Author: Gregory Mc Burnie

A man jailed for murder has been charged with making a video recording inside prison without the written authority of the commissioner of prisons. Dwayne Romany was charged on September 18 after he allegedly recorded a video in which he threatened the lives of prison officers and their families. In the video, he also demanded […]

A FIRE at a house in Cunupia has claimed the lives of Angela Ali, 53, and her daughter-in-law Ambika Ail, 30. The two were at their Persad Avenue, Mon Plaisir home with a male relative when the fire broke out at around 11 am on September 13. The relative was able to escape the fire […]

A senior MovieTowne source says tensions have eased on the compound amid its ongoing court battle with the Port of Spain Infrastructure Development Company (POSINCO). The MovieTowne multiplex, entertainment and commercial centre at Invaders Bay, Port of Spain, sits on land leased to Trinbago Commercial Development Company Ltd (TCDC) by POSINCO. On August 23, bailiffs […]

AUGUST 2024 was the bloodiest month in Trinidad and Tobago’s history, and the bloodshed looks set to continue in September as police search for leads in the murder of Maloney resident Vinod Hamid, despite other residents refusal to cooperate with them. Hamid, 41, of Sanderling Boulevard was shot dead in his garage on September 1. […]

A Toco woman was allegedly tricked out of $6,000 after she responded to a Facebook advertisement for a ‘rent-to-own’ vehicle. The 49-year-old labourer saw the advertisement for a Nissan Wingroad in which a woman asked for a $6,000 downpayment and 20 monthly instalments of $2,000 for the car. She contacted the woman on August 30, […]

POLICE are searching for a man who posed as a ‘PH’ taxi driver and robbed his two female passengers with the help of a female accomplice. On August 29, a 34-year-old woman stopped a silver Nissan B14 in Richplain, Diego Martin with a female passenger in the front seat. She got into the car, as […]

BANDITS have stolen $100,000 worth of equipment from the Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries’ Tucker Valley Seed Unit in Chaguaramas. Around 2.30 am on August 29, two security guards were on duty there when a group of masked men entered the compound. The guards said there were between eight and ten men, five of […]

President of the Tunapuna Police Station Community Council and director of the Greater Tunapuna Chamber of Industry & Commerce Neil Boodoosingh says small and micro businesses are most affected by extortion in the area with more than 20 businesses targeted in the past year. He made the comment as police on Thursday said three men […]

FINANCE Minister Colm Imbert is supporting moves by the TT International Finance Centre (TTIFC) to push Trinidad and Tobago towards becoming a cashless society. He spoke on August 20 at the launch of the National Financial Inclusion Survey Report (2023) at Tower D, International Waterfront Complex, Wrightson Road. Financial services ombudsman Dominic Stoddard revealed 21 […]

The 11-year-old daughter of Jonathan Wharwood, the 39-year-old-mason who was killed by police in Sea Lots, says the State denied him the chance to see his children succeed. She was speaking at Wharwood’s funeral on August 8 on the basketball court in Sea Lots. Wharwood was killed around 1.30am on July 23 by police investigating […]