Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Express) Kisseh is innocent. This is the cry of a Carenage family that is seeking answers following the police killing on Tuesday of Kisseh Lendore.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Government’s move to extend the term of local government representatives by a year has been deemed unlawful.

(Trinidad Express) A close relative of slain businesswoman Subrina Thomas was yesterday morning detained by police in connection with her killing.

(Trinidad Express) The Government of Trinidad and Tobago has received final judgment in the sum of US$131,318,840.47 in the civil matter arising out of the Piarco Airport corruption scandal.

(Trinidad Guardian) Foreign ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet in Jamaica from today to review regional foreign policy and community governance matters.

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) and Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force (TTDF) will begin joint patrols in Tobago on Tuesday.

(Trinidad Express) “Excellent” This was how Police Commissioner Erla Harewood-Christopher responded yesterday when asked to rate her performance in the first 100 days of her tenure.

(CAL) Caribbean Airlines, the leading carrier in the region, is pleased to announce the resumption of operations to Caracas, Venezuela from Saturday May 13; and the expansion of its route network to the Eastern Caribbean in the coming months.

(Trinidad Guardian) Construction company China Jiangsu International Corporation Trinidad and Tobago Limited has been ordered by the High Court to pay the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) more than TT$30 million in damages related to the controversial HDC Las Alturas Project.

(Trinidad Guardian) The removal of jury trials is not an infringement on a person’s constitutional rights, says Attorney General Reginald Armour.

(Trinidad Guardian) St Helena residents yesterday expressed skepticism that Police Commissioner Erla Harewood-Christopher will be able to keep her promise to reduce killings by June.

(Trinidad Guardian) A couple was murdered while their 12-year-old daughter was left fighting for her life after being shot in the head during a home invasion yesterday.

 (Trinidad Guardian) Attorney General Reginald Armour has apologised to the Barbadian government and the Royal Barbados Police Force for the slur cast on that island’s police force, following its assistance to the T&T Police Service in seeking to bring Brent Thomas to justice.

(Trinidad Express) ALISHA Hosein, whose husband Ganesh Deopersad was murdered at his Tortuga home in March, faced a Couva magistrate yesterday in relation to the gardener’s death.

(Trinidad Express) President Christine Kangaloo has conferred senior counsel “silk” to 17 attorneys including her husband Kerwyn Garcia and brother Colin Kangaloo.

(Trinidad Guardian) Law-abiding citizens are being advised to build a safe room inside their homes so they can hide in the event of a home invasion.

(Trinidad Guardian) Security experts say the extradition of Brent Thomas from Barbados last October was unprecedented and could be classified as a rogue operation.

(Trinidad Guardian) Commissioner of Police Erla Harewood-Christopher has ordered an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the arrest of firearms dealer Brent Thomas.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Judiciary has condemned a controversial statement made by National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds alleging that criminals have friends within that fraternity.

(Trinidad Express) Police were called to another murder scene this morning at St Ann’s, Port of Spain.