Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Express) Sergeant Lisa Felix has died after testing positive for Covid-19.

(Trinidad Guardian) A leading regional executive, who has been embroiled in the ongoing tiff between the business communities of Guyana and T&T, believes the situation, while it is unfortunate, provides a good opportunity to address all outstanding differences between the two countries.

(Trinidad Guardian) In 2021, the Financial Investigations Branch (FIB) charged four people with money laundering with a cumulative value of TT $30,747,417 and it’s anticipated that this year, more people will face similar charges.

(Trinidad Guardian) Days after she was subjected to fierce criticisms for her comments on poverty in T&T, Jeanine Brandt, this country’s delegate at the Miss World 2021 pageant, has been named among 40 semi-finalists who will go to Puerto Rico from March 13 to 18, to compete in the next round of the competition.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three people were murdered and two others injured in separate incidents within the space of 17 hours in Pleasantville and Erin.

(Trinidad Express) Police responded to a double homicide at Pleasantville, near San Fernando on Wednesday night.

(Trinidad Express) Carnival 2022 is happening. Even if it is just a “taste” that will allow only certain events, and no fetes.

(Trinidad Express) The Chinese contractor building the Central Block of the Port of Spain General Hospital has threatened to terminate the contract with the Government.

(Trinidad Guardian) A “technical issue” forced a Caribbean Airlines flight to be diverted to Norfolk, Virginia, in the United States yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Miss World representative Jeanine Brandt’s recent statements at the Miss World Pageant in Puerto Rico have come under heavy scrutiny from Trinbagonians over her depiction of Trinidad and Tobago.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Transport and Industrial Workers’ Union (TIWU) has added its voice to those condemning the Police Service and the Government, over the handling of a protest demonstration at the Queen’s Park Savannah, on Sunday 16th January 2022.

(Trinidad Express) Police fired tear gas to disperse an unruly crowd of approximately 300 protesters and detained 12 of them at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain, yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has put together a five-member team to evaluate the State’s handling of the COVID-19 virus “with a professional eye” and present their findings in one week.

(Trinidad Guardian) Investigations are continuing into three incidents where a total of five men were killed during the period Thursday night into yesterday morning in Sangre Grande, Arima and St Ann’s.

(Trinidad Guardian) Minutes after his wife and child carried food for him, a fish vendor was gunned down on the street in broad daylight yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three men of North Eastern Settlement, Sangre Grande have been shot dead, in what it the country’s first triple-murder for 2022.

(Trinidad Express) Government’s decision to lift the ban on open-air pyre cremations for Covid-19 victims is a victory for the Hindu community and the people of Trinidad and Tobago, says Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS) Secretary General Vijay Maharaj.

(Trinidad Express) Two more police officers have died as a result of Covid-19.

(Trinidad Express) Two more police officers have died as a result of Covid-19.

 (Trinidad Express) A teenager is among the nine suspects detained for the kidnapping for ransom of St Helena couple Narine and Mattie ­Maraj.