Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Guardian) Floodwaters forced more than 25 businesses to close along Penal Rock Road yesterday as intense rainfall triggered extensive flooding.

(Trinidad Guardian) It took 24 surgeries and 60 hours of operating time for a team of American doctors to remove hundreds of growths from T&T citizen Charmaine Sahadeo’s face, head and body.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two teenagers and a 21-year-old mother of one were killed in a police-involved shooting on the Caroni Savannah Road early yesterday morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Maraval woman who was found lying in a pool of blood on her kitchen floor on Tuesday afternoon, may have been killed as a result of a family dispute.

(Trinidad Guardian) Energy Minister Stuart Young admitted yesterday that there is “uncertainty” about when T&T could expect to begin receiving natural gas from Venezuela due to the political unrest in that country.

(Trinidad Guardian) Former attorney general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, SC, is mourning the loss of his brother Kris, who died in the United States yesterday while serving a life sentence for a double murder he always maintained he did not commit.

(Trinidad Express) Blood continues to flow in Tobago as the sister isle recorded its 19th murder for the year with the killing of a woman who is alleged to be a gang member.

(Trinidad Guardian) Hesston Khelawan had been working hard to put things in place so he could migrate along with his wife, to escape the worsening crime situation in T&T.

(Trinidad Express) Only one day after he was diagnosed by doctors with the deadly dengue fever, the viral disease claimed the life of 35-year-old Rakesh Daryl Nanlal, a pharmacist at the Eric Williams Medical Science Complex (EWMSC), Mt Hope.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Hunters’ Search and Rescue (HSR) team discovered the bodies of businessman Sachin Teeluckdharry, of Clarke Road, Penal, and Ryan Ramnanan, of Tulsa Trace, San Francique, at 2.38 pm.

(Trinidad Guardian) The cabinet will not take a position on Venezuela nor will the prime minister make any pronouncements.

(Trinidad Guardian) Komal Maharaj, 40, who was reported missing on July 19, was found alive at a shop in Cedros, where he went to ask for a phone call yesterday and was last night assisting police with their investigation into his disappearance. 

(Trinidad Guardian) A 36-year-old woman, who admitted to beating her four-year-old stepdaughter to death in 2016, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison. 

(Trinidad Express) Doctors are noticing that a lot more children in the critical stage of dengue are presenting neuro-symptoms resulting in neuro-dengue.

(Trinidad Express) CARICOM does not have to take a position on the Venezuelan election because it is a domestic matter, Caricom chairman Dickon Mitchell said yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) As investigations continue into a third killing in Arima in as many weeks, residents near Dump Road and environs have implemented self-imposed curfews for their safety, as they remain uncertain of who is next.

(Trinidad Guardian) Scotiabank employee and mother of two Giselle Crystal Peters was looking forward to completing and moving into her new home with her family by Christmas.

(Trinidad Express) Government has secured a 20-year lease from Venezuela to obtain gas from the Cocuina-Manakin field, says Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley.

(Trinidad Guardian) Months after he fled his home after it was firebombed twice, a 58-year-old man was gunned down as he left a casino in San Fernando on Wednesday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Health confirmed T&T’s fifth dengue-related death, and the victim is believed to be a 45-year-old quality control manager employed at WeldFab Limited.