Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Guardian) Pop­u­lar dou­bles ven­dor Dhroop Jages­sar was chopped to death at his busi­ness place on Mon­day night.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 70-year-old Mara­bel­la manm ac­cused of com­mit­ing two sex crimes against a 12-year-old girl, has been grant­ed $100,000 ap­proval bail.

(Trinidad Guardian) The inability of the police to quickly find foreign language translators has led to the temporary release of three Chinese men suspected of child prostitution.

(Trinidad Express) A fire officer has filed a lawsuit against a doctor and a medical institution after his wife became pregnant with twin girls months shortly after the officer underwent a vasectomy.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley says if he acts un­fair­ly against in­di­vid­u­als who have not been con­vict­ed of crim­i­nal ac­tiv­i­ty he will be in breach of his oath of of­fice.

(Trinidad Express) The first judge alone trial in Trinidad yesterday morning ended with a not guilty verdict.

(Trinidad Express) Students who think they can get away “unscathed” when their fights move out of the school compound and into public spaces may need to think again.

(Trinidad Express) A man who lost his left leg due to diabetes and decided to grow and use marijuana for the medical condition, begged the court to “pretty please” have mercy on him.

(Trinidad Guardian) Con­tro­ver­sial ca­lyp­son­ian Cro Cro (We­st­on Rawl­ins) has failed to make in­to the se­mi-fi­nals of this year’s Ca­lyp­so Monarch com­pe­ti­tion.

(Trinidad Express) The Special Operations Response Unit (SORT) used drone technology in the arrest of 20 persons and the seizure of firearms and quantities of ammunition and narcotics and a police jacket in the Southern Division.

(Trinidad Express) One of Trinidad and Tobago’s most wanted men has been arrested by police.

(Trinidad Guardian) The European Union has provided funding to the T&T Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (TTEITI) and the T&T Transparency Institute (TTTI) to implement a 12-month national public awareness and sensitization campaign on Beneficial Ownership Disclosure (BOD).

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice blocked off streets in La Ro­maine, south Trinidad, for more than six hours yes­ter­day dur­ing a raid at a known drug traf­fick­ing zone.

(Trinidad Guardian) Com­mu­ni­ty leader Cedric “Burkie” Burke yes­ter­day ap­pealed to po­lice of­fi­cers to re­spect women’s pri­va­cy when car­ry­ing out raids.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) vot­ed yes­ter­day to ex­pel sus­pend­ed long-stand­ing mem­ber and fi­nancier, Har­ry Ra­goo­nanan from the par­ty.

(Trinidad Guardian) “I didn’t kill my son,” Justin Francette whis­pered yes­ter­day as he re­count­ed how he fought to free his dy­ing son from the flames that en­gulfed his car fol­low­ing an ex­plo­sion on Fri­day.

(Trinidad Express) Three men on their way home from a party, died in a crash in Longdenville, central Trinidad early today.

(Trinidad Express) The State has closed its case against Marcia Mc Clean who was charged with the murder of four-year-old Jenice Figaro.

(Trinidad Express) An infant boy who fell asleep in the back seat of his father’s car, died yesterday afternoon when the vehicle suddenly caught fire and burned.

(Trinidad Express) Police have arrested over 258 persons in connection with various offences including gang activity, shootings, outstanding warrants and gun and narcotic possession.