No bail for alleged toy gun bandit
A Siparia man who was held by police after he allegedly robbed a taxi driver with a toy gun was yesterday remanded into custody until Monday.Curtis Worrell, 33, also known as Ato Lezama, of Coora Road,...
View ArticleJudges bat for Seepersad
Several civil judges have expressed alarm over what appears to be an attack on the integrity of Justice Frank Seepersad, as questions are now being raised about whether politics has infiltrated the...
View ArticleThree women found guilty of stealing honey
A mother of one, who was among three women found guilty of stealing several bottles of honey from a supermarket, was on Friday sentenced to four months in jail. Tiffany Turton, 33, a URP worker, asked...
View ArticleRetired cop guilty of raping girl in police station
A retired police officer who 16 years ago raped a 17-year-old virgin in an office at the San Fernando Police Administration Building after she went to make a report has been found guilty.Harry...
View ArticleJTUM: Atlantic retrenchment harsh
Harsh and unjust.That’s the Joint Trade Union Movement’s (JTUM) response to Atlantic LNG’s decision to retrench seven per cent of its permanent staff workforce as the company faces its toughest period...
View ArticleChinese community tight-lipped after Thursday’s killings
Detectives have received information that the mafia-style murders of a Trinidadian and two Chinese Nationals a mere two days apart in Marabella could be linked. T&T Guardian was told that it is...
View ArticleAnti-crime march in Marabella
Days after three execution-style murders rocked the Marabella community, a community-based organisation yesterday held its first anti-crime march, calling for an end to criminal activities. Joined by...
View ArticleHouses damaged as tree falls in Moruga
Over 20 Indian Walk, Moruga, families were forced to squash their Father’s Day celebrations yesterday after a large tree fell, damaging two houses and a vehicle, ripping down several electricity wires...
View ArticleNo arrests yet in killing of Chinese couple
Several people, including a young child, were outside the Marabella bar when the two Chinese Nationals were assassinated by two mask shooters. The footage shows Zhao and Gu pulling into the parking...
View ArticleRoget turns heat on five ministers
Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM) leader Ancel Roget yesterday called for a radical overhaul of the government, starting with the immediate firing of five Government ministers.Roget who seemed...
View ArticleDad gets 20 years
A Mayaro father regarded as a community stalwart will spend the next 20 years in jail for committing five sex acts on of of his four daughters, including trying to have sex with her at their home.Given...
View ArticleHDC to pay $400,000 to relatives of woman mauled by pitbulls
The Housing Development Corporation (HDC) has to pay more than $400,000 to the family of security officer Denise Rackal who bled to death after being savagely mauled by four pitbulls at its Edinburgh...
View ArticleMurder accused goes to court in wheelchair
Sixty-year-old murder accused Jasodra Jagmohan was wheeled into the San Fernando High Court yesterday, where she is on trial for allegedly killing her husband.The Penal woman is on trial before Justice...
View ArticleCops lift disabled man held with cocaine into court
With no wheelchair access to the San Fernando Magistrates Court, double leg amputee Randolph Scott had to be lifted on wheelchair by police officers up a flight a steps to the court to answer a charge...
View ArticleAccountant on money laundering charges
Accountant Darryl Cox was granted $600,000 bail after appearing in the San Fernando Magistrates’ Court on multiple money laundering and fraud charges yesterday.Cox, 31, of Marabella, was granted bail...
View ArticleEx-cop jailed for 17 years
A victim who was brutally raped by a police officer inside a station when she was just 17 years, yesterday criticised the sentence imposed on the now retired officer.The victim said no amount no amount...
View ArticleStruggling to live with multiple sclerosis in T&T
Dancing, running into the sea and driving are things often taken for granted by most people because they seem like everyday run-of-the-mill activities. But, not for wife and mother Helen Hosein-Mulloon...
View ArticleMan pleads "not guilty" in Facebook threat charge
Rayad Mohammed, the man who posted a Facebook threat against Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley's family, has pleaded not guilty. Mohammed, 24, was placed on $15,000 bail, with his father as surety, when...
View Article$15,000 bail for Facebook threat
Rayad Mohammed, the man who allegedly issued a threat against the wife and daughter of Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, via a Facebook post has pleaded not guilty to a criminal charge. Mohammed who...
View ArticleNational rugby player shot to death
National rugby player Jivon Alexander had aspirations of joining either the Police Service or the Air Guard, but his life was snuffed out by a single bullet to the chest.He was killed at the Southern...
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