Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Guardian) US Ambassador Joseph Mondello has issued a statement saying that he has spoken to National Security Minister Stuart Young about the visit of the Venezuelan Vice-President’s visit to this country.

(Trinidad Express) Regional telecommunications giant Digicel has filed for bankruptcy before the Bermuda courts, but it insists that its day-to-day operations will not be affected by the move.

(Trinidad Express) POLICE have responded to a grisly crime scene where one of their retired colleagues and his wife have been brutally killed. 

(Trinidad Express) Fifteen year old Anushka Balkissoon was found on Sunday night, and has returned to her family.

(Trinidad Guardian) Public Utilities Minister Robert Le Hunte has confirmed that his resignation from Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s led administration was a result of professional conflict on policy positions.

(Trinidad Guardian) After surveying 148 executives in T&T and the Caribbean in April, HRC Associates in collaboration with the T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce has found that almost one third of the CEO’s are expecting staff severances in the coming months.

(Trinidad Express) Two brothers are suspected to have drowned at a pool at a quarrying site in Valencia.

No mask, no roti……no mask, no service! Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has advised citizens to obey public health regulations to wear masks when entering public places.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three persons are expected to appear before a Port of Spain Magistrate on May 18th charged with possession of counterfeit cards and card-making equipment.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley announced yesterday a further ease up of the regulations related to the Covid-19 pandemic.

(Trinidad Express) Lurking among gatherings of people, there can be a super-spreader of the Covid-19 virus, who can transmit the virus exponentially to large numbers of the population.

(Trinidad Express) A Maraval man is expected to appear before a Port of Spain Magistrate tomorrow charged with the NY 12 murder of his brother, Atilola Josiah Herod. 

(Trinidad Express) Businessman Derek Chin says he is disappointed and hurt over distasteful comments that he is receiving special treatment at Cascadia Hotel and there was an “ulterior motive” in him picking up cancer patient Krissa Bissoon to return to Trinidad.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is insisting he did not know what portfolio Asdrubal Chavez held when he met with him and Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez on March 27th.

(Trinidad Guardian) Although several regional territories are concerned over the Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) move to administer the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Exam (CAPE) and Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examinations in July, although COVID-19 response may still be a major issue for some countries, senior CXC officials say it will go on as planned.

(Trinidad Guardian) Twenty-one T&T nationals who had found themselves on the outside looking in when borders closed at midnight on March 22, returned to this country yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Works and Transport Minister Rohan Sinanan says the proposed laws in the Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic (Amendment) Bill, 2019, will ensure the tint on vehicles is properly handled and not via Licensing officer’s whim and fancy.

(Trinidad Guardian) The United States Embassy has said that Government violated the 73-year-old Rio Treaty when Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez landed in the country.

(Trinidad Express) A prisoner was found hanging in a cell at the Penal Police Station on Monday night.

(Trinidad Express) Ten people were arrested this afternoon for breaching the Public Health Ordinance Regulations when they were found bathing in the waters off Bayside Towers in Cocorite.