(Trinidad Express) Thirty-eight per cent of the murders committed in Trinidad and Tobago for the year thus far have been linked to gang-related activities.
(Trinidad Express) A 34-year-old Carenage mother of five was stabbed to death yesterday during a fight with another woman near her home over the father of their children.
(Trinidad Guardian) Six houses are on the brink of collapse and 15 more families are in danger of being cut off as two major landslips deteriorate rapidly at Pluck Road, San Francique.
(Trinidad Express) The Cunupia Business Chamber said yesterday it was “saddened by the brutal killing of Darryl Dindial, an outstanding member of the Central community”.
(Trinidad Guardian) Fifteen days after Western Division tactical officer PC Clarence Gilkes was killed during a police exercise in Diego Martin, three police officers have now been suspended, alongside a major shake-up in the division.
(Trinidad Express) Montrose Road, Chaguanas, was blocked with burning tyres last night as residents protested the murder of businessman, Darryl Dindial, who was shot dead in a robbery.
(Trinidad Express) One hundred and six cases of police shootings resulting in civilian deaths are engaging the attention of the Police Complaints Authority (PCA).
(Trinidad Guardian) A debut novel described by the judges as “rollicking, enjoyable, and at times incredibly moving” is named the outstanding Caribbean book of the past year.
(Trinidad Express) – Homicide detectives are investigating the shooting death of a 48-year-old woman who was shot dead in Petit Bourg yesterday morning.
(Trinidad Express) – There was no sabotage.
The island-wide blackout of Wednesday, February 16 was “an act of God” “triggered” when a 21.64-metre-tall fungus-infected Palmiste tree in the vicinity of Grants Trace Extension Road in the Rousillac area hit a high-voltage transmission line, causing a cascading chain of events which led to system failure in Trinidad.
(Trinidad Express) Businessman Inshan Ishmael has been defeated in a civil lawsuit he brought against the Trinidad Express Newspapers Ltd, and its editor-in-chief Omatie Lyder and journalist Renuka Singh for defamation of character.
(Trinidad Guardian) Massy has confirmed that the shutdown of its supermarkets across the country was caused by a cyber attack that led to its check out service being made inoperable.