Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Guardian) Police Constable Marcus Henry who was last attached to the Eastern Division Task Force, passed away yesterday due to complications from the COVID-19 virus.

(Trinidad Guardian) The hike in the price of flour, announced yesterday by the National Flour Mills (NFM), has triggered a panicked ripple effect in the country, especially after the company admitted that prices could rise again in the future.

(Trinidad Guardian) Dozens of Venezuelan nationals who were attempting to enter Trinidad and Tobago illegally in two separate vessels, were intercepted by the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard (TTCG) during patrols carried out over the Christmas holiday weekend. 

(Trinidad Express) The Ministry of Health advises the population that on the evening of Boxing Day, six more cases of the COVID-19 Omicron Variant of Concern were confirmed.

(Trinidad Express) The  Ministry of Health reported that 30 people succumbed to the Covid-19 virus yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian)Twenty more people have died of COVID-19, the Ministry of Health said in its daily update yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad and Tobago has recorded its deadliest day for the pandemic, with 37 COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours.

(Trinidad Guardian) Ryan Hadeed has been charged in the United States for allegedly attempting to arrange the contract killing of his ex-girlfriend’s fiancee.

(Trinidad Guardian) Hours after news broke that Rizanne Roach-Lucas, 26, who was six months pregnant, was found shot dead in her car at Todd’s Road in Talparo, close friends are crying out for justice.

(Trinidad Guardian) PC Anderson Bernard and PC Lester Jones both passed away from complications due to COVID-19 yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Tributes continue to flow for a South businessman and his wife—the owners of Emmanuel Garden Centre, who died from COVID-19 two days apart.

(Trinidad Guardian) Come 2022, the bodies of COVID-19 fatalities will be stored at a mass facility in Freeport, according to Chief Medical Officer, Dr Roshan Parasram.

(Trinidad Express) The botched robbery on two prison officers at Claxton Bay resulted in a grim fate for the alleged criminals, both 18 years old.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) is mourning the passing of No.7579 PC Surab Ali who tested positive for Covid-19 and passed away on December 15th.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Chinese Embassy, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and the St Augustine Medical Laboratory (STAML), have all condemned an Express newspaper article that challenged the efficacy of the Sinopharm vaccine.

(Trinidad Guardian) T&T recorded its highest death rate since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic with 33 new deaths reported yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) – Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday announced that effective mid-January, all Government employees will have to be vaccinated to be allowed access to their place of work.

(Trinidad Guardian) A St. James man is expected to appear again before the courts in January 2022, to face charges of three counts of murder.

(Trinidad Express)  A 21 year old mother of three was killed on Thursday afternoon during an altercation near her Quash Trace, Sangre Grande home.

(Trinidad Guardian) A woman who died at a house in Freeport on Monday has been identified as Nita Gajadhar, 31, of McBean Village in Couva.