Author: Rishard Khan

A 36-year-old Felicity woman was arrested in the early hours of November 3 for assaulting a police officer. Police said officers from the Chaguanas Police Station responded to a request for assistance from the Emergency Health Services at Walker Street, Felicity Chaguanas as they were trying to do their job. When they arrived, the police […]

Police are investigating the shooting and killing of an Enterprise labourer early Sunday morning. The victim was identified as Robby Latchmansingh, 26, of John Street, Enterprise. Police said Central Division Task Force officers were on patrol when around 1.15 am they received a report that a silver Nissan Tiida was seen with bullet holes at […]

A road repair crew from a private contractor working in Erin was beaten and robbed by armed assailants on November 1. The three victims, employees of Kallco, told police they were doing roadworks at Jengal Trace when three men approached them with cutlasses, guns and T-shirts covering their faces around 11 am. The supervisor said […]

CEDROS police are investigating the theft of four fishing boats between October 31 and November 1. Police said three of the boats were stolen from secure location at the Cedros fishing facility. The fishermen discovered their boats missing when they showed up for work on November 1. Among the items also stolen were engines, fishing […]

Currently grappling to bring relief to motorists with several major events happening simultaneously in the borough, Chaguanas mayor Faaiq Mohammed has placed some blame for the area’s traffic woes on the government’s “lack of foresight.” The Chaguanas Borough Corporation and police made the Rodney Branch Road, Endeavour one-way during peak hours and installed additional traffic […]

HERITAGE Petroleum Ltd is cleaning up an oil spill spotted along the Cedros coastline on October 16. A release from the company said it was alerted that day and deployed its incident management team and spill response team, and three contractors responded and began the clean-up. The release said regulatory authorities including the Ministry of […]

A 23-year-old usher at Caribbean Cinemas 8, South Park, was kidnapped during a robbery on the night of October 13 after leaving work. Police said the man left work around 10 pm and was walking to his Nissan NP300 pickup, parked in the mall’s car park, with a female coworker, when two men approached, one […]

WHAT was supposed to be an evening of fun at a car show with her children ended in tragedy for a Princes Town woman when she was chopped to death by a close male relative on October 12 in an attack investigators believe stemmed from a domestic incident. Laura Sankar, 34, of Post Office Trace, […]

FOR the second time in less than a month, a Cunupia businessman has been abducted by men dressed as police officers. Initial reports from police said Suvesh ‘Cooksie’ Ramnarine, 33, of Warrenville, Cunupia was liming at a nearby bar on October 12 when around 7.10 pm, five armed men dressed in police tactical uniforms with […]

A MAN and woman arrested in connection with abusing a one-year-old last week will be charged with attempted murder, among other charges. In a voicenote on October 7, ACP for South Central Wayne Mystar said this is based on advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). “Investigators of the Child Protection Unit (CPU) had […]