Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Express) ON the eve of Christmas, two women lost their lives in separate road traffic accidents on Thursday in San Juan and Cunupia.

(Trinidad Guardian) From next month four shipping companies in this country will no longer be accepting TT dollars from customers wishing to import items here, instead, they will only be accepting payment of freight charges in United States dollars.

(Trinidad Guardian) Touchstone’s Ortoire Block could have as much as one trillion cubic feet (tcf) of wet natural gas and may potentially produce in excess of 200 million standard cubic feet of gas per day (mmscf/d) according to Paul Baay, director, president and chief executive officer of Touchstone Exploration Inc.

(Trinidad Express) A Chaguanas man who was beaten after he defended his mother in an altercation, has died.

(Trinidad Express) A Chaguanas man who was beaten after he defended his mother in an altercation, has died.

(Trinidad Guardian) After sharing that he was a troubled parent on March 24, two days after shutting Trinidad and Tobago’s borders with a daughter stuck in New York, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is now insulted by the insinuation that she was given preference to return home for Christmas.

(Trinidad Guardian) Although some citizens fear the COVID-19 vaccine is a ploy by global authorities to alter the human genome, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says he will be first in line for the inoculation when the drug reaches Trinidad and Tobago.

(Trinidad Express) Over $10M in Cultural Relief Grants were distributed to local artistes and creatives just in time for Christmas.

(Trinidad Express) A father of three was gunned down near his home on Tuesday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) Perenco Trinidad and Tobago Limited yesterday shut down COVID-hit offshore platforms in its Teak, Samaan and Poui fields and transported all workers to either state facilities or other locations for quarantine pending testing.

(Trinidad Guardian) Over five villages along the North Coast region have been without power for the last three days leaving many counting their losses and now uncertain about their Christmas Day plans.

(Trinidad Express) Ex-travel agent Vicky Boodram who was committed to stand trial last year on over 100 fraud allegations returned before a San Fernando magistrate on more fraud charges.

(Trinidad Guardian) The ongoing migrant saga took another twist yesterday as the court of appeal overturned the decision made by Justice Frank Seepersad not to grant an injunction to pause the deportation of 11-year-old Venezuelan girl while a constitutional challenge filed on her behalf remained to be considered before the court.

(Trinidad Guardian) Over a year since gunmen shot and killed his mentor, Doubles vendor Kareem Jervis was similarly attacked and murdered while selling the popular street food along the Southern Main Road Tuesday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) A 25-year-old woman has reported to police that she was kidnapped by a man who hit her vehicle from behind, before bundling her back into her vehicle when she came out.

(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad and Tobago nationals who are now residing in the United Kingdom are hunkering down for a quiet Christmas as the country entered another lockdown in response to the discovery of a new, more easily transmissible variant of COVID-19 circulating in that country.

(Trinidad Express) A MAN charged with the rape of his wife faced the San Fernando magistrate on Monday.

(Trinidad Express) A philanthropist, who was always content with what he had, is Trinidad and Tobago’s newest Lotto jackpot millionaire.

(Trinidad Guardian) Two shipping companies announced on Friday that come January 17, 2021, customers wishing to import items into Trinidad and Tobago will have to pay their freight charges in US dollars.

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is asking where did the money go when it comes to aid from the US to assist with Venezuelan migrants.