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Woman jumps off ferry
Posted: Friday, August 28, 2009

Woman overboard

Woman jumps off ferry
An unforgivable sin is what Emris Simon told rescuers pushed her to jump off the inter-island ferry, the T&T Spirit, while it was in mid-journey to Trinidad yesterday.

Govt refuses hotel deal
...developers offer units for sale to battle cost overruns

Government considered buying a number of million-dollar guest rooms at the upscale Carlton Savannah hotel but decided not to.

Sirju: I Won't Step Down
Commissioner Kenneth Sirju yesterday declared that he will not resign from the Uff Commission of Inquiry in the wake of moves by lawyers, acting on behalf of Udecott, which have forced the inquiry chairman to threaten to cancel the final phase of hearings because of a lawyer’s row over the commissioner.

'Vanessa an exemplary mom'
Fire victims' funeral

Imbert: Works Ministry not responsible balandra bridge collapse

Imbert blames contractor

Elias donates $$ from High Court judgment
...hopes money would be used to raise public awareness

Businessman missing
AN elderly San Fernando businessman is feared kidnapped and/or even murdered after he went missing on Wednesday morning on a routine trip to feed his dogs in Duncan Village, San Fernando.

No bail for 'gunman' tackled by woman
The man who allegedly tried to rob a woman who fought him off and took away his shotgun, appeared in court yesterday.

Missing businessman's van found in canefield
At the end of a narrow gravel track in an abandoned canefield, the van belonging to missing 73-year-old businessman Eric Sooklal was found yesterday. The cab of the vehicle was torched, police said.

Woman held trying to mail cocaine packets in Bible
A 29-year-old woman went to a post office in San Fernando yesterday and attempted to mail a package containing packets of cocaine.

$66.3m for 85 new buses
CABINET has agreed to spend $66.3 million to purchase 85 new buses for the Public Transport Service Corporation (PTSC), says Works Minister Colm Imbert.

Ex-student found guilty of fraud
FORMER Presentation College student Anthero Mootoo was found guilty yesterday of committing fraud in the 2008 Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) examinations.

Guns and ammo find at station for JSC shortly
Requests for a commission of inquiry into the discovery of guns, ammunition and drugs at the St Joseph Police Station ceiling could be brought before a Joint Select Committee (JSC) as early as next week.



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