Funeral of Kaylee Poonan begins
Dark clouds add to the sombre atmosphere hanging over the Friendship Village community this morning as family and friends gathered to bid farewell to 17-year-old Kaylee Poonan who lost her…
Germany knife attack: Police hunt for assailant, 3 killed, 8 injured
Photo: Emergency services tents stand in front of the stage in Solingen city centre, Germany, Saturday Aug. 24, 2024, after three people were killed and at least eight people were…
Showdown over Movietowne… as PATT moves to collect $11m lease debt
Senior Reporter anna-lisa.paul@guardian.co.tt The owners of the MovieTowne complex at Invader’s Bay, Mucurapo, and the management of the Port-of-Spain Infrastructure Company (POSINCO) and the Port Authority of T&T (PATT) seem…
Historian backs steelpan on Coat of Arms… but questions PM’s early announcement of plan
Senior Reporter rhondor.dowlat@guardian.co.tt Historian Bridget Brereton is supporting Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s decision to add the steelpan to the Coat of Arms but is questioning his call to make…
PoS Mayor
Senior Reporter kay-marie.fletcher@guardian.co.tt Port-of-Spain Mayor Chinua Alleyne believes there are some parts of the country’s history that should be preserved through monuments. This, as suggestions for the removal of other…
Businessman beaten and chopped in home invasion
Senior Reporter jensen.lavende@guardian.co.tt Relatives of Earl Celestine say he is fighting for his life after five men broke into his home, beat and chopped him before stealing property. Celestine, 52,…
PoS Mayor announces steelpan to be added to city’s emblem
Newsgathering Editor ryan.bachoo@cnc3.co.tt Port-of-Spain Mayor Chinua Alleyne has announced that the emblem of the capital city will now also feature the steelpan. He made the announcement at the Pan and…
Headless body found in Gasparillo
Homicide officers made the grisly discovery of a headless body wrapped in plastic and dressed in a blue coverall in Gasparillo on Thursday. This came after a resident, Ryan Vialva,…
Cops probe cattle farmer’s death
Senior Multimedia Reporter radhica.sookraj@guardian.co.tt Relatives of cattle farmer Telfer Agard responding to reports of a fire at his wooden house on Thursday arrived to find his bloated, decomposed body. He…
CAISO head unhappy LGBTQ rights reform ignored again
carisa.lee@cnc3.co.tt reporter Members of T&T’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) community, say they are disappointed at the PNM Constitution Review Committee’s decision to reject the reformation of sexual…