Cops probe reported rape of student
kevon.felmine@guardian.co.ttAlthough a medical report on a 19-year-old sexual assault victim showed signs of physical abuse, investigators still aren’t sure whether she was actually raped.According to...
View ArticleSmall turnout for Dana's vigil
More than three dozen people gathered outside the Hall of Justice in Port-of-Spain on Sunday night to pay tribute to Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal on the one-year anniversary of her brutal murder. While...
View ArticleCudjoe gives maiden speech in Lambeau
People's National Movement (PNM) candidate for Tobago West Shamfa Cudjoe has described the People’s Partnership government led by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar as "out of touch,""out of...
View ArticleDuke launches Tobago East campaign as independent candidate
Public Services Association (PSA) president Watson Duke says there is nothing in the labour union's constitution that debars him from running as an independent candidate for Tobago East in the upcoming...
View ArticlePM positive in spite of Moody’s downgrade
Stung by Opposition criticism of Government spending, deficits and the Moody’s credit rating downgrade, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Communications Minister Vasant Bharath last night...
View ArticleRowley: I declared my property
Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley has maintained his property at One Woodbrook Place has always been declared as one of his assets to the Integrity Commission. He made the comment at a press conference...
View ArticleI did not trust Warner with my personal info
Former attorney general Anand Ramlogan testified in court yesterday about his real estate investments, saying he bought four separate properties all funded from his private practice and all were...
View ArticleNew Tobago party wants probe into THA’s accounts
New Tobago party, the Tobago Forwards, has accused the PNM-controlled Tobago House of Assembly of “mismanaging and misappropriating billions” in public funds and called for a forensic probe of THA’s...
View ArticleKamla, Rowley, agree to election debate
Chief executive officer of the T&T Debates Commission Catherine Kumar says the leaders’ debate for the 2015 general election is intended to assist the estimated 33 per cent of the electorate who...
View ArticleLegal delay stumps Children’s Authority
KALIFA CLYNE and YVONNE BABOOLALThe Children’s Authority has adequate staff, an assessment centre, trained professionals and a new board but cannot function because of a delay in proclamation of the...
View ArticleTax refund for big maxi owners
Owners of 25-seater maxi taxis, who invested on average of over $600,000—on a government promise of getting hefty tax rebates to increase the seating capacity for passengers as long as 15 years...
View ArticleNo charges yet in assault on cop
KEVON FELMINEkevon.felmine@guardian.co.ttSouth Western Division police are awaiting advice from their legal department on how to proceed with their investigations into the assault of PC Ronald David,...
View Article'Loving son' killed in hit-and-run
‘Loving son’ killed in hit-and-run accident It will be a sad Mother’s Day for Cheryl-Ann Chandler whose son, Kadeem Chandler, was the victim of the hit-and-run accident on Sunday.She said so in an...
View ArticleLocal Interpol arrests man wanted in US for murder
The local Interpol Bureau re-arrested a Guyanese born man wanted in the US for several charges including two counts of murder, according to a release from the T&T Police Service. Balkumar Singh,...
View ArticleKeep Dana’s name out politics— family
Rhondor Dowlat and Richard LordRelatives of murdered state prosecutor Dana Seetahal, SC, yesterday asked politicians to desist from talking about the case on any political platform.The request came...
View ArticleGML columnist’s son dies after accident
The son of Guardian Media Ltd columnist Clevon Raphael died yesterday after he was injured in a car accident along the Priority Bus Route on Monday. According to police reports, Clevon Moriba Raphael,...
View ArticleUNC MPs unsure of going back to polls
Gail AlexanderSeveral United National Congress (UNC) frontline MPs say they are yet to decide if they would seek to represent their constituencies following Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s...
View ArticleFree bus rides for all tomorrow
As a form of saying thank you to its loyal passengers for their support over the last 50 years, the Public Transport Service Corporation (PTSC) is offering free bus rides all day long tomorrow.So said...
View Article‘Hostile’ witness ends testimony
The State’s main witness against 12 men accused of murdering businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman has completed his testimony in the high-profile trial. After spending the past month the witness Keon...
View ArticleAmbulance was only three minutes away
An ambulance was three minutes away from reaching Valerie Mc Bernie-Taylor, the woman who died with unborn twins last weekend, when the request was cancelled, says chief executive officer of the...
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