SRPs sent home
The two Special Reserve Police (SRP) accused of allegedly assaulting a disabled man on a wheelchair in San Fernando on Saturday have been taken off active duty. The announcement was made yesterday by...
View ArticleTobagonians support reassignment of Reyes—London
Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Orville London says Tobagonians will support the reassignment of Assistant Commissioner of Police Peter Reyes back to Trinidad. Assistant...
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Minister promises fire victims new home
Standing among the ruins of the home his parents left him years ago, Rampersad Babute found a reason yesterday to smile for the first time since he was told his house was destroyed by fire on Tuesday...
View ArticleMore cops for Homicide Bureau
The Homicide Bureau has received a boost of 100 detectives to assist in outstanding investigations. Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams made the disclosure yesterday so as he sought to give a...
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Ramcharitar: I’m broke
Despite the large public attention and sympathy paraplegic Robby Ramcharitar has been receiving after Saturday’s alleged police beating, he said he remains broke and homeless. On the last day of the...
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Falling oil prices dampen party mode
The tradition of ringing in the New Year with a bang is fading with many preferring to have a quiet night at home with family. With not one Happy New Year hat or banner on display, store owners, street...
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2015, a year of decisions—Rowley
Leader of the Opposition Dr Keith Rowley says last year was a particularly challenging for the nation socially, politically and economically. In his New Year’s message, Rowley said citizens faced those...
View ArticleDuke: Campaign of hate against nurses
“A campaign of hate against the nursing fraternity is being waged,” says PSA president Watson Duke. He was speaking at the carpark of the San Fernando General Hospital on Tuesday where he met with...
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Rajkumar: No one asked my side of the story
Suspended Special Reserve Police (SRP) officer, 32-year-old Roger Rajkumar, has been gagged by his attorneys and can no longer speak about his alleged involvement in the violent slapping of a...
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Claxton Bay man shot dead
Former prisons orderly Sheflan Rampersad promised to leave a life of crime after serving a jail sentence at Carrera Convict Prison two years ago for drug possession.However, despite his attempts to...
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Griffith: We’ll keep criminals at bay
Despite the new year being marred by the murder of pensioner Vernon Carter, National Security Minister Gary Griffith assured that the law enforcement bodies will continue to display the determination...
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Stray bullet kills man, 71, as new year dawns
At the stroke of midnight on New Year’s, 71-year-old Vernon Carter was at outside his home in Maloney Gardens watching fireworks. Moments later he was fatally shot by a stray bullet which came from an...
View ArticleTeen regrets video, denies editing it
The 17-year-old boy who captured on his cell phone two Special Reserve Police (SRP) officers allegedly assaulting paraplegic Robby Ramcharitar says he does not know how to edit videos. “Just how I tape...
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CSO moves to Capital Plaza
More than 150 workers from the Central Statistical Office (CSO) are expected to report for work at Capital Plaza, Port-of-Spain, next week. For several months during the past year, the workers have...
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CAL pilot killed in Maracas crash
A 38-year-old Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) pilot was killed in a car accident in Maracas on Thursday afternoon. He was the first road fatality for the year. According to reports, shortly after...
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Relatives believe man killed over champagne
Relatives of 23-year-old Kevin Francis believe he was murdered over a bottle of champagne he was accused of stealing from someone’s house on Christmas Day. Francis’s body was discovered face down at...
View ArticleMet office: Stay out of the water
Stay out of the water. This was the warning from Chief Meteorologist Shakeer Baig yesterday, as the T&T Meteorological Service continues its rough seas bulletin into the weekend. Baig issued the...
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US Embassy helps train T&T police
The United States Embassy’s International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) section recently collaborated with High Court Judge Gillian Lucky and a team of leading attorneys and professionals...
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Concern over underage drinking at Carnival
National Security Minister Gary Griffith is concerned about minors who attend all-inclusive fetes and play in semi- and all-inclusive bands in which their alcohol consumption is not monitored. This, he...
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Griffith says T&T Carnival will be Ebola-safe
National Security Minister Gary Griffith says everything is in place for Carnival 2015. His announcement follows a detailed threat assessment by the National Ebola Prevention, Information and Response...
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