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Teacher killed in house fire
The daughter of a freelance video journalist was killed in a house fire yesterday. Fire and police officers said while the origin of the blaze had not yet been determined they had ruled out arson....
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Threat of arrest for absent employer
Petrotrin’s vice-president of human resources Keith Ramnath could be arrested if he fails to appear in court in November 13 to answer a charge of unfairly dismissing Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union...
View ArticleAppeal Court rejects Chag farmers’ case
For the second time in less than two weeks a group of 16 farmers squatting on 100 acres of prime real estate land at Chaguaramas have lost its bid for an injunction stopping the Chaguaramas Development...
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Moonilal to Rowley on journalist’s claims: Take lie detector test
If the political leader of the PNM Dr Keith Rowley wants to prove his innocence over allegations of sexual harassment made by a journalist, he should subject himself to a lie detector test.This was the...
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Three candidates vie for Sando West
People’s National Movement (PNM) candidate Faris Al-Rawi may have been campaigning in the marginal seat of San Fernando West for over a year but one of the UNC’s three prospective candidates, Bishop...
View ArticleCAL admits to reviewing London route
Caribbean Airlines yesterday remained non-commital on whether it was withdrawing its London service from next year. However, it admitted to reviewing its options on the type of aircraft being used to...
View ArticleWidow of prison officer shot by teen poisons herself
The woman whose 16-year-old daughter shot dead her stepfather, prison officer Robert Seecharan, has committed suicide. Sherry-Ann Seecharan, 36, took her own life by drinking poison at her sister’s...
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Brothers in court for killing 11-year-old
Two minors were remaned into prison custody this afternoon after they appeared in court charged with the unlawful killing of an 11-year-old boy, who was shot dead while they were playing with a loaded...
View ArticleMan killed in shootout with cops
A 25-year-old San Juan man died at hospital on Tuesday night after being shot during a shootout with police on Tuesday. According to police reports, Karim Cain, of Bourg Mulatresse Road, San Juan, died...
View ArticleAfter death of daughter in house fire, ‘Hero’ may need plastic surgery
Freelance video journalist Ramdeo “Hero” Heeralal, whose daughter Rheia was killed in a fire while trying to save him and his wife will have to have reconstructive plastic surgery. Speaking with the...
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Drug seizures double over past year—TTPS
Cocaine and marijuana seizures by police have more than doubled over the past year. In a press release issued yesterday, the T&T Police Service (TTPS) Public Affairs Unit stated that drug seizures...
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Brothers remanded into prison custody
Two minors were remanded into prison custody yesterday after they appeared in court charged with the unlawful killing of an 11-year-old boy who was shot dead while they were playing with a loaded...
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Grieving father at son’s funeral: No forgiveness for children’s parents
After forgiving the children who shot and killed his son during horseplay with a loaded gun, Phillip Thomas yesterday told a packed church at the child’s funeral he could not find it in him to forgive...
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PM: Jack no threat in Chaguanas East
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says Jack Warner’s decision to contest the Chaguanas East constituency will not affect her party’s decision about a candidate or have an outcome on the United...
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No bobol in health card deal—Fuad
A contract worth between $30 and $35 million has been awarded to Infotech Caribbean Ltd through sole selective tendering but there is no underhandedness in the matter, says Health Minister Dr Fuad...
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Ramadhar hits critics on party’s Tunapuna choice: No issue with UNC man for...
Political leader of the Congress of the People (COP) Prakash Ramadhar scoffed at suggestions that the party’s principal coalition partner, the United National Congress (UNC), was encroaching on the...
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Coudray on if PP is returned: More autonomy for corporations
Local Government Minister Marlene Coudray says Government will bring new legislation that will give more autonomy to regional corporations should the People’s Partnership return to government.Rejecting...
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Rowley sure police investigating threats
Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley says he is confident that the police will investigate threats to his life. Rowley said so in a brief comment to reporters following a meeting of the PNM in Sangre...
View ArticleGod alone knows what happens now
Mohini Ganase, 16, said her mother Sherry-Ann Seecharan supported her up until the last few days of her life, for which, she is ever so grateful.On July 29, 2015 Ganase’s life completely changed when...
View ArticleSoldiers and SRPs for election duty—Alfonso
Defence Force reserves and Special Reserve Police officers are being called out and various security exercises are being implemented for the election campaign period which is due to intensify from this...
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