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Celebrating Sam Selvon’s greatness
The life and work of one of T&T’s most famous writers, Samuel Selvon, who died 20 years ago, was celebrated on Saturday at the NGC Bocas Lit Fest South. For the second year, the Bocas Lit Fest...
View ArticleTwo get $195,000 for assault by cops
The State must pay $195,000 to two men who were beaten by police, denied food and water and released from custody after three days without being charged. John Herera, 53, a construction worker from New...
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Farmers count their loses as Flooding hits rural areas
Farmers suffered thousands of dollars in losses yesterday after their crops were destroyed by floodwaters which also caused havoc in several communities and homes in Mayaro and environs. Mayaro/Rio...
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Rains bring destruction in East: Residents beg for more help
Hundreds of Mayaro and Sangre Grande residents remained trapped in their homes, schools were closed and communities were cut off as flood waters left a trail of chaos and destruction in East Trinidad...
View Article$15,000 bail for female SRP on assault charge
The female Special Reserve Police officer charged for allegedly assaulting a wheelchair-bound man has been released from police custody after being granted $15,000 bail on Friday night. But Tamika...
View ArticleMayaro road rage death driver tells cops: I was running from beating
The 18-year-old driver accused of slamming his car into a group of family members, killing a mother of three, has claimed he was trying to escape after being attacked by them. Police said the driver...
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Woman dies at childbirth - Husband seeks $3.5m to drop cases
Lawyers representing the husband of a woman who died during childbirth have written Health Minister Fuad Khan asking for $3.5 million to discontinue criminal and civil proceedings against three doctors...
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Jeers for SRP charged with beating paraplegic
Special Reserve police officer Tynisa Phillip pleaded not guilty to charges of beating a paraplegic man and malicious damage.Phillip and her colleague, PC Roger Rajkumar, 32, were charged after a...
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No bail for cop on rape charges
Police sergeant Dane Sorzano who appeared in the Siparia Magistrates Court yesterday on rape charges was placed in the holding cell with other prisoners after the magistrate expressed concern that he...
View ArticleSiparia man in court for murder
A 26-year-old Siparia man has been charged with murdering Daryl Bastien who was killed during an alleged altercation over a cellphone charger. Virgil Joseph, of Quinam Road, was charged by WPC...
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13 years after killing of M Rampersad founders, Nephew, ex-wife freed
Emotions ran high yesterday when Krishna Rampersad and his ex-wife were freed after spending three years in custody awaiting trial for the 2002 murders of his multi-millionaire uncle Mahase Rampersad...
View ArticleThree Sando students on bail for assault
Three teenagers, including a university student, were each granted $35,000 bail on a charge of allegedly assaulting a man in an attempt to rob him. A 16-year-old and two 18-year-old boys pleaded not...
View ArticlePH driver pleads guilty to raping girl, 13
A Point Fortin PH driver, who was aged 16 when he was accused of raping a 13-year-old girl in 1999, changed his plea yesterday to guilty, one day after his trial began. Justin Thomas, 32, who was out...
View ArticleNo interpreter, so deaf man gets bail
Larceny charges against a deaf man were not read to him in the San Fernando Magistrates Court for the past two days because no one could communicate with him. Atiba Spann was arrested Wednesday and...
View ArticleAlleged bus thief sent to St Ann’s
A man allegedly caught by the police driving a Public Transport Service Corporation bus worth almost TT$1 million was sent yesterday to the St Ann’s Psychiatric Hospital for evaluation.Aaron Small, 23,...
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Woman steals purse after turned down for job
A mother of one who stole a businesswoman’s purse after she did not hire her was on Monday fined $1,000 and ordered to pay $1,220 compensation. Jamelia Crawford, 26, pleaded guilty to stealing the $100...
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Murder accused freed after ten years in jail
Moments after being freed of a murder charge for which he has spent the past ten years in jail, 38-year-old Andy Adams expressed concern about the escalating crime situation, sending a message to the...
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Major victory for city cops
After a 15-year legal battle, municipal police officers scored a major victory yesterday after the Privy Council ordered the State to pay them equally as regular police officers. The 15-year backpay...
View ArticleLabidco pushes for port at La Brea
Managing director of Labidco Port Services Ltd Deo Gosine is urging Government to carefully consider La Brea as the preferred choice for a container/transshipment port in the south western peninsula,...
View ArticleResidents object to Gulf View fete
Residents have filed a petition in court objecting to licences being granted for the annual Gulf View all-inclusive fete to be held in their residential community on February 7. The Gulf View...
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