Author: Laurel V Williams
OWING to ongoing repairs at St John’s Anglican Primary School, San Fernando, classes have been temporarily relocated to a church. Newsday learned that leading up to the reopening of the school term, parents were told repairs were still ongoing, and the school was deemed unfit for use. About 135 students are affected. Parents say the […]
TWO additional religious organisations have condemned recent acts of hate, violence and desecration, urging swift action from the authorities. Separate media statements on January 7 from the Anjuman Sunnat ul Jamaat Association Inc (ASJA) and the Ifa/Orisa Council of Trinidad and Tobago (IOCTT) strongly condemned the contents of several online videos which target various religious […]
MORE than five years after a man allegedly forced his way into a house and raped a child who was getting ready for school, police from the Special Victims Department of the South Western Division have arrested him. The officers arrested the 42-year-old industrial firefighter in the South Oropouche district on January 7. The offence […]
QUESTION: Is Stuart Young a good choice to be PM/PNM leader? What are your views on how he was chosen? Joemin James, Princes Town: I think he could lead the party the right way. As long as he is open-minded to the public, he would be okay. Kayleb Joseph, Claxton Bay: He still has a […]
AN elderly woman, who was beaten by a close male relative over the weekend in Chaguanas, has died in hospital. The police confirmed that Gangadaye Manichan, 81, of Endeavour, died on January 6 at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex in Mt Hope. The relative appeared before a master in the High Court on January […]
HOMICIDE Bureau of Investigations police have been instructed to charge a 38-year-old man with the murder of a Marabella resident in November 2024. On January 6, after reviewing a file, the deputy director of public prosecutions, Sabrina Dougdeen-Jaglal, advised Region Three homicide investigators to charge Nickel Joseph of Sunset Drive Plaisance Park in Pointe-a-Pierre. The […]
The sister of Christine Chadee, the 32-year-old mother fighting for her life in the hospital after a violent attack on December 27, expressed sadness after the death of the suspected attacker, Arnold Ganesh. She recalled the moment she learned of his passing: “I started to cry when I heard he passed. It was sad. I […]
HAVING recovered the laptop and cellphone belonging to a 36-year-old pregnant woman who was hacked to death at her home in St Mary’s Village, Moruga, on December 23, investigators believe they might be a step closer to finding her killer. On December 28, the police remained tight-lipped but confirmed that no suspects had been detained […]
A gunman shot and killed a 49-year-old man on the night of December 23, in Carapichaima on the roadway. The victim, Kester Phillip, of Orange Field Road, Carapichaima, was declared dead at the Chaguanas Health Facility. The police said that at around 9.20 pm, Phillip was walking along Derrick Road when a gunman accosted him […]
The brother of a 2014 murder victim was gunned down in Penal on December 24, shortly after leaving a house where he was gambling with a group of people. Salesman Keanu Chandler, 33, died on the road at Bajnath Street shortly after 6 am. The father of three lived at Penal Rock Road, Aquart Village. […]