Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Express) A woman who was hired by a Champs Fleurs couple as a live-in housekeeper in 2007, has been sent to prison after she pleaded guilty to attempting to murder the father of the family by repeatedly stabbing him during a robbery at their home.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Min­istry of Health is mov­ing to im­pose a “sug­ar tax” on bev­er­age man­u­fac­tur­ers in T&T.

(Trinidad Guardian) Rel­a­tives of cousins Ken­rick Mor­gan and Kendall Singh are pray­ing that their kid­nap­pers have a change of heart and not kill them by this week­end’s dead­line.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two dou­ble mur­ders were among the five record­ed overnight in Trinidad, bring­ing the mur­der toll to 20.

(Trinidad Express) The son of a retired police inspector has become the fourth person to be arrested and charged with the kidnapping, rape and robbery of two women days before the new year.

(Trinidad Guardian) Machel Mon­tano and Shag­gy have been booked for a CAR­IFES­TA Su­per Con­cert to be held at the Queen’s Park Sa­van­nah in Au­gust this year.

(Trinidad Guardian) Emer­gency re­pairs to a ma­jor land­slip along the Moru­ga Road, In­di­an Walk, Princes Town have be­gun.

(Trinidad Newsday) A series of Facebook posts by Trinidad soca star Rodney “Benjai” Le Blanc implying he has cancer has left scores of people saddened.

(Trinidad Guardian) Influenza vaccinations have run low in some health centres as public demand grows with the threat of the deadly H1N1 virus.

(Trinidad Newsday) A form five student of the Moruga Secondary School and his 24-year-old cousin have been kidnapped at sea and a ransom of US$40,000 demanded for their safe return.

Sandals international has announced its withdrawal from a proposed resort in Tobago.

 (Trinidad Guardian) 32-year-old woman has been killed in a shoot­ing in­ci­dent in El Do­ra­do.

(Trinidad Guardian) Of­fi­cials of the Susamachar Pres­by­ter­ian Church have arranged for flu vac­ci­na­tions to giv­en to their con­gre­ga­tion mem­bers to­day.

(Trinidad Guardian) Po­lice were last night in­ter­view­ing sev­er­al peo­ple af­ter an 11-year-old autis­tic girl fell off the bal­cony of her home in Mal­oney.

Lo­cal rice pro­duc­tion dropped from 21,000 met­ric tonnes in 1992 to just 585 met­ric tonnes last year, a Joint Se­lect Com­mit­tee (JSC) chaired by An­tho­ny Viera heard from Na­tion­al Flour Mills (NFM) chair­man Nigel Ro­mano yes­ter­day.

(Trinidad Express) Police say they have discovered a crack cocaine making laboratory in Carapichaima.

(Trinidad Newsday) While his homeland hasn’t even begun to discuss whether or not to decriminalise marijuana use for medical purposes, let alone fully legalise the herb, Trinidadian Clint Seukeran is set to go on a financial high as he was among six people selected by the Canadian government to be licensed retailers of marijuana in Ontario.

(Trinidad Express) A Penal father is pleading for assistance in locating his 16-year-old daughter who did not return home last Friday.

(Trinidad Guardian) An Arima man was gunned down moments after leaving his home yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two days of “in­tense” polic­ing saw 138 peo­ple ar­rest­ed by po­lice over the week­end.