Al-Rawi replaced on Rowley’s legal team
Faris Al-Rawi has stepped aside as instructing attorney in the private lawsuit filed by former attorney general Anand Ramlogan against Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley. However Rowley, who announced...
View ArticleVenezuela diplomat grateful for T&T support
Venezuela’s Ambassador to T&T Coromoto Godoy yesterday expressed gratitude to the many local groups that have shown support and solidarity with her country. “Venezuela has been developing...
View ArticleEMA orders clearing of Caroni Swamp
A month after the Environmental Management Authority (EMA) stopped contruction firm Super Industrial Services (SIS) from backfilling the Caroni Swamp, several contractors are working round-the-clock...
View ArticleLequay dies at 90
Tributes have been pouring in following the death of Alloy Lequay, former political activist and cricket administrator, who has died at age 90. Born October 1, 1924, in Port-of-Spain, Lequay had been a...
View ArticleMoonilal surprised at China Jiangsu threat
Housing Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal yesterday expressed surprise at reports that China Jiangsu International Corp T&T Ltd is threatening legal action against the Las Alturas Towers Commission of...
View ArticleEight charged for ferry fracas
Eight people, including a woman police officer, are expected to appear in the Scarborough Magistrates Court today charges arising out of an alleged altercation aboard the T&T Express on Friday. The...
View ArticleRC priest: T&T no longer Christian
Trinidad and Tobago is no longer a Christian State. This was the view of Roman Catholic priest Father Clyde Harvey who spoke at panel discussion hosted by the University of the Southern Caribbean on...
View ArticleRandom draw to be used for HDC homes
Although hundreds of citizens flocked HDC’s Port-of-Spain office last week hoping to be beneficiaries of Government’s 100 homes per week distribution, not every one will be lucky, Housing Minister Dr...
View ArticleFixin’ T&T calls for action on Warner probe
Local lobby group Fixin’ T&T has written President Anthony Carmona asking him to state whether he is deliberately attempting to frustrate the efforts of the Integrity Commission (IC) in its...
View ArticleThe Piano Man Sings
My name is Eyare Marshall and I’m 102 years old.I must say all I knew was piano repair. My father taught me that.My two brothers I had died. One was a young fellow. I am here alone now. Anyway, we all...
View ArticleOnline photos expose senior fire officer: Alleged victim fired
A senior fire officer is now at the centre of a sex scandal after photos of him allegedly assaulting a former colleague and exposing himself were distributed by members of the Fire Services via the...
View ArticleStudent claims sex assault by classmate
Maraval police are investigating a report that a 12-year-old male student of Trinity College, Maraval, was sexually assaulted by another student. According to a report on some unknown date in January...
View Article$350,000 bail for SRP on rape charge
A 29-year-old Special Reserve Police (SRP), accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl almost two dozen times in less than two years, was granted $350,000 bail yesterday. The SRP’s court...
View ArticleTwo accused of assaulting girl, 12
Two men were granted bail totalling $195,000 on charges of raping a 12-year-old girl who had been missing for four months. Vaughn Lester McDonald, 31, and Jamal Williams, 23, both of Marabella,...
View ArticleMan killed in row with neighbour
Police up to late last night were questioning a Toco man in his late 40s following the stabbing death of his neighbour Justin Baptiste. According to police, around 3.30 pm the two were arguing at the...
View ArticleAl-Rawi on stepping aside in Section 34 case: We have called the PM’s bluff
PNM’s public relations officer Faris Al-Rawi says the move for him to step aside in PNM leader Keith Rowley’s Section 34 case has removed any obstacle to reach the truth of the matter. “And I feel...
View ArticleObeah or prank? As human skull found outside home
The fear of witchcraft and Obeah overcame a San Fernando community yesterday after a human skull and a red candle was placed in front a family’s home. Police are investigating the discovery of what...
View ArticleNGC stays out of backfilling in swamp
Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine says he does not know whether the National Gas Company (NGC) hired preferred government contractor Super Industrial Services (SIS) to backfill the Caroni swamp to stock...
View ArticleTwo foreigners in court on two cocaine charges
Two foreign nationals appeared before an Arima magistrate yesterday charged with trafficking in cocaine, arising out of two separate instances. In the first case Nigerian national Christopher Odikabue...
View ArticleRiley: Udecott warned about low bid
Although the Urban Development Corporation of T&T (Udecott) was advised to select China Jiangsu International Corporation (CJIC) as the project contractor for the Las Alturas housing project, it...
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