Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley did not take a private jet out of Trinidad to New York.

(Trinidad Guardian) As homicide detectives continue their search for the killers of retired chemist Veji Boodoo and his sons Shreedharshan and Vidharshan, his wife says they were not religious extremists.

(Trinidad Express) A total of 92 Covid-positive cases were reported yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) A chemist who was the focus of an investigation into threats of terrorism back in 2003 was killed along with his two sons yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Officers of the North Eastern Division Task Force arrested eight people, including two women and two Venezuelan men, who were involved in a bloody supermarket robbery that ended in murder this morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) Twenty-three-year-old Nneka Jones, a recent graduate of the University of Tampa in Florida, is the latest T&T national to make the country proud as her unique artwork was selected by the long time eminent, American created, Time Magazine for its August 31 to September 7, issue.

(Trinidad Guardian) A second person has been charged with the murder of Ellena Dial.

(Trinidad Express) Approximately 600 COVID-19 samples awaiting testing are expected to be cleared in the next 24-48 hours.

(Trinidad Guardian) Jolted out of sleep by a loud cracking sound of her house falling apart, a Princes Town mother and her three children had to flee their home around 2 o’clock yesterday morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) Government members are on heightened COVID alert. This, after Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley was tested for COVID-19 following exposure on August 10 to someone who tested positive for the virus.

(Trinidad Express) TRINIDAD and Tobago yesterday recorded its highest rate of infection for Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, with the Ministry of Health announcing 81 new cases last evening.

(Trinidad Express) As Covid-19-positive ca­ses continue to rise daily by the dozen, homesick Trinidad and Tobago students enrolled in foreign universities are concerned about the availability of departing flights as borders are closed.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Health has announced that active COVID-19 cases have crossed 600 with the announcement of 615 new cases.

The new Dr Keith Rowley Cabinet retains most of the previous familiar faces in frontline portfolios – but with the Education Ministry in the hands of two mothers and the return of former Diego Martin Central MP Dr Amery Browne as Foreign Affairs Minister.

(Trinidad Guardian) President Paula-Mae Weekes will swear-in Dr Keith Rowley as Prime Minister today.

(Trinidad Express) As of Tuesday afternoon, the Health Ministry reports the following: Number of samples submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) and the UWI site for testing for COVID-19 – 16,453 Number of samples which have tested positive at public and private facilities in Trinidad and Tobago 629 Total number of active cases 477 Number of deaths 12 Number of persons discharged 140.

(Trinidad Guardian) The management of the Marriott Hotel at Invaders Bay, Port-of-Spain, has denied rumours that the establishment is being used as a ‘quarantine hotel’.

(Trinidad Express) Commissioner of Police, Gary Griffith is questioning statements made by local NGO Womanatra concerning the treatment of Venezuelan women in Trinidad and Tobago.

(Trinidad Guardian) Longtime UNC stalwart and commentator Robin Montano has been critical of the United National Congress’ (UNC’s) leader staying on the job and the UNC’s Rabindra Moonan has also frowned on any vote of confidence being given to a “serial loser.”

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago recorded a total of 36 new cases of the Covid-19 coronavirus yesterday.