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Man on assault charge, taunted on way to court
An Arouca bar owner, who is accused of assaulting a woman by kicking her in the head repeatedly and striking her with a metal object, was carted off to jail last night hours after appearing in court on...
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Dead baby delivered with faeces in mouth
Chelsea Robinson, 19, spent over 48 hours in labour, screaming and begging nurses for help before delivering a dead baby, born with faecal matter in her mouth. The first-time mother spent yesterday...
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Fire razes family’s home
A South Oropouche family could do nothing but look on helplessly as fire ravaged their home in the wee hours of Sunday morning. In the hour-long fire that changed their lives, Shermiza Ravello and her...
View ArticleMan, 56, killed in Carenage blaze
Carenage residents stood watching in horror as they were unable to rescue a 56-year-old man who was in his makeshift shack while it was consumed by fire, yesterday. Tragedy struck days after Gary...
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Late cops delay boy’s autopsy
An autopsy scheduled to be done on the body of seven-year-old Jordell Jones had to be postponed yesterday after police officers arrived late at the San Fernando mortuary. Jones’s father, Dexter, said...
View ArticleCalls for tougher laws to assist cops in cases
The law needs to change to allow police to arrest abusers, even without a complaint from the victim, once there is sufficient evidence. This is the view of the head of the Victims and Witness Support...
View ArticleLeaking sewer closes top performing school
Close to 900 primary school students from the top performing Chaguanas Government Primary School have been sent home because of sewer problems. Among those affected are students who have to begin the...
View ArticleEvidence closed in Gladiator’s sex talk case
Can being labelled a homosexual damage a person’s reputation? This was the question posed by High Court Judge Mira Dean-Armorer after she heard the last of the evidence in a defamation lawsuit brought...
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Rowley: Take control of your lives for Divali
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday called on citizens to use the Divali celebration “not only to take greater responsibility for our own lives, but also to look beyond self to the greater good of...
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$1,500 a head
In the last six years, 46 foreign men and women were victims of human trafficking on T&T shores. The victims, nationals of Colombia, Guyana, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela, were trafficked...
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2 drown as boat capsizes
For three hours Sita Phillip sat in a vehicle near the Ortoire River, waiting for her husband Larry Phillip to return from a fishing trip on Monday. Little did she know at the time that his lifeless...
View ArticleDocs can’t save baby after mom found frothing
An investigation has been launched into the death of a mother and baby from East Trinidad. The mother and unborn child were taken to the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex, Mt Hope, in distress...
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Killers named by dying victim
The hunt is on for two drug dealers who allegedly abducted and murdered Siparia mason Christopher Phillip on Monday. Although eyewitnesses are yet to come forward, police were yesterday able get...
View ArticleFour held in Mon Repos drug bust
Police believe they have made a dent in a major drug trafficking operation in South Trinidad, after they seized over $2 million in high grade marijuana in San Fernando, yesterday. Four people were...
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Latin women in high demand
Deputy director of the Counter Trafficking Unit (CTU) Alana Wheeler believes that human traffickers often use the same entry route as drug and gun smugglers to bring in foreign women for the sex slave...
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Reprieve for ousted queen
The organisers of the local franchise of Miss World have agreed to enter into arbitration with recently dethroned winner Kimberly Farrah Singh, who had filed an injunction against the franchise seeking...
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Ramesar wants probe of breach
Even as investigations are continuing into how a 26-year-old prisoner walked out of the Central Police Station in Port-of-Spain on Monday moments before he was due to appear in court, head of the...
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Deyalsingh to review system
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh says there is an urgent need to revise policies regarding maternal health in T&T. He made the comment yesterday following a tour of the Port-of-Spain General...
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TTS Nelson II hits high seas
Commander Jason Kelshall and his crew will officially start their task of protecting the country’s borders today, aboard T&T’s latest naval ship, the TTS Nelson II. The ship will become operational...
View Article$10,000 fine for second offence
Second-time drunk driving offender Shyams Mohammed was fined $10,000 when he appeared before a magistrate in the San Fernando Traffic Court on Monday. Telling him that the circumstances which brought...
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