JSC told illegal gun trade makes $100m annually
Richard LordPublished: Tuesday, July 4, 2017The illegal gun trade in T&T creates revenue in excess of $100 million annually, members of the Strategic Services Agency told a Joint Select Committee...
View ArticleSleeping boy, 4, escapes death
Landslide smashes through Cocorite homeRhondor DowlatPublished: Tuesday, July 4, 2017Four-year-old Kamalee Wilson was asleep at his Cocorite home yesterday when a huge embankment of dirt tumbled onto...
View ArticleThree drown over weekend
Jensen La VendePublished: Tuesday, July 4, 2017Three families were thrown into mourning over the weekend, after three people drowned in two separate incidents at Maracas Beach and Matura.In the first...
View ArticleCops move to charge Rayad
Radhica SookrajPublished: Tuesday, July 4, 2017Face book threats against PM:Rayad Mohammed, the man accused of inciting violence against the family of Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, is expected to be...
View ArticleCops probe 2 more murders
Kevon FelminePublished: Tuesday, July 4, 2017Police were up to late yesterday probing two more murders in Valencia and Princes Town late Sunday.The victims are labourer Mahendra Moonsammy of Princes...
View ArticleUNC’s attempt to challenge property tax in Privy Council fails
Derek AchongPublished: Tuesday, July 4, 2017The United National Congress (UNC) has been denied permission to appeal to the Privy Council over the dismissal of an injunction against the collection of...
View ArticleDPP gets ok to appeal to Privy Council
Derek AchongPublished: Tuesday, July 4, 2017As judges free cop on manslaughter chargesThe State has been granted permission to appeal the decisions of a High Court judge and the Court of Appeal to free...
View ArticleLexi Balchan is top SEA student
Sharlene RampersadPublished: Tuesday, July 4, 2017A girl has topped the country once more in the Secondary Entrance Assessment examination. Lexi Balchan, 12, of Fitz Lane, Vance River placed first in...
View ArticleGarcia: Students did better this year
Published: Wednesday, July 5, 2017The top six passes in the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) examination came from three boys and three girls.This was announced by Education Minister Anthony...
View ArticleLexi wants to be a scientist
Sharlene RampersadPublished: Wednesday, July 5, 2017TOP SEA student dreamt about topping examAlthough she often fantasised about placing first in the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) examination,...
View ArticleAdmits he got HDC contract under PNM
Shaliza HassanaliPublished: Wednesday, July 5, 2017Sea Lots community leader Cedric “Burkie” Burke yesterday admitted his company - Burke and Company Ltd - has obtained a Housing Development...
View ArticleAm I facing criminal probe?
Jensen La VendePublished: Wednesday, July 5, 2017Upset Burke writes to CoPSea Lots businessman Cedric “Burkie” Burke has written to acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams, asking him to say...
View ArticleMan set ablaze after argument
Jensen La VendePublished: Wednesday, July 5, 2017A Santa Cruz man was up to last night listed in a critical condition after he was doused with a flammable substance and set ablaze yesterday during a...
View ArticleDrugs, guns seized in Tobago bust
Casandra Thompson–ForbesPublished: Wednesday, July 5, 2017A Venezuelan national and a Malabar man are scheduled to appear before a magistrate today on drug and arms charges after they were arrested at...
View ArticleDestra fan awarded $$ for fast wine
Derek AchongPublished: Wednesday, July 5, 2017Soca artist Destra Garcia has been ordered to pay a little over $50,000 in compensation to a fan who suffered a ruptured bladder during an impromptu...
View ArticleDon’t turn blind eye to Venezuela
Published: Wednesday, July 5, 2017St Lucia PM to Caricom leadersSt Lucia Prime Minister Allen Chastanet said yesterday that while Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries must not seek to interfere in...
View ArticleMother charged with cruelty of toddler
Published: Wednesday, July 5, 2017The Sangre Grande mother who was arrested for beating her child after a video of the incident sparked nationwide outrage was carted off to jail yesterday after...
View ArticleKamla: Govt reducing expenditure by $3b
Kevon FelminePublished: Wednesday, July 5, 2017Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is warning that thousands of public servants and law enforcement officers may be out of a job as the Government...
View ArticleMan pleads "not guilty" in Facebook threat charge
Sascha WilsonPublished: Wednesday, July 5, 2017 Rayad Mohammed, the man who posted a Facebook threat against Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley's family, has pleaded not guilty. Mohammed, 24, was placed on...
View ArticleBeach warning from lifeguards
Faulty equipment hamper workPublished: Wednesday, July 5, 2017Beach goers, local and foreigners, looking forward to visit popular beaches Maracas Bay and Las Cuevas for the July/August vacation period...
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