Author: Rishard Khan

A 44-year-old single mother of six was left fighting for her life after she was the victim of a drive-by shooting in Marabella on February 13. Neighbours told police around 6.20 pm Jacqueline Joseph was walking home from buying groceries along Boodoosingh Drive Drive, Battoo Avenue, when an unidentified white car drove by and an […]

A 44-year-old Marabella woman is in critical condition after she was shot several times in a drive-by shooting on the night of February 13. Neighbours told police Jacqueline Joseph was walking home from buying groceries along Boodoosingh Drive, Battoo Avenue, around 6.20 pm when a white car drove by and someone inside started shooting at […]

A 72-year-old woman is in critical condition at the San Fernando General Hospital after she is believed to have fallen down the stairs at her home while intoxicated. Reports indicate a nurse of the hospital’s accident and emergency department contacted police around 8.30 pm to report the woman was unconscious and being treated at the […]

Three people were arrested in separate incidents in the Southern Division between February 4 and 5. In the first incident, around midday on February 4, a 39-year-old man from Mission Road, Princes Town was arrested for possession of a knife and a 37-year-old New Grant man for possession of 65 grams of cannabis. The men […]

and Ryan Hamilton-Davis MINISTER of Energy and Energy Industries Stuart Young has sought to clarify recent news of a deal with Jamaica’s refinery Petrojam Ltd by Paria Fuel Trading to secure marine fuel for bunkering in Trinidad and Tobago, saying the country has always imported fuel for marine sale. Young spoke to reporters on February […]

STUART YOUNG hopes to unite young and old when he becomes Prime Minister to take the country into the future. He made this declaration while addressing the inaugural class of the National Energy Skills Centre Technical Institute’s (NESC-TI) Renewable Energy Technology Services Scholarship programme on February 3. During his speech, Young urged the dozen students […]

THE autopsy on Coosal’s employee Hardeo Manohar, 63, is expected to be done on January 28, a week after he was killed in a freak accident at a Manzanilla job site. Manohar’s granddaughter Alisha Sooker told Newsday the family had been frustrated over fixing the autopsy date but in a lengthy call on January 27, […]

MYSTERY still surrounds an unidentified pirogue carrying around five decomposing human bodies which drifted into Trinidad and Tobago waters on Saturday afternoon but disappeared while being towed by the Coast Guard (TTCG) on Sunday. The TTCG believes the vessel sank while being towed. A ghost vessel is one found without any living crew onboard. This […]

A MAN is now in police custody after he robbed a woman while wearing a wig and brandishing a toy gun. Police said the victim, who knew her assailant, was at her Princes Town mini-mart around 10.30 am on January 25 when the man approached her. He was wearing an orange coverall jacket, black distressed […]

Police are investigating allegations that a La Brea man’s ex-girlfriend burnt down his home on the evening of January 23. The 47-year-old straightener told police he began receiving calls shortly before 5 pm on Thursday from a woman he broke up with recently. He said she used a blocked number to threaten to burn down […]