Roget blames poor maintenance for Petrotrin fires
Oilfield Workers Trade Union (OWTU) leader Ancel Roget is attributing two Petrotrin fires in the space of three days in Moruga to poor maintenance.Yesterday, Petrotrin sent out a release confirming...
View ArticleDillon: Army came up with OPV concept
People’s National Movement (PNM) Point Fortin candidate, retired major general Edmund Dillon, says the idea of offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) to man the country’s boders came from the Defence Force....
View ArticleMP: Families will need counselling
Expressing horror over the murders of four members of a Chatham family, outgoing Point Fortin MP Paula Gopee-Scoon yesterday called for mediation and intervention to prevent any further violence.Police...
View ArticleLa Brea residents fear impact of jacket relocation
Any move to dismiss workers as a result of Trinidad Offshore Fabricators Unlimited’s (TOFCO) decision to relocate the fabrication of jacket and piles for BP’s US $2.1 billion Juniper platform from the...
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Man freed on murder charge after 12 years
After three trials and 12 years in prison, Alert Chinapoo was yesterday freed of murdering Club Coconuts DJ Nigel Karmody. As he stepped out of the San Fernando High Court, Chinapoo, who was 16 years...
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Minister assures elderly: No devil links in biometric card
People and Social Development Minister Christine Newallo-Hosein has sought to dispel fears, particularly among the elderly, that her ministry’s biometric card is not associated with the devil.Speaking...
View ArticleMan found not guilty on attempted murder charge
Kegal Blackman who was charged with attempting to murder his co-worker during a fight 12 years ago was on Wednesday found not guilty by a San Fernando jury. After deliberating for about two hours, the...
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Acid attack suspect being protected on run
While acid attack victim Rachel Chadee remains in the hospital under police guard, her mother and three children are living like prisoners in their own home. Since their mother’s attack on February 22,...
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Kamla on PNM’s first six months: T&T was on auto pilot
Opposition leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the Dr Keith Rowley-led administration has been running the country on dead auto pilot for the past six months.“You know there is something called the WWF...
View Article3 injured as bullets fly outside bar
A woman and two men who were liming at a Marabella bar on Saturday morning were injured as two suspects engaged in a gunfight nearby, police said. The incident took place around 4.28 am at the Belle...
View ArticleSuspect in clerk’s cutlass attack held
Police have detained a man for questioning in connection with the brutal cutlass attack on Jennifer Rampersad, who remains warded at the San Fernando General Hospital.Her right hand was severed, as...
View ArticleDriver to stand trial for deaths
Eight years after he was charged with causing the death of five people by driving dangerously along Mosquito Creek, South Oropouche, truck driver Balton Barnwell has been committed to stand trial in...
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Cop to stand trial on 13 charges of human trafficking
Suspended Police Constable Valentine Eastman will have to stand trial before a judge and jury on 13 charges of human trafficking involving three Colombian women.As the State closed its case yesterday,...
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Woman feigns amnesia in court
A woman who claimed she was attacked by her former husband with a seven-inch knife refused to testify against him yesterday because she depended on him for financial help to support their son. Tricia...
View ArticleMorvant couple fined $6,000 for fraud
A Morvant couple who used bogus game machine tickets at a Marabella bar to get money were fined a total of $6,000 yesterday.Akido Simon, 35, a father of five, was also ordered to immediately pay the...
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Guilty of attempting to muder ex-wife
A jury has found Trevor Creft guilty of attempting to murder his ex-common-law wife, Tricia Anthony, in spite of her refusal to testify against him. Mitigation and sentencing has been reserved for...
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Ex-husband guilty of attempted murder
Despite a refusal by a woman to give evidence against her former husband charged with attempting to murder her, a jury found him guilty on Wednesday. Trevor Creft, who had been out on bail, was...
View ArticleChambers: Fuel hikes will have major impact
President of the Penal/Debe Chamber, Shiva Roopnarine, has expressed concern about the adverse effect the hike in fuel prices will have on low-income earners.Roopnarine said overall the country has...
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Man killed on Hochoy highway
The last thing 23-year-old Isiah Williams told his wife was that he was on his way home.The father of two never made it as the car in which he was a back-seat passenger crashed into a lightpole along...
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Zika detected in Tunapuna, Gulf View
With four Gulf View residents now confirmed as having contracted the Zika virus in three months, residents are very worried about the risks to pregnant women in the community.But while residents...
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