THE horrible murder at Madras Road, Cunupia is a disturbing indication that the spate of homicides has extended from St. Helena, Kelly Village and surrounding communities.
ONLY 20 Firearm Users’ Licences (FULs) were issued between October 2022 and February 2023, the head of the Police Firearms Permit Unit (FPU) has sworn in a legal affidavit.
THE People’s National Movement “will adopt a whole-of-government approach to national security,” the party vowed in its 2015 general election manifesto.
HERE is a sobering fact to consider with Trinidad and Tobago now the most violent small space on earth. Between 1995 and 1999, murders totalled 520 (122, 106, 101, 98 and 93), and yet then-Prime Minister Basdeo Panday inserted himself into the hot seat as National Security Minister.
Telephones at the town’s police station were not working, and when officers finally turned up, in their typical staid manner they posed questions, dusted for fingerprints, and anxiously poked around.