Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Guardian) An Arima man was killed during an attempted robbery in Curepe yesterday.

(Trinidad Guardian) A boatload of Venezuelan migrants is feared dead after a vessel capsized on Thursday, plunging more than 25 people into the high seas.

(Trinidad Express) MINUTES after offering prayers at his home in Penal yesterday, Ramnath Ramlochan was electrocuted when the bamboo jhandi (Hindu prayer flag) he was installing came into contact with an overhead electrical wire.

(Trinidad Express) Police arrested six bathers at the Salybia Beach, Matura on Wednesday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Police and Customs made a major discovery of high-powered guns, ammunition, and equipment during a raid at a Bond at Piarco International Airport, on Thursday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) An Enterprise man was shot dead by police in what officers described as a gunfight yesterday morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) The country’s COVID-19 cases continued to rise yesterday, after the Ministry of Health confirmed 167 new infections, 23 of which came from offshore platforms.

(Trinidad Express) A man was killed and a pistol and a quantity of ammunition seized following a police-involved shooting incident at Cameron Road, Maraval, yesterday morning.

(Trinidad Guardian) Someone strangled Utilda Joseph at her Siparia home, depriving her of the opportunity of celebrating what would have been her 97th birthday in May.

(Trinidad Guardian) Despite complaints of no internet connectivity in far-flung areas of the islands, T&T’s main internet service providers say broadband coverage has been achieved for 95 per cent of the population.

(Trinidad Guardian) Health Minister Terrance Deyalsingh yesterday announced new COVID-19 public health restrictions.

(Trinidad Guardian) Health Minister Terrance Deyalsingh today announced new COVID-19 public health restrictions.

(Trinidad Guardian) Head of the Special Operations Response Team (SORT) Inspector Mark Hernandez has been charged with misbehaviour in public office in relation to an investigation into the treatment of the suspects held for the abduction and murder of Andrea Bharatt.

(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Health yesterday confirmed that the Brazilian variant of the COVID-19 virus, which is far more transmissible than other strains, has been detected in Trinidad and Tobago.

(Trinidad Guardian) Leader of the Special Operations Response Team (SORT), Inspector Mark Hernandez, is set to be charged with misbehaviour in public office in relation to an investigation into the treatment of the suspects in the abduction and murder of Andrea Bharatt.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three people were killed following a fiery, early Sunday morning crash along the Western Main Road, Westmoorings.

(Trinidad Express) Marc Anthony Singh has been described as a brilliant and talented performer, artist and designer, who deserved to live in peace and love and not be made a victim of violence.

(Trinidad Guardian) A massive jump in reported COVID-19 infections yesterday is a “post-Easter spike” and likely caused by the increased activity and mingling over the Easter weekend.

(Trinidad Guardian) Three people were killed following a fiery, early Sunday morning crash along the Western Main Road, Westmoorings.

(Trinidad Guardian) Almost four hours after a woman reported that her husband failed to return home after leaving to meet a client, the police discovered the man’s body wrapped in plastic at the client’s Gasparillo apartment on Saturday night.