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Chamber president tells Govt: Close downnon-performing state companies
T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce president Robert Trestrail is supporting Government’s move to close non-performing state enterprises.His comments followed Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s...
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Moruga man walks against crime
A young Moruga man said he reached his tipping point over the country’s crime situation when the body of murdered WPC Nyasha Joseph was fished out of the Gulf of Paria last week.As a result, Kesta...
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‘I stabbed my wife by mistake’
A police officer yesterday testified that double murder accused Anand Baboolal admitted to stabbing his common-law wife Ria Ramlochan by mistake during a struggle after she attacked him with the...
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Child molester gets 14 years jail
Gardener Kishore Lutchman has been convicted and sentenced to 14 years in jail for committing sexual acts on a 10-year-old primary school student on four occasions dating back to ten years...
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‘Will power needed for death penalty’
Former attorney general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj says the Government has been given the plan on how to implement the death penalty and all that is required now to get the job done was will...
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3 witnesses absent, man freed of murder
A man who spent 11 years in jail on a murder charge walked free yesterday because the State could not find three witnesses —including it’s main witness — to testify in the matter.Without the evidence...
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20 years jail for killing student
A man accused of fatally stabbing a secondary school student during an incident after an Independence Day celebration in Tobago seven years ago has been jailed for 20 years. Justice David Harris,...
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Govt Senator calls on Baptist community: Join me in Enterprise to pray
A Government Senator has called on all members of the Spiritual Shouter Baptist faith to join him in Enterprise at 6 am on Palm Sunday to pray for the crime-riddled community where a temporary police...
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Dolphins died from blunt force trauma
The two Spinner dolphins which washed ashore at two La Brea beaches on Thursday morning became entangled in a fishing net and were severely hit about the body.They both died from blunt force trauma,...
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Man accused of breaking cop’s nose gets bail
A 25-year-old man who allegedly punched a policeman in the face, breaking the officer’s nose, at the San Fernando Police Station after he was arrested on narcotic offences has been granted $45,000...
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Woman among three on gun, drug charges
A nursing assistant who claimed she was just a passenger in a car in which police allegedly found a gun, ammunition and $20 worth of cocaine has been granted $20,000 bail.Nadine Shah, 44, charged...
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Verdict expected tomorrow in Mayaro double murder trial
Market vendor Anand Baboolal, who is accused of killing Ria Ramlochan and her 18-month-old son, is expected to know by tomorrow whether he will be freed or convicted of the crime.At the close of the...
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Two sets of brothers on murder charges
Two sets of brothers were yesterday among five men who appeared in the San Fernando and Siparia Magistrates’ Courts charged with two separate murders.Brothers Dennil, 29, and Derrick Ramsawak, 19, were...
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Warm welcome for Ayers-Caesar
Newly-appointed Judge Marcia Ayers-Caesar was warmly welcomed to the bench by attorneys yesterday, as she made her debut in the San Fernando Third Criminal Court.Ayers-Caesar, who formerly served as...
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Bullet pendant lands man behind bars
A labourer who was caught sporting a bullet casing as a pendant and wearing a camouflage short pants landed him a night in jail and a $1,000 fine.Clarence Lezama, 59, of Claxton Bay apologised for his...
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$9,000 fine for trying to bribe cop
A Debe contractor who admitted he offered a policeman $4,800 as a bribe to forego a drunk driving charge has been ordered to pay almost twice the amount in fines within a month or face nine months in...
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Kamla rips up property tax form at rally
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar tore up a property fax form in front of a large crowd of supporters in Debe yesterday as she called on citizens to do likewise when they receive the forms in...
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Oil spill flows into Venezuela waters
Despite mop-up operations by Petrotrin following an oil spill two Sundays ago which saw 300 barrels of oil leaking into the sea, the oil has crossed into international waters and has reached the...
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Petrotrin: Headway made in clean up exercise
State-owned Petrotrin is reporting that it has made significant headway in its clean up, recovery and rehabilitation operations following an oil spill at its Pointe-a-Pierre Refinery two Sunday’s ago....
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Fake ‘kidnap victim’ gets $15,000 bail
A Penal woman who claimed she freed herself from a car trunk on Monday, after she was kidnapped and held captive for three days, allegedly fabricated the entire story.Reshma Maharaj, 30, appeared...
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