Point Borough fest incident free
With 700 police officers keeping watch over Point Fortin Borough Day festivities this weekend, South Western Division police reported that apart from seven drunk driving offences, four minor road...
View ArticleNuisance, necessity or evolution?
Last week, Charlotte Street, Port-of-Spain vendors fought against being relocated to George and Nelson Streets, on the property of the old Angostura Bond. They argued the area was unsafe and would...
View ArticleRelease names of fake drugs
Pharmacist Nalini Dial is calling on Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh to immediately release the names of fake drugs that are ending up on pharmacy and store shelves across the country.She also...
View ArticleMedical body pays tribute to young doctor
The T&T Medical Association (TTMA) hopes that Dr Kevin King’s short but eventful life will be an inspiration to the population to lead good lives.King died at the Fortis Memorial Research...
View ArticleProject still too late—residents
De-silting of major watercourses in the Oropouche Basin has started a month before the rainy season begins, but dissatisfied residents of Penal affected by last year’s massive floods say the $35...
View ArticleNGO beaming after President’s visit
Parents of children associated with the Healing with Horses Foundation in Buccoo, Tobago are praising President Paula-Mae Weekes for visiting the organisation on her maiden visit to Tobago on...
View ArticleRelatives fight for their lives
A Tobago family was thrown into mourning yesterday after an early morning accident claimed the life of a six-year-old boy.Police said Daniel Black died on his way to hospital after his family’s rental...
View ArticleMorgan Job loses battle to cancer
A historian of class.This was how former prime minister Basdeo Panday described his former cabinet colleague Dr Morgan Job, who died yesterday.Job, who was 76, died at the Port-of-Spain General...
View ArticleRachael names husband’s ‘killer
Rachael Sukhdeo has publicly named a suspect whom she believes is responsible for the deaths of her husband, multi-millionaire real estate and car dealer Sheron Sukhdeo and her brother Phillip...
View ArticleYoung to Kamla: Read the Hansard
Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Stuart Young has shot back at Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s claim that all he (Young) was doing was “bad-mouthing people” when he claimed some...
View ArticleFloods will come—Kamla
Urging people to brace for devastating floods, Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has slammed Government for failing to provide resources to local government bodies to clear water courses and...
View ArticleECA: NIS details before mid-year review
Ahead of Thursday’s presentation of the 2018 mid-year review budget, the Employers Consultative Association (ECA) is calling on Government to reveal the changes to the National Insurance System (NIS),...
View ArticleMan caught on video sexually touching girl, 3
The Child Protection Unit has launched an investigation into the alleged sexual touching of a three-year-old child by a man believed to be in his 20s.Yesterday, a video showing the alleged incident...
View Article2-month-old baby found dead in crib
Police will be eagerly awaiting the result from the autopsy on 44-day-old Javon Mahabir at the Forensic Science Centre, St James, today.Mahabir was found unresponsive by his parents on Saturday.Police...
View ArticleSmall business to get a chance
T&T Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) Christopher Alcazar says they are pleased the Export Import Bank of T&T Ltd (Eximbank) is now an authorised distributor of foreign exchange to local...
View ArticleMother knows best
Mother and daughter relationships, like all others, can fluctuate over the years. Some mothers and daughters continue to have a good relationship throughout their lives, some separate and come back...
View ArticleDon’t judge him yet
The father of Sgt Darryl Honore, who died Monday from injuries he sustained in a shootout with a colleague at Grand Bazaar last week, has publicly apologised to the T&T Police Service (TTPS) and...
View ArticleNo bail for man on buggery charges
A 21-year-old man accused of kidnapping and raping a 12-year-old schoolboy days before he was due to sit the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) exam has been denied bail.Josiah Kyle Nicholas, of...
View ArticleSocial Welfare body head calls for inquest
T&T Police Service Social and Welfare Association president Michael Seales is calling for a coroner’s inquest to be launched into the shooting incident and subsequent death of Sgt Darryl...
View ArticleMayaro father of 2 killed
A Mayaro father of two was shot and killed by two masked men at his Stone Bright Village, Mayaro home on Sunday night.Police said just before 8 pm, Anthony Sonny, 28, was relaxing on the steps of his...
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