Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Guardian) More than 20,000 peo­ple have lost their jobs in T&T since 2015.

(Trinidad Express) Two more men were shot and killed during separate shooting incidents in Arouca and Aranguez.

(Trinidad Express) Over the past five years, there have been 579 breaches of restraining orders and 168 persons, mostly women who sought protection from the courts, were killed.

(Trinidad Newsday) Just over one year since state-owned Petrotrin closed its doors in November 2018, approximately 2,000 workers are still awaiting proper compensation packages from the company.

(Trinidad Express) A 16-year-old girl who was critically injured in a crash on her way home from school on Thursday has died.

(Trinidad Express) In the last few days, three women have been killed by men with whom they had romantic relationships.

(Trinidad Express) Two children remained patients at the Mt Hope Hospital after they were struck by a vehicle along the Priority Bus Route (PBR) on Wednesday.

(Trinidad Express) A young mother who broke off a relationship and returned to the home of her parents recently, has been found shot dead.

(Trinidad Guardian) De­spite some ju­bi­la­tion for Lisa Melville and Shack­i­ba St Louis on the birth of their daugh­ter Mir­a­cle on New Year’s Day, the Coun­cil of Evan­gel­i­cal Church­es (TTCEC) says that a nat­ur­al fam­i­ly is the best en­vi­ron­ment for a child’s de­vel­op­ment.   With Mir­a­cle’s birth gain­ing na­tion­al at­ten­tion, the coun­cil said it was ap­palled at the news of a les­bian cou­ple hav­ing a child via ar­ti­fi­cial in­sem­i­na­tion.

(Trinidad Express) Attorney Sunil Rishi Nowbutt has been selected for the semi-finalists of the 2020 edition of Chutney Soca Monarch.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three peo­ple were shot and wound­ed on Tues­day morn­ing, in the same area where three peo­ple were found mur­dered on Mon­day morn­ing in Ari­ma.

(Trinidad Express) Bangladeshi Jamil Ahmed came to Trinidad seeking a new life.

(Trinidad Express) Police have killed a man who they say threatened to murder a female police officer, and who was wanted in at least one murder.

(Trinidad Express) Those with asthma, allergies and cardiac conditions, beware. Another wave of Saharan dust is expected to hit Trinidad and Tobago over the next two days.

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice have de­tained a sus­pect in the mur­ders of three mem­bers of Chu­niesingh fam­i­ly who were found tied up at a house on Getwell Av­enue, Pin­to Road, Ari­ma, on Mon­day.

(Trinidad Guardian) As works con­tin­ue on the Curepe In­ter­change, one dri­ver is said to have ig­nored the height re­stric­tions while ap­proach­ing the work­site lead­ing to an ac­ci­dent, with a mo­torist nar­row­ly es­cap­ing with his life.

(Trinidad Express) A Bangladeshi gyro vendor was discovered dead with stab wounds at his apartment in Siparia on Tuesday.

As the Portuguese Man O’War continues to wash ashore in vast numbers along the east coast of Trinidad, related injuries are also on the rise.

(Trinidad Newsday) Investigators of the police Financial Intelligence Branch have been given permission to retain an additional $2.6 million they seized from the Third Exodus Assembly Church in Longdenville.

(Trinidad Express) The three people found murdered in a house in Arima have been identified.