Author: Enrique Rupert

POLICE believe a 62-year-old retired police officer from Morvant died by suicide on the morning of January 8. He has been identified as Erskine Leviene. Police said that around 10.55 am on January 8, Leviene’s wife was outside their home when she heard a gunshot coming from inside the house. She went into the television […]

A 19-year-old Belmont man became the country’s fourth murder victim for this year after he was shot near St Barb’s Road while being driven home by his mother on the night of January 7. He has been identified as Nigel Latchman, of Upper St Francois Valley Road, Belmont. Police said around 7.30 pm, Latchman was […]

A 41-year-old man from Tobago was seen on fire in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Police said around 5.20 am on January 8, Deshawn Melville, who has no known address, was seen jumping around outdoors with his body on fire. The incident took place at Third Street, Kilgwyn Bay Road, Bon Accord. A senior […]

ACTING Chief Fire Officer (CFO) Andy Hutchinson chose his words carefully when asked whether the Fire Service was considering reviewing and revising its fire-response measures. In a phone interview with Newsday on January 6, Hutchinson said there were “lots of things we are doing,” but refrained from commenting further, citing the need to await the […]

POLICE found 443 grammes of marijuana in Morvant on the evening of December 26. A police statement on December 27 said that around 2-5 pm on December 26, Morvant officers searched a bushy area on Pitch Road and found a black bag with eight clear plastic wrappings. Each of the wrappings had marijuana, which had […]

A 23-year-old man was gunned down in Diego Martin early on the morning of December 27. He was identified as Nicholas Smith of Upper La Puerta Avenue, Millington Drive, Diego Martin. A senior police source said around 6 am on December 27 they received a report of a body lying on the ground near the […]

A 27-year-old woman was stabbed to death in San Juan on Tuesday morning. She has been identified as Adana John, also known as “Sixx Boss.” A nearby business owner said around 8 am on December 24 she heard a commotion outside. Afterwards, she went outside and saw John lying on the ground. She described the […]

The murder of a 39-year-old man in Laventille on Thursday and the killing of a pensioner in Maraval on Saturday have brought the toll closer to 600. Police said around 11.40 am on December 12 they received a report of gunshots at Picton Road near the WASA tanks. They arrived and saw a man in […]

ANGOSTURA chairman Terrence Bharath says that the company does not deplete the limited foreign exchange available in the country, but instead brings in US dollars and facilitates the import of foreign products through its own foreign exchange reserves. He made this statement during Angostura’s Earning Call meeting at the House of Angostura, Laventille on December […]

AN 11-year-old special-needs child is dead following injuries she sustained from a fire that engulfed two rooms at her Malabar home on the night of November 27. The deceased has been identified as Anna Love-Taitt of Paul Castillo Place, Phase 4 Malabar, Arima. Love-Taitt was said to be living with a close male relative and […]