Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Guardian) Af­ter be­ing kid­napped at sea and held cap­tive in a Venezue­lan for­est for over a month, 17-year-old Ken­rick Mor­gan has height­ened his am­bi­tion to join the Coast Guard so that he can pro­tect oth­ers from suf­fer­ing the same fate.

(Trinidad Express) Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith has with immediate effect, raised the policing alert from ‘Amber’ to ‘Red’, as a result of ongoing gang activities and homicides.

(Trinidad Guardian) The increase of murders and gun violence in the Sea Lots, East Port-of-Spain and Carenage is now believed to be directly linked to the ongoing gang rivalry between two main gangs—the Rasta City and the Muslims.

(Trinidad Express) Prime minister Dr Keith Rowley has hauled Opposition Leader Kamla Persad Bissessar over the coals for her appeal this week to people of African descent to blank the People’s National Movement.

(Trinidad Express) After losing money at a casino in Chaguanas, a man drove his car off a multi-storey car park and plummeted 30 feet to the ground early Wednesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Corn soup ven­dor Leopold Adams was among four peo­ple who were killed be­tween Mon­day night and yes­ter­day.

 (Trinidad Guardian) The in­crease of mur­ders and gun vi­o­lence in the Sea Lots, East Port-of-Spain and Care­nage is now be­lieved to be di­rect­ly linked to the on­go­ing gang ri­val­ry be­tween two main gangs—the Ras­ta City and the Mus­lims.

(Trinidad Express) Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat says he was shocked by a recent revelation by the National Flour Mills (NFM) that 95 per cent of the rice paddy it buys from local rice farmers ends up as pet food and not on the plates of taxpayers.

(Trinidad Express) A man who gang members accused of being an “informant” was shot dead in the living room of his Sea Lots, Port of Spain home yesterday morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) Less than an hour af­ter four men ap­peared in court on Tues­day charged with pos­ses­sion of a pro­tect­ed green tur­tle, the an­i­mal was re­leased back in­to the sea.

(Trinidad Express) The $750 fine for an overweight truck is no deterrence, says acting Transport Commissioner Basdeo Gosine.

(Trinidad Express) Most of the Venezuelan women detained by police at bars on Friday in Penal have been released from custody.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley has called on res­i­dents of To­ba­go to frown up­on crimes against tourists.

(Trinidad Guardian) Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) ac­tivist De­vant Ma­haraj has won the fi­nal leg of his le­gal bat­tle chal­leng­ing the com­po­si­tion of the Ju­di­cial and Le­gal Ser­vice Com­mis­sion (JLSC).

(Trinidad Express) A sound engineer who was charged with the sexual penetration of two girls appeared before the San Fernando Magistrates’ Court.

(Trinidad Express) A man was shot and killed while liming with friends on Sun-day night in Fyzabad.

(Trinidad Guardian) So­ca su­per­star Machel Mon­tano last night said his chant­i­ng of Hin­du de­vo­tion­al songs dur­ing a re­cent per­for­mance was not meant as a dis­re­spect to any­one and apol­o­gised to any­one who was of­fend­ed by it.

(Trinidad Express) A LABOURER has been held in connection with the shooting death of Parliament clerk Mariana Moonisar.

(Trinidad Guardian) The mur­der toll now stands at 62 fol­low­ing two more mur­ders on Sat­ur­day night.

(Trinidad Express) Calypsonian Cro Cro (Weston Rawlins) is being slammed on social media for a new song he penned following an incident last month.