Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Express) Thirty Trinidad and Tobago nationals currently in Guyana are now calling on Government to respond to their requests to be allowed home.

(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Finance Colm Imbert says the Government has already monetised its shareholding in Republic Financial Holdings Limited (RFHL) and Angostura Holdings Limited (AHL) to provide funding to Government through the issue of National Investment Fund (NIF) Bonds.

(Trinidad Express) A Barrackpore man has captured a nighttime video showing vampire bats feeding on the blood of chickens roosting on a tree in his back yard.

(Trinidad Express) A twenty four year-old doctor from San Fernando allegedly jumped to his death from a third-floor apartment in Champs Fleurs early yesterday morning after using a mixture of alcohol, LSD and marijuana.

A reported COVID-19 party in Las Cuevas ended in tragedy early Sunday when a Barataria woman lost her life and several others were injured when the vehicle they were returning home in crashed.

(Trinidad Express) There are only three COVID-positive patients in hospital as of Sunday night.

T&T’s archaic Education Act of 1966 could be one of the reasons why Ministry of Education officials are now seeking advice from the Chief Personnel Officer and Attorney General on how teachers can be made to account for their work while at home during the COVID-19 pandemic.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two international relations experts agree that the US has no justifiable reasons to impose sanctions on T&T.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has slammed Opposition leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar for attempting to tarnish Trinidad and Tobago’s reputation in an attempt to convince the United States to levy sanctions against the country.

(Trinidad Guardian) Yesterday marked 20 years since the death of cultural icon Sundar Popo.

(Trinidad Guardian) If T&T returns to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), this could actually help T&T’s economy, according to former NAR finance minister Selby Wilson.

(Trinidad Guardian) In a special report from the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) released on Wednesday, Trinidad and Tobago has returned to a watch list of countries for concerns of intellectual property violations due to “a lack of enforcement actions.”

(Trinidad Guardian) A 23-year-old man was wounded in a police-involved shooting incident today, after he ran into the La Brea Police Station after another man who had gone there seeking help, and tried to attack him with a hayfork.

Lyndon “Dracula” Mohammed, also known as Jason Aguillera, was shot and killed during a police-involved shooting in Cocorite, on Thursday.

(Trinidad Express) Digicel has asked all employees, including managers, to take a temporary salary reduction due to the financial losses caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

(Trinidad Guardian) Any nation that assists Venezuela in avoiding embargoes will face sweeping sanctions imposed by the United States.

(Trinidad Guardian) Government is proposing to slash by half the penalties of 80,000 unpaid traffic tickets that are before the courts.

(Trinidad Express) Nine people were detained by police on Monday night for gathering in a group that exceeded five.

(Trinidad Guardian) The T&T Registered Nurses’ Association (TTRNA) is asking the Government to consider a $1 million payout in the event any nurse loses their life during the COVID-19 pandemic.

(Trinidad Guardian) Dean Walters of Tobago and Donna Lisa Phillips-Walters of Trinidad got married in Chaguaramas and left for Curaçao on March 16.