Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Guardian) The estimated costs of the clean-up operation so far for the Tobago oil spill at the central Government level is around US$12 million but by the end of the exercise it could increase to as much as US$30 million, says Energy Minister Stuart Young.

(Trinidad Express) A 29-year-old man who has been called ‘the prime suspect’ in the mass shooting reported in Cocorite on Saturday night which claimed the lives of four men, and injured eight others, has been held attempting to flee the country.

(Trinidad Guardian) Despite recently opening its flagship Miniso store at the Falls Westmall, found-er and CEO of First Retail Inc, Omar Hadeed, says the company’s local growth will “now be slowed” as the foreign exchange (forex) problem continues to be very challenging.

(Trinidad Guardian)Tobago investigators have identified the body found over a precipice in Mt St George as 32-year-old Shellon Walters-Joseph, of Mt Marie, Scarborough.

(Trinidad Express) Four people were killed and eight injured in a mass shooting at Powder Magazine in Cocorite on Saturday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) Four people are dead, and eight others wounded following a shooting in Cocorite, on Saturday night.

(Trinidad Express) Roadside vendors are defending the cost of their goods against criticism from consumers that the prices of pomerac and mango are too high when compared to imported apples.

(Trinidad Express) Comedian and chutney singer Kenneth Supersad, of Nahh News fame, yesterday received an apology from officers of the Arouca Police Station after he had been turned away while making a robbery report on Thursday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad and Tobago now joins several other CARICOM countries in formally recognising the State of Palestine.

(Trinidad Express) The owner of Crystal Waters Limited was shot and killed last night.

(Trinidad Guardian) A global outbreak of High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza (HPAI), also known as bird flu or avian flu, has prompted the Chief Veterinary Officer to ban the importation of poultry from Miami, Florida via both air and sea.  

(Trinidad Guardian) Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC, has deemed the contents of a legal letter sent to him by Auditor General Jaiwantie Ramdass as “threats” and said he will not be “intimidated” in the course of his duties.

(Trinidad Express) Auditor General Jaiwantie Ramdass has said that her independent office is under “political” attack, and she has threatened to haul Attorney General Reginald Armour before the courts should the State refuse to pay the legal costs for her to defend herself in this regard.

(Trinidad Express) Compared with other Caribbean partners, particularly Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago has got a raw deal in terms of World Cup Cricket matches to be played on local soil.

(Trinidad Guardian) Port-of-Spain Division Area East head, ASP Ramesh Soodeen, is warning citizens to be wary of certain parts of the capital city.

 (Trinidad Guardian) Finance Minister Colm Imbert has sought legal counsel on a letter from Auditor General Jaiwantie Ramdass’ attorney Anand Ramlogan SC’s Freedom Chambers, which Imbert says contains “outrageous, false and defamatory accusations and allegations”.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Auditor General Jaiwantie Ramdass has fired back at Finance Minister Colm Imbert and Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC, via a pre-action protocol letter, over alleged erroneous statements made in Parliament last Friday about her audited report on the nation’s finances.

(Trinidad Guardian) Government and Auditor General Jaiwantie Ramdass appear to be at loggerheads over an error detected in T&T’s 2023 revenue data.

(Trinidad Guardian) Relatives of businessman Earle Samsoondeen huddled in fear inside their home as some 20 gunshots rang out, unaware that he was under attack at their front gate.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad and Tobago will have its first ever country pavilion at the Offshore Technology Conference set to be held in Houston next month.