INVESTIGATORS suspect arson behind a fire which destroyed a house in St Mary’s Village, Moruga yesterday and left Community-Based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (CEPEP) employee Wendell Dyer, 43, homeless.

THREE-YEAR-OLD Jalon Gittens escaped being shot on Thursday night when gunmen stormed the yard at the front of his Moruga home and pointed their guns in the direction of his grandfather Dave De Couteau, 57, who was holding him in his arms, before opening fire on Jalon’s uncle Randy De Couteau, 34, who was shot multiple times and killed on the spot.(...)

JUST THREE days before his highly anticipated concert next Monday, reigning soca monarch Machel Montano returned to the Port-of-Spain Magistrates’ Court yesterday, for another hearing in his ongoing assault trial.

NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Brigadier John Sandy has conceded that the drop in crime which the Government expected following the end of the state of emergency has not occurred as expected. The minister made this concession while responding to reporters’ questions about the murder of Kevin Ellis in Ste Madeleine on Monday last.

AN AUTOPSY carried out on Thursday on the body of Dillon Sinanan, 20, who was buried alive while at a job site on Wednesday, revealed his death was due to asphyxia.

A MONTH after schoolteacher Patricia Mohammed was barred by Anjuman Sunnat Jamaat Association (ASJA) president Yacoob Ali from entering the San Fernando Girls ASJA College, the Debe Jamaat has come forward to not only condemn this act but also to call for a public apology from the ASJA president.

ACTION by Customs and Excise officers stationed at the Piarco International Airport on Thursday led to the arrest of a Jamaican national who was found to have several pellets of marijuana in her possession.

OFFICERS in the Northern Division received kudos for their work in recovering guns and ammunition in two separate incidents on Thursday.