Author: Rishard Khan

Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh described combating this year’s dengue outbreak as an “uphill battle.” He said his classified it in this way because of challenges with the media and opposition-led regional corporations in southern and eastern Trinidad. As of the ministry’s most recent update on the mosquito-borne disease on November 25, there were 19 […]

THE search continues for missing Well Services Petroleum Company Ltd employee Pete Phillips, just over a day after the offshore rig he was working on collapsed. A release from Heritage Petroleum Company on December 23 said it is continuing its support in managing the incident on Rig 110. It said i an incident management team […]

MURDERED pensioner Aamina Mohammed, 68, who was brutally killed during a home invasion on December 14, has been buried. The funeral took place under Muslim rites at her Nancy Street, Lisas Gardens, Couva home on December 16. Mohammed was in the kitchen taking out dinner for her husband Nizam, 74, who was watching the nightly […]

Rishard Khan A 68-year-old Couva woman was brutally killed during a home invasion on Saturday night. Aamina Mohammed, 68, was at her Nancy Street, Lisa’s Gardens, Couva home taking out food for her husband Nazem, 74, shortly after 7 pm when two masked bandits dressed in dark clothing broke into the house. Police were told […]

POLICE are investigating the murder of a Tacarigua man in what they believe was a gang-related hit. Witnesses told investigators Ano Thomas, 44, was standing in front of his Alexander Street home around 7.50 pm on December 13 when a white car drove up and several assailants came out, opening fire on the victim. The […]

POLICE are investigating the murder of Kirdy Ramdhanie of Longdenville who was gunned down on December 13. Police said they received reports of gunshot at Lamont Street, Enterprise shortly after 9 pm. First responders found the victim bleeding from several gunshots in a track and several spent shells near the body. The injured man was […]

POLICE are investigating the circumstances which led to the murder of a Diego Martin man whose body was found hog-tied and with a gunshot injury to the head off Lady Young Road, Belmont on December 13. The victim was identified as 23-year-old Kareem “Scooby” Baptiste. Police said they were alerted that the body of a […]

A body discovered along the Churchill Roosevelt Highway (CRH) near Oropune Gardens on the morning of December 13 has been identified as Roy George Stanley, 65. Police said officers of the Piarco Police Station received reports of loud explosions being heard along the westbound lane of the CRH near the Holiday Inn Express around 5.45 […]

POLICE are probing what they believe could be a drowning after a body was discovered floating off King’s Wharf, San Fernando on December 11. The male body, which is yet to be identified, was discovered shortly after noon by two men in Lady Hailes. Sgt Nanan and other San Fernando CID officers responded. A district […]

THE United National Congress will continue screening on December 12 for five constituencies ahead of the general election, which is yet to be announced but is constitutionally due by the end of 2025. The second round of screening will be for the St Augustine seat, which is held by the party’s North East Regional Representative […]