Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Express) “Greed and jealousy”. These were the reasons relatives of Reynold Victor—who was killed on Tuesday near the Croisee in San Juan—gave as to why Victor was shot dead and his mother’s Morvant house firebombed on Wednesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Attorney General Reginald Armour, SC, will attempt to reduce the threats of lethal autonomous weapons systems or “killer robots” through legislation.

(Trinidad Guardian) Exactly two months after the World Health Organization (WHO) downgraded Monkeypox (mpox) from a Public Health Emergency of International Concern, the Ministry of Health detected the first case of the virus yesterday in T&T.

(Trinidad Guardian) A shooting in the heart of San Juan yesterday morning claimed the lives of two people and left three others wounded.

(Trinidad Express) The burglar-proofed windows and steel doors which 75-year-old Freeport pensioner Lutchmin Bickram lived behind were not enough to secure her from a criminal on Friday.

(Trinidad Guardian) A joint exercise which saw several arms of national security working together yesterday morning resulted in 200 Venezuelan nationals being detained after it was discovered they were undocumented.

(Trinidad Guardian) Historian, author, academic, former government minister, and Professor Emeritus at the University of the West Indies Dr Brinsley Samaroo died at the age of 84 yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Thousands of residents across Trinidad were left to hang dry after begging and pleading for water for the past three days.

 (Reuters) – Nicaraguan Catholic Bishop Rolando Alvarez was released from prison late Monday, a diplomatic source said, marking a possible turning point in the government’s prolonged crackdown on the Catholic Church.

(Trinidad Guardian) In an extraordinary display of resilience and determination, Jude Jones, a pupil of Ramai Trace Hindu School in Debe, topped his school in the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) exams even though he wrote the examination with a broken wrist.

(Trinidad Express) It was a hair-raising experience for 23 pupils of Trinity College, Moka, Maraval, on Tuesday, when they were blocked from crossing the stage to receive their certificates with the rest of their classmates because their hairstyles were deemed to be in breach of school rules.

(Trinidad Express) Trinibad artiste Kevon Andrews also known as “Faces”, and his friend Kristian Lindsay, also known as “Ming”, were shot and killed in Pleasantville last night.

(Trinidad Guardian) NiQuan yesterday lay responsibility for the death of 35-year-old Allanlane Ramkissoon, on the company which employed him, Massy Energy Engineered Solutions Limited (MEES).

(Trinidad Express) Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar and former top cop Gary Griffith have joined forces for the August 14 local government election with both declaring that the common enemy is Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, who must be removed.

(Trinidad Express) So disgusted was Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley by the dismal display of the West Indies cricket team, that he took to social media, and held nothing back.

(Trinidad Express) Local non-governmental LGBTQ+ organisation PrideTT says it is dismayed by recent “blatantly false” statements made by religious leaders about the LGBTQ+ community.

(Trinidad Guardian) Popular social media personality Kevon “Yank Boss” Solomon was murdered in the car park of Trincity Mall yesterday evening.

(Trinidad Express) The University of the West Indies (The UWI) has fallen away from its mission in scientific research, says Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley.

(Trinidad Express) Police have arrested and charged five “major players” of gangs ope­rating in St Augustine, says National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Occupational Safety and Health Authority (OSHA) yesterday served a prohibition order stopping the operation of NiQuan Energy’s Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) plant in Pointe-a-Pierre, following an incident last Thursday, which led to the death of 35-year-old pipefitter Allanlane Ramkissoon on Sunday.