Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Guardian) A woman who claimed she was waiting for two months to get the promised rental assistance from the government, was on Wednesday kicked out of their rented home in San Fernando.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday launched a scathing attack on T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce CEO Gabriel Faria, saying he had a “disrespectful mouth” and an “acid tongue.”

(Trinidad Guardian) Days after T&T students from Barbados and Jamaica were repatriated, T&T medical students who are currently in Cuba are also seeking repatriation as they say life has become “unbearably tough” for them.

(Trinidad Express) Mall janitor Ramesh Suienarine made a virtual court appearance before a magistrate yesterday morning after he was charged with the murder of Tricia Ramsaran-Ramdass.

(Trinidad Express) On the day he made a policer report about a police officer harassing him, a Carapo may was killed by three men who pulled up outside his home on Monday The deceased has been identified as Roger ‘Wasa’ Cabie of Simon Street, Carapo.

(Trinidad Guardian) While T&T students who were studying at the University of the West Indies’ Cave Hill campus in Barbados are relieved to be back home, they are unhappy with Caribbean Airlines US$488 fee per ticket to return.

(Trinidad Express) Don’t kill Christopher Columbus a second time just for killing sake.

(Trinidad Guardian) A teenager was gunned down in Arima on Sunday night after gunmen ambushed a group of boys in their community.

(Trinidad Guardian) Six of the 305 people who started their 14-day quarantine on Friday on board the Enchantment of the Seas cruise ship docked in T&T waters have tested positive for the COVID-19.

(Trinidad Express) A 63-year-old Trinidad and Tobago national tested positive for Covid-19 virus prior to boarding the aircraft in Venezuela to return home.

(Trinidad Guardian) Government will extend its facility to Venezuelans migrants in T&T up until December, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley announced Friday.

(Trinidad Express) A live round of 9mm ammunition and a hand-written death threat were sent to the home of Justice Frank Seepersad.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Queen of the Warao Nation, Donna Bermudez-Bovell, is calling on Mayor Joel Martinez to convene an urgent meeting to discuss the removal of Christopher Columbus from his place of public reverence in Port of Spain, following his public pronouncement to engage the matter on Wednesday.

(Trinidad Express) A Barrackpore man who was convicted of the unlawful killing of a woman 16 years ago walked into the police station on Wednesday and allegedly confessed that he had killed another woman.

(Trinidad Guardian) High Court judge Frank Seepersad yesterday received a letter containing a 9mm bullet and a warning that he should resign or the bullet would look ‘good’ between his eyes.

(Trinidad Express) Police are at Barrackpore investigating a murder where a woman was allegedly killed by a close male relative in a case of domestic violence.

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Regiment is confirming that two of its soldiers, along with two police officers, have been charged in connection with an incident that happened with the “homeless humiliation” in the first days of the Covid-19 lock down.

(Trinidad Guardian) “I am bipolar. I am sorry.” This was the apology offered yesterday by Ian Smart for pulling a cap off a policeman’s head during the Black Lives Movement protest in Trinidad and Tobago at the Queen’s Park Savannah on Monday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two police officers and two soldiers are expected to be charged for abusing a homeless man while on patrol in Port-of-Spain earlier this year.

(Trinidad Express) Two people appeared in court today for separate offences against minors.