Author: Laurel V Williams

A fire damaged Pumpernickel Bakery and Café in San Fernando before dawn on September 12. Firefighters from the Mon Repos fire station and the San Fernando police station were alerted and quickly responded. The firefighters managed to contain the flames, which damaged the front of the building at Coffee Street near Carib Street. The owner, […]

ON September 9, two days before three people, including two officials from state-owned Paria Fuel Trading Company, are to reappear in court in connection with the 2022 Paria diving tragedy, several people gathered in Pointe-a-Pierre to remind the public about the upcoming case. Christopher Jackman, the president of the Point-a-Pierre branch of the Oilfields Workers’ […]

THE president of the Estate Police Association (EPA) has written to Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Reginald Armour, SC, asking him to address and amend legislation related to the Essential Services Division (ESD) and the Special Tribunal of the Industrial Court. The letter from Deryck Richardson, dated August 6, said this significantly affects […]

Southern Division police arrested two men on September 3 in a warrant exercise. They arrested a 27-year-old man from Railway Line in St Madeleine in connection with a report of wounding and shooting with intent, which occurred on May 18. They also arrested a 38-year-old man from Borde Narve Road, Cipero Road, in connection with […]

The brother of a 2015 murder victim took the witness stand on September 3 and recalled the moments leading up to the tragedy in Fyzabad. Rodney Gloud was shot around 4.15 pm on April 29, 2015, at Delhi Road, in the front yard of the family’s home. He died shortly afterwards at the Siparia District […]

THREE females, among them a 17-year-old minor, are believed to be victims of human trafficking over the weekend in south Trinidad. Police from the Counter Trafficking Unit and Southern Division were working together to fight against such crime, senior police confirmed on September 2. The Venezuelan victims, 17, 18, and 24, who were held against […]

THE Jamaica Money Market Brokers Ltd (JMMB) has opened its newest branch in the heart of Princes Town, and CEO Shawn Moses boasted about the bank’s strong performance over the past few years in Trinidad and Tobago. The branch is at Princes Town Mall on High Street, a stone’s throw from the police station. Moses, […]

FOUR people, including a 34-year-old woman from Moruga, have been held in connection with the beating and robbery of a female doubles vendor in Marabella on August 28. Southern Division police intercepted a Nissan AD wagon which fitted the description of the getaway car involved in a robbery and held the trio shortly afterwards near […]

A 41-year-old man from Harmony Hall in Gasparillo is believed to have drowned at a beach in Pointe-a-Pierre on August 26. Rajesh Vishram’s body was found floating about 15 feet offshore at Flower Pot Beach shortly after 1 pm. The police said around 1 pm, he and a friend went into the water to bathe. […]

A ransom demand of US $3,000 has been made for a Venezuelan woman who was kidnapped on August 26 in the South Western Division. The whereabouts of Lady Dianna Tavarez, 30, of Siparia, remained unknown up to August 27. Relatives reported the kidnapping around 10.40 pm at the Siparia Police Station. Taravez works as an […]