Trinidad & Tobago News

Trinidad blackout ruled ‘an act of God’

(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.

Malik Harper

Two men shot dead in Trinidad’s Couva

(Trinidad Guardian) The relatives of one of two men who were murdered during a shooting incident in Couva said yesterday if the killer is not arrested by the police, they will get justice from God.

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