Bandits rob customer at One Woodbrook
Two armed bandits escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash yesterday after robbing a First Citizens customer who was leaving the One Woodbrook Place branch.According to police reports, around 3.30 pm...
View ArticleGriffith, ILP, MSJ, JTUM, Fixin’ T&T unite to sway undecided voters
An umbrella body as a political vehicle—and possibly another party—which Gary and Nicole Dyer-Griffith are building with Jack Warner’s ILP, the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ), Joint Trade Union...
View Article‘Nicole needs a party’
While Nicole Dyer-Griffith continues to play coy about her political future, she is quietly attempting to unite the undecideds and forces opposed to the Peoples’ Partnership and People’s National...
View ArticleILP—dark horse or dead force?
Independent Liberal Party leader Jack Warner is confident he will hold the trump card to determine who will form the next government in the 2015 general election, but political analysts believe...
View ArticleMother inconsolable at teen’s funeral
“Come back, boy. Doh leave meh,” were the heart-rending pleas of the mother of 16-year-old Shivnarine Manbodh yesterday during his funeral service at their Barrackpore home. Lynette Manbodh was...
View ArticleHenville’s husband charged with murder
Sheldon Henville, husband of Point Blank TV host Marcia Henville, has been charged with her murder and is expected to appear before a Tunapuna magistrate tomorrow. The Director of Public Prosecutions...
View ArticleCOP boasts 42,000 members- 50 new
The Congress of the People (COP) is boasting over 42,500 members and 50 new members, despite the public walkout and resignations of several high-profile members. The coalition partner met with some of...
View ArticleNearly 50 per cent complete- $3.9bn spent on highway project so far
In under two years the People’s Partnership Government has forked out $3.9 billion on the controversial Debe to Mon Desir segment of the Solomon Hochoy Highway extension to Point Fortin. With 45 per...
View ArticleMajority favour Debe to Mon Desir highway
Despite falling oil prices, citizens are urging the Government not to stop construction of the controversial Debe to Mon Desir segment of the Solomon Hochoy Highway. They believe the much-needed...
View ArticleTim Kee: We must regain the trust of the man in the street
A state-of-the-art parking system using laser guns is being planned for the streets of the capital city. Mayor of Port-of-Spain Alderman Raymond Tim Kee said he cannot wait for the introduction of the...
View ArticlePM: I offered Dana no job
Murdered state prosecutor Dana Seetahal was never offered the job as attorney general, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says. The Prime Minister made the comment in response to a front-page report...
View ArticleDisgruntled COPs not yet swayed
Movement for Social Justice leader David Abdulah said yesterday that he hasn’t made a definitive commitment to the umbrella body proposed by axed People Partnership (PP) minister Gary Griffith and...
View ArticleNGC probes gas leak in Couva
Officials of the Office of Disaster Preparedness and the National Operations Centre conducted air quality tests in several parts of Central Trinidad last night, after dozens of residents reported...
View ArticleParties hit road as 2015 election race heats up
The United National Congress, Congress of the People and People’s National Movement hit the road with public meetings this week as the general election climate heats up. The May 24 anniversary of the...
View ArticleSouth friends go missing on trip: Hunt on for pirogue
The T&T Coast Guard and Air Guard were yesterday engaged in a search for a southern-based pirogue with a group of about eight aboard—including two women—which went missing since last Friday while...
View ArticleTTUTA upset teacher under TSC probe named- He’s now facing public ridicule
The T&T Unified Teachers Association (TTUTA) is upset that physics teacher Lennon Rampersad, who is currently under probe by the Teaching Service Commission, has been publically identified while...
View ArticleACP Ramsubhag leaves office today: Policing was my life
Sacrifice and dedication to duty are the two features which have made recently retired Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of the North-Western Region, Stephen Ramsubhag, a household name in the...
View ArticleBusinessman goes missing
San Fernando businessman Kirby Mohammed has gone missing and relatives are now begging the public to assist them in finding him. Mohammed, a director of the popular Trinizuela Technical and Vocational...
View ArticleThe Trini birdman
My name is Michael “Baldhead” Jacob, better known as, “Mr B,” and I’m a birdman.This year will be 18 years I’m coming to the bird ground on Queen’s Park East.I’m from the Quarry Street area, East Dry...
View ArticleGuardia Nacional finds missing Trinis off Venezuela coast
A group people who went missing during a fishing trip on Friday were found this morning by Venezuelan authorities. T&T Coast Guard Communications Officer, Lt Cmdr Kirk Jean-Baptiste, said the...
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