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9 Villages Cut Off
Posted: Monday, August 24, 2009

9 Villages Cut Off
SCORES of stranded vacationing visitors on the north east coast of Trinidad, were yesterday shuttled out of the area by boat as a temporary Bailey Bridge was being constructed to get people out of the area after the collapse of the Balandra bridge, on Saturday.

...Bridges to nowhere

...Evacuations at Balandra

Desperate times
Marooned east coast residents frustrated over slow bridge repair

...Bailey bridge up by today

Floods hit Caroni residents

'I tried everything to save them'
DARREN DIXON, the lone survivor of Saturday's tragic fire which claimed the lives of six of his family members, including his pregnant wife, had to be taken to the Couva Health Facility yesterday, suffering from acute stress, elevated blood pressure and a high fever.

...Couva fire survivor falls ill

Farmers count their losses
Thousands of dollars in crops were destroyed yesterday when heavy rains flooded several acres of cultivated land along the East-West corridor.

Baby Faith returns to hospital today

Prisons bosses tackle overcrowding
Overcrowding at prisons in TT has already started to decrease, Commissioner of Prisons John Rougier said Friday.

Commonwealth heads to get taste of sweet pan
Prime Minister Patrick Manning says the Government will continue developing opportunities to showcase the talent of T&T.

$100,000 fine
...for undeclared stock trade

Licensing upgrades to begin in October

Jamaican faces deportation
Police have arrested a 27-year-old Jamaican in an apartment in El Socorro, San Juan, after they received information that he was wanted by Jamaican authorities for attempted murder.

Beach robbers nabbed

St Joseph cops foil robber in Curepe

Aunt: My nephew did not hang himself
THE aunt of a teenager who was arrested by the police last week Tuesday, but was found hanging in a holding cell at the La Horquetta Police Station on Saturday, is calling for an investigation into his death, since she believes all of the facts from the police are "not adding up".

Two men found dead on Saturday



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