11-year-old boy shot while asleep
A shooting spree early yesterday morning in the Plum Mitan, Sangre Grande left an 11-year-old boy injured. According to reports, around 3.55 am Bradyn Jurie, of Settlement Road, was asleep when his...
View ArticleHas the case gone cold?
Dana Seetahal’s murder case has possibly run cold and her relatives are now calling for more investigators to be assigned to the case. In an interview last week, Seetahal’s younger sister, Susan...
View ArticleGordon hails corruption busters
Former chairman of the Integrity Commission, Ken Gordon said T&T and the City of Port-of-Spain owes a debt of gratitude to those in public life who have stood up against corruption. He hailed the...
View ArticlePolice abuse victim running from cop
A Tobago man claims he was forced to leave his home and relatives to hideout in Trinidad. Lynwal Trim, of Bon Accord Main Street, Tobago says he fears for his life after receiving threats from a member...
View ArticlePensioner killed crossing road: Police hunt hit and run driver
Shem Bernard, 77, of Jackson Street, Enterprise, Chaguanas succumbed to injuries he received in a hit and run accident earlier this month. His relatives are now making a public appeal to police...
View ArticleMini Trini maxing out
My name is Vanna Vee and I am a singer, actress and I hate to say it but also a model.I was named after Vanna White. And Farrah Fawcett. Most people call me Vanna. Sometimes Vans – but that’s already...
View ArticleWe must know what happened
National Security Minister Carl Alfonso says the police should probe reports that a police dragnet in crime hotspot Enterprise, Chaguanas, on Sunday was compromised after criminals were tipped off by...
View ArticleLand dispute blamed in Grande shooting
A land dispute has been blamed for a shooting incident in Plum Mitan, east of Sangre Grande, on Sunday, which left an 11- year old boy nursing gunshot injuries after he was shot while asleep.Brydn Jury...
View ArticleMurder suspect among four held in Hindustan
Two weeks of surveillance by police paid off when a 29-year-old ex-convict, suspected of murdering a Chaguanas man earlier this year was arrested in Princes Town.The 29-year-old man of Peter Street,...
View ArticleWilliams likely to get another acting stint
Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams is expected to get a sixth extension from the Police Service Commission (PSC) as his six-month tenure comes to an end next month.However, it is reported that...
View ArticleTeenager dragged from car, executed
A Laventille woman who was just overcoming the grief after her husband was murdered a year ago has been thrown into mourning again after her son was killed on Saturday.Antoinette Richards said the...
View ArticlePrisons officers still under attack
The Prison Officers Association says it remains gravely concerned about the security of officers as they continue to grapple with attacks in and out of the prison.Over the weekend, an officer was...
View ArticleWarner extradition papers yet to arrive
The United States Department of Justice has not yet sent any final requests to the T&T authorities on the Jack Warner extradition request, the US Embassy in T&T stated yesterday.The Public...
View ArticleJudge throws out Bakr’s lawsuits
Jamaat-al-Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr has failed in his two lawsuits against the State for charging him with a murder in 2010 for which he was eventually freed. In an oral judgment delivered at the...
View ArticleNo word yet from PM, Rowley on ‘Great Debate’
It is being billed as the Great Debate between Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Opposition leader Dr Keith Rowley. But up to news time there was no confirmation from Persad-Bissessar and...
View ArticleFaulty aircraft door repaired—CAL
Passengers travelling from Trinidad to Tobago were forced to disembark a Caribbean Airlines aircraft following reports of a malfunctioning door.But Caribbean Airlines has described the issue as minor...
View ArticleSEA results to be released tomorrow
The results for the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) examination will be released to the public Wednesday, the Ministry of Education announced Tuesday in a release. On May 7, 18,357 Standard Five...
View ArticleGross dereliction of duty—judge
In awarding more than $.4 million to one of the people charged under the Anti Gang legislation during the state of emergency in 2011, a High Court judge yesterday slammed the police officers who...
View ArticleCops probe five pics of high-tech guns
Police are investigating the authenticity of five photos which were posted on social media depicting men posing with high-powered rifles.Police say the guns are obviously illegal weapons and are...
View ArticleBring in soliders
Residents of Bhagaloo Street, Gittens Lane and Chris Terrace West in Enterprise, Chaguanas, yesterday made a desperate plea for soldiers to come to their rescue.The residents practically begged a...
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