Murders in Toco, Moruga raise toll to 51
The murder toll has now risen to 51 with the murders of a Moruga woman and a man from Toco. This morning, at about 2.40 am, Ishma Ali, 39, from L’anse Mitan Road Moruga was sleeping in her home when...
View ArticleCall an Environmental State of Emergency now
On the eve of Lent, thousands of dead fish have once again started to wash ashore daily since January 31, on the beaches of La Brea. These are the same beaches where Petrotrin used Corexit 95 in...
View ArticleGypsy accepts blame for state of economy
Newly-crowned extempo champ and former government minster Winston “Gypsy” Peters yesterday accepted responsibility for the alleged mismanagement of the economy during the People’s Partnership...
View ArticleIMA: Unwanted fish dumped in La Brea
The Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA) is denying that there is a fish kill at La Brea, insisting instead that it is a case of fishermen dumping an unwanted catch of low demand fish.Further to the IMA’s...
View ArticleCyber cops now hold key to case
The police search for child sex predator Franklyn Chea Callender ended yesterday when he was found hanging by his neck from a rope tied to a mango tree near Cemetery Street, Princes Town.Police found,...
View ArticleBad company blamed for Toco man’s murder
A 20-year-old Toco man who ignored his brother’s warnings was shot dead outside his home on Thursday night.Speaking with the media at the Forensic Science Centre, St James, yesterday, Shaquille...
View ArticleGas delivery driver hailed as hero
Employees of Kleen Rite Dry Cleaners yesterday described the gas delivery driver as a hero after he alerted them to danger moments before an explosion and the fire.Speaking with the T&T Guardian...
View ArticleMinister orders probe into explosion
Energy Minister Nicole Olivierre says she is “very concerned” about a second explosion involving North Plant LPG and has mandated almost immediately that an investigation be conducted into the incident...
View ArticleClampdown on illegals
Illegal entry into T&T is being made more difficult as the Government steps up border security on land and sea.National Security Minister Edmund Dillon yesterday confirmed moves to step up border...
View ArticleNCBA head opposes change to children mas rule
National Carnival Bandleaders Association (NCBA) president David Lopez says it is wrong to allow children to compete in the Senior Parade of the Bands competition.Lopez, in an interview on Thursday,...
View ArticleHundreds turn up to view Canboulay
As golden rays of the morning sun streamed through the sky, the re-enactment of the Canboulay Riots unfolded before eager spectators who turned up at Piccadilly Greens in Port-of-Spain from as early as...
View ArticleGypsy wins extempo title
Gypsy (Winston Peters) won his ninth National Extempo Monarch title during Kaisorama 2016—The Night of Champions staged by Trinbago Unified Calysonians Organisation (TUCO) at the Grand Stand, Queen’s...
View ArticlePetrotrin drills exploratory well at Fyzabad
Energy Minister Nicole Olivierre yesterday commended state-owned Petrotrin for drilling an exploratory well in one of its fields at Sudama Trace in Fyzabad.The well is meant to ascertain the extent of...
View ArticleBG Group profit up ahead of takeover
LONDON—Oil and gas firm BG Group, whose takeover by Royal Dutch Shell is almost complete, has reported a rise in its final full-year earnings.Britain's BG Group, in its last results update before its...
View ArticleVoice the youngest Soca Monarch in history
The saying the voice of the people is the voice of God was no truer yesterday than when the youngest artiste in history Aaron St Louis (Voice) took home the title of the International Soca Monarch...
View Article12 vying for $1m Calypso Monarch prize
The battle is on for the $1 million first prize in tonight’s prestigious Calypso Monarch competition.Eleven finalists—four women and seven men—will come up against defending champion Roderick Chucky...
View ArticleMark to Rowley: Take your hands off the Red House
Out of line, out of bounds and out of place!That’s how former speaker Wade Mark yesterday summed up Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s move to take charge of restoration works on the historical Red House...
View Article‘He got off too easily’
“He got off too easily!”That was the lingering thought of the 28-year-old mother of the five-year-old child that was sexually assaulted by alleged paedophile and sex predator, Franklyn Chea...
View ArticleFyzabad man stabbed to death outside bar
A touch of madness, rage and arrogance was the recipe that led Anand Rajkumar’s killer to senselessly stab him to death yesterday morning, according to Rajkumar’s relatives.A report stated that...
View Article$1.2m to host Dimanche Gras
$1.2 million.That’s the cost to host tonight’s Dimanche Gras show at the Queen’s Park Savannah. This figure excludes the $1 million that will be awarded to the Calypso Monarch.Confirmation came from...
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