Trinidad & Tobago News

(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.  The first of nine children, LeRoy Clarke was born on 7 November 1938 in Gonzales, Port of Spain, also known as “behind de bridge”. 

(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.

(Trinidad Guardian) Shell T&T yesterday announced that production has started from its Barracuda project after achieving first gas on Sunday.

(Trinidad Express) In the space of 25 days, three members of a Cunupia family died from the Covid-¬19 virus while four others tested positive.

(Trinidad Express) A Sangre Grande woman was charged with murder, kidnapping and other offences and expected to appear before an Arima Magistrate.

(Trinidad Express) Almost a week after couple Andre Ross and Raenne Nayan died in a car crash, they will be given their final farewell and rites together.

(Trinidad Guardian) The community of Debe is in mourning after beloved doctor and consultant at the Emergency Department of the San Fernando General Hospital succumbed to COVID-19 on Tuesday.