2010-01-07 “Man detained in failed abduction.”
Man detained in failed abduction.
By Cecily Asson
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Thursday, January 7 2010
A 34-YEAR-OLD Point Fortin man has been held in connection with the abduction of Keinya Calliste, 32, the daughter of five time calypso monarch Black Stalin (Leroy Calliste). Investigators however are still looking for Calliste’s silver Nissan Almera car which two [...]
2010-01-05 “Stalin’s daughter escapes kidnappers.”
Stalin’s daughter escapes kidnappers.
By Cecily Asson
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Tuesday, January 5 2010
The search is on for two men, one of them armed with a gun, who police said abducted the daughter of five-time calypso monarch Black Stalin (Leroy Calliste) from outside her San Fernando home on Sunday night.
Keinya Calliste, 32, of Turton Street, [...]
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Cecily ASSON
Yvonne BABOOLAL
Andre BAGOO
Peter BALROOP
Ralph BANWARIE
Cori BAYNES
Camille BETHEL
Peter Ray BLOOD
Nikita BRAXTON
Juhel BROWNE
Alexander BRUZAL
Wendy CAMPBELL
Kimberly CASTILLO
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2009-09-18 “The mystery of four missing Icacos men.”
The mystery of four missing Icacos men.
By Cecily Asson
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Friday, September 18 2009
Four men, including two Icacos fishermen, who have been missing since Sunday after a trip out at sea, are being held hostage in Venezuela.
A ransom demand of US$10,000 has been made for their safe return, a relative of one [...]
2009-09-12 “Pt Fortin schoolgirl missing.”
Pt Fortin schoolgirl missing.
By Cecily Asson
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Saturday, September 12 2009
The parents of missing schoolgirl, Tamika Shears, 17, are seeking the assistance of the public in helping them find their daughter who has not been seen since Wednesday.
Shears, of Petrotrin Quarters, Cochrane Village, Guapo, is a Fifth Form student at the Point [...]
2009-09-02 “Labourer found dead in shadon beni field.”
Labourer found dead in shadon beni field.
By Cecily Asson
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Wednesday, September 2 2009
The decomposed body of a URP labourer who went missing on Saturday was discovered yesterday in a garden at St Charles Village, Princes Town
According to a police report, Mandath “the Hawk” Ramdath, 52, of St Charles Village, Princes Town, [...]
2009-09-02 “Anti-kidnapping squad search for two missing men.”
Anti-kidnapping squad search for two missing men.
By Cecily Asson
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday |Wednesday, September 2 2009
Relatives of San Fernando businessman, Eric Sooklal, yesterday continued their public appeal for help in locating the elderly man who went missing last Wednesday.
Police said Sooklal, 72, of Robert Road, Phillipine, San Fernando left his home around 7.30 am on [...]
2009-07-13 “MURDERS MAR WEEKEND.”
MURDERS MAR WEEKEND.
By Cecily Asson
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Monday, July 13 2009
A RIO CLARO family is trying to come to terms with the gruesome murder of a 62-year-old gardener who was hacked to death in a forest in Guayaguayare.
The naked body of Rudolph Contrero, of Agostini Village, Rio Claro, was discovered hog-tied and hacked [...]
2009-07-10 “Missing man turns up in morgue.”
Missing man turns up in morgue.
By Cecily Asson
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Friday, July 10 2009
MYSTERY surrounds the discovery of the body of a missing man, who while worried relatives and police were searching for him, was actually on a slab in the morgue of the San Fernando General Hospital.
For two months, relatives of 74-year-old [...]
2009-07-09 “Gunman rapes woman in cemetery.”
Gunman rapes woman in cemetery.
By Cecily Asson
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Thursday, July 9 2009
POLICE yesterday arrested a 29-year-old unemployed man who after firing shots at two men inside a house, abducted one of the men’s 17-year-old girlfriend and took her to a public cemetery where he raped her in a track between two graves.
According [...]
2009-06-10 “Cop probe website photo in Gail Joseph murder.”
Cop probe website photo in Gail Joseph murder.
By Cecily Asson
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Wednesday, June 10 2009
THE TT Police Service’s Cyber Crime Unit (CCU) is investigating information from a website, including the photograph of a man, identified as the person who was with the mother of four, Gail Joseph, 41, on the night she [...]
2009-06-06 “Sisters bury mom.”
Sisters bury mom.
By Cecily Asson
Triniad & Tobago’s Newsday | Saturday, June 6 2009
INSTEAD of making preparations to celebrate her 12th birthday which is today, young Danessa Boysie was reading Psalm 23 over the sealed coffin of her mother Gail Joseph, 40, during her funeral service yesterday. Joseph’s decomposed body was fished out of the Manzanilla [...]
2009-06-04 “Missing mom found dead.”
Missing mom found dead.
By Cecily Asson
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Thursday, June 4 2009
THE BADLY decomposed body of mother of four Gail Joseph was found yesterday floating among thick mangrove in the Manzanilla River, three days after she went missing. Joseph’s daughter Daniella Boysie wept uncontrollably moments after positively identifying her mother’s body.
But while Joseph’s [...]
2009-05-19 “Silas charged with Gail’s murder.”
Silas charged with Gail’s murder.
By Cecily Asson
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Tuesday, May 19 2009
While waiting to make his fourth appearance in court yesterday for the kidnapping of eight-year- old Leah Lammy, Silas Mack found himself facing three new charges, one of them the murder of 19-year-old Gail Durity.
Mack, 35, received two new kidnapping charges [...]
2009-05-18 “Mother to face daughter’s suspected killer today.”
Mother to face daughter’s suspected killer today.
By Cecily Asson
Trinidad & Tobago’s Express | Monday, May 18 2009
Lorna Durity, mother of teenage murder victim Gail Durity, will today face the man who is to be charged with her daughter’s killing, when he appears in the Chaguanas Magistrates’ Court, today.
Police made a breakthrough in the abduction of [...]
2009-05-16 “Cherry feared death.”
Cherry feared death.
By Cecily Asson
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Saturday, May 16 2009
MURDERED Canadian deportee and kidnapping accused Jimmy Cherry, 41, warned acting Police Commissioner James Philbert that certain men were after him and his family.
This was revealed yesterday by his girlfriend Joanne Yarde during his funeral service at Belgrove’s Crematorium, Coffee Street, San Fernando [...]
2009-05-12 “Kidnap suspect shot dead.”
Kidnap suspect shot dead.
By Cecily Asson
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Tuesday, May 12 2009
Kidnap suspect Jimmy Cherry was among three men gunned down between Sunday and yesterday as the murder toll draws close to 200.
Cherry’s killing and the shooting deaths of Keigan Hernandez, in Diego Martin and an unidentified man in Belmont yesterday put the [...]
2009-05-06 “Murder charge awaits PH driver.”
Murder charge awaits PH driver.
By Cecily Asson
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Wednesday, May 6 2009
RELATIVES of murder victim Gail Durity, 19, yesterday breathed a sigh of relief when they received the news that a private-hire (PH) taxi-driver — currently incarcerated on remand at Maximum Security Prison in Arouca — will on Friday be charged for [...]
2009-05-02 “Find my girl’s killer.”
Find my girl’s killer.
By Cecily Asson
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Saturday, May 2 2009
FOLLOWING the arrest of a woman believed to hold the key to solving the murders of several young women in Central Trinidad, Patsy Greenidge is calling on police to reopen the case of her daughter Maria, 18, who was murdered five years [...]
2009-03-20 “Missing schoolgirl found.”
Missing schoolgirl found.
By Cecily Asson
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Friday, March 20 2009
Missing schoolgirl Sarah Taylor, 15, was found by police on Wednesday afternoon during a raid at a house in La Romaine
Taylor, who lives at Concession Drive, Sea Lots, Port-of-Spain, was reported missing by her mother Eunice when she did not return home from [...]
2009-01-22 “Businessman goes missing.”
Businessman goes missing.
By Cecily Asson
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian | Thursday, January 22 2009
POLICE are investigating the disappearance of Point Fortin businessman Denesh Soodeen, 27, following a trip to San Fernando on
Tuesday evening. His worried sister, Reshma Soodeen, said her brother owns and manages Kaotic Audio Electronics in Cap-de-Ville, Point Fortin and turns 28, today.
According to [...]
2008-09-05 “Woman taxi driver found dead.”
Woman taxi driver found dead.
By Cecily Asson
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday Friday, September 5, 2008
Villagers searching the Charuma forest yesterday for a missing man stumbled upon the decomposing body of Marabella paramedic and part-time taxi driver Margaret Constantine.
Constantine, 53, of Church Street, Union Road, Marabella, went missing on Monday night after dropping off a passenger [...]
2009-02-15 “Missing teen found… but”
Missing teen found… but
By Cecily Asson
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Friday, February 15 2008
SHALANA SABRINA MOONOO, 16, one of two Charlieville ASJA students missing since December has been located, but she is not ready to return home. Yesterday, Moonoo’s mother Sharon Ramjattan told Newsday that in a brief conversation with her daughter, the teen indicated [...]
2007-12-01 “Cops rescue kidnapped doctor.”
Cops rescue kidnapped doctor.
By Cecily Asson
Trinidad & Tobago’s Newsday | Saturday, December 1 2007
MEDICAL DOCTOR Marvindra Maharaj was kidnapped at gunpoint at a fast food outlet on Thursday night, but was rescued moments later by Highway Patrol police officers following a 30-minute highspeed chase through the streets of Couva.
And while the family physician was at [...]
