Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Express) THE Saharan dust plume that crossed the Atlantic Ocean from west Africa is smothering islands in the Caribbean, including Trinidad and Tobago.

(Trinidad Express) A Barbados Nation photographer who was responding to a report that a man was kill-ed at Bishop’s Court Hill, St Michael, was attacked and killed yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) While Covid-19 cases continue to increase in the Americas, a package of measures has been used to mount an effective fight against the virus in Trinidad and Tobago.

(Trinidad Express) An estate constable with the Airports Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (AATT) has retained the services of senior counsel to fight an alleged case of discrimination because of his hairstyle.

(Trinidad Express) There are currently high concentrations of Saharan dust within Trinidad and Tobago’s atmosphere.

(Trinidad Express) Three murders were recorded yesterday. Dead are Kerron “Kayo” Prince, 34, of Olton Road, Arima; Christopher Williams, 26, and Gabriel Joseph, 30, both of Petit Valley.

(Trinidad Guardian) Instead of presenting Stephon Mc Leod with a gift as the nation celebrates Father’s Day on Sunday, the family are instead mourning the death of the 40-year-old man and his toddler who were ambushed and shot on Friday night in Tunapuna.

(Trinidad Express) Police are investigating the shooting deaths of a man and his two-year-old daughter on Friday night.

(Trinidad Express) A truck driver who breached a protection order and beat his wife has been sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labour.

(Trinidad Guardian) The mother of a three-year-old, who experienced medical issues after participating in a survival swimming class, has sued the Diego Martin Swimming School. 

(Trinidad Express) An 18-year-old woman is expected to appear before a Port-of-Spain Magistrate on Monday charged with knifing to death a man.

(Trinidad Guardian) Cramped together in wicker baskets and cages— baby monkeys, parrots, and a macaw were rescued by police during an exercise in south Trinidad yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) The State has been ordered to pay a little over $300,000 in compensation to a 27-year-old man from Sangre Grande, who was doused with hot water and pepper sauce during an interrogation by police in 2015. 

(Trinidad Express) MERCY! That was the last plea that relatives of Geeta Newman heard from her.

(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.