LAWYER JAILED
CONVICTED attorney Joseph Melville was yesterday sentenced to 19 years imprisonment with hard labour for attempting to murder his secretary in 2001.
CONVICTED attorney Joseph Melville was yesterday sentenced to 19 years imprisonment with hard labour for attempting to murder his secretary in 2001.
The newly appointed chief executive officer (CEO) of the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA), Dr Ellis Burris, said that, like anyone else, he was approaching his new position with enthusiasm. He said, to the best of his ability, his input would be to try to make things better for everyone in the country.
POLICE are probing a multi-million dollar fire which broke out at a hardware in Barrackpore on Thursday evening.
There are an estimated 11,000 people infected with the HIV/ Aids in Trinidad and Tobago, according to Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh.
ACTING Chief Magistrate Maria Busby Earle-Caddle says she exercised her powers as a magistrate in her own right in ordering that the preliminary inquiry involving a minor, who is before her on a murder charge, be restarted de novo (from the beginning).
THE annual national awards ceremony will take place on Republic Day (September 24) and not Independence Day (August 31), as has been the case since TT gained independence from the United Kingdom 55 years ago. President Anthony Carmona announced the change in a statement yesterday.