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Air Guard rescues man bitten by shark
Published: Tuesday, February 11, 2014A 50-year-old Venezuelan fisherman remains warded at hospital after sustaining serious injuries in a shark attack off the coast of Trinidad on Friday. The...
View ArticleAfter 44 years Hinds band to skip 2014
Published: Tuesday, February 11, 2014For the first time in 44 years there will be no 2014 Carnival offering from renowned Owen Hinds mas band, now known as the Owen Hinds Foundation. Convenor of the...
View ArticleGroovy takes over at Soca Monarch semis
Kalifa ClynePublished: Tuesday, February 11, 2014High, shrill, excited screams pierced the air as Kerwin Du Bois was announced to take the stage at the Arima Velodrome during the Soca Monarch...
View ArticleMinister extends invitation at Arouca launch
Charles Kong SooPublished: Tuesday, February 11, 2014Minister of Arts and Multiculturalism Dr Lincoln Douglas has extended an open invitation to tourists to come and enjoy T&T Carnival in a safe...
View ArticleCouva mas to focus on jab jab
Paras RamoutarPublished: Tuesday, February 11, 2014Away from beads and bikinis, Couva mas will focus on the traditional jab jab presentations on both Carnival days, according to Ramchand Rajbal,...
View Article$600,000 up for grabs in Chaguanas Carnival
SHASTRI BOODANPublished: Tuesday, February 11, 2014The Chaguanas Carnival Committee is promising a safe and secure Carnival in Central. Speaking with the media on Saturday before the start of auditions...
View ArticleCEO of corporate governence agency steps down
Aleem KhanPublished: Tuesday, February 11, 2014Outgoing CEO of the Caribbean Corporate Governance Institute (CCGI) Alex Kjorven.Caribbean Corporate Governance Institute (CCGI) chief executive officer...
View ArticleAmend laws to delegitimise child-marriages
Published: Tuesday, February 11, 2014The Prime Minister with her just-found rage against perpetrators of statutory rape, cannot be really serious if she leaves intact, sections of the Muslim and Hindu...
View ArticleFour Charged in Gang Activity
Derek AchongPublished: Wednesday, February 12, 2014Tight Security at City CourtPolice lead the group of suspects charged under the Anti-Gang Act into the Port-of-Spain Magistrates Court yesterday. The...
View ArticleBail for man charged with raping girl, 12
Published: Wednesday, February 12, 2014A 41-year-old man was released on $120,000 bail after appearing in court charged with having sex with a 12-year-old girl. Sherlon Flores, of Anastasia Terrace,...
View ArticleWASA employee’s family stunned
Published: Wednesday, February 12, 2014Russell Lalloo, the brother of Howard Lalloo, who was gunned down on Monday, is calling on the police to bring his brother’s killer or killers to justice....
View ArticleRelatives found in burning van
Cops link ongoing feud to killingsSascha WilsonPublished: Wednesday, February 12, 2014Schaffie RobertsPolice are exploring several theories in the murders of two men whose bodies were found in a...
View ArticleMurder, rape suspect killed in shootout with cops
Published: Wednesday, February 12, 2014Officers from the Central Division Task Force yesterday shot and killed a murder and rape suspect yesterday during a shootout. According to police, around 2.30...
View ArticleAG: Cabinet will decide on rape law
Yvonne BaboolalPublished: Wednesday, February 12, 2014Attorney General Anand Ramlogan says any revisiting of the law relating to penalties for failing to report statutory rape has to be a Cabinet...
View ArticleDuncan Street police post up and running
...but cops have problems with dormitory facilitiesCamille ClarkePublished: Wednesday, February 12, 2014Senior Supt Carlton Alleyne, right, who heads the Inter Agency Task Force, and acting ASP Wayne...
View ArticleRowley winning in PNM poll—Al-Rawi
Gail Alexander Published: Wednesday, February 12, 2014PNM PRO Faris Al-Rawi says the Rowley faction in PNM’s internal election is doing polls almost daily and shows incumbent leader Keith Rowley...
View ArticleRowley: I’m the man to bring victory in 2015
Published: Wednesday, February 12, 2014Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley greets supporters during a meeting at the Chaguanas North Secondary School on Monday night. PHOTO: RISHI RAGOONATHOpposition...
View ArticleUS experts join oil spill task force
Gail Alexander Published: Wednesday, February 12, 2014Two US experts and a local one in oil spill dispersion have been added to the recently-formed National Environmental Assessment Task Force which...
View ArticlePrivate sector owes T&TEC $72m
Geisha KowlessarPublished: Wednesday, February 12, 2014In the event of a nationwide blackout the T&T Electricity Commission’s (T&TEC) Trinidad Generation Unlimited (TGU) power plant in La Brea...
View ArticleGay rights in spotlight at reform forum
Joshua SurteesPublished: Wednesday, February 12, 2014The standout issue at the first public meeting of the Constitutional Reform Commission’s new round of consultations was the failure to address...
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