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Felicia Perkins-Ferreira is reunited with her sons in Syria.

Kidnapped Trinidad children reunited with mother in Syria

(Trinidad Express) Two Trinidadian children kidnapped and taken to Syria by their ISIS fighter father in 2014 have been reunited with their Trinidadian mother.

Six acres of land had already been swallowed by the sea along with three houses following mass land erosion at Bamboo Village Cedros.

Trinidad: Villagers fearful more houses will collapse into sea

(Trinidad Guardian) Almost a year after the sea swallowed three homes and a portion of the road near the coast in Cedros, villagers are still fearful that more houses will collapse into the sea.

Trinidad soca artiste Saucy Wow in hot water over homophobic ‘dub plate’

(Trinidad Newsday) There have been calls for a boycott and overwhelming condemnation on social media of a “dub plate” sung by soca artiste Denise “Saucy Wow” Belfon, in which she calls for the killing of a “b—-r” and a “batty bwoy.”

Trinidad carnival king, Roland St George dies of cancer

(Trinidad Guardian) The mas fraternity has been plunged into mourning following the death of veteran mas man Roland St George, 73, at around 4 am yesterday.

Internal Revenue Service employees display placards during a rally by federal employees and supports in front of the Statehouse, in Boston, to call for an end of the partial shutdown of the federal government.

Trinidad could feel effects of US shutdown

(Trinidad Guardian) As the longest-ever government shutdown in United States history continues, there are warnings that T&T and other countries in the Caribbean could be affected.

Trinidad: Relatives say Cocorite man was executed

(Trinidad Guardian) Relatives of Jamel Woods, 24, who was killed in a police-involved shooting in Waterhole, Cocorite, on Saturday claim he was executed and are calling for a full investigation into his death.

(Left to right) Acting assistant commissoner of prisons Carlos Corraspe, prisons commissioner Gerard Wilson, National Security Ministry PS Vel Lewis, DPP Roger Gaspard, assistant DPP Tricia Hudlin-Cooper, prosecutor Nigel Pilgrim, acting deputy commissioner of police Deodat Dulalchan and acting assitant commisioner of police Joanne Archie at a JSC on finance and legal affairs on Friday. PHOTO BY ANGELO MARCELLE

Trinidad: 47 deadbeat dads in jail

(Trinidad Newsday) Some 47 people, presumably men, are in jail for failing to pay child maintenance, revealed acting Assistant Commissioner of Prisons Carlos Corraspe to a parliamentary committee on Friday.

Trinidad: Woman arrested for stealing $40k in wigs and weaves

(Trinidad Newsday) A Diego Martin woman has been arrested and charged with stealing more than $40,000 worth of wigs and hair weaves from a businesswoman.

Facebook accounts in Trinidad & Tobago harvested: Dr Charles Kriel

Cambridge Analytica used Trinidad as guinea pig before Brexit, US elections

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago electorate was used as the guinea pig for Brexit, which in turn was the test-run for the 2016 United States presidential campaign, which Donald Trump won.

Trinidad: Rejected lover kills girlfriend’s co-worker

(Trinidad Guardian) Infuriated after he was dumped by his girlfriend, a San Fernando man went to her home on Friday night and hacked her co-worker to death.

CONCERNED: Permanent secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Jacqueline Johnson, speaks at the Joint Select Committee on Human Rights, Equality and Diversity at the ANR Robinson Room, Parliament Building yesterday.

Disturbing trend: Girls making, distributing porn in Trinidad

(Trinidad Newsday) Girls are making and distributing child pornography videos in Trinidad & Tobago.

Trinidad cop robbed of his vehicle

(Trinidad Express) A POLICE officer was robbed of his vehicle on Thursday.

US citizen attacked, robbed at a Trinidad mall

(Trinidad Express) A US citizen was robbed at gunpoint of over $7,000 in cash, jewellery and valuables in the car park of a mall on Wednesday.

‘We’ve been victimised’: Members of the community of refugees and asylum seekers walk along Grant Avenue, Mt Lambert, yesterday following a meeting where many of them recalled the problems facing Venezuelan migrants in this country.

‘Trinidadians are enslaving us’

(Trinidad Express) ABUSE. Sexual assault. Blackmail. Victimisation by both citizens and law enforcement.

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley shakes GML senior reporter Shaliza Hassanali’s hand after his Conversations with the Media at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann’s yesterday.

Trinidad PM takes part of blame for Sandals pullout

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday accepted some responsibility for Sandals Resorts International pulling out of the Tobago hotel project.

Trinidad: Man caught urinating on Red House fence by PoS Mayor

(Trinidad Express) Port of Spain Mayor Joel Martinez had a scolding for a man who he witnessed urinating against the Red House fence on Thursday morning.

Trinidad: Cops charged with stealing cash from house while on duty

(Trinidad Express) Two police officers faced a Port of Spain magistrate on Thursday after they allegedly stole a quantity of cash from a man while responding to a report of a disturbance at a house in Morvant last May.

WHAT NEXT?: Zeia Flemming stands in front of her Pleasantville home which, she claimed, was partially destroyed by the landowner who has been trying for some time to get her to leave. PHOTO BY VASHTI SINGH

Trinidad: Landlord smashes squatter’s home

(Trinidad Newsday) Squatter Zeia Flemming and her 11-year-old son got a rude awakening yesterday morning in their one-bedroom hut in Pleasantville, San Fernando.

Candace Simpson- Owner Simpson’s Shalom Chapels Limited

Trinidad: Body released after feud between funeral parlours

(Trinidad Guardian) The body of a 73-year-old woman, who lost a four-year battle with breast cancer, was finally released last night after being wrangled in a two-day custody conflict between two funeral homes.

Investigators believe speed was a factor in the fatal crash that claimed the lives of Premchand Singh and his son Ryan on Wednesday night.They said based on the damage done to Singh’s Mitsubishi Lancer, it is the most likely reason why the car veered off the road and slammed into a light pole.Reports are that Singh, 60, his 24-year-old son and their friend, Navindra Lalchan, all of Debe, were on their way to Singh’s Suchit Trace home at around 9.30 pm. The vehicle was being driven by Ryan along the Solomon Hochoy Highway when it spun out of control, crashed and ended up wrapped around the pole.Passers-by who stopped to assist found Singh hanging out of the car by his foot. Ryan, the father of a six-year-old girl, was found slumped over the centre console, while Lalchan, who was seated in the back, survived but is warded at the San Fernando General Hospital with severe trauma injuries and internal bleeding.At their home yesterday, Singh’s daughter was too distraught to speak about the deaths. His brother, Harry, said he was not sure how much experience Ryan had in driving and did not want to speculate on the cause of the accident.A relative said the men had gone to visit a friend in Palmyra Village, Princes Town and were on their way back home when the accident occurred.Ryan’s wife saw the accident on Facebook and contacted her mother-in-law, Reena. When they arrived at the scene, their husbands were already dead.Father and son were labourers who often worked together and were close.Southern Division’s Cpl Ramnarine is continuing investigations.

Trinidad: Father and son killed in car crash

(Trinidad Guardian) Investigators believe speed was a factor in the fatal crash that claimed the lives of Premchand Singh and his son Ryan on Wednesday night.