Author: Enrique Rupert
An early morning accident near Xtra Foods on the Churchill Roosevelt Highway resulted in the driver losing both of his legs, while two passengers were also seriously injured. Police said around 3.05 am on February 19, Jason Roberts from Wharf Trace, Maracas, St Joseph, was driving his white Nissan Tiida – PDH 8979 – west […]
POLICE from the St James station went to a forested area in Riverville Trace, Dibe, St James after news broke of human remains being found. Police said the body was badly decomposed. Newsday also hiked the area where police and crime scene investigators were on the scene up to 5 pm. This is a developing […]
TWO GIRLS, aged 14, who were allegedly sexually assaulted in 2024 by close male relatives made reports on February 7 of the incidents. Police said around 8.15 am on February 7 the first girl arrived at a police station in Chaguanas with her mother. They reported that in July 2024 while at her grandmother’s home […]
A MAN of African descent was found beheaded near Damian’s Bay in Blanchisseuse on the afternoon of February 6. A senior police source said the man’s hands were tied behind his back and his head was cut off. He said the facts of the incident were still uncertain. If classified as a murder however, this […]
A FREEPORT BUSINESSWOMAN was granted $750,000 bail when she appeared before a Master of the High Court on January 22, charged with extortion and robbery offences. Sabrina Kalleecharran was charged with five counts of demanding money with menaces and one count of robbery. She appeared before Master Ambrose Persad-Singh at the Chaguanas Masters’ Court on […]
THREE MEN are dead and two others are on the run after a robbery at Du Hua Chinese Supermarket on Ragoonanan Road, near Longdenville Old Road, on January 21. Police said around 9 pm officers responded to the robbery and followed the bandits, who were in a silver AD wagon. Police said the bandits shot […]
OUTGOING US Ambassador Candace Bond is set to receive a national award from President Christine Kangaloo. The ceremony will be held at President’s House on January 17. Bond will receive the Hummingbird Gold medal. Based on Newsday’s research, Bond is one of the first ambassadors to receive a national award. Over the last two years, […]
POLICE have continued their searches during the state of emergency (SoE) over January 13 and 14 leading to a number of arrests, a gun, a quantity of marijuana and ammunitions being seized. Police said around 4.15 pm on January 14 during a routine traffic exercise on the southbound lane of the Uriah Butler Highway, Chaguanas, […]
THE committee tasked with investigating the response of the TT Fire Service to the fire at 11 Farfan Street, Arima, which claimed the lives of MP Lisa Morris-Julian and two of her children, has completed its investigation. The findings were submitted and received by Minister of National Security Fitzgerald Hinds on January 10. The three-member […]
Rising Trinidad and Tobago goalkeeper Denzil Smith has made the move from the TT Premier Football League to the USL League One in the US, as he has signed a one-year contract with AV Alta Football Club (FC). Smith, 25, most recently showcased his talent with AC Port of Spain and Club Sando. Newsday contacted […]