Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Guardian) Bandits tunnelled their way into the Republic Bank branch opposite the Couva Police Station over the long weekend.

(Trinidad Guardian) Just like there are gangs who specialise in the trafficking of illegal firearms, narcotics and people, there are gangs that specialise in home invasions using assault and battery.

(Trinidad Guardian) A mother of five was killed and her friend wounded following a shooting in Mausica on Sunday night.

(Trinidad Express) – A police officer was granted $200,000 bail by Justice of the Peace Stephen Young after he was charged with two counts of misbehaviour in public office.

(Trinidad Guardian) – The Ministry of Health has recorded 6 additional COVID related death.

(Trinidad Express) A police officer was granted $200,000 bail by Justice of the Peace, Stephen Young after he was charged with two counts of misbehaviour in public office today.

 (Trinidad Express) Unless it borrows vast sums of money, the Government will not be able to afford the salary increases being sought by the trade unions representing public servants.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 53-year-old woman was shot dead as she slept in her bedroom in Champs Fleurs yesterday morning, while her 24-year-old daughter escaped becoming a second victim.

(Trinidad Guardian) The T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce and the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association  were both full of praise following the signing of the Guyana – T&T Memorandum of Understanding over the weekend   In a release the TTCIC said, “The recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding by the Governments of Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago is a significant step forward for trade and investment relations between our two countries and CARICOM as a whole.”

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has announced that Trinidad and Tobago has been chosen to receive funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which he described as “not-insignificant”.

(Trinidad Express) A squabble  between siblings of the Fernandes family over the recent sale of the Trinidad Country Club (TCC) in Maraval to the United States Embassy at a cost of TT$316 million has found its way before the court.

(Trinidad Express) A teenager was fatally shot outside his home on Wednesday.

(Trinidad Express) Kwasi Matthew has been charged with the April murders of three Diego Martin residents.

(Trinidad Guardian) A High Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit from a local contractor against a Guyanese client over GYD$70.3 million (TT$2.28 million) in fees from a contract.

(Trinidad Express) A Petit Valley man who was deported after illegally entering Grenada is expected to face the court on Friday charged with the 2021 murder of Ricardo Ottley.

(Trinidad Express) A woman was found dead in her home in Blue Basin yesterday, with a piece of cloth covering a fatal wound to her head.

(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 Guardian) A man who has been described as a gang leader, was shot and killed in St James yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 57-year-old Trinidad and Tobago national has won US$5 million (TT$34,046,885) in a Florida lottery.

(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.