Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Guardian) San Juan Government Primary became the first school in the country to be outfitted with a special vending machine that doesn’t dispense snacks or beverages.

(Trinidad Express) Trinidad and Tobago has been placed under a “Hot Spell Watch #1—Yellow Level” warning for the next five days as daily temperatures are expected to reach or exceed 34°C.

(Trinidad Guardian) NH International (Caribbean) Ltd has signed a US$19.4 million contract with Rodney Bay City Centre Ltd (RBCC), to construct the first phase of the Rodney Bay City Centre in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Homicide Bureau of Investigations is set to take over the case of Freeport mother Afiya Adams, who succumbed to her injuries yesterday after being set on fire last Saturday.

(Trinidad Express) Two teenagers were shot dead by police at a guest house apartment in Tobago and a father of one of those killed is demanding answers.

(Trinidad Express) Relatives of two young men found dead in Sea Lots on Sunday evening confirmed their identities yesterday at the Forensic Science Centre, Federation Park.

(Trinidad Express) “We won the case!” So gushed a joyful Finance Minister Colm Imbert who was yesterday given the green light by the Privy Council to proceed with implementing the Trinidad and Tobago Revenue Authority (TTRA).

(Trinidad Express) Lawyers have now gotten involved in what was supposed to be a private family issue, but found its way in the public domain after a video surfaced on social media on Friday showing a police officer being confronted by his wife over his alleged infidelity.

(Trinidad Guardian) Even as the search for missing cousins Rykeel Dookna (left) and Rikeil Cumberbatch (right) continued yesterday, the family’s fears increased after two decomposing bodies were found floating in the mangrove at Pioneer Drive, Sea Lots, late in the afternoon.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Housing Development Corporation (HDC) intends to demolish more than half of the 100 housing units at the troubled Trestrail Development, located off La Resource Road, D’Abadie, due to infrastructure issues that have plagued the development.

(Trinidad Guardian) Acting Commissioner of Police Collis Hazel and Senior Supt Rodhill Kirk have been removed from their posts at the helm of the T&T Police Service’s Tobago Division.

(Trinidad Guardian) A mother is mourning after her daughter and two grandchildren were found dead inside a decommissioned Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) tank in Parlatuvier, Tobago, last night.

(Trinidad Express) Three more citizens have been murdered. Dead are Salina Rodriguez, Marlon Lee and Maleek Lee.

(Trinidad Express) Seconds after he walked out a parlour to head home, avid cricketer and father of two Hakim Mitchell was caught in a deadly ambush of another man in Malick on Thursday night.

(Trinidad Express) The drama continued at MovieTowne yesterday as security hired by the Port of Spain Infrastructure Company (POSINCO) threatened to use force against the Trinbago Commercial Development Company Limited (TCDC) security if they closed the doors of the administrative office.

(Trinidad Express) Killers came by sea to kill three men on the Icacos Beach in Cedros before daybreak yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Government is failing citizens in the fight against dengue, says St Augustine MP Khadijah Ameen.

(Trinidad Guardian) Veteran musician, band leader Roy Cape has died. He was 82.

(Trinidad Express) US District Judge Carlos Mendoza on Wednesday sentenced Varun Maharajh to seven years in federal prison for smuggling firearms overseas and possessing firearms as an unlawful alien.

(Trinidad Express) Police responded to a gruesome scene in Tableland on Wednesday night where a brother and sister were hacked to death.