Baby, mother, grandmother killed in Debe crash
A collision in Debe between a car and truck left three dead, including a baby boy.The baby's mother and grandmother were also killed in the crash.Woman police Rashma Sirjudeen, 26, and her 13-month-old...
View ArticleCounselling for family, colleagues
A 13-month old baby, his mother and grandmother were killed instantly in a collision along the M2 Ring Road in Debe yesterday. Baby Rahul Sirjudeen, his mother Woman Police Constable (WPC) Rashma, 26,...
View ArticleRemorseful killers to serve two years
Two men who were charged for the 2007 murder of Jerome Meetoo were each sentenced yesterday to two years hard labour.Madhoo Roodal, 62, and David Francis, 45, appeared before Justice Gillian Lucky in...
View ArticleFuneral of cop, child killed in accident
Woman Police Constable (WPC) Rashma Sirjudeen and her infant son Rahul were given full military rites, including a 21-gun salute, as they were laid to rest yesterday, sharing the same casket. Rashma,...
View ArticleGranny spared jail
A Claxton Bay grandmother narrowly escaped being jailed yesterday by a San Fernando magistrate for stealing three packs of Maggi Soup from a supermarket.Jane Ali, 51, was reprimanded when she appeared...
View ArticleSupporters of UNC, ILP clash
Confusion erupted on Thursday night as Independent Liberal Party (ILP) supporters and United National Congress (UNC) supporters confronted each other during an ILP meeting in Carapichaima. During the...
View Article‘Do more to help drunk drivers’
Although hefty fines are imposed by local courts for driving under the influence of alcohol, Arrive Alive president Sharon Inglefield says fines alone are not enough to deter errant drivers. However,...
View ArticleJack faces corporation in court over vendors’ mall
Embattled former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner is embroiled once more in another legal controversy, this time between the Chaguanas Vendors Association and the Chaguanas Borough Corporation (CBC)....
View ArticleCops probe six South homicides
In addition to the Chatham South Trace quadruple murder, three reported homicides in South Trinidad were being probed by police on July 16.Brent Luces, 41, a father of two, was gunned down outside his...
View ArticleFarmer killed over Caroni land
A trip for one last beer turned fatal for Borde Narve farmer Anderson Gopaul who was gunned down outside a bar minutes after leaving his home on Friday night. Gopaul, 40, was shot multiple times around...
View ArticleRowley: I am ready for debate
Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley says he is ready and willing to take part in a national debate, should a debate come to pass.Speaking to reporters outside the Mucurapo Street Masjid, San Fernando,...
View Article3 Die in Crash
An accident on the northbound lane of the Solomon Hochoy highway has claimed the lives of three people, one of them a T&T Coast Guard officer. Dead are coast guard officer, Phillip Baptiste, 33, of...
View ArticleNJAC to contest five seats
The National Joint Action Committee (NJAC) is currently screening candidates for five seats the party hopes to contest under the People’s Partnership (PP) banner in the upcoming general election. So...
View ArticleMan jailed for five-and-half years
A Rio Claro man was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in jail yesterday for possession of a homemade shotgun and ammunition.Unil Philips, 43, pleaded guilty on July 3, 2015 to illegal possession of a...
View ArticleMud, water spewing near oil well: We are kept in dark—residents
Business owners in Egypt Village, Point Fortin, are calling on Petrotrin to compensate them for the loss of business as one of the company’s contractors blocked off a portion of the roadway since...
View ArticleAwong: It’s too much foolishness
Chairman of the Couva Tabaquite Talparo Regional Corporation (CTTRC) Henry Awong is building a ‘Awong Dynasty’ within the corporation, giving jobs and lucrative contracts only to his family and close...
View ArticleTwo men killed in South crash
Despite fears that the driver they were assigned to work with drove too recklessly, lorrymen Ray Adams and Akkel Hallford still decided to go with him to deliver building material in Tableland.However,...
View ArticleDaughter tells why she shot prison guard: ‘He was going to kill mom’
Mohini Ganase said yesterday that she shot and killed prison officer Robert Seecharan in self defence because she felt he was going to kill her mother Sherry-Ann Seecharan. She said Seecharan was in a...
View ArticleClaxton Bay residents seek action after dump fire
Claxton Bay residents are now calling for proper recycling practices to be implemented at the Forres Park dump, in the wake of a fire that burned through most of Saturday and left the area covered in...
View ArticleCop and port worker on child sex charges
Highway Patrol Branch police officer Adrian Mohammed and Point Lisas port worker Anthony La Foucade were granted a total of $200,000 bail when they appeared in court yesterday charged with having sex...
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