Trinidad & Tobago News

 (Trinidad Guardian) A Gov­ern­ment min­is­ter pub­licly dis­closed on Monday that he had to seek po­lice pro­tec­tion af­ter a crim­i­nal gang threat­ened him so that he could help arrange a por­tion of a mul­ti-mil­lion dol­lar State con­tract in the Moru­ga dis­trict.

(Trinidad Guardian) Sev­en­teen-year-old Sta­cy Paul and her boyfriend Ronald De­onar­ine, 21, want­ed to build a life with each oth­er.

(Trinidad Express) Adriel Hackett, an ex-lover of WASA security guard Chris Rivers, appeared in court yesterday charged with her murder.

(Trinidad Express) Condolences are pouring in on social media for a 35 year old woman police constable who died on Sunday.

(Trinidad Express) After hearing that Dexter “Pullskin” Joseph had been shot dead near his Laventille home last Wednesday night both his pregnant wife and another woman identified as his pregnant girlfriend experienced pains and were taken to hospital.

(Trinidad Express) Mother of three Sherry Smart appeared in the Couva Magistrates’ Court on Monday, charged with manslaughter in the death of three-year-old Isaiah Hazel.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley last night re­voked the ap­point­ment of Stu­art Young as Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Min­is­ter in an ap­par­ent re­sponse to a call from this news­pa­per for Young to fo­cus on crime.

(Trinidad Guardian) Proud­ly singing her re­li­gious songs, Irene Bar­ring­ton de­clared, “I love my singing and I love every­body who loves their singing.”

(Trinidad Guardian) In an at­tempt to as­suage a na­tion be­sieged by a wave of bloody killings and rob­beries, Min­is­ter of Na­tion­al Se­cu­ri­ty Stu­art Young pro­vid­ed no new mea­sures to com­bat al­most out-of-con­trol gang war­fare but en­cour­aged cit­i­zens to call a tip line to get il­le­gal guns off the streets.

(Trinidad Guardian) Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith insists it is “absolute madness” for anyone in authority to contend that a gang member without pending criminal charges can continue receiving State contracts, ostensibly challenging a statement by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley that it is solely the duty of the Police Service to bring down criminal gangs.

(Trinidad Express) National Security Minster Stuart Young yesterday afternoon met with the Heads of the Defence and Protective Services at the National Operations Fusion Centre (NOFC) located at Knowsley Building, Dundonald Street, Port of Spain.

(Trinidad Express) A 26 year old Mayaro man who was the ex-lover of WASA security guard Chris Rivers, has been charged with her murder and is expected to appear in court on Monday.

(Trinidad Newsday) A 37-year-old customs officer is expected to appear before an Arima Magistrate on Monday charged with the possession of cocaine with the intention of trafficking after she was arrested on Thursday morning with the drugs strapped to her body.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two young lovers died in a car ac­ci­dent in Williamsville yes­ter­day morn­ing.

(Trinidad Guardian) The coun­try’s mur­der toll now stands at 294 af­ter four more were record­ed between Thurs­day night and Fri­day night.

(Trinidad Newsday) The bloodletting continues as four men have been gunned down in shootings in Maraval, Laventille and La Horquetta.

(Trinidad Express) A Rousillac man crashed his car while trying to avoid hitting a pedestrian in St Margaret’s on Friday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) Flee­ing a coun­try rid­dled with po­lit­i­cal and eco­nom­ic in­sta­bil­i­ty, most Venezue­lan mi­grant chil­dren have had to grow up be­fore their time.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Chaguanas businessman was murdered in El Socorro yesterday morning moments after he dropped his wife to work.

(Trinidad Guardian) Wen­dell John, 42, may have been killed for “his mouth” as he was well known for throw­ing pi­cong and for be­ing very com­i­cal.