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Skeletal remains that of missing Brazilian
Almost four months after a Siparia hunter stumbled unto a pile of bones in Sudama Village, Fyzabad the remains have been identified as that of missing Construtora OAS worker Odair Bezerra Lins.Lins ,...
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Scary driver pulls baton
Scared that she might become another rape statistic, a San Juan woman jumped from a moving “PH” taxi on Tuesday after the driver began cursing and threatening her with a baton.A still traumatised Linda...
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Boy falls into oily river
Relatives of a five-year-old boy who fell into a river contaminated with crude oil are calling on Petrotrin to take responsibility for the child's accident. Caleb Hart, of Fitz Lane, Vance River, La...
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Ria's son prays for her return
One month ago, mother of two, Debe hairstylist Ria Sookdeo, kissed her children goodbye as she dropped them off at school. Minutes later, she was snatched by two men, bundled into a waiting vehicle...
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Boy, 5, falls into oil-slicked river
For the past month, residents of Fitz Lane, Vance River, La Brea, say they have been making complaints to State-owned oil giant Petrotrin, begging the company to clean up a spill in a watercourse that...
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Family keeps hoping, praying
One month ago, mother of two and businesswoman, Ria Sookdeo, kissed her children goodbye as she dropped them off at school. Minutes later, she was snatched by two men, bundled into a waiting vehicle...
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School fire linked to seized cellphone
Classes at the Cunupia Secondary School are set to resume by Wednesday.This is after the principal's office was destroyed by fire on Saturday. According to reports, a Form Four student and a gang of...
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Teen suicides worry minister
Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister Ayanna Webster-Roy is calling on parents and teachers to create safe spaces for children to speak about their feelings.Webster-Roy made the call in...
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2 cops detained after brutal attack against couple
Four people, including two police officers, are in police custody after they allegedly attacked a young Springvale couple, beating a woman unconscious and almost severing her companion’s wrist.The...
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Family mulls Venezuela visit
In the face of reports that his wife may have been spotted in Venezuela, Mark Sookdeo says his family may consider visiting the country to look for Ria themselves. Last Thursday, Venezuelan news site...
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Hero granny terrifying scratch bomb tale
In a desperate act to save her granddaughter’s life, a Talparo woman snatched a lighted scratch bomb from next to the child and tried to hurl out of a car window on Divali night.The scratch bomb was...
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Granny could lose both hands
Although Sally-Ann Cuffie risked her life to save her six-month-old granddaughter Christa, she may never be able to cradle the baby again.Cuffy, 48, put her life on the line when she snatched up a...
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Cops on assault charges: Don’t report on our case
Attorneys for two police officers charged with the assault and wounding of a Claxton Bay couple tried yesterday to stop the media from reporting on the matter.Cpl Nicholas Aguillera, 54, Police...
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Cops probe killing of Enterprise woman
An Enterprise grandmother was found blugeoned to death metres from her home early this morning.According to reports, Pamela Balgobin , 37, was walking along Walcott Lane Enterprise around 5 am when a...
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Woman stabbed, beaten to death: Suspect held by standpipe
Minutes after residents of Walcott Lane, Enterprise, found the battered, nude body of one of their neighbours in a track yesterday, they saw another neighbour eating a piece of bake and pumpkin while...
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Body found in burnt out car
The family of a missing Chaguanas man are holding out hope that the burnt human remains found in a car yesterday are not his. Relatives of Ahmad Sayyid Ramsingh, 28, of Warner Village, Chaguanas, say...
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Angelo warded with pneumonia
Historian and author Angelo Bissessarsingh, who was hospitalised earlier this week after contracting pneumonia, has been listed in a serious but stable condition at the San Fernando Teaching Hospital....
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Kamla: Khan’s wife recipient of HDC millions
“Grasping at straws.”This is how Energy Minister Franklin Khan described allegations made by the Opposition Leader that his wife’s company was the recipient of $55 million in contracts from the Housing...
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Please donate: Angelo needs blood
Relatives of historian Angelo Bissessarsingh are asking members of the public to donate blood as Bissessarsingh needs regular blood transfusions to fight off pneumonia. Angelo remains warded at the San...
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Minister looks at scratch bomb ban
Following a visit to his constituent Sally-Ann Cuffie, a Talparo grandmother who had her fingers blown off by a scratch bomb, Public Administration and Communications Minister Maxie Cuffie is vowing to...
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