Author: Rishard Khan
THE search for abducted Penal pensioner Winston Thomas, 68, ended when his body was found in his car around midday on November 21, on the Solomon Hochoy Highway in Golconda. Thomas was found in the back seat with his hands bound behind his back, what appeared to be a stab wound to his head, and […]
A Ste Madeleine pensioner is calling on the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) to take immediate action to repair a leaking water line near her property. Urel Adams, 78, who is recovering from her third stroke, is now concerned that if quick action isn’t taken, the underground leak could compromise her home. Two large water […]
POLICE are still trying to identify a body which was found in the Caroni River shortly after noon on November 19. Initial reports from police said the decomposing body was found floating face-down in the water, wedged between broken tree branches. The medium-built body wore a black jersey and brown long pants. The body was […]
A Sunday-morning trip to a poultry shop turned into a nightmare for a 62-year-old Otaheite woman after she was kidnapped, Tasered and raped by a man who claimed he was a police officer. The woman told police she was standing on the Southern Main Road near SM Jaleel in Oropouche waiting for a taxi to […]
The Estate Police Association (EPA) is once again calling on Government to amend legislation governing the Essential Services Division (ESD) and the Special Tribunal of the Industrial Court. The EPA president Deryck Richardson renewed their plea at a press conference on November 16 after they found out the tribunal’s chairman would be part of a […]
What was supposed to be a weekend of celebrating his mother’s birthday turned deadly when a Claxton Bay man was killed in bed while sleeping next to his common-law wife and two-month-old son. The victim was identified as Mark Phillip Heeralal, 24, a fisherman of Chocolate City Avenue, Sum Sum Hill, Claxton Bay. Police said […]
Police are trying to determine the motive for the murder of a Ste Madeleine taxi driver who was shot dead outside his home on November 15. The victim has been identified as 47-year-old Kennty Mitchell. Police said officers of the Ste Madeleine Police Station responded to a report of several loud explosions heard at Richie […]
THE funeral of PC Krishna Banahar will be held on the morning of November 9. The service at his Silver Stream Trace, Delhi Road, Fyzabad home will begin at 8.30 am before his body is taken to the Shore of Peace for cremation at 11.30 am. Confirmation came from his father, Sonnylal Banahar, who said […]
Police detained two 18-year-old Pleasantville men shortly after they robbed a San Fernando man on Thursday. The victim told police he was driving his silver Nissan AD wagon along Rushworth Street and stopped at a red light at Cipiero Street around 9.47 pm. Two men jumped into his vehicle – one into the front passenger […]
A 53-year-old La Romaine fisherman was hospitalised after he was shot several times on November 7. Police said around 1.45 pm the fisherman was tending to his boat along South Trunk Road, La Romaine, near Paria Suites, when the two men approached and shot him before running away. The victim was hit three times. He […]