GML radio personality CG dies
Staff of Guardian Media Ltd (GML) were thrown into mourning late yesterday following the death of Vibe CT105.1FM radio personality Derek Selman, better known as CG.He died at the Mount Hope Medical...
View ArticleEstrada presents credentials
New US Ambassador to Port-of-Spain John L Estrada says citizens of T&T should unite, lobby the Government for stronger laws and work with the law enforcement agencies to stop gun violence in this...
View ArticleRelatives: Protection order would have saved Felicia
Relatives of Felicia Persad, whose body was found in the Mitan River last week Friday, said yesterday she would still be alive if only she had been granted a restraining order which she had filed...
View ArticleRamesar: SRPs waiting too long for appointment
A pre-action protocol letter is expected to reach the desk of Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi on Monday, outlining the intention of the Police Service Social and Welfare Association to legally challenge...
View ArticleMachel Montano sues TSTT over cancelled contract
Reigning Road March champion Machel Montano is suing the Telecommunications Services of T&T (TSTT) for terminating its sponsorship deal with him. In his filed lawsuit, Montano is seeking damages...
View ArticleBranch president insists: Not enough lifeguards
President of the Lifeguards Branch, Augustus Sylvester, is denying statements made by the Ministry of National Security that there are adequate lifeguards on duty.In a brief interview yesterday,...
View ArticleNo justice yet for Nekeisha
Just over one month since the headless body of Eden Nekeisha Teesdale was stuffed in a barrel and dumped in the Mitan River, relatives are wondering why the person she was last seen in the company of...
View Article25 restored computers for children homes
Even though government is reviewing the free laptop for secondary school children programme, Minister in the Ministry of Education Dr Lovell Francis said the Government will use funding to improve...
View ArticleStill born, half-baked ideas
Moody’s recent rating downgrade of T&T and its observation that the PNM Government lacks a rigorous medium term strategy confirms what the PP government had warned about, and the lack of strategy...
View Article‘Thema’s omission leaves sour note’
It’s official. According to an International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) release yesterday on the updated list of women’s Olympic qualifiers following the second qualifier on Sunday in Rio de Janeiro,...
View ArticleStop melting my ice cream and taking lives
It is three minutes to midnight and we are losing all chances of redeeming ourselves from the atrocities we have inflicted upon the Earth.Stepping out of the house and onto the street is now akin to...
View ArticleBroken is just a phase you’re going through
I’m always returning to the struggles I encounter, because my aim is to do what I must to help others understand these issues, even if I have to do it repeatedly.First, because I’ve had to manage my...
View ArticleLegends call for WICB to go
A host of West Indies legends including Garry Sobers, Viv Richards, Wes Hall and Andy Roberts have called upon the WICB to dissolve the board, in line with the Caricom cricket review panel’s...
View ArticleTobago coming strong for title defence
Carifta gold medallists Tyriq Horsford of Signal Hill Secondary and Bishops High’s Akanni Hislop lead a strong contingent from Tobago to the National Secondary Schools Track and Field Championships...
View ArticleSports federations concerned about venues
LAUSANNE, Switzerland—International sports federations expressed concern yesterday over problems with venues for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, including power failures at the gymnastics arena this...
View Article41-year-old man killed in police shoot out
A 41 year-old-man was killed in a police shootout this morning.Police say at 5.45 am, officers of the Inter-Agency Task Force were on a routine foot patrol in the Laventille area. When they reached...
View ArticleRise of robberies on UWI campus
There has been an apparent rise in robberies recently on the University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine campus. Guild vice president, Michael Rajnauth, has warned students to be cautious around...
View ArticleOne student charged, three suspended following scuffle with police
One student has been charged and three others suspended, following a confrontation in Port-of-Spain involving school children and a police officer. A video of the incident went viral on Tuesday. It...
View ArticlePolice investigate gunman celebration video
Police are investigating a video circulating on social media that shows a group of men shooting guns in the air. The video, posted on popular Facebook page Trini Bad Behaviour, got more than 160,688...
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