Author: Enrique Rupert

Two men were gunned down in separate incidents in Maracas and Balandra just after 7 pm on September 21. In the first incident Shaquille “Frame” Trotman, 31, of Old Bay Road, Maracas, was shot dead near his home. Police enquiries revealed around 5 pm on September 21 a silver Hyundai Ioniq was driving on Old […]

The Met Office is discontinuing its hot spell alert, as partly cloudy and cloudy conditions, as well as some rain, are expected to lower maximum temperatures. In a statement on September 23, the Met Office said the lower temperatures can be expected in the next four days. It issued the alert on September 19 for […]

ONE person was shot dead and several people were shot and wounded on Friday morning in Las Alturas, Morvant. Reports said the incident took place around 10.30 am. Police investigations are ongoing. This is a developing story. The post Multiple people shot in Morvant, one dead appeared first on Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.

A male relative of Angela Ali, 53, and Ambika Carerra-Ali, 30, says the investigation into what caused a fire at the Persad Avenue, Mon Plasir, Cunupia home is still being conducted. The relative who did not want to be named spoke to reporters at the Forensic Science Centre, St James on September 16. He said […]

THE bodies of two Arima cousins, who went missing on September 14, were found in a mangrove in Sea Lots late on the evening of September 15. Relatives of 18-year-old Rykeel Dookna and 21-year-old Rikeil Cumberbatch identified their bodies at the Forensic Science Centre, St James on the morning of September 16. Dookna and Cumberbatch […]

A Colombian man died on September 15 an hour after he was stabbed during a robbery gone wrong in Santa Cruz. The man was identified as 34-year-old John Gonzales Mosquera. Police enquiries revealed around 12.30 am on September 15, a man was driving his gold Nissan Tiida on Saddle Road, Santa Cruz when he saw […]

Two Arima cousins are missing after they were last seen around 2 am on Saturday. Rykeel Dookna, 18, and his 21-year-old cousin Rikeil Cumberbatch were reported missing to the Arima Police Station on September 14. Police said around 8.05 pm on September 14, the mothers of both men made the report. Dookna’s mother said she […]

TWO men have died in separate incidents as a moneylender and landlord was found with a belt tied around his neck on the morning of September 8 in Cunupia, and another man was gunned down near his home on the evening of September 8 in Barataria. In the first incident, police said around 9.55 am […]

Though the majority of people attending a public consultation on Wednesday agreed colonial relics in public spaces should be removed, tensions flared 30 minutes in, as an audience member disrupted a speaker when giving her contribution, as he believes the relics should be retained. The cabinet-appointed committee, responsible for reviewing the placement of statues, monuments […]

AS the 2024 Secondary Schools’ Football League (SSFL) season gets set to kick off on September 7, Kerry Gibbons, the head of creative production of SportsMax, has called on the responsible stakeholders to “do better,” as there is a lack of available venues for the competition. Gibbons spoke at the launch of the season at […]