Vikash on $4m bail for cocaine, weapons
The 27-year-old US deportee held with over $1.6 million in drugs and four-high powered guns in San Fernando has been granted $4 million bail.Vikash Sharma was initially denied bail because the police...
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Labourer, 45, shot dead in Marabella
Relatives of Ancil Alexis, who was shot dead in Marabella yesterday morning, say they will get justice from Allah.Alexis, 45, a labourer, was found slumped in the driver’s seat of his car at Bay View...
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Probe of legal mixup critical
Former attorney general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, has renewed his call for a criminal investigation into exorbitant legal fees paid to attorneys by the Office of the Attorney General.His call came a...
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OWTU calls for T&TEC chair to step aside
The Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) is calling for the removal of T&T Electricity Commission (T&TEC) chairman Sushilla Ramkissoon-Mark while the probe into the purchase of a $26,000 chair...
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Venezuela praises T&T, Caribbean leaders for standing against US executive order
Venezuelan Ambassador Coromoto Godoy-Calderon has praised Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar for supporting the repeal of the US executive order against Venezuela at the recent Summit of the...
View ArticleTwo Chinese nationals held
Two Chinese nationals who were working in the country illegally were each ordered to pay a $500 fine and are facing deportation.One of them, Haigiao Liang, was slapped an additional fine of $5,000 for...
View Article$100,000 bail for businessman on rape charge
Indian national Rahul Tekwarie, who allegedly raped a 26-year-old woman, has been granted $100,000 bail.The 24-year-old businessman, who runs an Indian expo in Debe, appeared yesterday before Siparia...
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$.75m bail for cop on bribery charges
Police Constable Clinton Noel yesterday was granted $750,000 bail on seven charges arising out of allegations that he accepted more than $5,000 in bribes to drop cocaine charges against a man.The...
View ArticleMan charged with murder of street dweller
A 47-year-old mason with five different addresses appeared in court yesterday charged with the murder of street dweller Barry Joseph.Roderick White was arrested last week Thursday and charged with...
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Men in dresses appear before Sando magistrate
Two male cross-dressers created quite a commotion in the San Fernando Magistrates Court, yesterday, when they appeared dressed like women on charges of loitering.Nicholas Paul, who said he preferred to...
View ArticleMan accused of stealing 39 AC units says sorry
A Claxton Bay man who allegedly stole 39 air conditioning units, valued at more than $100,000, from his work place apologised when he appeared in court yesterday.Technician Abdul Ali, 23, told San...
View Article30 months in jail for drug trafficking
Seven years after 2.43 kilogrammes of marijuana was found at his home, a 37-year-old South Oropouche man has been sentenced to 30 months in jail with hard labour.Solomon Haynes, employed as a beltman...
View ArticleNo bail for accused sex offender
An alleged sex offender charged with having sex with a minor will spend the weekend in jail after being unable to secure bail.Kadesh Hardeo is accused of having sexual intercourse with a girl, over 14...
View ArticleWoman charged with assaulting cop denied bail
Despite a plea that she was breastfeeding, a mother of four was denied bail yesterday because the policeman she allegedly struck on the head with a brick is on life support at the San Fernando General...
View ArticleRamesh on Integrity Commission’s findings:
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has not been vindicated by the Integrity Commission’s (IC) termination of its probe into the Emailgate matter, says former attorney general Ramesh Lawrence...
View ArticleCalls for police to probe interference in case by officials
Former attorney general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, and Independent Liberal Party (ILP) leader Jack Warner are calling for an immediate police investigation into whether there was a conspiracy by...
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$75,000 bail for mom charged with killing son
A Couva magistrate yesterday advised that young mother Alisha Hilaire, who is charged with unlawfully killing her 18-month-old son, receive counselling. Hilaire, who is four months pregnant and has...
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Sissons opens newest shop in Debe
Commercial manager at ANSA Coatings Ltd Umanath Maharajh wants to see more public and private sector investment in local paint products.In his address at the official launch of the country’s newest...
View ArticleDisorderly cop to pay $7,500 compensation
A suspended policeman may have been spared a conviction yesterday after pleading guilty to three charges, but his future in the Police Service still hangs in the balance.Rishi Powder, who was last...
View ArticleLawyers want closer look at appointments
The Assembly of Southern Lawyers (ASL) is calling for transparency in the appointment and elevation of judges.In a release yesterday, ASL waded into the controversial issue which was brought to the...
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