ARIMA – ESCAPED prisoner Dillon Clarke has been recaptured by police. He was caught during J’Ouvert celebrations in Arima on Saturday and will now appear before an Arima Magistrate on Monday on a charge of escaping unlawful custody. Clarke, 34 of Mt Zion Road, Maturita Village, Arima was held by officers along Hollis Avenue […]
PORT-OF-SPAIN – POLICE questioning of Public Administration Minister Marlene McDonald continued for a second day on Friday. She has been moved from the St. Joseph Police Station to the Professional Standards Bureau on Henry Street, Port-of-Spain. McDonald and her husband Michael Carew were picked up by police during the early hours on Thursday and have […]Read More
GOVERNMENT Minister Marlene McDonald is being question about alleged corruption. This was confirmed in a statement on Thursday by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS). It stated: ” Police officers investigating alleged corruption offences have arrested and taken into custody, Government Minister Marlene McDonald and her husband for questioning. They detained earlier today, Thursday […]Read More
ENTERPRISE– THERE has been a drop in murders in Enterprise, Chaguanas by 86 percent. This according to acting Sergeant Jacey Small, at the weekly police brief on Wednesday. He said there has only been one murder in Enterprise for 2019. Small said in 2016, 15 people were murdered there, and in 2018 there were 24 […]Read More
SANTA ROSA – A new facility to detain illegal immigrants will be opened in Santa Rosa in the next two weeks. Minister of National Security Stuart Young on Wednesday commissioned a section of the Eastern Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre (ECRC) located at Pinto Road South, Churchill Roosevelt Highway, Santa Rosa, a release from […]Read More
TRINIDAD and Tobago sprinter Michelle-Lee Ahye has taken the silver medal at the women’s 100 metres at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, yesterday. She finished in a time of 11.27 seconds with Jamaica’s Elaine Thompson winning gold in 11.18 seconds. Third was Brazil’s Cristina Silva Rosa in 11.30 seconds. The other Team […]Read More
GENEVA – A United Nations Report says that the high consumption of meat and dairy products is fuelling global warming. It is also suggesting that switching to a vegetarian diet can help fight climate change. The report on land use and climate change is titled UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and was prepared […]Read More
THE Opposition United National Congress (UNC) is expressing “grave concern” over the arrest of Public Administration Minister Marlene McDonald. In a release, the UNC said they await the outcome of the investigation since it was now in the hands of the police. It stated, “We live in a country where the rule of law obtains, […]Read More
SANTA CRUZ – Three young men have been shot and killed on Wednesday while in a car at Pipiol Road in Santa Cruz. Police have described this area as a crime hot spot. Investigators on the scene said they were told that the men were in a silver Nissan Tiida when gunmen opened fire […]Read More
THE Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled in favour of Rock Hard Cement that it was exempted from higher taxes of its imported product. In delivering a 29-page judgment, president of the CCJ Adrian Saunders and four of his judges upheld a decision of the Caricom’s Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) […]Read More
