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Second Muslim leader banned from Jamaica
KINGSTON—The Portia Simpson Miller-led administration has been threatened with a lawsuit after Gerald Perreira, a Guyanese Muslim leader, was barred from entering the country to attend the 19th...
View ArticleMan held at La Tinta with $2m cocaine
A quantity of cocaine and marijuana have been recovered after police and coast guard intercepted a pirogue at La Tinta Bay, Chacachacare Island on Friday.One man was arrested while another escaped,...
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Have love, will travel
My name is Eric Julien and I met my Bajan wife on the Internet.I lived in La Brea all my life, up until when I moved to Barbados in 2012. I had a good reason for moving: getting married to a Bajan in...
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Hand-held detector to boost airport security
The Customs and Excise Division of the Ministry of Finance has acquired a Multi-Mode Threat Detector machine to improve its ability to detect contraband items, including narcotics and explosives, which...
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Petrotrin boss fears $ crisis, fuel shortage
Some $.5 billion in crude oil and the survival of T&T’s economy are behind Petrotrin’s determination to berth a tanker coming from Ebola-stricken west Africa, even though it is now in a standoff...
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It’s not necessary, say stakeholders
Whether Carnival 2015 is cancelled or not depends on the exponential rise in Ebola over the next month says Health Minister Fuad Khan. He was speaking at a forum on Carnival 2015 and Ebola at the Sir...
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In wake of Ebola threat: Talks next week on Carnival’s fate
A meeting will be held next Wednesday involving the authorities and all Carnival stakeholders to discuss whether Carnival should be cancelled because of the Ebola threat and a recommendation will later...
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$300,000 bail for three cops
Three policemen have been granted bail, totalling $300,000, on allegations of armed robbery, kidnapping, assault and drug possession. PC Ainsley Gay of the Southern Division Task Force and Special...
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Counter-striker ends his hunger
A cheese paste sandwich and a cup of hot chocolate was the first meal hunger-striker Ravi Maharaj was given after he decided to end his five-day protest action against environmentalist Dr Wayne...
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3 charged with killing cop in court
The State is ready to begin paper committal proceedings against three men charged with the murder of Sgt Hayden Manwaring. When the matter was called before Senior Magistrate Lucina Cardenas-Ragoonanan...
View ArticleLovers’ row ends in death; woman held
Police up to late yesterday were probing the death of a 48-year-old technician from New Grant who died after being stabbed in the chest on Sunday. Investigators could not say whether Satnarine Ramphal...
View ArticleFormer Point mayor dies
The Point Fortin Borough flag will fly at half-mast today in honour of former mayor Victor Chin Kit. Chin Kit, 84, died yesterday. He had been ailing for several years. Present mayor Clyde Paul...
View ArticleMediation Board chairman on hunger fast: It’s not the magic bullet but let’s...
Chairman of the Mediation Board, Justice Vasheist Kokaram, is urging all parties involved in the contentious Debe to Mon Desir portion of the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway to Point Fortin to go to...
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Cops search for gunman in central killing
A gunman stormed a pan theatre in central Trinidad yesterday shooting four people. Two died while the other two victims remained hospitalised up to late yesterday. Deshawn Sobers, 21, and Trevaughn...
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Indian culture head claims discrimination: Girl with mehindi barred from school
The National Council on Indian Culture (NCIC) is calling on the Education Ministry and the Government to investigate an incident in which a primary school pupil was reportedly discriminated against...
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Nation in crisis says MSJ head in Divali message
The messages of peace, truth and good over evil and the importance of strengthening the family are desperately needed in T&T says David Abdulah, leader of the Movement for Social Justice (MSJ) in...
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PM at close of Nagar: Highway will be built
Even as hunger striker Dr Wayne Kublalsingh is now bedridden and talking about death, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar remains resolute in her decision that the Debe to Mon Desir leg of the Point...
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President at UWI graduation: We are a society in adult distress
Commentators and writers in T&T are bulldogs in a ring, bruising each other in that clash of professional egos. This was a statement made by President Anthony Carmona during his feature address at...
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Kublalsingh wants names of contractors
Leader of the Highway Re-Route Movement (HRM) Dr Wayne Kublalsingh has issued his own challenge to Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, calling on her to make the names of the contractors involved in...
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South families hit by flooding
More than 150 families were forced to cancel their Divali celebrations after heavy rainfall caused flooding and landslides in communities and homes across south Trinidad yesterday morning. The hardest...
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