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Family wants probe, answers
Yet another mother has died after giving birth to a child via C-Section surgery.Charlene Kowlessar, 35, died on Saturday, 24 days after giving birth to a baby boy, her second child.Kowlessar delivered...
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Dr Tim wants more students playing sports
Education Minister Dr Tim Gopeesingh has said only “a few thousand” students actively play sports in schools across the country, adding that this figure was still too low.He urged more students to get...
View ArticleStill no PNM candidate for Chaguanas East
No People's National Movement (PNM) prospective candidate was chosen for the Chaguanas East constituency last night.PNM general secretary confirmed that when he addressed the media after 10pm.Angry...
View ArticleMasman Jennings dies at 47
After ten days in hospital undergoing treatment for diabetes and hypertension, popular San Fernando-based masman and designer Dexter Jennings has died.Jennings, leader of Jennings Mas and Associates...
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Penal couple wants justice
A Penal couple is calling for justice over the death of their son, claiming the failure of staff at the San Fernando General Hospital to perform a caesarian section (C-section) caused him to be born...
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Partnership loses ground
A Louis Bertrand poll of the Tunapuna constituency commissioned by Guardian Media Limited shows the constituency could be trending back to the People’s National Movement (PNM) for the upcoming general...
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Tunapuna always a tough race to call
Voting patterns in Trinidad have tended to indicate that 33 of the 39 constituencies are relatively safe seats for either the People’s National Movement (PNM) or the United National Congress (UNC).That...
View ArticleCustoms system breaks down
For the past four days, the Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA) World System at the Customs and Excise Division has been non-functional after it crashed, causing considerable delays for...
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$.75m bail for cop on bribery charges
Police Constable Clinton Noel yesterday was granted $750,000 bail on seven charges arising out of allegations that he accepted more than $5,000 in bribes to drop cocaine charges against a man.The...
View Article3 accused in attempt to murder DJ granted bail
Three members of a gang of six charged with conspiring to murder a radio announcer last year have been granted bail. Keshorn Dempster, Brent La Croix and Donna Dyer secured their conditional release...
View ArticleBaker: THA not using money to benefit isle
Minister of Tobago Development Delmond Baker aroused the ire of PNM Senator Shamfa Cudjoe in the Senate yesterday when he accused the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) of siphoning off millions of dollars...
View ArticleWanted: Talking hands
Underlying social tensions surfaced quickly in the early reponses to the fatal shooting of the 35-year-old Chinese businessman Hi Hong Huang, who died on April 7 after an alleged robbery in front of...
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Evicted twice, Central woman fights for her home
Lynette Ragbirsingh, a mother of two, who lives among eight other people in a wooden structure, near the newly-upgraded Southern Main Road, held her stomach and bent over crying yesterday after being...
View ArticleFire at Smokey and Bunty
Popular St James liming spot Smokey and Bunty has been severely damaged by afire that broke out earlier this evening.The building, which also housed Bobby's Fast Food, appears completely gutted, and...
View ArticleRowley fears for his public safety
With elections polls giving Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley a lead over Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissesar for the upcoming general election, the PNM leader says he now fears for his public...
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You can’t fight doctors
SHARLENE RAMPERSAD and GEISHA KOWLESSARThe mother of baby Sajjid Rampersad says although she does not believe the findings of an autopsy done yesterday on his tiny body she will not be requesting a...
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Police officer divorced accused man’s ex-girlfriend
A policeman who married the ex-girlfriend of a man he charged with murder is now divorced. Sgt Trivelle Petti, who came under fire from the accused man’s defence attorneys after admitting to the...
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We'll work harder, says Moonilal after GML poll
The People's Partnership will use the Guardian Media Limited-commissioned Louis Bertrand poll to analyse and work harder, says Housing Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal.Commenting on the results of the poll,...
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Fire hits popular Smokey & Bunty
Well known watering hole Smokey and Bunty, located along the Western Main Road, St James, was destroyed by a fire which started in an adjacent food business, Sweet Lanyap.According to fire officials,...
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UWI workers in wage protest
One protesting member of staff at the University of the West Indies’ St Augustine Campus was struck by a vehicle during a protest he was part of just inside the northern gate of the university...
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