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Father stabs son to death
Over a decade of physical and verbal confrontations between father and son came to an end on Sunday night when Sham Siewnarine was stabbed to death, as his mother told T&T Guardian, by his...
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Handcuffed father attends son’s funeral
“Forgive Daddy, Sham, it was an accident.” This was the plea of Seeta Siewnarine to her dead brother, Sham Siewnarine, as she bid farewell to him during his funeral service yesterday. Sham, 28, died on...
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City workers protest over safety issues
Police had to be called in yesterday after disgruntled San Fernando City Corporation (SFCC) workers formed a human barricade around the vehicles of the city engineer and the human resources manager,...
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I tried my best to live with him
Krishna Ramlal’s biggest regret in raising his son, Sham, was leaving him when he was just a boy in Trinidad and journeying to New York in search of a better life for his family.Ramlal now believes...
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Parents and pupils protest delayed opening of school
After six weeks of no classes at the Ecclesville Presbyterian Primary School, angry parents and pupils blocked the Rio Claro/Mayaro Road yesterday, calling on the Ministry of Education to address the...
View ArticleThree murders in under 24 hours
Three people, including two teenagers, were gunned down in separate incidents in South and Central Trinidad in less than 24 hours, with one murder taking place in front of a secondary school in broad...
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At baby Kristiano’s funeral: Imam urges mourners to support parents
Imam Jamal Ali urged mourners at baby Kristiano Aziz’s funeral not to cast blame on the infant’s mother for his death.Kristiano, two months old, died while at a daycare in Barrackpore on Monday. The...
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Indian Arrival Day re-enactment
They came clutching reminders of their homeland wrapped in brightly coloured cotton, huddled together on a boat, fearful yet excited for the land and adventures that lay ahead and hopeful that they...
View ArticleKublalsingh: I’m tired opposing governments
Highway Re-route Movement (HRM) leader Dr Wayne Kublalsingh says he is tired of opposing governments and is willing to partner with any political party that is interested in reforming the Parliament...
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This is Hindu business
“Mind yuh damn business and go to hell!”This was the Indian Arrival Day message sent by secretary general of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha Sat Maharaj yesterday to Roman Catholic Archbishop Joseph...
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Parents protest delay in work at Preysal Primary
Braving heavy rain yesterday, parents and pupils of the Preysal Government Primary School demanded answers over the stoppage of work on their new school building. Standing outside the old school...
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SRP’s home firebombed
Patricia Jycerie wept openly yesterday as she recalled how a nagging feeling to check on her younger sister saved her own life when her home was firebombed yesterday. Jycerie, 54, said she was just...
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Bomb threat at Marabella school disrupts exams
Examinations at the Marabella North Secondary School were brought to a halt yesterday as teachers and students were evacuated when an anonymous caller phoned in a bomb threat. According to sources...
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New Grant PTA stages protest
A month after teachers at the New Grant Anglican School stopped attending classes because of health and safety concerns, members of the school’s Parent Teacher’s Association held a massive protest...
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Santa Flora residents picket PNM office
Less than eight hours after a group of Santa Flora residents, calling themselves People for Progress, took possession of a PNM constituency office in Santa Flora yesterday, their MP Nicole Olivierre...
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Acting CJ: 50 per cent increase in cases filed
In the last 15 years, the Chaguanas Magistrates’ Court has seen an almost 50 per cent increase in cases filed, leaving its staff and magistrates grappling to keep up. This was revealed yesterday by...
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Roget: Butler’s struggle taken for granted
The workers’ benefits that labour leaders like Tubal Uriah Buzz Butler fought for in 1937 are not appreciated by today’s working class people, Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) president general...
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Natuc blocked at Charlie King Junction
For the second straight year, members of the National Trade Union Centre (Natuc) were blocked by police from marching to Charlie King Junction, Fyzabad, during Labour Day celebrations yesterday.This...
View ArticleDebe floods cause thousands in damage
Exhausted after a long night of making coconut oil at their Debe home, Telockie Chattergoon and his wife Kemawatie Ramdath slept through their neighbors shouts and warnings that the lower portion of...
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President reflects on farming roots: Cocoa industry a gold mine
The introduction of a special praedial larceny court, proper training for cocoa farmers and a ready supply of labour for cocoa estates are some of the factors needed to promote the success of cocoa in...
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