Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Express) The owner of Darryl’s Famous Foods (formerly Japs Fried Chicken) Darryl Mahabir has died of Covid-19, as did his mother ten days ago.

(Trinidad Guardian) Sixty-one-year-old Cpl Ian Regis passed away yesterday at the St James Medical Hospital after contracting COVD-19.

(Trinidad Express) The vehicle that was driven by the perpetrators of the killing of prison officer Nigel Jones at Siparia had been stolen at gunpoint in Aranguez.

(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says ExxonMobil’s announcement that it was relocating its supply chain services from T&T to Guyana was to be expected as the source of their exploration and production of oil and possibly gas is in Guyana.

(Trinidad Express) With 32 Covid-19 deaths reported by the Ministry of Health yesterday, December 15 is now the deadliest day of the pandemic in Trinidad and Tobago.

(Trinidad Guardian) Almost 48 hours after departing the Miami International Airport on a Caribbean Airlines jet bound for T&T, the passengers of BW483 have arrived in the country.

(Trinidad Express) Government has launched its first deep water bid round since 2014 to advance exploration for energy resources.

(Trinidad Express) A former United States soldier was among two Morvant men who were robbed and shot dead when they went to the Champ Fleurs area on Monday night to purchase marijuana.

(Trinidad Express) The highly infectious Omicron variant is now present in Trinidad and Tobago after being detected in a Trinidadian woman who travelled from New York to Panama and then to Trinidad knowing fully well she was Covid-19 positive.

(Trinidad Guardian) PC Sean Woods passed away yesterday morning at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital after contracting COVID 19 on December 2nd.

(Trinidad Express) Police charged a 24-year-old security officer on Saturday night for the December 3 murder of his wife, Shadie Dassrath, a 31-year-old customer sales representative.

(Trinidad Guardian) The first case of the Omicron variant has been detected in T&T.

(Trinidad Express) As the family of popular pandit Mohindra Persad makes funeral arrangements after his sudden passing, the family says they are being caused further pain by being bombarded by comments from strangers attributing Persad’s death to Covid-19.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 24-year-old man is expected to appear before a San Fernando magistrate today, charged with the murder of his common-law wife.

(Trinidad Guardian) It’s the second year of a pandemic Christmas, when hundreds of families will be celebrating the season without loved ones because they died from COVID-19.

(Trinidad Express) Political Leader of the Tobago Council Tracy Davidson-Celestine may soon find her position untenable, as more Executive members of the Tobago Council resign.

(Trinidad Guardian) Government is giving serious consideration to converting the Public Service into safe zones as it struggles to convince more citizens to get vaccinated.

(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Government did not support the renewal of the term of office of The University of the West Indies (UWI) Vice-Chancellor Dr Hilary Beckles.

(Trinidad Express) Two Rio Claro men were swept out to sea at Blanchisseuse yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) A fine of $5,000 instead of a prison sentence has been imposed on a Penal mason who pleaded guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl in 2012 because it was a “one-off” offence and the accused had a clean criminal record, among other reasons.