Trinidad & Tobago News

(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) National Security Minister Stuart Young has called a media conference to provide an update on the investigation into the shooting death of Acting Senior Superintendent of Prisons Wayne Jackson.

(Trinidad Express)The Trinidadian man charged with attempting to steal an American Airlines jet at Orlando Melbourne International Airport will be deported to Trinidad, placed on a US “no-fly” list, and barred from returning to the United States.

(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN) Nishal Sankat, the Trinidad and To­ba­go na­tion­al who has been charged with try­ing to steal a plane at the Mel­bourne Air­port in Flori­da, is com­ing home.

(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) The country can breathe a sigh of relief since Finance Minister Colm Imbert has assured that there will be no increases in taxes for the remainder of government’s term in office.

(Trinidad Guardian) The habitat along the Vistabella River is once again under attack as oil stretches across several kilometres of water and the flanking mangroves.

(Trinidad Express) Outlining the Government decision to shut down operations at Petrotrin’s Pointe-a-Pierre refinery, Finance Minister Colm Imbert said in its current state, the oil company was a looming crisis.

(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) MONSTER waves battered the coastal home of a family in Marabella on Saturday afternoon, destroying part of their house.

(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN) Al­most half of the crim­i­nal back­log cas­es in this coun­try’s High Courts have been pend­ing for more than 15 years.

(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN) A sin­gle par­ent who had no choice but to stay at home with her child af­ter the earth­quake dam­aged For­est Re­serve An­gli­can Pri­ma­ry School was closed has lost her job.

(Trinidad Express) Three Trinidadian men and four Venezuelan nationals, three of whom are in this country illegally, were to appear before a Siparia Magistrate yesterday, jointly charged with possession of firearm and ammunition.

(Trinidad Express) The Meteorological Office forecast for yesterday was for generally sunny conditions with the expectation of showery interruptions in some areas.

(TRINIDAD GUARDIAN) No­vem­ber 30 is the date set for the clo­sure of state oil com­pa­ny Petrotrin.

(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) Caribbean Airlines has disclosed that flight BW 3502 bound for ANR Robinson International Airport, Tobago was brought to a stop at the end of the runway at the ANR Robinson International Airport in keeping with standard operating procedures, after the cockpit crew were alerted by a strong smell of alcohol in the aircraft.

(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) The Ministry of Education has launched an investigation into a fight at the Princes Town West Secondary School on Thursday, which resulted in one pupil being taken to hospital.

(Trinidad Express) Death came for reputed gang leader Gary Mc Clarence in the parking lot outside SuperPharm at Gulf View, La Romaine last night.

(TRINIDAD EXPRESS) A WOMAN hit last week by a stray bullet while watching television in her Barataria home has died at hospital.

(Trinidad Guardian) One week after his arrest, Nishal Sankat’s attorney is urging authorities to move his client from prison to another facility under a private physician’s care amid fears over his mental state.

(Trinidad Guardian) For­mer CL Fi­nan­cial (CLF) ex­ec­u­tive chair­man Lawrence Duprey has been or­dered to pay over US$122 mil­lion in dam­ages to the com­pa­ny’s for­mer sub­sidiary in the Ba­hamas over a failed land de­vel­op­ment in Flori­da.

FORMER UWI principal Professor Clement Sankat and his wife have hired a high-profile attorney to handle the case of their son, Nishal Sankat, accused in the US of burglary, trespassing and grand theft.

(Trinidad Guardian) Businessman and sex ther­a­pist Giri­raj “Raj” Ram­nanan has been giv­en the green light to pur­sue a law­suit against the Comp­trol­ler of the Cus­toms and Ex­cise Di­vi­sion over the seizure of three ship­ments of sex toys and oth­er para­pher­na­lia.