Cops: Murder suspect flees to Venezuela
Sascha WilsonPublished: Friday, April 29, 2016Police believe the suspect who shot and killed Guyanese national Khemraj Persaud and injured another man has fled to Venezuela.T&T Guardian was told...
View ArticlePCA launches separate probe
kevon.felmine@guardian.co.ttPublished: Friday, April 29, 2016Pensioner killed by cop’s bullet...The police constable involved in the accidental death of Rancho Quemado grandmother Sona Lalloo is being...
View ArticlePolice mistrust crippling fight against crime
Anna-Lisa PaulPublished: Saturday, April 30, 2016President’s wife tell graduates...The latest batch of 167 police graduates, who are set to hit the streets next week, have been advised not to become...
View ArticleCounter proposal ready by May 31
Published: Saturday, April 30, 2016Imbert on protective services back payFinance Minister Colm Imbert will communicate with the police, fire and prisons associations by May 31 on final decisions...
View ArticleChief Justice: Two juvenile courts by year’s end
Rhondor DowlatPublished: Saturday, April 30, 2016Two juvenile courts—one in Trinidad and the other in Tobago—are expected to be established and operational by year’s end.This was an assurance given on...
View ArticleContribute to help build balisier complex
Gail AlexanderPublished: Saturday, April 30, 2016Rowley tells PNMites:Members of the ruling PNM have been asked to contribute “beyond their means “to help build the party’s new Eric Williams Memorial...
View ArticleCarillion scales down T&T operations
55 workers to be sent homeRhondor DowlatPublished: Saturday, April 30, 2016Another multi-national company is set to close its doors in T&T and approximately 55 employees are to be sent home.Staff...
View ArticleICC playing down wrong line
Published: Saturday, April 30, 2016Criticism by the International Cricket Conference of the statements and actions of the West Indies cricket captain, Darren Sammy and unnamed members of the World T20...
View ArticleBrutality of crime nothing new
Paolo KernahanPublished: Saturday, April 30, 2016It is always peculiar reading public reactions to the ultraviolence of criminals in dispatching rivals or innocent civilians. The recent immolation of...
View ArticleTests ahead—terrorism law, ‘mercy’ release...
Gail AlexanderPublished: Saturday, April 30, 2016The large grey Coast Guard vessel sitting in the sea alongside the Parliament’s Waterfront building, where the Senate met on Thursday, has been a...
View ArticleShooting the messenger
Published: Sunday, May 1, 2016Mickela PandayEvery year, on May 3, the fundamental principles of press freedom are celebrated. Last year, President Obama marked World Press Freedom Day with a tribute to...
View ArticleInhumane patterns of injustice
Tony FraserPublished: Sunday, May 1, 2016Maybe His Grace Joseph Harris, Archbishop of Port-of-Spain, and his clergy are shocked by the size and intensity of reaction to their proposal to the President...
View ArticleHousing hustle
Published: Sunday, May 1, 2016Kevin BaldeosinghThe Housing Development Corporation (HDC) helps make housing in T&T unaffordable for ordinary citizens.Now you may be wondering how this can be, since...
View ArticleWAS LABOUR MISLED?
Hamid GhanyPublished: Sunday, May 1, 2016Recent statements being made by David Abdulah, former general secretary of the OWTU and current political leader of the MSJ, seem to suggest that the labour...
View ArticleWorld issues, national agenda on parade
Published: Sunday, May 1, 2016Ryan HadeedFor most of history’s classical period, the Greek nation was a collection of city-states that spanned the southern region of the Balkan Peninsula. Though...
View ArticleSPORTS TOURISM— AN ELUSIVE GOAL?
Published: Sunday, May 1, 2016BRIAN STOLLMEYER“Sports Tourism” is a very catchy phrase that suggests different things to different people, but at its most basic level, it simply means getting people...
View ArticleStop appointing dream crushers in positions of authority
Published: Sunday, May 1, 2016T&T has been blessed with an unlimited resource of natural talent, be it in the creative arts, literary arts, sports, science, design or fashion. While it is...
View ArticleEmpower youths with personal development to curb violence
Published: Sunday, May 1, 2016I couldn't help but observe that people in T&T and lots of the poor people in the US do not like to deal with, or discuss psychological issues. They would dismiss the...
View ArticleBring back the days of the classy criminal
Published: Sunday, May 1, 2016Whilst crime is undesirable, it is a necessary evil in any society. As with everything else, it serves a purpose. Yes T&T, I said it! Crime and lawless behaviour...
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