Trinidad & Tobago News

Father and son stabbed to death in Trinidad

(Trinidad Guardian) Quick work by the newly formed response unit in the North Central Division led to the arrest of a suspect who killed a father and son and injured two others during a stabbing incident in Oropune Gardens, Piarco, yesterday.

Trinidad: State to pay Venezuelan boy TT$2.4m

(Trinidad Express) In what is one of the largest awards of damages made by the courts in a case for false imprisonment, the High Court has directed that the State pay a 16-year-old Venezuelan boy $2.4 milli­on, exclusive of interest, after he was unlawfully detained for 456 days at the Heliport, Chaguaramas.

Larry Phillip

Five gunned down in Port of Spain

(Trinidad Guardian) While many people were preparing for errands yesterday morning, the families of five men, including a police sergeant, were left in shock and grief after their loved ones were gunned down in Harpe Place, East Port-of-Spain.

Ryan Abdool

Trinidad mechanic shot dead

(Trinidad Express) Death was instantaneous for a 46-year-old La Romaine mechanic when he was shot while sitting in his Range Rover yesterday afternoon.

Artiste Anomale, right, interacts with patrons during the Tobago Jazz Festival at Speyside in April 2023.

Tobago jazz festival scrapped

(Trinidad Guardian) The highly anticipated annual Tobago Jazz Experience will not be making a return in 2024, as the Tobago House of Assembly has decided to scrap it due to its “unsustainability”.

Viscella Richards

Trinidad loses veteran actress to murder

(Trinidad Express) When her killer ended 79-year-old Viscella Richards’ life, Trinidad and Tobago lost an actor who decades ago had shone on international silver screens in the late ’60s and early ’70s.

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