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Small bands sizzle savannah at pan semis
Godwin Bowen’s 1993 composition Raising Dust opened yesterday’s semi-final of the 2016 National Panorama competition at the Queen’s Park Savannah in Port-of-Spain.Under a lively arrangement by Kion...
View ArticleSection 34 today from Privy Council
The Privy Council will this morning deliver its judgment on whether the repeal of the controversial Administration of Justice (Indictable Offences) Act was lawful or not.The decision of the five...
View ArticleMP: Murders over rank, turf and stupidity
Laventille West Fitzgerald Hinds said yesterday the killings taking place in his constituency was all about “rank, stupidity and borderlines.” In response to questions from the T&T Guardian on...
View ArticleFour brothers held for double murder
Four brothers were up to late last night in police custody and being questioned in connection with the deaths of slain students Deneilson Smith and Mark Richards. Last Thursday, the Success Laventille...
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Find my husband’s killer
The wife of Penal vendor Steve “Puntas” Stephens wants the “wicked person” who murdered her husband to be brought to justice. “The whole community angry, the whole community cannot understand and...
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Dodging traffic, lifting spirits
Newspaper salesman Selwyn “Flash” Jameson puts on a show every morning in the Westmoorings area between 6 am and 9.30 am, lifting the spirits of motorists and saving, so far, one marriage. It is...
View ArticleThe right to an attorney
Ashely Roopchansingh Student, Hugh Wooding Law SchoolIt is a fundamental principle of law that an arrested person has a right to communicate with an attorney without delay. This fundamental human right...
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Parents Pending
My name is Joanne D’Juran and my husband and I designed “skins” for children’s lunch kits to increase their capacity and functionality.D’Juran is an Eastern European name. I was born a Look Kong. But,...
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Privy Council rules: Section 34 repeal legal
The Privy Council has ruled the repeal of the controversial Administration of Justice (Indictable Offences) Act was lawful. Delivering a 19 page judgement at the United Kingdom's Supreme Court in...
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Prisoners at Golden Grove ready to take on Kaiso tents
One would have forgotten one was at a national prison listening to inmates dissect the social fabric of T&T as they highlighted issues through political, social and humorous calypso...
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Gunmen ‘threaten’ priests at funerals
Religious leaders, including priests and lay ministers in Laventille and environs, are very fearful and exercise extreme caution about what they say to their congregations because gunmen often sit...
View ArticleI did not kill teens
The man at the centre of reprisal killings to avenge of murders of teenagers De-neilson Smith and Mark Richards last week, claims he is being made a scapegoat. Those reprisal killings took the life of...
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T&T Chamber: Appointment of top CoP needed
Even as it expressed support for the resumption of joint police/army patrols in crime-plagued communities of east Port-of-Spain, the T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce yesterday reiterated its...
View ArticleOpposition on ruling: We have been vindicated
Former prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says her PP administration stands vindicated by yesterday’s Privy Council judgment which stated the repeal of the controversial Section 34 of the...
View ArticleImbert: PP govt spent $66b and counting...
Four ministries have so far reported unpaid bills from the past PP’s tenure totalling $2.1 billion, which together with other figures would take its last 2015 Budget expenditure to $66 billion, Finance...
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Man murdered at wake
A St Helena man was murdered on Sunday night while at the wake of his former boss’ brother, who had himself been killed.According to police, Nicky Joseph, 31, of Madras Street, was at the wake of...
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Zika alert with Carnival influx
With Carnival in full swing and given the influx of visitors to this country, it is important that precautionary measures be taken in light of the rapidly spreading Zika virus.But screening at ports of...
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Couva man killed by speeding car
The family of a 68-year-old man who was struck by a car and killed on Saturday is calling for stricker penalties for speeding.Ramesh Rajkumar, also known as “Butty”, was killed around 4 pm as he was...
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Phase II leads the pack
Phase II Pan Groove leads the pack going into the final night of competition in the large conventional bands category of the 2016 National Steelband Panorama Competition carded for February 6, at the...
View ArticleOAS owes us US$40m
Contractors yesterday held a demonstration in front of Construtora OAS Golconda compound, blocking the entrance with trucks, as they demanded payment of over US$40 million.The contractors who were...
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