NEWS
MAS WOMAN DEAD
POLICE were last night trying to identify the body of a young woman of Asian descent, clad in a bikini and beads mas costume, who was found under a large tree in the Queen’s Park Savannah yesterday morning, hours after Carnival celebrations ended. The woman was wearing a yellow costume when her body was discovered. Read more…
DON'T BE VULGAR
PORT of Spain Mayor Raymond Tim Kee says women have a responsibility to ensure they are not abused during the Carnival season. Read more…
Clean sweep for Ronnie and Caro
A jubilant Ronnie McIntosh could hardly contain his excitement as it was another thrilling moment when he and his wife Caroline, copped a hat-trick in the Downtown Band of the Year title with their 2016 presentation Tears Of... Read more…
POLITICS
Mayor: Salvatori vendors must go
PORT-OF-SPAIN Mayor Raymond Tim Kee said that by this Sunday vendors at the Salvatori site must vacate their booths to give the site back to its owner, Udecott, speaking at a news briefing at City Hall yesterday. He said the POS City Corporation has supplied them with free lights and water at a peppercorn-rent (the latter which many vendors refuse to pay) and a $5,000 per month site manager. Read more…
BUSINESS
Minister, Ambassador in investments talk
TRADE and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon, recently received a courtesy call from Raymundo Rodriguez, Ambassador of El Salvador and Guillermo Siman, Vice Chairman and Executive Vice President of Unicomer Group. Read more…
Consumers urged to buy cheaper fish
BUY cheaper fish.This was the advice from Kishore Boodram, vice president of the Trinidad and Tobago Unified Fisherfolk yesterday, the start of the Lenten season. Read more…
REGIONAL
New police commissioner appointed in St Kitts-Nevis
Former assistant commissioner with responsibility for crime, Ian Queeley, is the new commissioner of police in St Kitts and Nevis.
In a radio and television national address on Tuesday, prime minister and minister of national security, Dr Timothy Harris, announced the appointment of a new Police High Command, with Queeley as the top cop. Read more…
Three killed at opposition Jamaica Labour Party mass meeting
Three people are dead and two others hospitalized following a shooting at a rally of the opposition Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) rally in Montego Bay last night. Police say the dead include a known gangster, 22-year-old Javin Campbell. Read more…
INTERNATIONAL
Oil crash taking stocks down ... again
The dramatic crash in oil prices has returned with a vengeance.U.S. crude futures dropped 4% Thursday, driving prices below $27 for the second time in recent weeks. Before this year, oil prices hadn't dipped below $27 since 2003. Read more…
Auschwitz trial: Ex-guard Reinhold Hanning in German court
11th February 2016