Limited business at WASA’s HQ
Ten days after a fire broke out on the second floor of Block B at the Water and Sewerage Authority’s (WASA) head office, St Joseph, operations have resumed but on a limited basis.In a release late on...
View ArticlePolice Welfare boss wants top cop job
President of the Police Service Social and Welfare Association Inspector Anand Ramesar will be applying for the post of police commissioner.Ramesar, in an interview yesterday, welcomed the new process...
View ArticleTribute to former Plipdeco director
Director of the Point Lisas Industrial Port Development Company (Plipdeco), attorney Janette James-Sebastien, who passed away earlier this month was described as a great human being by her friend of 40...
View ArticleTwo civil trials set for hearing
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley may be required to attend court twice within a three month period as two defamation cases brought by former Attorney General Anand Ramlogan are set to go to trial in July...
View ArticleCredit union sector can’t have two masters
Although Labour and Small Enterprise Development Minister Jennifer Baptiste-Primus says her Government will listen to the views and concerns of the Credit Union Co-operative Society on reviewing...
View ArticleBoy, 15, held for 9 robberies
A 15-year-old boy was being questioned by the police this morning in connection with nine robberies in Arouca.Police said the teenager from Maloney, and his accomplice, robbed their victims in...
View ArticleNaipaul-Coolman murder accused walks free
One of the 11 men on trial for the murder of businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman was this morning freed. After spending nine years in prison, Joel Fraser walked out of the Hall of Justice in...
View ArticleRelative questioned in missing woman’s case
A 52-year-old relative of missing mother of three, Hassina Sarah Khan, was being questioned yesterday at the Couva Police Station in connection with Khan’s disappearance. Khan, 41, of Dow Village,...
View ArticleT&T national safe after boat accident off coast of Puerto Rico
A T&T national is safe after a boating accident that occurred off the coast of Puerto Rico yesterday.T&T Guardian understands Sean Alonzo was aboard 'Afunday' along with two other crew members...
View ArticlePowergen closed Port-of-Spain plant
Powergen has closed the Port-of-Spain plant on Wrightson Road, marking the end of 121 years of power generation from that plant.The plant was officially retired at midnight and the four stacks that...
View Article‘Saucy Pow’ denied bail on sex charge
Kelvin “Saucy Pow” Darlington was on Monday denied bail after he appeared in court charged with sexually assaulting a 15-year-old runaway from the St Michael’s Home for Boys.Darlington, known mostly...
View ArticleDrug Lord killed in La Brea
A La Brea businessman was shot dead this morning. The police believe the man was one of the biggest drug lords in south Trinidad.According to reports, about 11 am, Curtis Williams, 50, also known as...
View ArticleFraser freed: No case to answer
Justice has been served. These were the words of one of the 11 men on trial for the murder of businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman after he was discharged by presiding Judge Malcolm Holdip during a...
View ArticleBody of missing mother found
Even as relatives searched the Central area for 41-year-old mother of three, Hassina “Sarah” Khan, her killer was allegedly directing the police to her mutilated body.Khan, who went missing on Tuesday,...
View Article$2 million for two crime agencies—Imbert
The Government has allocated an initial sum of $2 million to set up two new agencies to deal with crime in the country.Finance Minister Colm Imbert told the Senate yesterday that an initial $2 million...
View ArticleNo used cars over four years old
In a move expected to shake up the foreign used car industry, Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon yesterday announced a new policy which bars the importation of gasoline-powered vehicles more than four...
View ArticleAutomotive dealers slam ‘heartless Paula’
Angered by the revised foreign used car policy announced by Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon on Friday, president of the T&T Automotive Dealers Association (TTADA), Visham Babwah, says she shed...
View ArticleTwo men injured in shootout following Sando murder
Hours after Michael Patterson was gunned down in San Fernando on Friday, one of his relatives and the man who allegedly killed him were severely injured in a shootout yesterday.Both men were warded in...
View ArticleFood importers brace for tough year
Food importers say 2016 will be tough as they face double jeopardy with the reintroduction of Value Added Tax (VAT) on certain food items and limited foreign exchange as they struggle to keep prices...
View ArticleGovt gets failing grade from opposition senator
Temporary Opposition Senator Wayne Munro has given the PNM a failing grade for how it is running the country.He was speaking on the Finance Bill 2016 in Parliament on Friday.Munro said: “Since the PNM...
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