Author: Joey Bartlett
POLICE are still searching for one of two patients who escaped from the Forensic Ward at St Ann’s Psychiatric Hospital on February 12. The men, identified in a police media release posted on Facebook, were Eversion Hazelwood, 40, and Joshua Garraway, 33. A source close to the investigation said Hazelwood, who is charged with murder, […]
A Piarco woman was beaten and her mother and sister robbed after seven masked men forced their way into their home. The 35-year-old woman was outside around 7.50 am on February 13 when the men approached. One had a gun. The men forced her back into the house, which she shares with her 28-year-old sister […]
In a shocking turn of events, a vendor who was robbed of a $10,000 gold bera in December at the Central Market, Port of Spain spotted the suspect speaking with police officers on February 9. A bera is a traditional gold bracelet with East Indian origins. The victim told officers the 18-year-old man from Beetham […]
A 13-year-old student from Carapichaima East Secondary School was robbed after taking a PH taxi in Longdenville. Reports say the teen boarded the front seat of a white Nissan car around 11.30 am on February 12 at the corner of Penco and Neilson Street. He told police besides the driver, there was another man of […]
There has been no arrest following a fire that killed three-year-old Jereem George at his Arouca home on January 23, according to acting head of the Homicide Bureau Snr Supt Sean Dhilpaul. George lived with his mother and three siblings at Christian Avenue Extension in Windy Hill, Arouca, and perished in a blaze that also […]
SOCA SUPERSTAR Machel Montano has entered the Chutney Soca Monarch and qualified for the semi-final stage of the event. The announcement was made via a statement from Southex, and the semifinals will take place on February 8 at La Tropical, Rig Compound, La Romaine. Montano, who is the current Calypso Monarch, has ten road march […]
In December, Parliament approved the Elections and Boundaries Commission’s (EBC) 2024 report on constituency boundary changes without amendments. However, the proposed name change of the Arouca/Maloney constituency to Trincity/Maloney has largely gone unnoticed by residents, who expressed little concern, focusing instead on more pressing community issues. Along with the Trincity/Maloney name change, four other constituencies […]
A woman was shot by a stray bullet during a high-speed chase and shootout between police and car thieves along the Beetham Highway shortly after 5.30 pm on January 18. Initial reports said police were alerted about a stolen vehicle, which was taken from Bon Air, Arouca by armed men. Officers on patrol spotted the […]
THE Eastern Lawyers Association is calling for urgent action following the deaths of two attorneys. The association in a news release expressed its condolences to family and friends following “the tragic and untimely deaths” of attorney Kumari Baksh, whom it described as a respected member of the legal community, and her husband, Nasheed Baksh. The […]
WHEN Erla Harewood-Christopher made history on February 3, 2023, becoming Trinidad and Tobago’s first-ever female Commissioner of Police, her appointment, which received unanimous backing in Parliament, marked a milestone in the country’s policing history. Yet, as her tenure unfolds, it has been a time of both progress and challenges, with questions raised about the effectiveness […]