Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Express) What was  supposed to be a night of celebration and joy ended in tragedy as 39-year-old Nichusasi Wells was stabbed to death in Sangre Grande.

(Trinidad Guardian) Isaiah “Oopsie” Commissiong was celebrating his 20th birthday on Christmas Day, when he was followed by his attackers and gunned down as a group of men were playing a game of football at Phase 6 in La Horquetta yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) A pastor who was struck by a car on Friday night, has died at hospital.

(Trinidad Express) Two more murders have taken the murder toll to 590.

(Trinidad Express) A Caroni man was found dead in a hotel in San Fernando on Wednesday.

(Trinidad Express) A woman who lost her husband and her son in a shooting at Three B’s Drive, Piarco, claimed yesterday that, despite constant reports about being followed home by suspicious people, the police never responded.

(Trinidad Guardian) Crime in this country “is really out of control and is affecting business in a big way,” regional business tycoon Derek Chin has said.

(Trinidad Express) Fine Arts dealer Mark Pereira has been murdered. He was shot and killed in Blanchisseuse on Monday night, during what police say was a robbery attempt.

(Trinidad Express) A mother and her infant daughter have been killed in a shooting.

(Trinidad Guardian) The floods that wreaked havoc on the country’s infrastructure and cost taxpayers millions of dollars over the last few months have raised debate about the quality of work that has been done by the Ministry of Works and Transport and contractors.

(Trinidad Guardian) Calypso artiste Singing Francine (Francine Edwards), has died. According to a release from the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisation (TUCO) Singing Francine passed away early yesterday morning Born in Barbados on February 13, 1943 Edwards came to T&T at a young age.

(Trinidad Guardian) Clico Trust Corporation Ltd as trustee of the Clico Investment Fund has notified unitholders that in accordance with the provisions of the trust deed, the fund will be terminated on January 2, 2023.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 28-year-old prisoner of the Maximum Security Prison (MSP), Port-of-Spain (PoS), appeared virtually today before the Tunapuna Magistrates’ Court, charged with the December 2020 killing of Dhanraj Manan, 50.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has confirmed that it has approved a US$80 million loan to boost the efficiency, quality, sustainability, and resilience of Trinidad and Tobago’s drinking water supply and water security.

(Trinidad Guardian) T&T’s distribution conglomerate, Massy Holdings has acquired US grocery store chain Rowe’s IGA Supermarket for US$47 million.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prof Michelle Mycoo, Professor of Urban and Regional Planning at The University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine says there are over 396 squatter sites located on state lands in T&T.

(Trinidad Guardian) Chaguanas Mayor Faaiq Mohammed has expressed outrage at yesterday’s murder of pensioner Moonan Hardeo during a home invasion.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 52-year-old businessman was fatally shot by bandits as he was delivering goods at Queen’s Avenue, Three B’s Drive, Piarco North Bank Road, Piarco, yesterday afternoon.

(Trinidad Guardian) The owner of Benefit the People Food Supermarket in San Juan was gunned down on Sunday afternoon in Wallerfield.

(Trinidad Guardian) A relative of acting Police Commissioner McDonald Jacob is one of two suspects arrested minutes after a former police officer was shot dead as he was leaving his Penal home yesterday morning.