Wanted men held in Enterprise
Central Division’s Senior Superintendant Johnny Abraham and his officers have a breakthrough in the upsurge in gang activities in Enterprise, Chaguanas, with the arrest of three wanted men over the...
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MSJ, OWTU, join former UNC activists
Former United National Congress activists have joined the Oilfield Workers Trade Union and the Movement for Social Justice to create a new entity called Citizens Intervention (CI). However founders of...
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Homes flooded in Chaguanas East and West
Dawson Pancham woke up at 5.30 am yesterday to find two feet of water in his Endeavour home. His stove was floating on its side in the kitchen and his washing machine, living room set and other...
View ArticleUNC screening committee to be appointed ‘soon’
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar was expected to appoint a screening committee to begin selecting candidates for the United National Congress (UNC) 2015 election campaign this week. A party source...
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Best of the Wurst
My name is Stefan Grosberg and I make artisanal sausages.I was born in St Ann’s, the second to last of six siblings. Coming from a large family has made me always want one myself. Margaretha came to...
View ArticleNo sign of soldiers in Enterprise
“Fire coming!” a young man shouted and small groups of men hanging out on a corner at Bhagaloo Trace yesterday afternoon, some with walkie talkies, scattered. A police jeep with three officers, one a...
View ArticleMan charged for T&TEC worker’s murder
Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Roger Gaspard gave instructions Monday for homicide officers to charge a 29-year-old man with the murder of a T&TEC worker.Keiron Ramkhelawan, 31, of Montrose,...
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Gun ban on cops in court
The Judiciary says it is baffled that police officers yesterday refused to adhere to an old court rule and chose instead not to enter the Arima Magistrates’ Court because they were not allowed to take...
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Man slain for not choosing gang life
Kevon George was warned by his family to move out of his Chafford Court, Port-of-Spain, apartment for- his own safety in the face of continuing gang violence but he had initially ignored them. But on...
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Seven gang suspects freed without charges
CAMILLE CLARKE and RACHAEL ESPINETThe man whom police claim was the leader of one of the gangs in Enterprise was detained on Saturday but was released the day after without charge.The suspect was...
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Plugging police leaks not the main issue
Acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams says reports of leaks from within the T&T Police Service (TTPS) to criminals in Enterprise, Chaguanas, are irrelevant in light of the criminals’ use...
View Article500 inmates going to MSP
Over the next three days about 400 more prisoners will be transferred from the Golden Grove Remand Yard Prison to the Maximum Security Prison (MSP) in Arouca, bringing the total to be transferred there...
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COP begins screening weekend
The Congress of the People (COP) is expected to begin screening by weekend, said the party’s chairman Jamison Bahadur.He said when nominations closed last week there were over 50 nominations. He could...
View ArticlePM: More for agriculture in second term
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has promised to engage in agricultural diversification if she is returned to office.She was speaking to farmers shortly before she distributed compensatory cheques...
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Carmona: Don’t call T&T banana republic
President Anthony Carmona said T&T was neither a banana republic or a failed state and chastised nationals who refer to the country in such derogatory terms.Addressing the Scout Movement Colour...
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Kamla: Apologise to nation, Rowley
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has challenged Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley to apologise to the nation for several racist comments made by members of the People’s National Movement over the...
View ArticleShe set my son up—mom
Jason Manswell ended his relationship with a woman from Laventille several months ago after he began receiving death threats from another of her lovers.However, he was so in love with the woman that he...
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Man missing after threats by residents
One week after his life was threatened by Morne Diablo residents who claimed he was a police informer, Dave Cooper has gone missing.His relatives, who last saw him on Saturday night, believe he was...
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PM knew of alleged Life Fund fraud
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has admitted that she and Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan were notified by letter that thousands of US dollars had allegedly been embezzled out of the Children’s Life...
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Police terrorising my entire family
Chaguanas resident Junior Nesbitt, whose photo went viral on several social media websites after he was alleged to be a suspect in gang violence in central Trinidad, is accusing the police of...
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