Author: Enrique Rupert
THE Prime Minister toured the Mento platform at the Trinidad Offshore Fabricators Unlimited (TOFCO) fabrication yard, La Brea, on November 13. A release from bpTT on November 13 said the platform was in the final stages of construction as it gets ready to sail in the coming weeks. Mento will be a 12-slot, manned facility […]
A 22-year-old woman was shot and wounded early on the morning of November 10 in her boyfriend’s blue Nissan Almera in Manzanilla. Police said around 1.50 am, the woman was in the front passenger seat and her 27-year-old boyfriend in the driver’s seat. A bareback man wearing orange boxer shorts and a white jersey covering […]
Around 70 Trinidad and Tobago-based Donald Trump supporters, along with a few neutral observers, gathered at a watch party on Tuesday night to follow the countdown to the 270 electoral college votes needed in the race for the US White House. The watch party was hosted by former US and TT journalist Eve George at […]
CLINICAL therapist and traumatologist Hanif Benjamin says the entire situation involving Hannah Mathura’s death has been bizarre and her mother’s death will have an even more complicated effect on the Mathura siblings. Alana Mathura, 63, who was jointly charged with her husband for the murder of her daughter Hannah, died on November 1. Newsday understands […]
Two precincts in Georgia and North Carolina for voting in the US presidential election will remain open until 7.58 pm and 8 pm ET respectively (8.58 pm and 9 pm local time) after receiving bomb threats and reported technical issues earlier on Tuesday. CNN has reported that Government Communications director Joe Sorenson said two precincts […]
Scarborough Girls’ RC Primary, Signal Hill Government and Bon Accord Government were the big winners in the Tobago Primary Schools’ Football competition hosted by the Division of Education, Research and Technology Sport in Education Unit. The grand final was hosted on November 1 at the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago. In the boys’ under-12 […]
FORTY local and regional judges and judicial officials have attended a workshop titled Climate Change: A Sensitisation Session for Judges and Judicial Officers, aimed at building the judiciary’s capacity to respond to the legal challenges posed by climate change. A statement from the British High Commission on October 30 said the participants gained a deeper […]
UNIVERSITY of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) honorary doctorate awardee Sieunarine Coosal says he will use his new-found title to build on the foundational principles he has learned to help add value to the lives of the younger generation. Speaking at UTT’s presentation of graduates ceremony at the Lord Kitchener Auditorium, National Academy for the Performing […]
A 54-year-old policeman was shot and killed in a botched robbery on Saturday night in Olton Road, Arima. Police said around 7.30 pm on October 19, Sheldon Peterson was standing outside Awesome Food and Drink Ltd at the corner of Olton Road, Arima, when a brown Nissan Almera drove into the parking lot. Masked gunmen […]
Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in charge of the Criminal Division Curt Simon has called on police officers to give information on other police officers who may be involved in wrong-doings. Simon made the call at the weekly press briefing at the Police Administration Building, Port of Spain on October 11. Simon said police are […]