Three women from Georgetown were arrested and taken into Police custody after an investigation was launched at Bartica where there are five separate reports of stolen articles.
 
The women had in their possession a quantity of clothing, DVD players and an electrical iron which are suspected to have been “shoplifted” from business places in Bartica.
 
The women are expected to be charged for court shortly.
 

Fazeer Mohammed’s dismissal from State-owned Caribbean New Media Group (CNMG) is "quite reasonable" the founder of a new association purported to represent media practitioners has said.
Devant Maharaj the founder of the Association of Independent Media of Trinidad and Tobago (AIMtt) said according to his information Mohammed was being paid an exorbitant salary at the expense of tax payers.
Maharaj, also the newly appointed chairman of the Public Service Transport Commission (PTSC),  in defence of Mohammed’s dismissal from