Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Guardian) – Caribbean Airline’s move to cut 79 pilots could be causing some turbulence, legally.

(Trinidad Express) National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds yesterday stood behind the decision to deny entry to Canadian resident Allan Preddie after it was discovered his Covid-19 vaccination did not meet with what was acceptable for entry into Trinidad and Tobago (T&T).

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Health has opened up vaccinations to anyone who wishes to be vaccinated, even without an appointment.

(Trinidad Guardian) A fisherman was fatally shot during a robbery at his Claxton Bay home on Wednesday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) “Fair and reasonable.”   That is how businessman and restaurateur Peter George yesterday described his stance that all unvaccinated staff must pay for and present a negative PCR test every two weeks before coming back out to work at any of his six restaurants.

(Trinidad Guardian) TORONTO—An Ontario man trying to bury his mother in Trinidad and Tobago says he’s devastated after he flew to the island only to be turned around and forced to fly home because his vaccine mix is not approved in that country.

(Trinidad Express) A Cedros fisherman was charged with the murders of Couva fishermen Parasram Boodoo and Navindra Garib.

(Trinidad Guardian) In what must be a major disappointment for the Government and a sure blow to the country’s economic prospects, bpTT has told the Dr Keith Rowley administration that going forward it should expect much lower than forecasted natural gas production, with the shortfall being as high as 15 per cent this year and over ten per cent until 2024.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 43-year-old man maintained his innocence even after being convicted of murdering two teenage boys in Tobago, almost 12 years ago.

 (Trinidad Express) Police responded to a scene of a suspected murder-suicide last evening at New Grant.

(Trinidad Guardian) National icon LeRoy Clarke has died.  He was 82 years old.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Maraval family and their friends and neighbours in Rookery Nook have  been plunged into mourning following the ghastly news that three children perished in a fire at their home yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) A woman detained for the murder of Maritime General and Fidelity Finance chairman John Henry Smith made a brief escape from the St Ann’s Hospital, St Ann’s, before daybreak on Monday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Marathoner and sprinter Errol Hosein loved and lived for running.

(Trinidad Guardian) Hours after Trinidad & Tobago said goodbye to cultural icon Lutalo “Brother Resistance” Masimba, there is mourning at the loss of another musician.

(Trinidad Guardian)  Trinidad and Tobago has crossed the 500,000 mark of people being administered the COVID-19 vaccine.

(Trinidad Guardian) Unvaccinated Special Branch police officers have been moved from President Paula-Mae Weekes and Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s security details.

(Trinidad Express) A fight between a couple led to the death of a 73-year-old man.

(Trinidad Guardian) The chairman of the Maritime Financial Group and one of six people charged with corruption in the Piarco Airport construction projects, John Smith, 74, has been murdered.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two men have been convicted of brutally murdering six-year-old Sean Luke over 15 years ago.