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Officials search for clues but Employees feel fire no accident
The official cause of the fire that destroyed the second floor of the Water and Sewerage Authority’s (WASA) main building at its St Joseph administrative complex is yet to be determined.Yesterday, fire...
View ArticleLaptops stolen from Princes Town school
The Ministry of Education and police are investigating the theft of ten laptop computers from the Princes Town East Secondary School on Tuesday. According to reports, school was in session when a...
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$2m bail for human trafficking accused
A 30-year-old Tunapuna man accused of trafficking a minor and inciting her into prostitution has been granted $2 million bail. Anthony Smith, a bar manager from Tunapuna Road, El Dorado, was given the...
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12 homeless after arson attack
Two vehicles, a four-apartment building and a business were destroyed by fire following an arson attack in Laventille yesterday. Twelve people, including four children — aged two, nine, 10 and 11 — are...
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Man killed, woman critical after crash
An unidentified man is dead and a woman is in critical condition at hospital after a Hilux van and a truck, belonging to Seereeram Brothers, collided along the Caroni South Bank Road, Caroni,...
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Principal pays fitting tribute to hero student
The funeral for 13-year-old Nathan Barcoo-Campo was a large and sad event. The church, located in Samaroo Village, Arima, was packed with relatives, friends and Trinity College East schoolmates as they...
View ArticleDuke cancels hunger march
Public Services Association (PSA) president Watson Duke has cancelled all protest action by members of his union, including a hunger strike he intended to stage because of the government’s failure to...
View ArticleMagistrate recuses self from Seetahal trial
Accused gang leader Rajaee Ali and 11 members of his organisation accused of assassinating Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal have succeeded in their bid to have Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar recuse...
View ArticlePolice plead for public’s help
The Police Service is appealing to members of the public to once again cooperate with the authorities to help in reducing crime.Speaking during the first media briefing to be held this year at the...
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Murder toll hits 10
Five people were killed in less than 24 hours yesterday, three of them in apparent gang warfare in Belmont, as gun-toting criminals continued their killing spree, sending the toll to ten for the year...
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Bandit kills man after getting no loot
A Valencia man who refused the request of an armed bandit to pass over his cash, jewelry and cellphone was shot and killed on Wednesday night after the bandit locked his wife, child and friend in...
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I begged for my life
Chutney soca artiste Samraj “Rikki Jai” Jaimungal had to beg for his life after a gunman who shot at him and missed kept the loaded gun pointed at his waist for approximately three of the most...
View ArticleDocs involved in C-section death suspended
The Tobago Regional Health Authority Board (TRHA) has suspended the doctors who were involved in the surgery to Rose Gordon, 35, of Charlotteville, who died on New Year’s Day after delivering her baby...
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Probe thwarted as WASA fire re-ignites
Investigations into the cause of the blaze at the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) St Joseph headquarters have stalled because of a re-ignition of the fire on Wednesday afternoon.Fire Services...
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Cuffie: Cabinet thorough in making pick
Cabinet yesterday agreed to the appointment of Col George Robinson as the new director of the Strategic Services Agency (SSA).Communications Minister Maxie Cuffie made the announcement during...
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SIS out to stop NGC injunction
Super Industrial Services (SIS) has moved to get an injunction freezing $180 million of its assets removed. On Monday, lawyers representing the company and its associate company, Rain Forest Resorts...
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Jit Samaroo is dead
Candice Andrews-Brumant, captain of nine-time Panorama champion bp Renegades Steel Orchestra, said even though members of the band accepted that death was inevitable for its celebrated arranger Dr Jit...
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Minister mum on opening of Couva hospital
Media questions on the status of the Couva Children’s Hospital at yesterday’s post-Cabinet media conference were dismissed by Communications Minister Maxie Cuffie as “Opposition questions,” which he...
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Deputy mayor: Politics behind drain protest
The United National Congress (UNC) internal elections may be over but the rivalry between slates which supported Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar and her contender, Dr Roodal Moonilal, may not...
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Recession hits fetes hard
The downturn in the economy seems already to have had a negative impact on Carnival 2016 fetes and events as two promoters say sponsorship has been either hard to come by or unavailable since some...
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