Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Guardian) The mood at Digicel T&T is tense as the Digicel Group confirmed that jobs will be made redundant as part of a decentralisation plan to remain relevant.

(Trinidad Guardian) “Put down the guns and turn to God,” cried 80-year-old great-grandmother Lucy Mitchell, after her close friend was fatally shot during her (Mitchell’s) birthday celebration in Penal on Sunday.

(Trinidad Guardian) In what residents described as a murderous crime spree, a gang of criminals went on a rampage in Tabaquite, starting their onslaught with murder before executing three robberies and one home invasion on Saturday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two Tobago fishermen defied the odds, surviving four harrowing days stranded at sea in what many are calling a ‘miracle’.

(Trinidad Express) The construction of new headquarters for the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) is not about politics but a vehicle for the promotion of democracy in Trinidad and Tobago.

(Trinidad Express) Political leader of the United National Congress (UNC) Kamla Persad-Bissessar has announced a “coalition of interest” with the Laventille Outreach for Vertical Enrichment (LOVE) movement, the Progressive Empowerment Party (PEP), the Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) and other unions.

(Trinidad Express) Police have confirmed that the body found in a forested area in St James on Saturday is that of Shashi Rampersad, who was kidnapped last year.

(Trinidad Express) A Moruga man who was allegedly captured on video threatening a child with a knife, and throwing and shoving him to the ground has been arrested by the police.

(Trinidad Guardian) Four families, comprising at least 18 people, are now homeless after a fire on Africa Road, Laventille, gutted three homes yesterday morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says his Government will soon be seeking to engage and apprise the new US administration of the importance of the Dragon gas and Manakin-Cocuina projects for T&T and for the energy security of the region.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says the region ought to be alert for aftershocks in the aftermath of a 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck and triggered a tsunami warning across parts of the Caribbean on Saturday evening.

(Trinidad Guardian) On February 7, 2024, Tobago’s coastline was devastated when a barge capsized, spilling thousands of gallons of fuel into the sea.

(Trinidad Express) The event, originally scheduled to feature Jamaican dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel (Adijah Palmer) performing controversially in Trinidad and Tobago on Carnival Friday (February 28), has been postponed.

(Trinidad Guardian) Grades for the University of the West Indies (UWI) St Augustine students are expected to be uploaded by tomorrow after WIGUT president Dr Indira Rampersad confirmed a six per cent wage settlement with the Government covering two negotiating periods.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two women are among nine alleged gangsters who were ordered to be detained by National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds on Thursday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Cement prices are set to increase by seven per cent from February 17, which is almost a year to the day since it was last increased.

(Trinidad Express) It was a win-lose situation for suspended Police Commissioner Erla Harewood-Christopher yesterday afternoon, during a High Court hearing in challenge of her suspension from duties by the Police Service Commission (PolSC).

(Trinidad Express) Even die-hard fans of Beenie Man (real name Anthony Moses Davis) have roasted the Jamaican dancehall legend for “insulting” one of Trinidad and Tobago most beloved foods, doubles.

(Trinidad Guardian) Publicly listed Agostini’s Ltd on Monday announced that its subsidiary, Caribbean Distribution Partners Ltd, signed a share purchase agreement to acquire 100 per cent of Massy Distribution (Jamaica), a pharmaceutical and consumer products distribution company in Jamaica, Agostini’s owns 50 per cent of Caribbean Distributors Partners, in a joint venture with Barbadian company Goddard Enterprises.

(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Energy and Energy Industries Stuart Young has dismissed criticism of Paria Fuel Trading Company’s US$50.2 million fuel deal with Jamaican refinery Petrojam, calling it “mischief.”