Daily Archives: Feb 27, 2017

AN ex-soldier was stabbed to death on the streets of Port of Spain on Monday.

A FACTORY ROAD, Diego Martin, house was slammed into by a runaway Nissan B-14 yesterday morning, almost claiming the life of a man who was asleep in a bedroom.

South Korean intelligence agencies have branded the killing of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un's half-brother as an act of state terrorism perpetrated by the North, a lawmaker with close ties to intelligence told NBC News.

For the most part, the results of the new NBC News-Wall Street Journal national poll are in line with other recent surveys. President Trump, the pollsters found, is underwater in his approval rating — meaning that more people disapprove of the job he’s doing than approve.

The Philippines and Germany condemned on Monday the beheading of an elderly German captive by Islamic State-linked Abu Sayyaf militants who posted a video of the killing after a deadline for a $600,000 ransom passed.

Silicon Valley crashed Hollywood's biggest awards show on Sunday as Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) and Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) collected the first Academy Awards for streaming services while independent studio A24 won the coveted best picture Oscar.

IN an effort to take control of his music, singjay Khago has completed construction of a ‘new’ studio in Manchester, his home parish.

DECLARING that she is without fear of reprisal when it comes to women’s and children’s rights, former Youth and Culture Minister Lisa Hanna yesterday lashed her critics, some of whom had sent death threats, for attacking her comments on convicted murderer Vybz Kartel producing music from behind prison bars.

Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) is running a new price-comparison test in at least 1,200 U.S. stores and squeezing packaged goods suppliers in a bid to close a pricing gap with German-based discount grocery chain Aldi ALDIEI.UL and other U.S. rivals like Kroger Co (KR.N), according to four sources familiar with the moves.

ABC's Sunday night broadcast of the 89th Academy Awards drew a 22.4 overnight rating, down 4 percent from last year's low-rated show, according to Nielsen data released by the Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) unit.