner of Police and that of Harold Phillips for the post of Deputy Commissioner of Police may be stymied when the...
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Police kill three in Diego shootout
A 17-year-old was among three men, who were killed during a shootout with police in Diego Martin, yesterday.According to reports, shortly after midday, Western Division police received a report that a...
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Gunmen pin down cops in Laventille gunfire
Officers of the Port-of-Spain Task Force had to be rescued by their colleagues on Wednesday night after coming under heavy gunfire at Picton Road in Laventille.A video which recorded the sound of the...
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PSC FACES PROBE
After almost seven years of work and expenditure of $7 million of taxpayers’ money on the search for a Police Commissioner, the country will have to wait further as Parliament yesterday announced a...
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RIC pushes closer to WASA, T&TEC rate hikes
The Regulated Industries Commission will be consulting with members of the public in late April or early May on a proposed rate increase for the T&T Electricity Commission (T&TEC) and by the...
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