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AMCHAM wants stiffer fines for cybercrime acts
American Chamber (AMCHAM) CEO Nirad Tewarie yesterday told the Joint Select Committee of Parliament on the Cybercrime Bill that fines must be “sufficient to deter cybercrime” and has proposed penalties...
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UTT offers full online courses from 2019
From September 2019, all programmes offered by the University of T&T (UTT) will be available online.This was disclosed yesterday by UTT president, Professor Sarim Al-Zubaidy.In an apparent response...
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Citizens warned against vigilante justice
Citizens are being advised not to be judge, jury and executioner when they make a citizen’s arrest of someone they believe may be a criminal or someone with ill intent.Experts say while citizens can...
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Remorse in Oropune
Oropune residents are now said to be showing genuine regret, remorse and sadness for the man they badly beat last week, after they claimed he attempted to lure a five-year-old girl away from a nearby...
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Gang leader shot dead in daylight gun attack
A reputed gang leader was murdered on Hermitage Road, Gonzales yesterday. According to reports, around 4.30 pm, Kevon “Fish” Joseph was a back-seat passenger, travelling along Belmont Circular Road,...
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Three in court for home invasion
Three men appeared in court yesterday charged with a violent home invasion in Sangre Grande.Keron Seales, of Oasis Gardens, Chaguanas, Keston De Frietas, of Curepe, and Darren Juteram, of Coalmine, a...
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Sexual harassment on agenda
Labour Minister Jennifer Baptiste-Primus is leading a T&T delegation at the 107th International Labour Conference, in Geneva, Switzerland.The conference, which began yesterday, held annually,...
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Granny pleads guilty to stealing ice cream, soap, toothpaste
A 71-year-old woman who spent two nights at the police station after she was caught stealing ice cream, dahi and other items from a grocery was given a chance yesterday.Taking into consideration her...
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Ship builders to look at water taxis
A team from the Austal Shipping Company is now in Trinidad and Tobago and will inspect the four water taxis and six Coast Guard vessels to report back to the Government on the state of the vessels and...
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Fallen coconut tree destroys San Fernando house
Braving sea spray and chilly winds, a San Fernando family has been sleeping under the ruins of their home which collapsed on Monday afternoon after a coconut tree fell on top of it.Crab catcher...
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Nieces, nephews traumatised
The 12-year-old nephew of Ashdale Mc Hutchinson, who died after an attack by a vigilante mob in Oropune, was sent back home from school on Monday and also kept at home yesterday, as he is said to be...
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‘Give me CoP job’
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Deodat Dulalchan is calling upon Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley and his Government to support his nomination for the post of Police Commissioner.In a seven-page...
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Rambharat: Land fraud rampant across T&T
Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat yesterday admitted that land fraud is rampant in T&T and that as line minister for land, he had to report land fraud to the police for an investigation.He...
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Man survives pit bull attack
A 64-year-old pensioner is thanking God for life today, after he survived an attack by a pit bull in front of his sister’s La Sieva Road, Sangre Grande home on Saturday.Father of four Jairam Rampersad...
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2 slain in Beetham Gardens drive-by
Two men died following a drive-by shooting in the Beetham Gardens on Monday night, an incident police believe was linked to the murder of reputed gang leader Kevon “Fish” Joseph who was murdered in...
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Beverage Bill back on front burner—Camille
It’s been almost two decades since the Beverage Containers Bill was first conceptualised but has never been passed as law.However, with growing environmental consciousness among citizens, Planning...
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Do more to protect environment
Two environmental groups yesterday felt that Government was not doing enough to protect the environment, as they called for the ban of styrofoam and plastic bottles to save the environment.The call was...
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Recycling thrust should be part of our culture
As she advocated for a change of mindset when using and disposing of the plastic waste that often finds itself clogging watercourses, President Paula-Mae Weekes said that citizens take too many things...
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Contractor to return 13 seized vehicles
A construction company has been ordered to return 13 vehicles which were seized from the Cepep Company Limited to recoup a $1.5 million debt earlier this year.Appellate Judges Peter Jamadar, Gregory...
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MPs also cross swords over issue
Split views continue in Parliament on the Police Service Commission’s process to select a police commissioner.There was an unsafe, unsound and unsatisfactory procedure by the PSC in the process,...
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