Two men held with cocaine in mascara
Police arrested two men on Friday afternoon with a batch of Girls Talk mascara containing 143 packets of cocaine. According to police, two drug smugglers were arrested after officers of the Northern...
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Hazel Brown: PM Kamla has done a great job but she did not get the support in...
The Institute for Gender and Development Studies (IGDS) at the St Augustine Campus of the University of the West Indies is staging a two-day conference on March 27 and March 28, entitled “Fearless...
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Carnival confusion continues, as NCBA moves to disqualify ten mas competitors
Less than one month after Carnival 2015, the National Carnival Bands Commission (NCBA) is looking to disqualify more than ten Kings, Queens and Individuals who took part in carnival competitions. The...
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Ramona struggles with drug blocks, brothels, human trafficking
Hundreds of millions of dollars have already been spent in the Couva North constituency in infrastructural development, water projects, and street lighting programmes. But according to MP for the area...
View ArticleAl-Rawi should fire his lawyer
I cannot help but feel Senator Faris Al-Rawi’s pain with his apparently dwindling political and legal standing. If I was in his shoes I would certainly have felt slighted by Keith Rowley’s choice to...
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Al-Rawi replaced on Rowley’s legal team
Faris Al-Rawi has stepped aside as instructing attorney in the private lawsuit filed by former attorney general Anand Ramlogan against Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley. However Rowley, who announced...
View ArticleVenezuela diplomat grateful for T&T support
Venezuela’s Ambassador to T&T Coromoto Godoy yesterday expressed gratitude to the many local groups that have shown support and solidarity with her country. “Venezuela has been developing...
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EMA orders clearing of Caroni Swamp
A month after the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) stopped contruction firm Super Industrial Services (SIS) from backfilling the Caroni Swamp, several contractors are working round-the-clock...
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Lequay dies at 90
Tributes have been pouring in following the death of Alloy Lequay, former political activist and cricket administrator, who has died at age 90. Born October 1, 1924, in Port-of-Spain, Lequay had been a...
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Moonilal surprised at China Jiangsu threat
Housing Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal yesterday expressed surprise at reports that China Jiangsu International Corp T&T Ltd is threatening legal action against the Las Alturas Towers Commission of...
View ArticleEight charged for ferry fracas
Eight people, including a woman police officer, are expected to appear in the Scarborough Magistrates Court today charges arising out of an alleged altercation aboard the T&T Express on Friday. The...
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RC priest: T&T no longer Christian
Trinidad and Tobago is no longer a Christian State. This was the view of Roman Catholic priest Father Clyde Harvey who spoke at panel discussion hosted by the University of the Southern Caribbean on...
View ArticleRandom draw to be used for HDC homes
Although hundreds of citizens flocked HDC’s Port-of-Spain office last week hoping to be beneficiaries of Government’s 100 homes per week distribution, not every one will be lucky, Housing Minister Dr...
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Fixin’ T&T calls for action on Warner probe
Local lobby group Fixin’ T&T has written President Anthony Carmona asking him to state whether he is deliberately attempting to frustrate the efforts of the Integrity Commission (IC) in its...
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The Piano Man Sings
My name is Eyare Marshall and I’m 102 years old.I must say all I knew was piano repair. My father taught me that.My two brothers I had died. One was a young fellow. I am here alone now. Anyway, we all...
View ArticleStabbed, then set afire: Body found in Gran Couva
Labourers who turned up for work at the Paul Devertuil cocoa estate early yesterday morning were thrown into shock when they discovered the body of a man with multiple stab wounds and burn marks on his...
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Campaign finance debate continues, but reform may not touch 2015 elections
The impact of current debate on election campaign finance legislation on the imminent general elections remains unclear.Several members of the Joint Select Committee (JSC) on election campaign...
View Article$195,000 bail for two men charged with raping girl, 12
Two men were granted bail totalling $195,000 on charges of raping a 12-year-old girl who had been missing for four months.Vaughn Lester McDonald, 31, and Jamal Williams, 23, both of Marabella, appeared...
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Online photos expose senior fire officer: Alleged victim fired
A senior fire officer is now at the centre of a sex scandal after photos of him allegedly assaulting a former colleague and exposing himself were distributed by members of the Fire Services via the...
View ArticleStudent claims sex assault by classmate
Maraval police are investigating a report that a 12-year-old male student of Trinity College, Maraval, was sexually assaulted by another student. According to a report on some unknown date in January...
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