T&T watermelon vendor shot dead
(Trinidad Express) Watermelon vendor Brandon Samaroo was shot and killed at his vending stall in Gasparillo at around noon yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) Watermelon vendor Brandon Samaroo was shot and killed at his vending stall in Gasparillo at around noon yesterday.
Medical professionals across Region Six have begun a six-week training programme to assess and categorise psychiatric patients.
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Walt Disney Co’s ABC network yesterday swiftly canceled the popular U.S.
(Trinidad Express) An American Airlines flight that departed Trinidad en route to Miami, Florida yesterday made an emergency landing in Piarco after one of the pilots said that he heard screaming coming from the plane’s cargo hold.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Cricket West Indies and telecommunications giants Digicel have severed their sponsorship agreement prematurely, ending a 13-year commercial relationship.
A mechanic was today charged with murdering Guyana Goldfields Inc. manager Neil Whyte, who was found stabbed to death a week ago in a Thomas Street, South Cummingsburg, Georgetown apartment.
Police Constable Wellon Carr, 26, of Bee Hive, ECD was today charged with Dangerous Driving in relation to an incident which occurred on Tuesday, May 22, 2018 on the De Hoop Public Road, Mahaica, ECD which resulted in extensive damage to Force Vehicle PWW 5411.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Pesticides and Chemicals Board, chaired by the Chief Medical Officer, is currently considering the banning of importation and distribution of Gramoxone, Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat has revealed.
Chief Justice Roxane George yesterday ordered Attorney-General (AG) Basil Williams to bring the long-delayed Judicial Review Act (JRA) into force no later than July 31st, while finding that his failure to do so thus far was unlawful and in violation of the will of the Parliament.
With a new survey of prisoners finding that from an early age a significant amount of them were exposed to environments likely to nurture criminal behaviour, Public Security Minister Khemraj Ramjattan yesterday called for communities and civil society groups to work with the government to address the social ills responsible.
Twenty-two students graduated yesterday from the inaugural TOTALTEC Academy Oilfield Safety and Operator Training and Development Programme and they were lauded for their outstanding performance and for setting a high bar for their successors.
Transparency Institute of Guyana Inc. (TIGI) has urged that the decision of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Shalimar Ali-Hack to strike out two sets of private criminal charges brought by PPP/C Members of Parliament (MPs) against sitting ministers be challenged in court and that the complaints that formed the basis for the actions be submitted to the police.
A Rose Hall, Corentyne man last week pleaded guilty at the High Court in Berbice to the lesser count of manslaughter in the killing of his common law wife in May, 2016.
Police are on the hunt for two bandits who robbed a businesswoman of $2.7M in cash and gold yesterday afternoon.
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) yesterday granted a consent order to allow the Bauxite Company of Guyana Incorporated (BCGI) and businessman Haresh Narine Sugrim to reach an agreement that would see the company paying him the sum of US$250,000 in a claim that was initially valued nearly US$1 million.
Yuniyka Bovell, the young Canadian woman who was accused of having 3.5 pounds of heroin in her luggage last year, was yesterday freed after the charge against her was withdrawn.
Jamal Hazel, the soldier who was charged in January with stealing over $5 million in cash in an armed robbery, was yesterday cleared of the crime after the complainant decided not to offer any evidence against him.
Despite widespread scrutiny following a highly controversial incident at the Mae’s Schools last week, when a nine-year-old was prevented from attending class in full traditional Amerindian wear during a culture day, the school has still not yet offered an official explanation.
A man was yesterday jailed for three years at the Linden Magistrate’s Court after he pleaded guilty to cultivating cannabis at Ituni.
Transparency Institute Guyana Inc. (TIGI) yesterday welcomed the laying of misconduct in public office charges against former Finance Minister Dr.
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