Trinidad & Tobago Newsday

AFTER spending over two decades in prison and enduring three trials, McDonald Bailey walked free from the Port of Spain High Court on January 29, describing the justice system as “hell and failure.” Bailey, along with co-accused Keon Anthony and Garreth Wiseman, was charged with the 2003 murder of 19-year-old Meshach Samuel in River Estate, […]

A High Court master has granted $60,000 surety bail to a 45-year-old man charged with sexually touching a girl. Bobby Ramdhanie faced master Ambrose Persad-Singh in the Chaguanas Masters Court on January 28. As a condition of the bail, the master ordered him to report to the Longdenville Police Post on Wednesdays and Saturdays between […]

THA MINORITY LEADER Kelvon Morris has accused Secretary of Tourism, Culture, Antiquities and Transportation Tashia Burris of bringing the Office of the Clerk of the Assembly into disrepute. The issue relates to the private promoter involved in the $9.3 million Tobago Rhythm & Soul Festival in April. During a news conference at the Minority Leader’s […]

ONE man is dead and another wounded after a shooting in Esperanza Village, Couva, on the night of January 28. The dead man has been identified only as Stephan, from Couva. The police said the 22-year-old wounded man survived by hiding and pretending to be dead after being shot. The police were told the shooting […]

The National Energy Corporation (National Energy), La Brea Industrial Development Company (Labidco) and National Helicopter Services Limited (NHSL) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop a sustainable integrated inter-modal transportation ecosystem (SIITE). A release from the three companies said the MOU was signed on January 24, and aims to create a more efficient […]

GALLY Cummings described his former TT football teammate Leroy De Leon as a gifted player, and a person who would always stay positive despite any disappointments during his career. De Leon, who was from Pt Fortin, died on January 28 after ailing. He was 76. De Leon, who made his national senior team debut at […]

A police officer on suspension accused of kidnapping and raping a woman in 2013 has been granted $300,000 bail by a High Court master for another alleged offence involving his former step-daughter. The 42 year old, who is now a self-employed electrician from Chaguanas, appeared before Master Rhea Libert on three charges of sexual touching […]

FINANCE Minister Colm Imbert says a problem involving fuel supply to the left engine of Caribbean Airlines (CAL) ATR 72-600 aircraft was the reason it had to make an emergency landing at Piarco Airport on January 27. He was answering a question from Opposition Senator Wade Mark in the Senate on January 28. Imbert’s comment […]

THE Youth Development and National Service Ministry and Cemex/Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) have agreed to distribute licences to 18 youth farmers to occupy land in Claxton Bay “for agricultural pursuits and the construction of temporary structures, to enable tenable farming practices.” A statement by the ministry on January 27, said the agreement was reached between […]

APPROXIMATELY $2.9 million in home repair grants were distributed at a ceremony hosted by the Social Development and Family Services Ministry at the Upper El Dorado Community Centre on January 27. In a statement on January 28, Social Development and Family Services Minister Donna Cox, who delivered the feature address at this event, said, “Every […]