An eight-year-old boy was chopped to death in St Catherine in the latest incident of domestic violence in Jamaica. The child’s name has not yet been released. His mother and older brother were also injured in the incident, police sources revealed. According to reports, the mother of the eight-year-old got into an argument with her […]
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The 10th earthquake in recent days was felt in sections of Trinidad and Tobago late Friday. The Seismic Research Centre at The University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine Campus says the earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 was felt at 9:13 p.m. (local time). The tremor was located at Latitude: 10.56N, Longitude: 61.95W, […]
GEORGETOWN — Police have launched an investigation into the severe beating of a disabled man at a popular Georgetown nightclub, early on Sunday morning. Hospitalized with stitches to the face, a damaged jaw and bruises about his body, is 21-year-old Romario Baljeet, widely known as Short Boss. The nickname is due a congenital disorder which […]
SOURCE – CMC – Another earthquake was felt in sections of Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday. The Seismic Centre at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine Campus says the 4.1 magnitude earthquake occurred at 11:36 a.m. (local time). It was located at latitude: 11.11N, longitude: 61.93W and at a depth of 10 […]
PORT OF SPAIN – Hurt by an accusation that he and his family stole relief items from the Munroe Road Hindu School, which was being used as a flood shelter over the weekend, pensioner Pooran Samaroo lashed out at Chaguanas West Member of Parliament Ganga Singh yesterday. On Tuesday, Samaroo, 66, spoke to Guardian Media on […]
An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 rocked sections of Trinidad and Tobago this morning. The Seismic Research Centre at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine campus, said this was the fifth earthquake to hit the twin island republic within the past seven days. The Seismic Research Centre said the quake that occurred at 11:57 am (local […]
PORT OF SPAIN – Food shortages, higher food prices and unusual health threats may be looming following recent floods – but on the plus side various countries have reached out to Trinidad and Tobago offering assistance. Guyana, for instance, is offering help with agricultural supplies. Confirmation came from agriculture minister Clarence Rambharat and the office […]
Popular Trinidadian Calypsonian Winston The Mighty Shadow Bailey passed away this morning at the age of 77. Shadow suffered a stroke on Sunday and died this morning. The veteran calypsonian is known for his hit song , including Yuh Looking For Horn, Bassman, Dingolay, Tension, Stranger.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago Monday began the task of mopping up following heavy rains over the past four days that caused widespread flooding, landslides and left millions of dollars (One TT dollar=US$0.16 cents) in damage. There were no reports of deaths or missing people. Many citizens were being housed at hurricane […]
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 was felt in sections of the twin island republic on Sunday afternoon. The Seismic Research Centre at the University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine campus reports that the tremor was felt at 12:35 p.m. (local time). It had a depth of 80 kilometres and was located […]
President Jovenel Moise is promising that no one “will escape justice” as the leader of the radical opposition “Pitit Dessalin” Party yesterday called for continued street demonstrations in protest at the illegal use of the PetroCaribe funds . “Citizens’ demand for light to be made on the use of PetroCaribe funds testifies to the vitality of […]
The Trinidad and Tobago government Saturday said teams were working to rescue people trapped by floods and landslides caused by heavy rains here over the past 48 hours and that the full extent of the damage caused will be revealed as the water subsides in the coming days. “This is a national disaster, the flooding […]
PORT OF SPAIN – Days after she told a story of demons in her head, a 40-year-old woman died from ingesting a poisonous substance on the streets of Penal on Thursday. Her 14-year-old daughter is being treated at the San Fernando General Hospital for poisoning. Hema Hosein, a housewife, was found unconscious on the pavement along […]
KINGSTON – A ten-year-old girl, frustrated with her living conditions at her family home on New Lincoln Avenue in St Andrew, ran away last weekend in search of better accommodation. Now safely back home, she says she is sorry for all the pain that she had caused her parents. The child, who is the fourth […]
NASSAU – Dominican poachers engaged the Royal Bahamas Defence Force in a shoot-out on the high seas before more than 100 of them were arrested after escaping into Cuban waters. According to a press release from the RBDF, no Bahamians were hurt during the shoot-out, however 124 Dominican crew members are in custody and three […]
GUYANA – Attorney General urged to investigate Ukrainians who allegedly attempted to pervert justice
The New York-based Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID) is calling on Guyana’s Attorney General, Basil Williams, to investigate allegations that two Ukrainian nationals, criminal defendants in a subjudice case, contacted relatives of a magistrate in an attempt to pervert the course of justice. On Saturday, CGID said the Ukrainians, Vitaly Paraschuck and Maksym Furtak, […]
NASSAU – Royal Bahamas Defence Force marine Christin Reckley is a free woman after paying a $20,000 fine as her punishment for hitting and killing two people in her uninsured car in the Marathon area last month. After her sentencing, Reckley read an apology to the victims’ relatives, saying she hopes they can find it in […]
