(Trinidad Express) Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has called for the resignation of President Paula-Mae Weekes, saying she is now “disgracing and debasing” her office by her actions.
(Trinidad Express) Fiery protests paralysed school and business activity in Barrackpore yesterday as residents blocked five main access routes into the area with burning debris.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Government’s TT Safe Zone initiative launches today with vaccinated employees of bars, restaurants, gyms, theatres, cinemas, waterparks, as well as licensed gaming houses, betting pools and private members’ clubs being able to open and serve vaccinated citizens.
(Trinidad Express) Almost 2,000 “dead” people were issued social support cheques by the Ministry of Social Development, some as recently as August 2021.
(Trinidad Guardian) Friends and relatives of Shenice George say they are still puzzled as to why the 21-year-old woman was gunned down in cold blood in Marabella on Thursday night.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Government is challenging a lawsuit from a group of regional British American Insurance (BAICO) and Clico policyholders alleging that it (the Government) discriminated against them when it only bailed out the CL Financial (CLF)’s local subsidiaries.
(Trinidad Guardian) Economist Marla Dukharan says the 2021/2022 Budget presentation lacked transparency and accountability because the country was not told how much money was collected, spent and borrowed in the last fiscal year.
(Trinidad Express) Finance Minister Colm Imbert’s $52 billion budget is laden with relief measures for the poor, small and medium businesses, manufacturers and tech companies—both start-ups and existing operators.
(Trinidad Express) Dwayne Gloster, the who was shot and killed near West End Police Station, Diego Martin on Friday, was one of the men charged with the murder of businesswoman Vindra Naipaul-Coolman.
(Trinidad Guardian) Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi is under fire from several quarters after the collapse of the Police Service Commission (PSC) left behind a tangled mess.
(Trinidad Guardian) A 17-day-old baby was detained at the Piarco International Airport along with his family shortly after arriving in the country from Orlando, Florida on September 17.
(Trinidad Guardian) A 25-year-old man with dual citizenship (Canada and T&T) was expected to appear before a Port of Spain Magistrate yesterday, charged with the murders of his grandmother, mother and brother, which occurred on September 24.