Families fight over bodies of two dead men
In two incidents yesterday, two families had to be separated by police after scuffles took place over the bodies of their loved one at the Forensic Science Centre, St james.One of the two fights took...
View ArticleWoman gives birth in back of patrol car
Two security officers yesterday morning helped a 31-year-old woman give birth in the back of their car.The mother-to-be, Deton Assanah, safely delivered her baby in the patrol car with the help of the...
View ArticleSuspects in cop, student’s killing released
Three of the four people held in connection with the killing of constable Russell Ramnarine and engineering student Avery Keshwar were released yesterday afternoon after their attorneys threatened to...
View ArticleChief Medical Officer: Low chances of H1N1 deaths
Of the 29 lab-confirmed H1N1 patients in T&T, 25 have been treated by doctors and discharged.In a telephone interview yesterday, Chief Medical Officer Clive Tilluckdharry said the chances of a...
View ArticleMiss World T&T back home today
This country’s Miss World 2015 representative, Kimberly Farrah Singh, returns home today after getting last-minute funds to pay for her extra luggage in China.Singh was stranded in Guangzhou on Sunday...
View ArticlePhysical disability and employment
Tekiyah JorslingStudent, Hugh Wooding Law SchoolPeople with disabilities are often faced with difficulties in exercising their right to work due to discriminatory policies and lack of necessary...
View ArticleFather, sister, mother, brother Christmas
My name is Dave Ramlal and I design Christmas trees for important people in my life.I spent 18 years away from home. I lived abroad for a while and then bought a home in Glencoe but I recently moved...
View ArticleSchoolboy, 13, uncle shot
Embacadere residents believe a gang war has broken out in their community following the shooting of a 13-year-old and his uncle and another man over the weekend. Police believe the shooting of...
View ArticlePay hike for managers, none for employees
Postal workers were fuming yesterday after they were informed that managers and supervisors of TTPost got a wage hike but they did not.The workers, who are working on 2010 salaries, are now threatening...
View ArticleJearlean starts legal action
Housing Development Corporation (HDC) managing director Jearlean John yesterday dramatically raised the stakes in her public fight with her new board against its decision to send her on administrative...
View ArticleMiss T&T World mum on troubled visit to China
T&T's Miss World 2015 representative, Kimberly Farrah Singh, who returned home yesterday, chose to avoid addressing the controversy surrounding her trip to the global pageant in China.When asked by...
View ArticleMysterious shooting death in Petit Valley
The death of a 54-year-old San Fernando man in Petit Valley yesterday afternoon is puzzling investigators. According to police reports residents of Phillip Charles Drive, Petit Valley heard gunshots...
View ArticlePM backs Garcia
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday defended his Government’s choices for State boards and the actions of those new boards. An exclusive in yesterday’s T&T Guardian reported disquiet at Urban...
View ArticleMan charged with murder of cop, UWI student
A 33 year old watchman will appear in court today charged with murdering police constable Russell Ramnarine and UWI student Avery Keshwar.Mark Chris Christopher of Pundit Street, El Socrro was charged...
View ArticleDuke to lead ‘hunger march’ for back pay
President of the Public Services Association Watson Duke intends to lead a “hunger march” next year in an effort to bring pressure on the Government to pay public servants their back pay.Duke said he...
View ArticleSafety plan soon for M2 death strip
With 182 accidents taking place on just four kilometres of the M2 Ring Road between 2013 and 2015, Works and Transport Minister Fitzgerald Hinds says the road will be upgraded to make it safer.In a...
View ArticleLandslip threatens family’s Couva home
On November 25, life changed for Mala Agostini, her sister, Sheila Balgobin, and their 86-year-old mother, Basdaye Roopchand, who suffers with diabetes and high blood pressure, after they woke up and...
View ArticleRecovering addict spared jail after cutlass attack
A Penal man who admitted to having a drug and alcohol abuse problem was ordered to pay $25,000 to his sister-in-law yesterday for chopping her in October, 2007.Errol McIntyre, 52, of Penal Rock Road,...
View ArticleConfirmed: Stacy Ramkissoon died because of H1N1
Ministry of Health confirms that Anastasia “Stacy” Ramkissoon died of H1N1. This is the fourth death attributed to the H1N1 influenza virus for the year to date. Ramkisson, 28, died at the Eric...
View ArticleGovt axes Rambarran
Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran has been fired. The T&T Guardian confirmed that Rambarran was dismissed by the Minister of Finance, Colm Imbert yesterday.Word of this unprecedented dismissal...
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