Author: Laurel V Williams
MARABELLA police are searching for a man who kicked and cuffed the female manager of a fast-food restaurant on her way home on the evening of November 19. The police said the incident happened around 6.35 pm, while the 41-year-old victim was walking along a dirt track that connects the Southern Main Road and Battoo […]
A 50-year-old man from Freeport was shot and killed on the afternoon of November 17. Anthony Seeriram, also known as “Tony” and “Jackie,” was found dead on Church Street in Chickland around 5 pm. Seeriram’s body was lying in the road near a grey Mitsubishi Lancer. He had been shot multiple times. He was wearing […]
THE 20-year-old police constable charged with robbery with aggravation in connection with an armed robbery that took place two weeks ago in the Barrackpore district has been granted $150,000 bail. Anthony Sahadeo, who is based at the Praedial Larceny Squad (PLS) in Craignish Village in Princes Town, appeared before master Sarah De Silva in the […]
OPPOSITION Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, has called on the government to take urgent action in response to the devastating flooding in Penal and other flood-prone areas in south Trinidad. Speaking at a media conference on November 13 at her constituency office in Penal, the Siparia MP highlighted the challenges faced by residents and called for […]
MWANZA Joseph, the man accused of the murder of police constable Krishna Banahar, made his first court appearance on November 13. Joseph, 35, of Rose Street in Gonzales Village in Guapo, appeared in the South A Master’s Court before master Sarah De Silva, who denied him bail and remanded him into police custody. He was […]
Police investigators have been given the go-ahead to charge the 35-year-old suspect from Guapo with the murder of PC Krishna Banahar, who was shot in the line of duty early on November 6. The suspect, Mwanza Joseph, is expected to face a master in the South Criminal High Court on November 13. He was also […]
THE file on the shooting death of PC Krishna Banahar, who was killed in the line of duty in an exercise in Guapo that also resulted in the death of a civilian, has been sent to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for advice. ACP for South/Central Wayne Mystar confirmed this on […]
A 20-year-old police constable has been detained at the Barrackpore Police Station in connection with an armed robbery that took place over a week ago in the district. The police said the suspect is based at the Praedial Larceny Squad (PLS) at Craignish Village, Princes Town, and has been serving for about six months. Reports […]
IN A DIRECT and proactive effort to quell what is a worrisome issue, officers from the Princes Town police station staged a walkabout in the community on November 7 where they spoke to businessmen and members of the public and encouraged to report incidences of extortion. The officers said that extortion refers to any act […]
Several NGOs received free technical training at a two-day workshop in Port of Spain, and Minister in the Office of the Prime (OPM) Minister Ayanna Webster-Roy emphasised the importance of a strong, well-resourced civil society sector for the nation’s growth and development. A media statement from the OPM on November 5 quoted her as saying, […]