Trinidad & Tobago News

(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.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police Commissioner Gary Griffith said yesterday that approximately 75 officers are being closely monitored by police for suspected criminal activity.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 36-year-old man who impersonated a doctor at the San Fernando Teaching Hospital has been jailed for eight months.

(Trinidad Guardian) Venezuela’s Navy yesterday broke up three human trafficking camps on the country’s Orinoco Delta and rescued 79 people, including 25 minors, whom they said were being trafficked to criminal gangs in T&T.

(Trinidad Express) A vehicle rented by one of the four murder victims executed in New Grant was recovered by police on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Express) A 24-year-old man is expected to appear before a Chaguanas Magistrate today charged with double murder.

(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs Dennis Moses says Trinidad and Tobago is not bound by recent decisions made in relation to the Rio Treaty, including the travel restrictions imposed on Venezuela Vice-President Delcy Rodriguez.

(Trinidad Express) A Venezuelan woman was one of four people found shot dead in New Grant on Monday.

(Trinidad Express) One of the Trinidadians employed with Disney Cruise Line is calling on Minister of National Security Stuart Young to reunite her family after she was allowed to return home yesterday but her husband was not.

(Trinidad Guardian) One of the six Trinidad and Tobago nationals who were on board the Caribbean Princess and allowed to return home on Saturday says she cried when she was welcomed back after being stranded at sea for months.

(Trinidad Guardian) In a dark bushy field in New Grant during the wee hours of yesterday morning, four people including two Venezuelans were lined up and shot dead by multiple gunmen.

(Trinidad Guardian) National Security Minister Stuart Young says over 300 nationals stuck on a ship off Barbados will be allowed to come home if the cruise ship company agrees to quarantine them at sea off Trinidad and Tobago.