Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Express) An innocent woman was shot as a result of the police response to a frightening attack planned by unknown men on officers of the Besson Street Police Station on Sunday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Before two gunmen shot him dead, Danny Mehalal cried out to his girlfriend urging her to run, shortly before the gunmen fired multiple bullets at him from an AK-47 rifle.

(Trinidad Guardian) The decomposing body of an African male discovered in a forested area off Rincon Road, Las Cuevas, yesterday morning has been unofficially identified as that of Franklyn Abel Clement.

(Trinidad Express) Lord Nelson’s still got it. The venerable calypsonian, real name Robert Nelson, celebrated his 91st year on Earth with a clock-turning, hip-shaking, chest-exposing performance on Saturday evening.

(Trinidad Guardian) All 426 management positions at the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) will be made redundant in the first phase of the transformation plan currently being implemented at the cash-strapped public utility.

(Trinidad Express) – A suspected gang leader was among three people who were shot and killed in separate incidents in Diego Martin, Laventille and Port of Spain between Friday night and Saturday morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) – Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley remains in isolation, in keeping with the current COVID-19 protocols, and is being monitored by his physicians, as he rides out a second infection with COVID-19.

(Trinidad Guardian) A love triangle involving an estranged couple yesterday ended in tragedy, after the wife’s younger lover entered her marital home at Las Cuevas and killed them both before he fled into the forest.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Court of Appeal’s landmark judgment on the ability of judges to consider bail for persons charged with murder has been upheld.

(Trinidad Express) A Trinidadian living in Florida has pleaded guilty to hiring a hitman to kill his ex-girlfriend’s fiancé.

(Trinidad Guardian) The board of the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) has been mandated by Cabinet to immediately begin the execution of a transformation plan for WASA, which will start with the cutting of 213 members of the executive team, followed by cuts in an unknown number of WASA staff.

(Trinidad Express) Famed Cricketer Dwayne Bravo expressed his concern about T&T’s rising crime rate at the launch of his DJ Bravo 47 All White Charity Event last evening, held at the Queen’s Hall Garden Theatre, St Anns.

(Trinidad Express) Excitement turned into frustration, disgust and anger for scores of travellers entering Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday night as they were forced to wait for hours in long lines at Piarco International Airport before clearing Immigration.

(Trinidad Express) A 29-year-old man was killed and his wife wounded in a shooting at their Enterprise, Chaguanas, home on Monday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Mayaro man has been found guilty of murder and his former common-law wife guilty of manslaughter over the death of his nine-month-old stepson, who was beaten to death in 2008.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Trinidad and Tobago national living in the United States is offering a reward of close to US$33,000 for information related to the disappearance of 24-year-old Jamaican social media influencer Donna-Lee Donaldson.

 (Trinidad Express) Investigations into the deaths of three people in Port of Spain on the morning of July 2 remain ongoing.

(Trinidad Guardian) Concerned about the recent re-emergence of the polio virus in London and New York, Health Minister Terence Deyalsingh is now urging parents to ensure that their children receive their childhood immunisations.

(Trinidad Guardian) Six police officers accused of murdering three friends in Moruga in 2011 have failed in their bid to be granted bail pending their eventual trial.

(Trinidad Guardian) Former attorney general Anand Ramlogan, SC, is challenging the decision of a judge to grant police officers warrants to wiretap his phones as part of their investigation into witness tampering allegations against him.