Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Guardian) Thirty-two police recruits attached to the Police Academy in St James have tested positive Covid-19.

(Trinidad Express) Reanna Ashley Gobadan, the 27-year-old woman who suffered extensive injuries when she was struck by a vehicle last month, has opened her eyes.

(Trinidad Guardian) “Call it blessings; Call it Pyramid; Call it SouSou: It was a non-refundable RISK!”

(Trinidad Guardian) A female T&T detainee in the Al Hol refugee camp in Syria has written to Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley appealing for the state to bring her and her five children home.

(Trinidad Guardian) An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter Scale has rocked T&T.

(Trinidad Guardian) Less than two weeks after the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) warned the public about getting involved in pyramid schemes, a “Blessing Circle” with over 1,200 members has “crashed,” leaving the majority of its members without their hard-earned money.

(Trinidad Express) Former FIFA vice-president and government minister Jack Warner is “alive and in good spirits”.

 (Trinidad Express) As numbers continue to rise, there is a rolling backlog of COVID-19 testing that is yet to be completed.

(Trinidad Guardian) Six men including two Venezuelan nationals have been remanded into custody after appearing in court for murdering a Chinese businessman during a botched robbery, late last month.

(Trinidad Express) A 29-year-old mother of four was killed yesterday morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) Less than a month after campaigning for a seat in Parliament in the August 10 General Election, former National Security Minister Jack Warner was last night warded at hospital with COVID-19.

(Trinidad Guardian) Six men including two Venezuelan nationals have been remanded into custody after appearing in court for murdering a Chinese businessman during a botched robbery, late last month.

(Trinidad Guardian) The large oil cargo on a damaged Venezuelan tanker in the Gulf of Paria, miles off Cedros will be transferred to a contracted vessel, but local groups want to know exactly when.

(Trinidad Express) The Covid-19 death toll continues to rise with five more deaths recorded yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith says the T&T Police Service does not intend to go on a rampage ticketing children eight years and over who are not wearing face masks in public to protect against the COVId-19 virus.

(Trinidad Guardian) Outspoken judge and lay minister Frank Seepersad says there is a race relations crisis in T&T which needs to be addressed urgently.

(Trinidad Express) THE MOTHER of the Venezuelan teenager who was brutally attacked and left for dead in a gravel road in Debe last month has asked for continued prayer and support for her daughter.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday admitted the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated our efforts in the tourism market, creating a TT$15 billion hole which is likely to impact the country’s upcoming budget considerably.

(Trinidad Express) A Moruga mother is demanding an investigation into the shooting death of her son allegedly by an off-duty police officer on Saturday.

(Trinidad Guardian) COVID-positive pregnant women treated at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex Women’s Hospital have given birth to babies who are negative for the virus.