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Sando mayor admits: Some unaware they have Zika
San Fernando Mayor Kazim Hosein says there may be a lot more than seven people in Trinidad with the Zika virus as he says many people have the virus and did not know. He said so during the San Fernando...
View ArticleChicken farm facing closure
Chicken farmers in Tableland and New Grant have started shutting down operations because of a severe water shortage.This is as inadequate rainfall and dwindling water supplies have forced the Water and...
View ArticleSentencing postponed for fleeing drunk driver
Anthony Ackee, the man who racked up eight charges after he failed to stop while driving under the influence of alcohol in February, will be sentenced by a San Fernando magistrate on April 8.According...
View ArticleMan, 53, charged with rape of girl, 12
A Penal contractor charged with raping a 12-year-old girl was granted $100,000 bail when he appeared in the Siparia Magistrates Court yesterday. Tyrone Jagessar, 53, of Rochard Road, Penal, appeared...
View ArticleNeighbour in court for schoolboy’s murder
Nine days after the charred remains of schoolboy Darian Nedd was found in the burnt out shell of his home, one of his neighbours appeared in the Siparia Magistrates Court charged with his murder.Roger...
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Baptist Archbishop begs for Mahabir’s release
The Spiritual Shouter Baptist community is calling on the kidnappers of Couva school teacher Keston Mahabir to release him safely. Speaking at Spiritual Shouter Baptist Liberation Day celebrations...
View ArticleNew anti-terrorist legislation soon—Al-Rawi
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi says his office will be laying new legislation in Parliament soon to deal with foreign terrorist fighters and propose amendments to the current anti-terrorism...
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Spiritual Shouter Baptists want home in city: Give us a cathedral
People’s National Movement (PNM) Senator Foster Cummings, a Spiritual Shouter Baptist, yesterday called for the Baptist community to be given its own cathedral in Port-of-Spain.Joining in the...
View ArticleSando man shot in arm
A San Fernando man is warded in the hospital after being shot whilst liming at a bar in San Fernando yesterday morning.Police reports state that around 6.20 am, Shamba Lewis, 31, of Roy Joseph Scheme,...
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Five-year-old killed by cyclist: Family mourns for little Jaden
All five-year-old Jaden Cudjoe wanted on Saturday evening was a “sweetie.” But the trip to a nearby mini mart for the sweet treat eventually cost the youngster his life, as he was struck by a...
View ArticleCop shot in head
A police officer is currently receiving treatment at the San Fernando General Hospital after being shot in the head tonight.According to police, around 8.40 pm officers of the Ste Madeliene Police...
View ArticleMan shot 8 times by off-duty cop
The father of a man shot eight times by an off-duty police officer at a gas station on Sunday night is calling for the Commissioner of Police to launch an investigation into the incident.Franky Lewis,...
View ArticleNo early pension payouts for upset ex-Mittal workers
Frustrated ArcelorMittal’s former workers who were hoping to take an early retirement and cash in on their pension plans to help pay their bills no longer have that option.This was the message an...
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There will be no repeat of ArcelorMittal
Labour Minister Jennifer Baptiste-Primus says the appointment of a liquidator for ArcelorMittal’s assets in T&T means there is nothing more the Government can do for over 600 former workers of the...
View ArticleCops told: Keep suspects’ photos off Facebook
With photos of two suspects reportedly involved in the shooting of PC Anson Benjamin circulating on Facebook, head of Southern Division CID Insp Don Gajadhar is calling on police officers to be more...
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Unemployed hopeful after job expo
Although over 60 different private companies offered jobs at the Ministry of Labour’s Job Fair on Tuesday, retrenched workers are finding it difficult to find vacancies in their own fields. The Fair...
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Baby, toddler burnt in ‘arson attack’
A nine-month-old baby girl is in critical condition at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in hospital after she and her four-year-old brother received third degree burns when their home was gutted by fire...
View ArticleNo CCTV footage of police shooting
Police Complaints Authority (PCA) head David West says the authority has to rely on witness statements to determine the outcome of an investigation of a shooting by an off-duty police officer two weeks...
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Forgive officer who killed pensioner, 80
“Pray for the police.”This was the advice given to the grieving family members of Sona Lalloo at her funeral service yesterday. Lalloo, 80, succumbed to her injuries hours after she was shot in the...
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Centrin worker’s funeral delayed
Confused, frustrated and heartbroken is how Chandrawatie Nandlal, the common-law wife of former Centrin worker David Francis, says her family feels after a High Court injunction was granted late Friday...
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