The Mayor of Port of Spain is to receive a petition today, calling for the removal of the statue of Christopher Columbus in downtown Port of Spain. Project director of Cross Rhodes Freedom Project Shabaka Kambon is expected to hand … Continue reading →

Murder victim Tricia Ramsaran Ramdass has been laid to rest following a service at her home in Barrackpore. The funeral took place yesterday as her common law husband Ramesh Sieunarine appeared before a Princes Town Magistrate charged with her murder. … Continue reading →

Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith says don’t blame his officers for the murder of Tricia Ramsaran-Ramdass. Commissioner Griffith says it is the criminal justice system to be blamed. The Commissioner’s defense of the police service comes after the coalition against … Continue reading →

Principals of primary schools say they are supporting the Education Ministry’s decision to host the Secondary Entrance Assessment on August 20th. A release from the National Primary Schools Principals Association yesterday said it would cooperate with the government’s decision. Speaking … Continue reading →

Former MP for Arima and present Ambassador to the United Nations, Penelope Beckles Robinson gets the nod from the Peoples National Movement to contest the seat. The PNM’s screening committee yesterday selected Mrs. Beckles Robinson. Her selection means the sitting … Continue reading →

Six nationals on board Royal Caribbean’s Enchantment of the Seas cruise ship, have tested positive for the corona virus. The six are among 306 nationals now in quarantine on board the ship, which is docked in local waters. The new … Continue reading →

The leader of the Jamaat al Muslimeen, Imam Yasin Abu Bakr has removed his son as Public Relations Officer. Fuad Abu Bakr says he was notified that a meeting of the organisation took the decision to remove him from the … Continue reading →

A sitting judge receives a threat on his life and the Law Association calls it an attack on the Judiciary and the democracy. On Wednesday this week the controversial Justice Frank Seepersad received an envelope, which carried a note and … Continue reading →

The man who is alleged to have set fire to the vendors’ booths at the Queens Park Savannah is expected to appear in court today. He was charged earlier this week after the blaze destroyed 6 of the booths on … Continue reading →

Guns, ammunition and drugs have been seized during a police exercise in the northern division. Sixteen people were also arrested. Police say the exercise was conducted yesterday morning between 4 and 9 o’clock. Among the 16 people held is a … Continue reading →