Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Guardian) Three women appeared in the Scarborough Magistrates’ Virtual Court to answer charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm, false imprisonment and robbery with aggravation of a 28 year old man Dachel Ashby 19, a security guard, Jennieve Gardiner 28, unemployed and Reacheal Martinez 36, also security guard are all close relatives.

“We can never forgive the Government policy that denied my father the right to return home.”

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Finance has confirmed that the proposed increase of taxes and import duty on certain private motor cars—namely, certain smaller engine CNG, electric and hybrid cars—which were announced in the 2021 Budget Statement, will now be applicable from January 1st, 2021.

(Trinidad Express) Three men who decided to go up against a 68-year-old farmer from Princes Town got more than they bargained for.

(Trinidad Guardian) T&T Airline Pilots Association (TTALPA) and Caribbean Airlines have agreed that all pilots’ salaries will be cut by 57 per cent—just over half—for the next three months, to support CAL’s cost cutting measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago will receive COVID-19 vaccines for 20 per cent of its population in the first instance after its development.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Foreign and Caricom Affairs has dispelled any thoughts that it has not been taking action on the tilting Nabarima.

(Trinidad Guardian) British Member of Parliament Steven Baker has responded to criticisms levelled against him by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley.

(Trinidad Express) Southern Division police are investigating three deaths in three separate shooting incidents on Friday.

(Trinidad Express) Com-missioner of Police, Gary Griffith, has welcomed the decision of Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley to bring in British and Barbados police officers to assist in the investigations into the seizure and subsequent disappearance of $22 million in cash which had been found in a house at Kathleen Warner Drive, La Horquetta, on September 22.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says “under no circumstances” will Trinidad and Tobago implement an open-door policy to migrants.

(Trinidad Guardian) If the tax exemption cap of $350,000 proposed by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is implemented, the list of cars considered luxurious that can be purchased without exemptions could be significantly reduced for Members of Parliament and other public officers who are entitled to the exemption.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley last night hit back at the British MP who raised the plight of Trinidad and Tobago nationals stranded in the UK due to the closure of T&T borders since March.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidadian cruise ship workers who remain stranded on board multiple vessels throughout the world are asking for exemptions to return home.

 (Trinidad Express) A Police Constable and a civilian have been charged with a $680,000 robbery.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Police Constable has appeared virtually before a Port-of-Spain magistrate charged with shooting with intent to murder.

(Trinidad Express) Just hours after she was reported missing by her mother, the body of 23-year-old Tenil Cupid was found in Santa Flora on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad and Tobago spent over TT$2 billion on the importation of cereals, fruits and vegetables last year, says Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police are actively pursuing several further matters under the Civil Assets Forfeiture law – the Unexplained Wealth law – to have certain people in T&T explain how they have achieved their wealth.

(Trinidad Express) Reanna Ashley Gobadan, who was left with serious injuries when she was struck by a vehicle in August, has returned home to continue her long road to recovery.