PM on proportional representation: No advantage to any party
Kevon FelminePublished: Sunday, September 1, 2013Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she has nothing to fear in the forthcoming local government elections as she has done the right thing with...
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Residents insist police killed unarmed man
Beetham backlashCamille ClarkePublished: Tuesday, September 3, 2013A police officer jostles with a Beetham Gardens man as he tries to control a crowd of protesting residents yesterday morning, when...
View ArticleActivist: Protests won’t stop until probe starts
Beetham not backing down Kalifa Clyne and Richard LordPublished: Tuesday, September 3, 2013Even as they faced condemnation from some quarters yesterday, including from the MP for their area, Beetham...
View ArticleTrini parents’ baby slain in NY shooting
Published: Tuesday, September 3, 2013Sixteen-month-old Antiq Hennis was shot dead on Sunday in his stroller in Brooklyn, New York, a report in the New York Daily News said yesterday. It said the...
View ArticlePolice kill one in Diego ganja raid
Published: Tuesday, September 3, 2013Western Division police killed one man, injured another, arrested four and seized a huge haul of marijuana and a gun during an exercise on the North Post Road,...
View ArticleEarly sitting for proportional representation bill debate
Gail AlexanderPublished: Tuesday, September 3, 2013Government intends to complete debate on the proportional representation bill in the Lower House on Friday—no matter how long debate runs—in order to...
View ArticleCops go to DPP on hit-and-run case
Khara PersadPublished: Tuesday, September 3, 2013The 44-year-old man who killed Denyse Seepersad-Joseph along the Old Tarouba Road, St Clement’s, on Saturday night, remains in police custody at the Ste...
View Article11 institutions in disarray
Radhica Sookraj and Alana SurajPublished: Tuesday, September 3, 2013Eleven schools in south, east and central Trinidad remained closed yesterday because the Education Ministry had failed to organise...
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Teachers’ boycott over gang violence
Pleasantville students get extra weekSascha WilsonPublished: Tuesday, September 3, 2013Students at the Pleasantville Secondary School walk about the corridors during the morning hours as their teachers...
View ArticlePigeons and heat keep two schools closed
Khara PersadPublished: Monday, September 2, 2013Classes were abandoned at two secondary schools in south and central Trinidad yesterday after complaints of overheated classrooms and a pigeon...
View ArticlePolice Service Commission remains in limbo
Richard LordPublished: Tuesday, September 3, 2013The operations of the Police Service Commission, a critical independent body to oversee the efficiency of the Police Service and performance of the top...
View ArticleMan hit by AG’s vehicle discharged from hospital
Sascha WilsonPublished: Tuesday, September 3, 2013Five weeks after Premnath Rampaul was knocked down in Chaguanas by one of the vehicles in the Attorney General’s security detail, he has been...
View ArticleGovt, Opposition in more crime talks Thursday
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Tuesday, September 3, 2013The third round of crime talks between the Government and the Opposition is carded for Thursday at 3.30 pm, Opposition Whip Marlene McDonald said...
View ArticlePM: Rapid Response Unit by next year
Published: Tuesday, September 3, 2013Government hopes to have a pilot project for the proposed Rapid Response Unit implemented later this year or early next year. So said national security adviser to...
View ArticleMalaysia cuts fuel subsidies to fund welfare
Published: Tuesday, September 3, 2013KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia— Malaysia's government said Monday it will cut fuel subsidies for the first time in nearly two years to save 3.3 billion ringgit (US$1...
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Photos of the Day 2013-09-03
Published: Tuesday, September 3, 2013Click here to go to Photos of the Day 03 September 2013 GalleryNews
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Beetham says sorry
Kalifa ClynePublished: Wednesday, September 4, 2013Residents: We got emotionalKeshia Greaves, standing, sister of Christopher Greaves, comforts his fiancee, Khannah Thomas, as she holds a picture of...
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Lucky: There’ll be no cover-up
Kalifa ClynePublished: Wednesday, September 4, 2013CoP sends shooting report to PCA today... Police Complaints Authority chairman Gillian Lucky, right, speaks with Annette Greaves, mother of police...
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Defence Force on Beetham Gardens protests: Warning shots were necessary
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Wednesday, September 4, 2013Police keep watch on a Cepep crew clearing garbage on the Beetham Highway after Monday’s protests in which residents blocked the highway with...
View ArticleTwo murders in San Juan and Laventille
Published: Wednesday, September 4, 2013The murder toll climbed to 255 with the deaths of two men in San Juan and Laventille on Tuesday night. Hugh Will Sergeant, 56, of Thompson Lane, Tunapuna, was...
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