Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Guardian) Former Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi says he is accepting his new role as Minister of Local Government and Rural Development with “great excitement and pleasure.”

(Trinidad Guardian) – Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has reshuffled his Cabinet, making several significant changes on Wednesday afternoon.

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) recently acquired 1,000 new body cameras which are currently being distributed, National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Over 100 workers attached to Unilever may be out of a job at the end of July after the company confirmed it would cease production in T&T.

(Trinidad Guardian) – KFC customers found an additional charge on their bills today, when the popular fast-food chain started charging for condiments with their meals.

(Trinidad Guardian) Well known social scientist, Professor Selwyn Ryan, has died.

(Trinidad Guardian) Nearly 20,000 foreign volunteers have signed up to fight in war-torn Ukraine against Russia’s invasion.

(Trinidad Guardian) Outspoken High Court Judge Frank Seepersad has welcomed calls for more transparency and accountability in the administration of justice.

(Trinidad Express) The tattoo on the back of the headless corpse, found floating at a beach at Toco on Monday, has led police to the identity.

(Trinidad Guardian) The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that persistent foreign ex-change shortages have highlighted the need to reform the foreign exchange market infrastructure in this country.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad and Tobago is on course to record its 200th kidney transplant in this country next week.

(Trinidad Guardian) Government will move “very soon” to ensure that all public vehicles are electric, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley announced at Tuesday’s ‘Conversations with the Prime Minister’ event.

(Trinidad Guardian) The delivery of justice in this country is unacceptably slow, says Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley.

(Trinidad Guardian) Jonelle John, the woman who was the first detected with the Omicron COVID-19 variant in T&T, has been charged.

(Trinidad Express) “Facebook libel” is not a “sport” that anyone should engage in, but if they choose to do so, then there will be severe financial consequences imposed by the court.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley last night announced that a three-person Commission of Inquiry will be launched into the circumstances that led to the death of four divers in the Paria tragedy.

(Trinidad Guardian) Almost a year after police seized a cache of guns and ammunition at a Central warehouse, police seized another cache of high-powered weapons at the same warehouse yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) An investigation has been launched into a March 3 incident in which the crew of a Grenadian vessel claimed they were brutalised by members of the T&T Coast Guard.

(Trinidad Guardian) As the war in Ukraine rages, Russian Ambassador to T&T, Alexander Kurmaz is warning there could be serious economic and other effects for T&T and the rest of the region.

(Trinidad Express) – The Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard has launched an investigation into another incident at sea, this time involving the crew members of Grenadian vessel who have accused its members of brutality.