Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Express) Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh plans to have a meeting with heads of the maxi taxi and taxi associations over the wearing of masks.

(Trinidad Guardian) Several birds drowned after they were thrown into the sea, when Coast Guard officers intercepted a pirogue off Cedros, this morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) A woman has been arrested in connection with an incident in which a family of three, including a child, were chopped at their South Oropouche home.

(Trinidad Guardian) Managing Director of Bastion Market Intelligence Ltd in Port-of Spain, Roger Montero, believes that if the problems of illicit trade are addressed, then this country can get an improved ranking in the next Global Illicit Trade Environment Index.

(Trinidad Guardian) Students writing the Caribbean Secondary Examination Certificate (CSEC) and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) will not have to wear masks in the examination rooms but will be subjected to other health controls.

(Trinidad Express) Businessman Michael Patrick Aboud, who was charged last year with firearm and drug possession, caused outrage on social media yesterday after posting that protesters in the United States were using the George Floyd police killing as an excuse “to do what comes natural” to them.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three months after closing, shopping malls across South Trinidad opened for the first time on Monday but there were no throngs of people waiting to buy.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has given permission for the resumption of almost all economic activity one week ahead of the third phase of reopening.

(Trinidad Express) Police suspect that skeletal remains found at Couva on Sunday may be those of a doubles man who went missing three years ago.

(Trinidad Express) An appeal has been made to the Government to engage in diplomatic discussions so Trinidad and Tobago nationals stranded abroad can return home aboard planes being sent here to repatriate foreign nationals.

(Trinidad Express) Barataria police are investigating the circumstances which led to the death of a woman in Aranjuez last Thursday night.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley announced yesterday afternoon that Phase 3 of easing of the Covid-19 restrictions will see the reopening of all retail businesses from tomorrow.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad and Tobago has one new case of COVID-19.

(Trinidad Guardian) One in every five vehicles on the nation’s roads is uninsured, according to estimates from the Association of T&T Insurance Companies (ATTIC).

(Trinidad Express) Minister of Education Anthony Garcia announced yesterday that the new school year will open on September 1.

(Trinidad Express) Satyam Harrilal who was sentenced to eight months in prison for impersonating a medical doctor while at the San Fernando General Hospital, would not have had access to treat any patients.

(Trinidad Guardian) In what was the most vicious attack on the local media by a sitting Prime Minister, Dr Keith Rowley yesterday accused the two largest media companies of not being independent but rather dancing to the tunes of their owners.

(Trinidad Express) He has entertained Trinidad and Tobago, and the world, for decades with his powerful renditions of traditional chutney, bhajans and Indian classical songs.

(Trinidad Express) Businessman Derek Chin has said the Government did not ask him to pick up Krissa Bissoon from The Bahamas.

(Trinidad Express) An AK-47 assault rifle fitted with a sniper scope and a drum magazine was seized this morning following a shoot-out between the police and a man once dubbed the country’s most wanted.