Former COP official tells PP: Start election negotiations
A former Congress of the People (COP) deputy political leader has called for the People’s Partnership to begin negotiations on general election arrangements—particularly concerning candidates—to avoid...
View ArticleRambachan: Rowley not fit to be PM
Works and Infrastructure Minister Dr Surujrattan Rambachan yesterday expressed support for Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s decision to co-sponsor the United Nations resolution on terrorism. He...
View ArticlePM at NY Republic Day dinner: T&T on threshold of major achievement
Sustainability must be underlined by social and economic freedom and can only be achieved by education which must be accessible, equitable and modern, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said on...
View ArticleAnother ILP member quits
The Independent Liberal Party (ILP) has lost another supporter. Former Balmain/Calcutta No 2 local government candidate Indarjit Seepersad announced his decision yesterday, saying he did not like the...
View ArticleJudge rules against Maraval schools
A High Court judge yesterday ruled against Edfam Ltd in its attempts to locate its Arbour and Rosewood Private Schools on Long Circular Road, Maraval. Justice Devindra Rampersad, in a ruling delivered...
View ArticleBesson Street crime fighter dies
Crime fighter Insp Sahadeo Singh died yesterday of a suspected heart attack at Medical Associates in Chaguanas. Singh, 58, was rushed to the private facility from his Caparo home early yesterday...
View ArticleAbdulah: New route proposal will save $$
As environmental activist Dr Wayne Kublalsingh gets weaker by the minute, Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) leader David Abdulah has been encouraging civil society groups to support a new proposal for...
View ArticleWoman, children ill after oil fumes
A Marabella woman and her three children have been treated at the San Fernando Teaching Hospital for benzene poisoning, two months after a Petrotrin slop tank ruptured, spilling hundreds of gallons of...
View ArticleDeath of crime-fighter Sahadeo Singh: Beetham, Sea Lots, Laventille celebrate
Scores of youths in several hotspot communities in Port-of-Spain yesterday rejoiced over the passing of police inspector Sahadeo Singh. Sea Lots residents, who held a block party, dedicated it to...
View ArticleSanta Cruz man gunned down
A 23-year-old man from Santa Cruz was gunned down yesterday during a drive-by shooting in the area.Police said around 5 pm, Rene Cruickshank, also known as “Minor”, was liming with a group of friends...
View ArticlePolice shooting at Chaguaramas: Teen shot in the back
Seventeen-year-old Recardo Mohammed who was shot and killed by the bullet from a police officer’s gun at a Chaguaramas party on Sunday was shot once in the back, with the bullet exiting his chest, an...
View Article4 cops charged in couple’s robbery
Four policemen, including an acting sergeant, are expected to appear before a Port-of-Spain magistrate today charged with robbing a Chinese couple of $655,000 last Wednesday. The Director of Public...
View ArticleRowley: Probe triple killings fully CoP has questions to answer
T&T is at risk if claims by Desperlie Crescent, Laventille, residents that law enforcement officers executed three people last Thursday, People’s National Movement leader Dr Keith Rowley said...
View ArticleSick juror halts murder trial again
For a third time since resuming almost two weeks ago, the trial of 12 men accused of murdering former Xtra Foods CEO Vindra Naipaul-Coolman has been interrupted again after a juror fell ill. The...
View Article3 held with mini sub-machine gun
Police arrested three Barataria men yesterday after they recovered a Mac-11 sub-compact machine gun at a house in Barataria. The weapon, police said, was capable of firing 200 rounds of ammunition a...
View ArticleHeadless body identified
The body of a headless man found in Carapo on Sunday has been identified as 57-year-old Steve Gorgan. The victim’s brother, Mickey, made the identification at the Forensic Science Centre, St James,...
View ArticleEx-cop shot eight times
A former Special Reserve Police officer who was killed around 10.30 pm on Saturday by men pretending to be police officers was shot eight times, an autopsy found. Pathologist Dr Valery Alexandrov found...
View ArticleNo bail for acid attack accused
As Fyzabad grandmother Linda Thomas recovers at hospital from last week’s acid attack, her common-law husband, Peter Charles, appeared before a Siparia magistrate charged with the attack. Shortly...
View ArticleCentral Bank wants interest rates rise
The Central Bank would like to see interest rates rise gradually, Governor Jwala Rambarran told reporters after addressing an event hosted by the Financial Services Ombudsman yesterday at the Hyatt...
View ArticleMuch spending, not enough accountability
Opposition Senator Lester Henry says Government continues to spend excessively with little economic development. Henry said this in his contribution to yesterday’s senate debate on the 2015 budget,...
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