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Man held for trying to defraud Nigeria High Commission File photo. A 47-year-old Diego Martin mechanic is in police custody after allegedly taking money from the Nigeria High Commission for maintenance work on vehicles he never completed. Police said the man was arrested at his home on Tuesday by officers of the Fraud Squad. He is expected to be interviewed by investigators later today. The exercise was led by Snr Supt Groom of the Fraud Squad and Insp Samuel.

The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian is the longest running daily newspaper in the country, marking its centenary in 2017. The paper started life as the Trinidad Guardian on Sunday 2nd September 1917 by the newly formed Trinidad Publishing Company Limited.

Azzopardi claims frame-up of tax official by civil service head and former police chief In House speech, Jason Azzopardi claims Mario Cutajar had tax official arrested to force him to resign post, with connivance of former police chief 2 March 2021, 7:18pm by Nicole Meilak Jason Azzopardi claims that (from top to bottom) Principal Permanent Secretary Mario Cutajar, former police commissioner Peter Paul Zammit and Robert Abela were involved in framing a tax official back in April 2013 The Natio...

The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian is the longest running daily newspaper in the country, marking its centenary in 2017. The paper started life as the Trinidad Guardian on Sunday 2nd September 1917 by the newly formed Trinidad Publishing Company Limited.

Businessman charged with fraud 20210226 Com­pa­ny Di­rec­tor Ter­rance Hy­po­lite was grant­ed bail when he ap­peared be­fore a Jus­tice of the Peace yes­ter­day charged with fraud. Hy­po­lite, 63, of Ed­in­burgh 500, Ch­agua­nas, was charged with ut­ter­ing a forged doc­u­ment and at­tempt­ing to ob­tain $4.8 mil­lion dol­lars from the Gov­ern­ment of Trinidad and To­ba­go by false pre­tences. He ap­peared be­fore JP Ba­bootee at the Wood­brook Po­lice Sta...

Caroni four still in custody for bogus cheque File photo Four men who were arrested for using a bogus cheque to buy goods remained in custody up to midday on Monday. Police said members of the Fraud Squad took files containing the evidence to the legal officer at the Arouca Station on Monday afternoon as they continued enquiries on whether the men were part of the scheme or if they were hired by the actual fraudster. The four men, aged 26, 27, 37 and 49, all from Kelly Village, Caroni, gave a f...

7 more stations to be repurposed in modern policing plan Sunday 21 February 2021 Moriah Police Station in Tobago is to be used as a medical facility for officers to get basic medical attention. PHOTO BY AYANNA KINSALE - SEVEN more police stations will be repurposed as the police seek to cut back on costs as they currently owe suppliers $182 million as at the end of January. In an e-mailed response to Sunday Newsday, the police  said some of the seven stations will not be repurposed this fisca...

Top 10 singer became screen and stage actor By Glenn A Baker Normal text size TRISHA (PATSY ANN) NOBLE: 1944-2021 “I was raised by a show business family as an all-round performer, not just a pop singer,” Trisha Noble would declare not long before her death, at the age of 76 after an 18-month battle with a malignant tumour caused by exposure to asbestos. Like Helen Reddy, her grounding as an entertainer would recommend her from a young age to powerbrokers like Brian Henderson, presenter of ...

THE University of the West Indies, Mona, is urging employers and educational institutions...

‘Mr James’ scams woman of $80,000 with promise of HDC house by The HDC scammer, right, checks money paid by his victim during one of their transactions. Po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing yet an­oth­er scam in­volv­ing the promise of Hous­ing De­vel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion (HDC) homes, in which a woman lost $80,000. Ac­cord­ing to the Fraud Squad, a to­tal of 14 peo­ple were vic­tims of HDC scams this year. The woman, who spoke to Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day, said the pay...