Trinidad & Tobago News

(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) Trinidad and Tobago we have a problem.   Royal Castle has run out of its famous pepper sauce.

 (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 Express) – A Chaguanas couple was gunned down in Curepe on Friday night.

(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) Investigations are continuing into the murder of a WASA labourer in Sangre Grande yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) One of the men who was on the ill-fated vessel that sank last week in the waters between Trinidad and Venezuela has been located.

(Trinidad Express) A police constable last attached to Cumuto Police Station has been charged with the 2018 murder of an Arima man.

(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 Guardian) Preparations for prayers turned into tragedy after a 34-year-old father of one was gunned down while picking flowers yesterday.

(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 Guardian) Police have charged two Venezuelan nationals under anti-gang legislation.

(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.

(Trinidad Express) Thousands of teachers heeded the Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association’s (TTUTA) “blackout” call yesterday, and stayed away from virtual classes.

(Trinidad Guardian) Hours after Rio Claro residents staged fiery protests for water, residents of Penal dragged kegs and barrels on the street to protest for water.