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Criminologist warns against issuing PDOs to teens
4+ hour, 59+ min ago (342+ words) Criminologist Dr Randy Seepersad Crim'i'nol'o'gist Dr Randy Seep'er'sad says de'spite the num'ber of cas'es be'fore the Chil'dren's Court and the 1, 050 chil'dren sus'pend'ed from schools in the first three months of the aca'd'e'm'ic year, the use of State of Emer'gency pre'ven'tive…...
Firearms expert values stolen police arsenal at $650, 000
11+ hour, 44+ min ago (467+ words) Commissioner of Police Allister Guevarro, left, alongside DCP Suzette Martin and TTPS communications manager Joanne Archie at the San Fernando City Corporation Municipal Police Station on Lady Hailes Avenue yesterday. Law en'force'ment con'sul'tant and firearms ex'pert Paul Daniel Na'hous has…...
Muslim Groups express outrage over Cumuto mass burial discovery
16+ hour, 57+ min ago (411+ words) Imam Rasheed Karim at 2026 Eid celebrations in Felicity. The Is'lam'ic Fa'da'il (Fu'ner'al) Ser'vices Trust has ex'pressed out'rage fol'low'ing the re'cent dis'cov'ery of a mass bur'ial site in Cu'mu'to. Mus'lim cler'ic Imam Rasheed Karim, head of Ummah T&T and the…...
Relatives call for probe after fatal police shooting in Moruga
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (396+ words) The fa'tal shoot'ing of a 30-year-old labour'er by po'lice in Moru'ga on Fri'day has sparked calls from his fam'i'ly for a thor'ough in'ves'ti'ga'tion in'to the cir'cum'stances sur'round'ing the in'ci'dent. Po'lice said around 1. 30 am, of'fi'cers from the Mara'bel'la Po'lice Sta'tion act'ed…...
Angelica's funeral set for Saturday following Tobago jet ski tragedy
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (360+ words) The fu'ner'al ser'vice for sev'en-year-old An'gel'i'ca Saydee Jo'gie will be held on Sat'ur'day in Bar'rack'pore, af'ter her body re'turns home for the fi'nal time fol'low'ing a trag'ic jet ski in'ci'dent in To'ba'go. The ser'vice is sched'uled for 9 am, with the…...
Man sleeping on retaining wall falls to his death
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (449+ words) A re'lax'ing evening for a Moru'ga fam'i'ly turned trag'ic af'ter a 58-year-old man died af'ter falling 12 feet down a precipice in front of his home on Tues'day night. Dead is Ral'phie Kadill, a heavy ma'chin'ery op'er'a'tor of Harp'er Trace, St…...
T&T Regiment marks milestone with two colonel promotions
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (352+ words) A dual mile'stone in lo'cal mil'i'tary his'to'ry was ob'served be'tween last week and this week, as the first-ever woman and at'tor'ney were pro'mot'ed to the rank of colonel in the T&T Reg'i'ment. A brief state'ment by the Reg'i'ment yes'ter'day…...
Two held after assault with intent to rob in San Juan
4+ day, 22+ hour ago (246+ words) Po'lice are in'ves'ti'gat'ing an as'sault with in'tent to rob re'port'ed on Tues'day along the East'ern Main Road, San Juan. Around 10 am, a 64-year-old re'tiree was on the com'pound of JR Tech TT near Caribbean Glass Spe'cial'ists Lim'it'ed when three male…...
Limp language confronting crime stats
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (572+ words) Crim'i'nal'i'ty has es'ca'lat'ed over time and has main'tained a steady pres'ence in our so'ci'ety, as re'flect'ed in our un'chang'ing crime sit'u'a'tion and sta'tis'tics, re'gard'less of the lev'el of gov'ern'ment in'volve'ment in crime pre'ven'tion. The re'cent mile'stone of 100 mur'ders be'tween Jan'u'ary…...
Two arrested in anti-extortion exercise
6+ day, 13+ hour ago (211+ words) Two men were ar'rest'ed dur'ing an an'ti-ex'tor'tion ex'er'cise con'duct'ed by the Trinidad and To'ba'go Po'lice Ser'vice in the Cen'tral Di'vi'sion on Tues'day. Po'lice said the op'er'a'tion took place be'tween 2: 00 a. m. and 6: 00 a. m. as of'fi'cers of the An'ti-Ex'tor'tion Unit car'ried out a tar'get'ed…...