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April 8, 2020

Two men escape police involved shooting in Princes Town

One man was arrested, but two others managed to escape following a police-involved shooting incident at Mandingo Road in Princes Read more.

April 7, 2020

The number of COVID-19 patients remains at 107, no new deaths reported

Thirty two more samples were sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for samples today and all were found Read more.

April 7, 2020

Coastguard officer killed, circumstances unknown

Investigations have been launched into how a Coast Guard officer, identified as Ordinary Seaman (OS) Gyasi Richardson died earlier today. Read more.

April 7, 2020

PAHO warns the fight against COVID-19 is not over and there may be a long road ahead

The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) is warning governments in the Region of the Americas not to get complacent in Read more.

April 7, 2020

WASA Warns Of Supply Disruption From Curepe To Tunapuna

Customers from Curepe to Tunapuna who are serviced by the Valsayn High Lift Station are advised that Tuesday’s disruption in Read more.

April 7, 2020

Gary Griffith: There Was No ‘Doubles’ Standard

Police Commissioner Gary Griffith is denying allegations that the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) acted with discrimination when they Read more.

April 7, 2020

COVID-19 Community Patrols: Gov’t Partners With Private Security Firms

The Ministry of National Security has partnered with four private security terms, to support law enforcement by providing 24-hour mobile Read more.

April 7, 2020

BARBADOS: Supermarkets Get ‘Green Light’ To Begin Delivery Services

After consultation with the private sector and business chambers in the country, the Barbados government has agreed to allow supermarkets Read more.

April 7, 2020

COVID-19 Update- T&T Records 107th Case

The Ministry of Health has recorded another case of COVID-19, taking the country’s total number of confirmed cases to 107. Read more.

April 7, 2020

Trinidad Loses A Pioneering Medic, Dr Waveney Charles.

Trinidad and Tobago has lost an icon in the medical field Dr. Waveney Patricia Charles, who passed quietly at the Read more.

April 7, 2020

Two Earthquakes In Twelve Hours.

A second earthquake, in the space of twelve hours was felt in Trinidad and Tobago at 10 54 Am on Read more.

April 7, 2020

NY Records 731 Deaths In One Day

New York recorded its highest single-day increase in virus deaths on Tuesday. The 731 deaths reported brought the total to Read more.

April 7, 2020

Tobago Records its Fourth COVID-19 Case

April 7, 2020

Quarantine Ends for 35 Trinis Stranded in Barbados. What’s Next?

Now that the mandatory quarantine period is over for the 35 Trinidad and Tobago Nationals stranded in Barbados, a diplomatic Read more.

April 7, 2020

COVID-19 UPDATE : Government Appeals To Private Labs

Left with incomplete testing kits the Ministry of Health is now appealing to private labs to get certified by the Read more.

April 7, 2020

COVID-19 UPATE: Many Waiting To Be Discharged

One of the four more persons tested for the COVID 19 turned out to be positive as the statistics presented Read more.

April 6, 2020

Twenty three more samples tested for COVID-19 all were negative

Twenty three more samples were sent to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for samples today and all were found Read more.

April 6, 2020

Two men charged for having several illegal exotic animals

Two men were arrested and charged by police after they were held with 65 parrots, four otters and two monkeys. Read more.

April 6, 2020

Police ask for help to find missing Morvant man

The TTPS is asking for the public’s urgent assistance to locate 28-year-old STEPHON JOSEPH. Joseph, was last seen at his Read more.

April 6, 2020

WHO Chastizes French Doctors For Wanting To Use Africa As Testing Ground

The Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) has strongly condemned remarks made by two French doctors, who expressed a Read more.

April 6, 2020

COVID-19: Caribbean Countries To Benefit From €8 Million European Union Grant

The European Union has pledged €8 million to help the Caribbean in its war against COVID-19. The funds will be Read more.

April 6, 2020

COVID-19: 10 New Samples Tested By CARPHA, All Negative

The number of COVID-19 cases in Trinidad and Tobago remains at 105. See the Ministry of Health’s latest update below: Read more.

April 6, 2020

British PM Boris Johnson In ICU with Coronavirus

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who tested positive for Coronavirus ten days ago, has been moved to intensive care in Read more.

April 6, 2020

Salary Relief Grant Application Forms Will Be Available Online From Wednesday

The registration forms for persons to apply for the Salary Relief Grant will be available online from Wednesday and in Read more.

April 6, 2020

Police Called To Deal With a Crowd Seeking Food Cards in Tabaquite

Police were called in to calm the angry people who gathered outside the office of the MP for Tabaquite Suruj Read more.

April 6, 2020

Caught Stealing Liquor From a Bar

Two men who used a hammer to break a glass window so they could steal a quantity of liquor from Read more.

April 6, 2020

Arrested For Stealing A Bag of Groceries, Among Other Things

After they stole a bag of groceries, a cell phone and a wallet from a man who thought he was Read more.

April 6, 2020

Restaurants Will Be Shut Down; New Operating Hours for All Essential Businesses

With effect from tomorrow, Tuesday, April 6th, all restaurants will be closed until April 30th, according to Prime Minister Dr. Read more.

April 6, 2020

TT COVID-19 Death Toll Rises to Eight

Another death , as a result of the Coronavirus, has been reported. The Ministry of Health says it is an Read more.

April 5, 2020

COVID-19: One New Case Recorded, 105 In Total

One additional case of COVID-19 was recorded in the last six hours, bringing the country’s total number of confirmed cases Read more.

April 5, 2020

COVID-19 And The Impact On Food Security

Photo Credit: Green Market, Santa Cruz If the current pandemic has exposed nothing else, it has made more glaring, the Read more.

April 5, 2020

821 Samples Tested By CARPHA, Cases Stand at 104

As the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recently recommended the wearing of “cloth face coverings in public Read more.

April 5, 2020

Third Bar Owner Held For Breaching Public Health Ordinance

Bar owner Tamashraj Ramkissoon was arrested on Saturday, after police found him operating his bar along Arena Road in Read more.

April 5, 2020

Six Arrested In Two Separate Drugs And Firearm Finds

Three men, ages 18 to 25, were arrested in St. James on Saturday, in connection to a drugs and ammunition Read more.

April 5, 2020

Barbados Records First COVID-19 Death, Six Other Patients Released

An 81 year old man who recently travelled to the UK, is Barbados’ first COVID-19 death. His wife, age 83, Read more.

April 5, 2020

COVID-19 Patient Dies In Tobago

An elderly man in Tobago has lost his battle with COVID-19. His passing takes the country’s death toll to seven. Read more.

April 5, 2020

Opposition MP: Make Access To Grants Easier

Pointe a Pierre MP, David Lee Understanding the need for “proper safeguards and transparency”, Pointe-a-Pierre Member of Parliament, Dr. David Read more.

April 4, 2020

COVID-19: 43 New Samples Tested, All Negative

The number of cases of COVID-19 in T&T remains at 103, after 43 new samples tested by the Caribbean Public Read more.

April 4, 2020

CoP Investigates As Residents Protest COVID-19 Care Facility In Sangre Grande

Fifteen residents of Brooklyn Settlement, Sangre Grande, who participated in a protest on Friday night over the setting up of Read more.

April 4, 2020

COVID-19: Two New Cases Recorded, Total Stands At 103

Two close contacts of persons who already tested positve for COVID-19, have now been confirmed as having contracted the virus. Read more.

April 4, 2020

Four Suspects Arrested Following Gun Attack In Tobago

A joint police and army patrol in Mason Hall, Tobago last night, led to four men being arrested in connection Read more.

April 4, 2020

Cuban Nurses to Arrive In T&T Next Week

The Health Ministry is currently in talks with Caribbean Airlines, to have the group of Cuban nurses who are to Read more.

April 4, 2020

Health Minister: “No Drug Yet To Treat COVID-19”

Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh is once more rejecting calls for hydroxychloroquine, or any other drug for that matter, to be Read more.

April 4, 2020

Geriatric Homes To Ban Visitors

Elderly homes are to suspend their visiting hours, as government tries to protect those most at risk for contracting COVID-19. Read more.

April 4, 2020

Opposition Leader Supports Extension Of ‘Stay At Home’ Order

Following National Security Minister Stuart Young’s announcement on Friday that the ‘stay at home’ order will be extended by two Read more.

April 3, 2020

T&T Reaches 100 Cases Of COVID-19

The country has recorded its 100th case of COVID-19. This was confirmed in the Ministry of Health’s release on Friday Read more.

April 3, 2020

Barbadians Panic Buy Ahead Of Lockdown, PM Mottley Urges Calm

There were frantic scenes outside supermarkets across Barbados on Friday morning, as citizens rushed to stock up on food supplies Read more.

April 3, 2020

13 People Complete Quarantine In Tobago, 49 Remain

The Division of Health, Wellness and Family Development in Tobago has confirmed that 13 people who were placed under a Read more.

April 3, 2020

Clock Ticks For Belizeans Abroad As PM Orders Border Closure

Effective 12:01a.m. on Sunday, April 5th, Belize will close its borders to nationals who are currently abroad. The announcement was Read more.

April 3, 2020

More than 100 persons have been charged for breaching curfew in Grenada

More than 100 persons have been charged for violating the mandatory 24-hour curfew in Grenada as the country tries to Read more.

April 3, 2020

Antigua has a spike in cases of Covid-19 as six more cases have been confirmed

Prime Minister Gaston Browne has confirmed that Antigua has six more positive Covid-19 cases. Their total now stands at 15. Browne said Read more.

April 3, 2020

The Bahamas announces a full shutdown of services

The Prime Minister of the Bahamas Dr. Hubert Minnis has announced that effective from 8pm tonight Friday April 3rd, there Read more.

April 3, 2020

Vybz Kartel will remain behind bars after his appeal was denied

Dancehall artiste Vybz Kartel will remain behind bars. He was made aware that his appeal was denied by the Jamaican Read more.

April 3, 2020

Missing teen found

DESTINI LEWIS, 17, of River Daly Gardens, Harmony Hall, Gasparillo, who was reported missing on Thursday 2nd April,2020, has been Read more.

April 3, 2020

One more confirmed case of Covid-19 takes the total to 98

The amount of confirmed Covid-19 virus patients has increased to 98, according to the Ministry of Health’s update as of Read more.

April 3, 2020

Magistrate Grants Bail Via Video Conference for Child Cruelty and Grievous Sexual Assault

Charged with two counts of cruelty of a child, a 42 year old man of San Francique , was granted Read more.

April 3, 2020

Crime Update : Nine Arrested For Arms and Ammunition

Five Venezuelan nationals and one Trinidad and Tobago national were arrested for possession of a firearm and ammunition in the Read more.

April 3, 2020

Kamla Calls For Medical Public/Private Partnership To Ensure Widespread COVID-19 Testing

Saying there is an “urgent need for the Ministry of Health to significantly increase its testing capacity of suspected Covid-19 Read more.

April 3, 2020

NCRHA Is Not Yet Ready to Ramp Up Testing

Amidst calls to speed up testing for Coronavirus in Trinidad and Tobago, Heath Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said government is awaiting Read more.

April 3, 2020

Testing Kits Will Be Sent to Barbados For the 35 Stranded T&T Nationals

COVID-19 testing kits have been sent to Barbados for the 35 Trinidad and Tobago nationals who have been quarantined there Read more.

April 3, 2020

Regulations Amended: Bars Will Be Closed Until April 30

The Public Health Regulations have been amended to extend the closure of bars and dine-in restaurants until April 30th. Drivers Read more.

April 3, 2020

Carnival Is Ruled Out As A Source Of COVID-19 Spread, Patients to be moved from Couva

Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Roshan Parasram has all but ruled out transmission of COVID-19 during Carnival 2020, saying that if Read more.

April 2, 2020

Sixth death and three new confirmed cases of Covid-19 bring the total to 97 infected

Another death has been recorded due to the Covid-19 virus. There have also been three more confirmed cases bringing the Read more.

April 2, 2020

Barbados will become the latest Caribbean country to implement a 24-hour curfew

Barbados’ government will institute a 24-hour curfew from tomorrow they continue to fight against the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Read more.

April 2, 2020

Police need help to find missing Gasparillo teen

The Gasparillo Police is asking for the public’s help to find 17-year-old, DESTINI LEWIS of River Daly Gardens, Harmony Hall, Read more.

April 2, 2020

Vybz Kartel to know his fate tomorrow morning

Dancehall artiste, Vybz Kartel, whose real name is Adidja Palmer is expected to know if he will continue to Read more.

April 2, 2020

Covid-19 infections cross one million globally

There have now been more than a million cases of coronavirus registered globally, according to the latest figures from Read more.

April 2, 2020

Government denies Watson Duke’s claim that workers have been sent home

No government worker has been sent home despite what PSA President Watson Duke has claimed. The denial was made by Read more.

April 2, 2020

Police need help to find missing farmer

The Couva Police is asking the public’s assistance to find BRUCE TASPER of No. 90 Balmain Road, Couva. He is Read more.

April 2, 2020

Four more cases of Covid-19 confirmed, bringing the total to 94

Ninety four people have been confirmed as having the Covid-19 virus, according to the Ministry of Health’s update as this Read more.

April 2, 2020

Two shot and firearm recovered by police in Petit Valley

Two men were arrested by police a firearm along with ammunition seized after they were fired upon during an anti- Read more.

April 2, 2020

Republic Bank Contributes US$2 Million to Fight COVID-19 In The Caribbean

Republic Financial Holdings Limited will contribute US$2 million, for the fight against COVID-19 throughout the Caribbean. Of this total, an Read more.

April 2, 2020

Jamaican Student’s Invention Helps Fight COVID-19 .

A final year student of the Jamaica’s University of Technology (UTECH) has created a tool which can be used as Read more.

April 2, 2020

Police Kill One and Capture Two In A Drug and Gun Raid in Arima

One man was killed and nine others- including four illegal Venezuelan immigrants- arrested as police seized two assault rifles, 166 Read more.

April 2, 2020

Bounty Hunt for Maduro, US$15 Milion Reward

This is the official poster published by the US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) which has placed a US$15million bounty for Read more.

April 2, 2020

The First Real Look At COVID-19 Spread Across T&T

“The Geographic Information System (GIS) is being used to provide an evidence based platform for decision making. We are looking Read more.

April 1, 2020

The number of confirmed Covid-19 patients remains at 90 as of tonight (April 1st)

The number of confirmed Covid-19 virus patients remains at 90, according to the Ministry of Health’s update as of tonight, Read more.

April 1, 2020

Government issues warning about trying to defraud Covid-19 Social support measures

The Government has issued a warning to persons who try to defraud the measures being implemented by the Ministry of Read more.

April 1, 2020

FDA pulls Zantac products from the market with immediate effect

The US Food and Drug Administration have requested that manufacturers pull all prescription and over-the-counter ranitidine drugs, known by the Read more.

April 1, 2020

Angostura donates 42 cases of hand sanitizers to the TTPS

The TTPS has received 42 cases of hand sanitizers from Angostura Holdings Limited to protect police officers while on duty Read more.

April 1, 2020

One more person diagnosed with Covid-19 bringing the total to 90

Another case of the Covid-19 virus has been confirmed bringing the total to 90. According to the Ministry of Health’s Read more.

April 1, 2020

Commissioner Griffith Explains Why He Would Shut Down a Bank

“It is within the authority of the Commissioner of Police to shut down a bank or a supermarket. It will Read more.

April 1, 2020

TTPS: How To Prevent Home Invasions

Just one week after noting a shift in crime to home invasions, the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service is warning Read more.

April 1, 2020

Some Remand Yard Prisoners Will Be Sent Home

Efforts are underway to determine which prisoners will be sent home from Remand Yard, to ease the overcrowding in the Read more.

April 1, 2020

PM Admits, Top Cop and National Security Minister “Are Not Synchronised”.

Banks are not to be closed by the Commissioner of Police, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley warned on Wednesday morning Read more.

April 1, 2020

COVID-19 Death Count Climbs to Five

Another death, simply identified as an “elderly male”, brought the Trinidad and Tobago COVID-19 death count to five on Wednesday Read more.

April 1, 2020

Top Cop Threatens Banks and Supermarkets

Another warning from top cop Gary Griffith as people who gather outside of banks, especially, and supermarkets in some cases, Read more.

March 31, 2020

Another death has been recorded due to the Covid-19 virus, 89 persons now infected

Another person has died due to the Covid-19 virus and two new cases have been confirmed bringing the total to Read more.

March 31, 2020

St. Lucia records their first local case of the Covid-19 virus

Reports coming out of St. Lucia indicate that the country has recorded their first local case of the Covid-19 virus. Read more.

March 31, 2020

US Covid-19 cases pass 160 000 with over 3700 deaths

The COVID-19 virus continues to wreak havoc in the United States as the number of deaths has passed 3,700 as Read more.

March 31, 2020

Antigua’s Prime Minister to implement 24 hour curfew

Antigua & Barbuda will soon be on a 24 hour curfew. Prime Minister Gaston Browne said the measure had become Read more.

March 31, 2020

Two more Covid-19 cases have been confirmed bringing the total to 87

Two more cases of the Covid-19 virus have been confirmed bringing the total to 87. According to the Ministry of Read more.

March 31, 2020

CNN’s anchor Chris Cuomo diagnosed with the Covid-19 virus

CNN’s anchor Chris Cuomo has been diagnosed with Covid-19. He made the announcement earlier today via Twitter. He is the Read more.

March 31, 2020

Prison Visits Suspended , Skype Is An Alternative

Visits to the prisons have been suspended with immediate effect, until further notice. But prisoners will have the options of Read more.

March 31, 2020

Venezuela’s VP Left Immediately after Her Meeting Last Friday

When Venezuelan Vice President Mrs. Delcy Rodrigez came to Trinidad and Tobago on March 27th it was for a very Read more.

March 31, 2020

Demerits Points System Delayed Again.

The introduction of the Demerits Points system, the new Traffic Ticketing System and Red Light Camera Enforcement System has been Read more.

March 31, 2020

In T&T: Only Persons With a Travel History And Their Primary Contacts Are Being Tested.

Persons with a travel history and their primary contacts will be given priority for getting tested for COVID-19. Indeed the Read more.

March 31, 2020

Central Bar Owner Arrested And Charged For Breaching Regulations

A bar owner, who was warned by the police on Sunday that he was in breach of the Public Health Read more.

March 31, 2020

Public Gatherings Now Limited To Five

With 85 cases of Coronavirus and three deaths, the government has decided to amend the Public Health Ordinance to make Read more.

March 30, 2020

Some port charges to be waived

The Ministry of Works and Transport along Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (PATT) and Point Lisas Port Development Corporation Read more.

March 30, 2020

The Indian Premiere League may be cancelled this year

The 13th edition of the Indian Premier League looks set to be cancelled due to the outbreak of coronavirus Read more.

March 30, 2020

A 102-year-old Italian woman has recovered from the Covid-19 virus

A 102-year-old woman in Italy has recovered from COVID-19 after spending 20 days in the hospital. Italica Grondona’s doctors have Read more.

March 30, 2020

One more person has tested positive for the Covid-19 virus

Three more persona have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. According to the Ministry of Health, as of the night Read more.

March 30, 2020

Arouca Police Station reopened after Covid-19 scare

The Arouca Police Station, has been reopened following its closure last Thursday after one of its officers suffered from flu-like Read more.

March 30, 2020

Ministry of National Security and the PCA condemn video footage of cops

An investigation has been launched into video footage that has been circulating on social media, which show the police allegedly Read more.

March 30, 2020

Four more cases of the Covid-19 virus confirmed in T&T

Four more cases of the Covid-19 virus have been confirmed in Trinidad and Tobago. The Ministry of Health in their Read more.

March 30, 2020

Tokyo Olympics will begin on July 23rd, 2021

The dates for the Tokyo Olympics have been confirmed. The Tokyo Olympic Games will start on July 23, 2021 and Read more.

March 30, 2020

Social distancing measures extended until the end of April in the US

The deadline for social distancing in the United States has been extended to April 30th by US President Donald Trump. Read more.

March 29, 2020

Double murder in Cunupia

A Double murder has been reported in Cunupia. According to reports the victims have been identified as Stanton Gialdo and Read more.

March 29, 2020

Two more cases of the Covid-19 virus have been confirmed (March 29th)

As of this afternoon Sunday, 29th March, 2020 the Ministry of Health has reported that there are two more confirmed Read more.

March 29, 2020

Arima market closed for sanitisation

The Arima market has been closed for sanitisation after a vendor displayed flu like symptoms. Arima mayor Lisa Morris-Julian issued Read more.

March 29, 2020

Barbados Covid-19 cases increase to 33

Dr Anton Best, the Acting Chief Medical officer of Barbados, has announced that there are 33 cases of the COVID-19 Read more.

March 29, 2020

TTPS need help finding 59-year-old man

The Chaguanas Police is asking for the public’s help to find 59-year-old MICHAEL FRANCIS, of John Peter Road, East Charlieville. Read more.

March 29, 2020

Covid-19 positive cases remain at 76 after 513 samples tested

Of the 513 samples tested for Covid-19 at the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for testing 76 were found to Read more.

March 29, 2020

Barbados will be under curfew from today (March 28th)

Prime Minister Mia Mottley has announced that from today March 28 to Tuesday, April 14, 2020 a curfew will be Read more.

March 29, 2020

Covid-19 global deaths pass 30 000 and over 600 000 people infected

As the world continues to fight the Covid-19 virus, global deaths have surpassed 30,000, with more than 10,000 of those Read more.

March 29, 2020

Stay at Home measures means no exercising in public spaces

Stay at Home measures also means not exercising in public spaces according to the Minister of National Security, Stuart Young. Read more.

March 29, 2020

MOH warns that criminals are trying to profit from the Covid-19 virus

The Ministry of Health has revealed that there reports that criminals are trying to profit from the Covid-19 pandemic. They’ve Read more.

March 29, 2020

US Embassy preparing a chartered flight for Americans wishing to leave Trinidad

The US Embassy will be organising a special flight out of Trinidad for Americans who live in this country and Read more.

March 28, 2020

Two more cases of Covid-19 recorded bringing the total to 76

According to the Ministry of Health 76 persons have now been infected with the Covid-19 virus. In a statement they Read more.

March 28, 2020

Opposition Leader extends condolences to the Prime Minister on the loss of his brother

Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has extended her condolonces Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley and Public Utilities Ministern Robert Le Hunte Read more.

March 28, 2020

The Health Ordinance has been updated

The Public Health Regulations has been updated . The Public Health Regulations No. 5 dated 28 March 2020 will repeal and Read more.

March 28, 2020

Bar owner arrested and charged for breaching health ordinance

A 29-year-old Bar Owner has been arrested and charged after he was caught operating his business at Southern Main Road, Read more.

March 28, 2020

Grenade found in Sangre Grande

A hand-held Grenade was found by officers of the Eastern Division Special Operations Unit today, Saturday 28th March 2020. During Read more.

March 28, 2020

Three held for larceny in Sangre Grande and gun found in Carli Bay

Three men from Sangre Grande have been arrested for shop-breaking and larceny. The incident happened yesterday Friday 27th March, 2020. Read more.

March 28, 2020

The United Kingdom records 260 deaths in 24 hours from Covid-19

The UK has recorded 1,019 deaths since the coronavirus outbreak began. At least 260 of the deaths from coronavirus in Read more.

March 28, 2020

Seventy four cases of Covid-19 confirmed

As of the morning of Saturday, 28th March, 2020 the Ministry of Health has reported the following: Number of samples Read more.

March 27, 2020

UNC asks National Security Minister for clarification on joint police/army patrols

The United National Congress has said that they have taken note of the Government’s approach for getting the public to Read more.

March 27, 2020

The new stay at home measures have been made law through Public Health Ordinance Ch. 12 No. 4

The measures which were announced by the Ministry of Health earlier today (March 27th) have been made law through the Read more.

March 27, 2020

Changes to ferry sailings

There have been some changes to sailing of the inter island ferries. The changes have been listed above. Read more.

March 27, 2020

Positive cases of Covid-19 remain at 66 as of this afternoon (March 27th)

There has been no increase in the number of positive Covid-19 cases in the country, at this time. The number Read more.

March 27, 2020

Caught Tampering With ATM At First Citizen Bank Branches

Five men who were seen tampering with an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) at First Citizen Bank (FCB) on Independence Square, Read more.

March 27, 2020

Police Crackdown on Sharing Unauthorised Information

A list of persons who returned to Trinidad and Tobago in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic and which is Read more.

March 27, 2020

Essential and Non Essential Services Explained Ahead of Sunday’s Enforcement

A comprehensive list of what defines “essential and non- essential workers” was revealed by Minister of National Security, Stuart Young Read more.

March 27, 2020

Healthcare Worker is Tobago’s Second COVID-19 Case

A healthcare worker at the Scarborough General Hospital, is the second case of coroniavirus on the sister isle, Tobago. The Read more.

March 27, 2020

National Security Moves up to Orange Alert, One Notch Away From The Highest.

T&T’s National Security has lifted the Alert State from Yellow to Orange, with immediate effect, to deal with the Read more.

March 27, 2020

T&T Records Second Coronavirus Death

A second national of Trinidad and Tobago who tested positive for COVID-19 has died. This was an elderly gentleman with Read more.

March 26, 2020

US surpasses China with over 82 000 cases of the Covid-19 virus

The US now has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any other country with at least 82,404 positive tests. The Read more.

March 26, 2020

CXC makes changes to the exam format

The Caribbean Examinations Coumcil has made some changes in light of the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. The Council has proposed a Read more.

March 26, 2020

Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar issues a statement on the Prime Minister’s decision

Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has issued a statement on the PM Dr. Keith Rowley’s decision to enforce stricter measures to Read more.

March 26, 2020

TTPS upgrades T&T’s Alert Status from yellow to orange

The TTPS has moved the country’s Alert State from Yellow to Orange with immediate effect In response to the directives Read more.

March 26, 2020

Ministry of Health update: Four more test positive for Covid-19 virus

As of today Thursday March 26th, the Ministry of Health has confirmed 65 cases of the Covid-19 virus. Four hundred Read more.

March 26, 2020

T&T Pumps $157 Million More into Health Care

An additional TT$157 million will be allocated to the Ministry of Health to build further capacity. The money will be Read more.

March 26, 2020

Lock Down Will Take Effect from Midnight on Sunday.

With effect from midnight on Sunday all non-essential activities will be forbidden as Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley announced that Read more.

March 26, 2020

Vending banned at Cross Crossing, San Fernando

Vendors will be banned from at Cross Crossing , San Fernando, with effect from midnight on Thursday, until further notice. Read more.

March 26, 2020

Vending on Charlotte Street Will Be Suspended From Saturday

The Port of Spain City Corporation, which met on Wednesday, has taken a decision to suspend all vending on Charlotte Read more.

March 26, 2020

Jamaicans Stranded And Homeless In Barbados

Two Jamaican men are sleeping on the floor at the Grantley Adams International Airport in Barbados since Monday night. And Read more.

March 26, 2020

Maduro Indicted For Narco Terrorism: US Offers $15M Reward

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has indicted Venezuela’s President Nicholas Maduro and four of his key aides on charges Read more.

March 26, 2020

Arouca Police Station Shutdown In COVID-19 Scare

Commissioner of Police, Gary Griffith, has ordered the closure of the Arouca Police Station after a police officer, with a Read more.

March 26, 2020

T&T’s First COVID- 19 Death: Meet Hansel Leon

Hansel “Hanny” Leon, the first casualty of the COVID-19 in Trinidad, was well known in the steelband fraternity as an Read more.

March 26, 2020

T&T COVID-19 Count Climbs To 61 Positive

As of the morning of Thursday, 26th March, 2020 the Ministry reports the following: Number of samples submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency Read more.

March 25, 2020

The Ministry of Health confirms the first Covid-19 death in Trinidad

The Ministry of Health has confirmed the first death from the COvid-19 virus. The following is the statement which was Read more.

March 25, 2020

Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar calls for a nationwide shutdown to combat coronavirus spread

Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar, has called on the Government to implement measures for a nationwide shutdown of all non-essential services Read more.

March 25, 2020

Ian Alleyne has confirmed that he has contracted the Covid-19 virus

Ian Alleyne has confirmed that he has tested positive for the Covid-19 virus. He posted the following message on Facebook: Read more.

March 25, 2020

Grenada announces Limited State of Emergency

Grenada has declared a Limited State of Emergency (SOE) as they try to stop any spread of the Covid-19 virus. Read more.

March 25, 2020

St. Kitts and Nevis have confirmed their first two cases of Covid-19

St Kitts-Nevis announced their first two cases of the Covid-19 virus, earlier today. The two patients recently travelled to the Read more.

March 25, 2020

Thirty-eight-year-old man appears in court on 32 charges, including shooting with intent

A 38-year-old Glencoe man, ANTHONY RYAN, also known as ‘Frame’ who was charged with 32 offences appeared in the Port Read more.

March 25, 2020

Ministry update: Covid-19 confirmed cases remain at 60

The amount of confirmed cases of Covid-19 virus cases remains at 60 in Trinidad and Tobago. The Ministry of Health Read more.

March 25, 2020

TT Police Officer Tests Positive While On Vacation

A police officer, with a travel history, has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and is now being treated Read more.

March 25, 2020

What About Food Security In Pandemic Economic Package?

How much money is in the Heritage and Stabilization Fund (HSF)? “We need to know, if we are to be Read more.

March 25, 2020

Pandemic Leave Is Still An Idea

Pandemic leave, as suggested by the Minister of Labour, Jennifer Baptiste- Primus- at a news conference last week, is Read more.

March 25, 2020

Trinidadians Stranded in Barbados Could Infect The Rest of T&T

Government will not take lightly any court action from, or on behalf of, the 35 elderly Trinidad and Tobago nationals Read more.

March 25, 2020

New York City Records 3,000 Coronavirus Cases in 24 Hours

The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in New York has climbed to 3,800, with close to 900 in intensive Read more.

March 25, 2020

COVID-19 Cases Climb to 60

As of the morning of Wednesday, 25th March, 2020 the Ministry reports the following: • Number of samples submitted to Read more.

March 25, 2020

New Social Assistance Is Only For Those Made Jobless By COVID-19

It will take at least seven days for the guidelines to be published for the government’s pandemic economic package to Read more.

March 25, 2020

How Ian Alleyne Woke Up the Quarantine Act

The Quarantine Act came into focus at Wednesday’s news briefing when National Security Minister Stuart Young noted that “we have Read more.

March 24, 2020

Barbados Pride have been declared the winners of the Regional Four Day Championship

Cricket West Indies (CWI) has confirmed that the Barbados Pride have been declared winners of the 2020 West Indies Championship Read more.

March 24, 2020

Coronavirus has infected over 400 000 people worldwide and killed about 17 000 so far

Nearly 400,000 people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus worldwide, and around 17,000 have died. In India their Prime Read more.

March 24, 2020

Police Involved Killing In Arouca

Pychius Regis had a bulletproof vest when the police entered his home at Windy Hill Arouca, but it served no Read more.

March 24, 2020

Four more test positive for the Covid-19 virus in T&T bringing the total to 57

As of this afternoon, 353 samples have been submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) for testing for the Read more.

March 24, 2020

Soul Makossa Gone To Rest : Manu Dibango dies of COVID-19

Manu Dibango, the African saxophone legend who is best known for his 1972 song Soul Makossa, has died in Paris Read more.

March 24, 2020

TT$15,000 Fine for 17 Marijuana Seedlings

A man who was found with seventeen marijuana seedlings in his possession was slapped with a fine of TT$15,000 with Read more.

March 24, 2020

Executed In Bed

Kevon Bernard (in photo) was executed by a single gunshot in the head while in bed at his home in Read more.

March 24, 2020

UPDATE : Majority of TT COVID-19 Patients Doing Well

The Trinidad and Tobago national who was quarantined in Tobago upon arrival on a British Airways Flight and who was Read more.

March 24, 2020

All Police Recruits Remain At The Academy

All of the 199 police recruits remained at the Police Academy in St James and none have expressed a desire Read more.

March 24, 2020

Top CoP Expects a Shift In Crime Towards Home Invasions

A special Operations Command Centre (OCC) to deal specifically with the Covid-19 crisis has been established by the Trinidad and Read more.

March 24, 2020

COVID-19 Backlash : Local Businesses Seek Tax Deferrals

Additional measures are needed to keep small and medium businesses afloat and the T&T Chamber of Commerce is seeking, on Read more.

March 24, 2020

T&T COVID-19 Update: 51 Tested Positive

As of the morning of Tuesday, 24th March, 2020the Ministry reports the following: · Number of samples submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Agency Read more.

March 23, 2020

Tobago records their first case of the Covid-19 virus

Tobago has confirmed their first case of the Covi-19 virus. The following is a statement from Councillor, Tracy Davidson-Celestine, Secretary of Read more.

March 23, 2020

None of the police recruits have left training

Commissioner of Police, Gary Griffith, has disclosed that all 199 police recruits were present at assembly today at the Police Read more.

March 23, 2020

Elephant man to face court in Jamaica after alleged false declaration to Immigration authorities

There are reports out of Jamaica that Dancehall artiste Elephant Man, whose real name is Oneil Bryan, has been charged Read more.

March 23, 2020

St. Lucia declares a State-of-Emergency and closes borders after three Covid-19 cases confirmed

St. Lucia has declared a State-of-Emergency as they record three cases of the coronavirus. According to reports the declaration was Read more.

March 23, 2020

Republic bank announces several changes to their banking operations

Republic Bank Trinidad and Tobago has announced several changes to their banking opertions. The following is a statement from the Read more.

March 23, 2020

Several north coast beaches to be officially closed

The Ministry of Tourism has announced the immediate temporary closure to the public of the following Beach Facilities under its Read more.

March 23, 2020

Olympics 2020 looks set to be postponed because of coronavirus outbreak

The Olympic Games carded for June 24th in Tokyo, Japan this year will most likely be postponed. According to the Read more.

March 23, 2020

Three hundred and seventeen tested for Covid-19, positive samples remain at 51

To date, according to the Ministry of Health, as of the afternoon of Monday 23rd March 2020, the number of Read more.

March 23, 2020

Food cards to be distributed to parents of children currently in the school feeding programme

Minister of Social Development and Family services Camille Robinson-Regis has announced that all MP’s have been notified that they are Read more.

March 23, 2020

Food Cards And Rental Assistance

More social assistance will be given in the form of : Members of Parliament will receive the 50 Temporary food Read more.

March 23, 2020

COVID-19 :T&T’s Amended Immigration Rules

With the borders closed, until further notice, the Ministry of National Security has taken measures to assure foreign nationals, students Read more.

March 23, 2020

T&T Government’s Pandemic Relief Package

Unemployed persons will get relief in the sum of TT$1,500 monthly for the next three months, according to Finance Minister Read more.

March 23, 2020

Army Called To Discipline Quarantined 40; Testing Capacity Will Be Expanded

The Trinidad and Tobago Regiment was called in to bring order among the 40 cruise ship passengers who were at Read more.

March 23, 2020

Two Of The 62 Arrivals Quarantined in Tobago Have Been Tested

Two of the 62 persons quarantined in Tobago, after arrival on international flights, were treated at the Scarborough General Hospital Read more.

March 23, 2020

Preparing For The Worst, Food Security First.

Warning of illegal food shortages, created by international providers,David Abdullah is suggesting a buy local campaign to save foreign exchange Read more.

March 23, 2020

“New York Will Get Worse”

The coronavirus outbreak in New York- which is now the epicenter of the US- will get worse with shortages of Read more.

March 23, 2020

T&T Update : 51 Tested Positive

The number of COVID-19 cases in Trinidad has climbed to 51, according to the latest update from the Ministry of Read more.

March 23, 2020

Local Banks Will Enforce Social Distancing

The Bankers Association of Trinidad & Tobago (BATT) gave the heads up in a news release on Monday morning saying Read more.

March 23, 2020

Dominica Records its First Covid-19 Case

A 54-year-old citizen who recently returned to the island from the United Kingdom is the first Covid-19 case reported in Read more.

March 23, 2020

Police Recruits Are Free to Leave, But Not Return.

Recruits at the Police Academy in St James have been told they are “free to leave whenever they like”. Read more.

March 22, 2020

Three hundred and six tested, positive Covid-19 cases remain at 50

According to the Ministry of Health, as of the afternoon of Sunday, 22nd March 2020 the number of samples submitted Read more.

March 22, 2020

The Health Ordinance has been revised

The Health Ordinance to deal with Covid-19 has revised. Any person who breaches the law can now face a $50 Read more.

March 22, 2020

German Chancellor, Angela Merkel has been placed in quarantine

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has gone into quarantine after being informed that a doctor who administered a vaccine to her Read more.

March 22, 2020

Grenada confirms its first case of Covid-19

Grenada has confirmed its first case of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The island was among a few Caribbean countries that Read more.

March 22, 2020

WASA to implement schedules and other measures to ensure citizens have access to water

The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) has acknowledged the need for water for personal hygienic purposes. WASA has decided to Read more.

March 22, 2020

Man held for DUI found hanging

Deron Augustine, a 24-year-old Palo Seco man was found hanging in a holding cell at the San Juan Police Station Read more.

March 22, 2020

There are now over 300, 000 cases of the Covid-19 virus around the world

The amount of novel corona virus cases has passed 300,000 with more than 13,000 deaths around the world and 93,000 Read more.

March 22, 2020

Ministry of Health update on Covid-19 virus in T&T: 298 tested, 50 positive, all cases still imported

The Ministry of Health has announced that as of the morning of Sunday, 22nd March 2020, 298 samples have been Read more.

March 22, 2020

Barbados records eight new cases of Covid-19 on the island

Barbados has entered Stage 2 of the National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan of their fight against the Covid-19 virus after the Read more.

March 21, 2020

Positive tests for Covid-19 remain at 49 in T&T

The Ministry of Health has advised that as of this afternoon278 samples have been tested by the Caribbean Public Health Read more.

March 21, 2020

Forty of the quarantined 68 who returned from cruise ship have tested positive for the Covid-19 virus

The Ministry of Health has confirmed that 40 of the 68 T&T nationals, who returned from a cruise ship, where Read more.

March 21, 2020

Tobago restricts access to a number of beaches

Tobago’s Division of Tourism, Culture and transportation has announced the closure of several beaches on the island. The move has Read more.

March 21, 2020

Angostura to distribute 250 000 bottles of sanitizer to Health care workers

Angostura will produce 25,000, 250ml bottles, of sanitizer that can be used for cleaning counter tops, hard surfaces and hands. Read more.

March 21, 2020

Ministry of Health to hold a press conference at 11am to update COVID-19 status in T&T

No new update has been given on the amount of positive cases of the Covid-19 virus in T&T. The Ministry Read more.

March 20, 2020

Barbados records two more cases of the Covid-19 virus

Barbados has recorded two more cases of the Covid-19 virus. The island now has six confirmed cases. The two confirmed Read more.

March 20, 2020

Spain and Italy face record spikes of the coronavirus as infections cross quarter of a million worldwide

Italy and Spain have recorded their biggest single-day death tolls from the coronavirus. This as the pandemic has infected more Read more.

March 20, 2020

New changes to ferry sailings between Trinidad and Tobago

There will be some changes to the Inter-Island Ferry Service. The amended business hours are: POS 5.00 am – 11.00 Read more.

March 20, 2020

Jamaica confirms three more Covid-19 virus cases

Three more cases of the Covid-19 virus have been confirmed in Jamaica. The announcement was made by Prime Minister Andrew Read more.

March 20, 2020

Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar proposes several recommendations to Government to help fight Covid-19

Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has called on the Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley to drop the price on certain grocery Read more.

March 20, 2020

Government implements more measures to combat Covid-19 fallout

There is nothing more that the government can do for T&T nationals who are stranded abroad in countries that have Read more.

March 20, 2020

Governor Andrew Cuomo orders full lock down of New York city as virus cases rise

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered a state-wide lockdown amid the worsening coronavirus pandemic. He will shut down most of Read more.

March 20, 2020

The Ministry of Works and Transport is working on extending the validity of some licenses

The Ministry of Works and Transport has announced that due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, it is currently collaborating with Read more.

March 20, 2020

Bars, pubs and restaurants will be closed in the UK from this evening (Friday March 20th)

The United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced that all bars, pubs, restaurants will close from this evening (Friday Read more.

March 20, 2020

Two hundred and fifty eight tested for Covid-19, positive results remain at nine in T&T

As today, Friday, 20th March, 2020 the Ministry of Health reports that 258 people have been tested for the Covid-19 Read more.

March 20, 2020

Trini Woman Escapes Cocaine Setup in St Maarten

A Trinidadian woman, 38 year old Tanisha Sonelle Chan, and a St Lucian were both sentenced to short prison terms Read more.

March 20, 2020

A child Shoots Himself

A child was shot and wounded at Building Five Maloney on Friday morning while he was playing with a Read more.

March 20, 2020

250 Samples Submitted to Carpha for Testing

As of the morning of Friday, 20th March, 2020 the Ministry of Health reports the following: *Number of samples Read more.

March 20, 2020

Cop Who Killed Himself Was a Model Officer

Police Constable Ryan Ameer Ramsaran, who shot himself in the head while on duty at Laventille yesterday was described as Read more.

March 19, 2020

Four men in India have been hanged for gang rape and murder in 2012

Four Indian men who were convicted of the gang rape and murder of a student in Delhi in 2012 have Read more.

March 19, 2020

Tru Valu to introduce What’s App shopping to help customers

Tru Valu has introduced a WhatsApp service in the hope that it will limit the time customers spend in stores. Read more.

March 19, 2020

Both the House of Representatives and the Senate will have sittings tomorrow

The House of Representatives and the Senate will meet for Extraordinary Sittings on Friday 20th March, 2020 to debate the Read more.

March 19, 2020

Change in sailing times tomorrow (Friday March 20th, 2020)

The 6.30am sailing from POS on Friday 20th March will depart at 12.00noon. The return sailing from Scarborough will depart Read more.

March 19, 2020

T&TEC will defer disconnections for some customers

T&TEC will defer payments for some customers who are due for disconnection as they try to help alleviate the social Read more.

March 19, 2020

Eight-month-old baby tests positive for COVID-19 virus in the US

An infant has tested positive for COVID-19, in Kentucky according to Gov. Andy Beshear. He said the 8-month-old baby is Read more.

March 19, 2020

Post prison riot clean up yields weapons and prohibited items

Following a prison riot earlier this week, the Trinidad and Tobago Prison Service conducted a clean-up/search exercise at the Remand Read more.

March 19, 2020

Health Ordinance banning bars from operating and dining in at restaurants passed (updated)

The restrictions on bars and dining in at restaurants have become law. The following is the declaration which was signed Read more.

March 19, 2020

Barbados PM Mia Mottley announces measures to contain Covid-19 virus

Barbados’ Prime Minister Mia Mottley has announced a number of new measures to help the island combat the COVID-19 virus. Read more.

March 19, 2020

The Cabo Star will resume duty from 5pm

The Management of the Trinidad and Tobago Inter-island Transportation Company Limited has provided an update about an incident which occurred Read more.

March 19, 2020

One hundred and fifty people have been tested, Covid-19 positive remain at nine

According to the Ministry of Health as of the this afternoon Thursday, 19th March, 2020 the Ministry reports the following: Read more.

March 19, 2020

The US now has over 10 000 cases of Covid-19 while Italy records more deaths than China

Italy has just surpassed China for the most number of deaths related to coronavirus, making it the world’s deadliest center Read more.

March 19, 2020

Police Seize Guns, Cocaine and Marijuana

Two high powered rifles along with ammunition, cocaine and marijuana were seized during a police raid in Maraval on Wednesday. Read more.

March 19, 2020

COVID-19 Backlash: Beaches Closed

The Chaguaramas Development Authority (CDA) has closed off public access to beaches and will collaborate with the Carenage Police and Read more.

March 19, 2020

Republic Bank’s Relief Measures

A six-month moratorium on loans including mortgages and a waiver on late fees for credit card customers are among the Read more.

March 19, 2020

Cabo Star Quarantined, For a Few Hours

The Cabo Star, the lone cargo boat which services the inter-island Seabridge was temporarily quarantined on Thursday morning at the Read more.

March 19, 2020

Laws Coming To Enforce COVID-19 Bans

The government will take “very limited” legislation to the Parliament tomorrow, to enforce the various bans announced in response to Read more.

March 19, 2020

Mental Health Tips for Self Isolation

We are being exposed to information that we have never had to receive and we have to ensure that we Read more.

March 19, 2020

Caura River is now a No-Go Zone

Barriers have been placed at the entrance of Caura Recreation Park to prevent citizens from gathering at the popular site. Read more.

March 19, 2020

PM Rowley Agrees to Meet Opposition Leader.

Three days after she made a request for a meeting with Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley the Opposition Leader is Read more.

March 19, 2020

TT Bankers’ Response to Covid-19

“As we support our business clients they can, in turn, provide the support to their employees and together we will Read more.

March 19, 2020

Two more test positive for Covid-19 in T&T

Two more cases of the Covid-19 virus have been confirmed by the Ministry of Health. One patient is a male Read more.

March 18, 2020

Murder reported at Cunupia grocery

There are reports of a murder at a grocery on Cunupia following a robbery. The victim has been is said Read more.

March 18, 2020

RBC announces a financial relief plan for Caribbean clients

RBC Royal Bank has announced a plan to help their Caribbean clients during the anticipated slowdown of the economy because Read more.

March 18, 2020

Athletes around the world question the IOC’s decision to continue with July 24 Olympic Games

As athletes continue to question the International Olympic Committee decision to continue with the Olympics as planned, the IOC says Read more.

March 18, 2020

Italy records 475 deaths from Covid-19 in one day

Italy has reported an additional 475 deaths from the Covid-19 virus today (Wednesday 18th March). France which is also battling Read more.

March 18, 2020

Jamaica records first Covid-19 death

The first death from the Covid-19 has been recorded in Jamaica. The island’s Ministry of Health made the announcement this Read more.

March 18, 2020

Commissioner Griffith warns loitering laws will be enforced to discourage gatherings

Commissioner of Police, Gary Griffith has warned that the law of loitering will be ramped up by the TTPS over Read more.

March 18, 2020

SEA and CAPE may be delayed

Both the Secondary Entrance Assessment and the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Exams (CAPE) may be delayed until May. Prime Minister Dr. Read more.

March 18, 2020

Lights at Recreation Grounds across the country will not be switched on after dusk

From tomorrow, March 19, the lights installed on recreation grounds across Trinidad will not come on at dusk as normal. Read more.

March 18, 2020

China Will Provide Test Kits and Medical Experts

China, which has brought the Coronavirus under control after the outbreak in Wuhan, has agreed to help Trinidad and Tobago Read more.

March 18, 2020

Judiciary Shuts Down Courts

The Judiciary has advised persons not to attend court unless they have been contacted. There are a few exceptions, as Read more.

March 18, 2020

TT’s Economic Plan for COVID-19

The government has outlined an economic plan to help us through the economic ravages of the coronavirus. It was revealed Read more.

March 18, 2020

PM Threatens Bar Owners: Close Up, or Else

Bars that have not complied with a government request to close will risk having their licenses revoked. ‘We have heavy Read more.

March 18, 2020

UPDATE: Video Footage of TT Quarantine Convoy

A convoy carrying the 68 nationals who returned to Trinidad on Wednesday morning was seen heading to the East Coast. Read more.

March 18, 2020

How Jamaica will handle COVID-19

In the largest fiscal stimulus package in Jamaica’s history” the government has outlined a J$25-billion fiscal stimulus package to cushion Read more.

March 18, 2020

Sixty-eight T&T Nationals Quarantined at a Remote Location

Sixty-eight nationals who were stranded a duties ship have returned to Trinidad and were immediately quarantined. The Ministry of Health Read more.

March 18, 2020

TT Link In Bahamas COVID-19 Cases

Two of the three COVID-19 cases reported in the Bahamas have been linked to Trinidad. Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis Read more.

March 17, 2020

Two more confirmed cases of Covid-19 in T&T

Two more Covid-19 cases have been confirmed in T&T. The Ministry of Health has released the following statement: The Ministry Read more.

March 17, 2020

NCRHA releases photos of Covid-19 facility at Caura Hospital

The North Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA) has released photos of the Covid-19 facility at Caura Hospital. The NCRHA relased Read more.

March 17, 2020

NBA star Kevin Durant and four other players from the Brooklyn Nets test positive for Covid-19

Kevin Durant is among the four members of the Brooklyn Nets who have been confirmed positive with the coronavirus. Only Read more.

March 17, 2020

Jamaica confirms another case of Covid-19

The Minister of Health and Wellness in Jamaica, Dr. Christopher Tufton has confirmed one more case of the novel coronaviruson Read more.

March 17, 2020

Police help to quell riot at Golden Grove Prison

The TTPS helped to quell a riot at Golden Grove Prison earlier today. The following is a statement from the Read more.

March 17, 2020

Covid-19 Backlash: Prisoner unrest at Golden Grove update

Two senior prison officers have been injured during a prison riot at the Golden Grove Prison in Arouca that happened Read more.

March 17, 2020

Catholic Church announces shortened weddings and funerals

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Port of Spain has announced that effective immediately, all weddings, funerals and wakes should be Read more.

March 17, 2020

Ministry of National Security preparing for the return of seventy nationals aboard a cruise ship in Guadeloupe

The Ministry of National Security is preparing for the return of 70 nationals who have been trapped aboard the cruise Read more.

March 17, 2020

Bankers Association issues new guidelines for the public to follow while conducting transactions

The Bankers Association of Trinidad & Tobago (BATT) has issued some guidelines for the public to follow when conducting transactions Read more.

March 17, 2020

Breaking News: FIFA Takes Control of TTFA

FIFA announced on Tuesday that it will appoint “a normalization Committee” to run the affairs of the Trinidad and Tobago Read more.

March 17, 2020

How Technology Can Be Used To Detect Covid-19

The technology is already implemented in 20 hospitals in China. A full statement from the Chinese technology giant explains the Read more.

March 17, 2020

COVID-19 Backlash: Less Passengers Allowed on Inter-Island Ferry

The number of passengers allowed on the inter-island ferry for sailing has-been reduced by 50% in keeping with the need Read more.

March 17, 2020

Bandit Killed in Goodwood Park Home Invasion

March 17, 2020

COVID-19 Backlash: Prisoner Unrest At Golden Grove

Unrest was reported at the Remand Section of the Golden Grove Prison on Tuesday morning as prisoners even streamed some Read more.

March 17, 2020

T&T COVID-19 Update : 96 Tested, Five Positive

Trinidad and Tobago COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) Update # 29 As of the morning of Tuesday, 17th March, 2020 the Ministry reports the following: Read more.

March 17, 2020

President Weekes: “It Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better.”

“It is likely to get worse before it gets better,” President Paula-Mae Weekes said on Tuesday morning statement issued by Read more.

March 17, 2020

Barbados Confirms Two COVID-19 Cases Imported From The US.

Barbados has confirmed two cases of Covid-19, with of which are imported from the United States. A 39-year-old Barbadian woman Read more.

March 16, 2020

T&T records another case of the Covid-19 virus bringing the total to five

The Ministry of Health, Trinidad and Tobago, has confirmed another imported case of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The patient is a Read more.

March 16, 2020

T&T Business Chamber supports Dr. Rowley’s decisions to protect against Covid-19

The T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce has given their support to PM Dr. Keith Rowley’s decision to shut down Read more.

March 16, 2020

San Francisco will soon enter three week lock down to fight Covid-19

San Francisco has announced that they will implement strict new measures to curtail the spread of the novel coronavirus. The Read more.

March 16, 2020

Idris Elba tests positive for Covid-19

Actor Idris Elba has sent a positive message since testing positive for COVID-19. Following the confirmation that he had the Read more.

March 16, 2020

Eighty four tested for Covid 19, positive number remains at four

As of the today, 16th March, 2020 the Ministry of Health has reported that 84 samples have been sent to Read more.

March 16, 2020

Police shoot and kill YTC Escapee

Police have shot and killed an escaped prisoner, who has been identified as BRIAN SEEPERSAD. The shooting occurred during an Read more.

March 16, 2020

Jamaica Confirms TT link in new Corona case

Jamaica has confirmed two new cases of coronavirus one of who had a travel history to Trinidad and Tobago. This Read more.

March 16, 2020

First Test for Experimental Corona Vaccine

US researchers gave the first shot to the first person in a test of an experimental coronavirus vaccine on Monday, Read more.

March 16, 2020

Canada Closes Borders

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has closed Canada’s borders to international travellers and will be limiting incoming flights. But flights Read more.

March 16, 2020

Online Help for Stranded SEA Students

The Ministry of Education has created platforms for the SEA, CSEC and CAPE content in light of the announcement that Read more.

March 16, 2020

T&T Schools Closed Until April 20, Banks will be asked to adjust to the changing economy.

All schools and learning institutions will remain closed until April 20th. An Education Committee will meet and give a decision Read more.

March 16, 2020

Covid-19 Backlash: No Foreigners allowed in TT for 14 days

Only nationals of Trinidad and Tobago will be allowed into the country for the next 14 days. All Bars will Read more.

March 16, 2020

COVID-19 BackLash: T&TEC Adjusts Business Operations

March 16, 2020

Kamla Calls for Bi Partisan Talks on Covid-19

An urgent meeting between Government and Opposition members to discuss “the ongoing severe negative and destabilizing economic, social and medical Read more.

March 16, 2020

COVID-19 Backlash: Small Businesses Need Help.

The Joint Chambers- which represents the Chambers of Commerce throughout the country – is calling on the government to put “urgent Read more.

March 16, 2020

A “Police Involved” Shooting in Morvant.

One man was killed following a police-involved shooting incident in the Morvant district this morning. Officers of the Special Operations Read more.

March 16, 2020

How POS General Hospital Will Adjust to Covid-19

In light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, there will be temporary changes in the services offered at the Port of Read more.

March 15, 2020

Two more cases of Covid-19 confirmed in T&T

The Ministry of Health has confirmed that there are two more cases of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19 in Trinidad Read more.

March 15, 2020

Jamaica confirms two new cases of Covid-19, including a patient who travelled to T&T

Jamaica’s Ministry of Health and Wellness has confirmed that there are two more cases of COVID-19 on the island. In Read more.

March 15, 2020

US Embassy cancels all routine in person immigrant and non-immigrant visas

The US Embassy has cancelled all routine in person immigrant and nonimmigrant visa appointments. The Embassy issued the following statement: Read more.

March 15, 2020

Seventy seven people tested for Covid-19, two positive

The Ministry of health has tested 77 people so far for the Covi-19 virus and the positive results remain at Read more.

March 15, 2020

16-year-old teen goes missing

Sixteen-year-old NAARAYAH WEITHERS has gone missing and the TTPS is asking for the public’s help to find her. Weithers, of Read more.

March 15, 2020

Ministry of Labour advises parents to stay home with their children if they can’t find alternative arrangements

The minister of Labour Jennifer Baptiste-Primus has advised that parents who are unable to make arrangements for someone to look Read more.

March 15, 2020

St. Lucia reports its second Covid-19 case

The second case of the Covid-19 virus has been reported in St. Lucia. According to reports the case was discovered Read more.

March 15, 2020

19-year-old arrested with Beretta pistol

A 19-year-old man has been arrested after he fired at police. After a search of the suspect police discovered one Read more.

March 15, 2020

Over $500 000 worth of marijuana seized in Couva

Two men have been arrested and 50 packages containing 53.40 kilogrammes of marijuana seized by officers of the Northern Division Read more.

March 15, 2020

Zoo closed from today for a week

The Zoological Society of Trinidad and Tobago (ZSTT) has announced the closure of the Emperor Valley Zoo for one week Read more.

March 14, 2020

Government gives an update on Coronavirus approach

National Security Minister Stuart Young has asked all returning nationals to self-quarantine when they arrive. Young was speaking at a Read more.

March 14, 2020

Caricom head, Mia Mottley announces a deal has been reached between Granger and Jagdeo

Chairman of the Caricom, Mia Mottley has announced that President David Granger and Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo have agreed to Read more.

March 14, 2020

Catholic Masses have been suspended from today

All Catholic Masses have been suspended in light of the Covid-19 virus. In a statement the Archbishop, CHARLES JASON GORDON, Read more.

March 14, 2020

Sixty three tested for Covid-19 so far, two positive

Sixty three people have been tested for Covid-19 in T&T and two samples were found positive. The Ministry of Health Read more.

March 14, 2020

LIAT sends crew into self quarantine after passenger tests positive for Covid-19

LIAT has revealed that a passenger who travelled on one of its services has later tested positive for COVID-19. The Read more.

March 14, 2020

Ministry of Health once again warns about spreading fake updates

The Ministry of Health (MOH) is once again warning the public to be wary of fake information that ha been Read more.

March 14, 2020

Jamaica declared a disaster area as they try to contain the Covid-19 virus

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness has declared the island a disaster area. A move which he said: “means we can Read more.

March 14, 2020

APNU+ANC coalition declared winners of Region Four in Guyana

Region Four has been declared to the incumbent APNU+AFC coalition by the Returning Officer (RO) for Region Four Clairmont Mingo. Read more.

March 13, 2020

Second coronavirus case in T&T confirmed

The Ministry of Healthhas advised that the country has a second confirmed case of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). According to Read more.

March 13, 2020

The Ministry of Health warns about fake news

The Ministry of Health is warning the public about spreading and believing fake reports. This picture which has been circulated Read more.

March 13, 2020

St. Lucia confirms first case of Covid-19 virus

St. Lucia has announced its first case of the Covid-19 virus. According to the country’s Ministry of Health and Wellness Read more.

March 13, 2020

Guyana has been warned that they could face isolation if Region Four isn’t declared the right way

The Organisation of American States (OAS) election observer mission in Guyana has announced that it will be withdrawing from the Read more.

March 13, 2020

US President has declared a National Emergency

US President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency in response to the novel coronavirus pandemic. The move is expected Read more.

March 13, 2020

PTSC Introduces COVID-19 Measures

Members of the travelling public who display flu-like symptoms will be discouraged from using public transportation, according to Minister of Read more.

March 13, 2020

All Schools in Trinidad and Tobago Closed for One Week.

All schools and universities in Trinidad and Tobago will be closed for one week, according to Prime Minister Dr Keith Read more.

March 13, 2020

Point Fortin Borough Day Officially Postponed.

Point Fortin Borough celebrations have been postponed just like the annual East Goat and Crab Race Festival in Tobago. This Read more.

March 13, 2020

COVID 19 Backlash: Judiciary Responds

The Judiciary has extended all existing licenses for 66 days this after it took the decision to adjourn all regular Read more.

March 13, 2020

Primary School Games’ Organisers defy COVID-19 Scare

Training for all Trinidad and Tobago national football teams have been suspended with immediate effect, for a minimum of 14 Read more.

March 13, 2020

Jamaica Carnival Postponed

Carnival in Jamaica has been postponed to October. The decision revealed on Friday morning follows news that the island has Read more.

March 13, 2020

Unicomer Shutdown Because Employee was on Flight BW 521

Unicomer (Trinidad) Ltd shut down its Head Office and Distribution Centre on Friday because one of it’s staff members was Read more.

March 13, 2020

Cops Accused of Robbing Venezuelan Nationals

Two police officers, who are alleged to have robbed three Venezuelan nationals, have been charged with misbehaviour in public office Read more.

March 13, 2020

Wife of Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, tests positive for coronavirus

Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, wife of Canadian PM Justin Trudeau, has tested positive for coronavirus. There are now 103 confirmed cases Read more.

March 13, 2020

Jamaica confirms six more people have contracted Covid 19

Jamaica has confirmed six new cases of the Covid-19 virus. Two of the patients are said to have travelled through Read more.

March 12, 2020

Cayman Islands records their first coronavirus case

The first case of the coronavirus has been confirmed in the Cayman Islands. Their Premier Alden McLaughlin said the patient Read more.

March 12, 2020

Maria Regina Grade School to close for one week to sanitize school

March 12, 2020

No closure of schools or Government Offices

Both the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Communication are denying that there will be closures tomorrow due to Read more.

March 12, 2020

Arsenal’s Head Coach Mikel Arteta tests positive for Covid-19

Premier League team Arsenal’s head coach Mikel Arteta has tested positive for coronavirus. According to a statement from Arsenal: “Our Read more.

March 12, 2020

Tobago Jazz 2020 cancelled

The Tobago Jazz festival for 2020 has been cancelled. The cancellation was confirmed by Tobago Chief Secretary Kelvin Charles, earlier Read more.

March 12, 2020

Disney temporarily closes its doors in California

Disney will close its California theme park temporarily from March 14 through the end of the month due to the Read more.

March 12, 2020

New York declares another State of Emergency

Another State of Emergency has been declared in New York. Mayor Bill de Blasio made the declaration in New York Read more.

March 12, 2020

All major sport stopped in the US due to Covid-19 virus

All major sport in the United States has been suspended amid the coronavirus outbreak. Following the NBA’s announcement that all Read more.

March 12, 2020

First T&T case of Covid-19 virus confirmed

T&T has its first confirmed case of the Covid-19 virus. The patient is a 52-year-old male who flew in to Read more.

March 12, 2020

Caribbean Airlines Quarantines 13 Crew Members

Thirteen crew members of Caribbean Airlines have been placed in quarantine after a passenger who travelled from New York’s JFK Read more.

March 12, 2020

TT COVID-19 Update : 50 Tested

As of the afternoon of Thursday, 12th March, 2020 the Ministry reports the following: · Number of samples submitted to the Caribbean Public Health Read more.

March 12, 2020

TT COVID 19 UPDATE : Passengers from USA, Canada and UK to be monitored

Cabinet has agreed to suspend cruise ship visits to Trinidad and Tobago for the rest of the season which ends Read more.

March 12, 2020

Police Raid on Express Newspaper “an act of intimidation”

Commissioner of Police, Mr Gary Griffith, who is currently on vacation leave and is out of Trinidad and Tobago is Read more.

March 12, 2020

Vote Counting Resumes in Guyana…with hiccups

Counting of votes in Region Four resumed this morning on orders of the Chief Justice of Guyana Roxane George- Wiltshire Read more.

March 12, 2020

Panic Buying at PriceSmart

Amidst a wave of what is clearly panic buying in Trinidad, as there have been reports of the novel coronavirus Read more.

March 12, 2020

Shut Down Looming For Schools In Jamaica

Schools in Jamaica have been placed on notice that they could be closed, following the news of a second imported Read more.

March 12, 2020

Tobago Sailing Regatta Cancelled

The 2020 edition of the ANR Tobago Sailing Regatta has been cancelled as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic as Read more.

March 12, 2020

TT COVID-19 UPDATE: 49 Tested

Trinidad and Tobago COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) Update # 16 As of the Morning of Thursday, 12th March, 2020 the Ministry reports the following: Read more.

March 11, 2020

NBA suspends season until further notice

The NBA has decided to suspend its season after a player tested positive for coronavirus. The news came after the NBA Read more.

March 11, 2020

Tom Hanks and his wife Rita have contracted the coronavirus in Australia

Actor Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson have tested positive for the new coronavirus in Australia. In a statement Read more.

March 11, 2020

US President Donald Trump announces travel restrictions on Europe

US President Donald Trump has announced that all travel from Europe would be suspended for the next 30 days. The Read more.

March 11, 2020

St. Vincent and the Grenadines has their first case of the Covid-19 virus

St. Vincent and the Grenadines has recorded its first case of the Covid-19 virus. The country’s Minister of Health, Wellness Read more.

March 11, 2020

National Security Minister says he is not aware of any media house being searched today

National Security Minister Stuart Young says he is not aware of any search at a popular media house which reportedly Read more.

March 11, 2020

Jamaica implements social distancing as they try to stay ahead of the Coronavirus

Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that no event permits will be issued in the next 14 days. He Read more.

March 11, 2020

Guyana records its first case of coronavirus

President David Granger and Public Health Minister Volda Lawrence are expected to make an address to Guyana following confirmation of Read more.

March 11, 2020

Second coronavirus case confirmed in Jamaica

Jamaica has confirmed its second case of the Covid-19 virus. There are limited details at this time. The infected person Read more.

March 11, 2020

Police need help to find missing 16-year-old

The TTPS is asking for the public’s help to find 16-year-old SHIVANIE BISSOON. She is a Form 4 pupil of Read more.

March 11, 2020

Guyana’s court rules that Region Four cannot be declared until the proper procedure is followed

The declaration of Region Four by the Guyana Elections Commission in the recently contested General and Regional Election has been Read more.

March 11, 2020

Jamaica Carnival in Jeopardy

Jamaica, which confirmed its first COVID-19 case yesterday, has earmarked J$7 billion in contingency funding to tackle the Corona Read more.

March 11, 2020

Nine Missing, 37 Found.

Off all the persons reported missing for the year 37 have been found. But nine persons are still missing, according Read more.

March 11, 2020

Corona Virus Pandemic Declared by WHO

The Corona Virus, COVID 19, is officially a Pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) made the declaration on Read more.

March 11, 2020

Zero Tolerance for Road Offenders

In the past 78 days, 440 traffic tickets have been issued by the Road Policing and Traffic Unit which became Read more.

March 11, 2020

Minister’s Fall Will Be Investigated By OSH Authority

The circumstances which led to National Security Minister Stuart Young falling and injuring himself on Tuesday ( see video below) Read more.

March 11, 2020

TT COVID 19 UPDATE: 40 Tested, All Negative

There are no COVID 19 cases in Trinidad and Tobago, according to the latest statistics provided by the Ministry Read more.

March 11, 2020

PM Rowley joins Caricom Mission to Guyana

Less than 24 hours after Dr Keith Rowley returned to Trinidad from an official visit to Ghana, he will travel Read more.

March 11, 2020

Illegal Venezuelans busted in Cedros

Fourteen children were among 37 Venezuelans who were held in Cedros last night. Officers of the South West Division Task Read more.

March 10, 2020

Person who returned to Canada from T&T is among 14 confirmed with Covid-19 in Alberta

Alberta Health authorities have confirmed that there are now 14 cases of COVID-19 in the province. According to Dr. Deena Read more.

March 10, 2020

More countries added to 14 day ban because of Corona virus

More countries have been added to the list of nations on the 14 day travel restriction list because of the Read more.

March 10, 2020

British Health Minister tests positive for Covid-19

One of Britain’s Health ministers, MP Nadine Dorries has been diagnosed with the coronavirus. She is the first MP to Read more.

March 10, 2020

Shiva Boys are the new Secondary Schools Cricket Champions

Shiva Boys have claimed this year’s PowerGen Secondary Schools Cricket League (SSCL) premiership division trophy. They beat Hillview College in Read more.

March 10, 2020

Water service interruption in parts of Central on Thursday

There will be an interruption in the pipe borne water supply in parts of Central tomorrow, Thursday 12th March 2020, Read more.

March 10, 2020

Forty tested for Covid-19, all samples negative

The Ministry of Health has tested 40 people for the Covid-19 virus and all samples have returned negative results. The Read more.

March 10, 2020

Murder in Morvant

A man identified as 27-year-old man N’Yika Keyata, also known as ‘Blood’, was reportedly shot and killed at his home Read more.

March 10, 2020

Harvard University Asks Students to Move out

Harvard University is shutting down for the rest of the Spring Semester and is moving to virtual classes because of Read more.

March 10, 2020

Jamaica’s First COVID 19 Case

March 10, 2020

Stuart Young Injured

National Security Minister Stuart Young is receiving treatment at a hospital after he fell and injured himself this morning. This Read more.

March 10, 2020

Cops and Soldiers CrackDown at Oropune Gardens

Cops arrested eight persons after an early morning raid in Opopune Gardens uncovered a pistol and a quantity of camouflage Read more.

March 10, 2020

Government’s Borrowing Pattern Questioned

Even as she expressed grave concern for the increase in government borrowing, Opposition Leader Kamla Persad Bissessar is openly questioning Read more.

March 10, 2020

Damaged Cables Kayo TSTT Roaming

The international roaming service for TSTT customers has been interrupted as “a direct result of damage sustained to cables belonging Read more.

March 10, 2020

Gun and Ammunition Haul in Woodbrook

Two rifles and just over three thousand rounds of ammunition were found inside a washing machine and dryer which was Read more.

March 9, 2020

Sad news as 7-year-old boy dies at school

In an extremely unfortunate incident a 7-year-old boy has died after he reportedly choked while eating pholourie. The incident happened Read more.

March 9, 2020

Sports and Games becomes TTFA’s Exclusive Retail Partner

The Trinidad & Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has announced that Sports & Games will become its Exclusive Retail Partner. The Read more.

March 9, 2020

Hazardous Seas Alert issued by the TT Met Office

The Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service has issued a Hazardous Seas Alert (Yellow Level) for coastal waters. The warning will Read more.

March 9, 2020

Children’s Authority condemns lawless driver that put child’s life in danger

The Children’s Authority of Trinidad and Tobago has condemned a video circulating on social media in which the action of Read more.

March 9, 2020

Venezuela’s Voting Machines Destroyed in a Fire

A fire has destroyed a large part of Venezuela’s voting machinery, in an election year. Nearly 50,000 voting machines and Read more.

March 9, 2020

Supermarket Bandits Caught Hiding From the Police

Two men who tried to rob a supermarket were caught by cops hiding inside the building. The men from San Read more.

March 9, 2020

DCP Hackshaw Will Be Investigated

Acting Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr Irwin Hackshaw, is under investigation by the Police Complaint’s Authority (PCA) for reports of Read more.

March 9, 2020

SDA Church and Maha Sabha Adjust to COVID 19

The number of persons tested for the COVID 19 in Trinidad and Tobago has risen by one. The Ministry of Read more.

March 9, 2020

19 year old killed and policeman beaten in Guyana elections’ protest

A Youth was fatally shot and five police officers were injured during protests. Guyanese newspapers are reporting that 19-year-old Devon Read more.

March 9, 2020

Oil Prices and Global Stocks Plunge

Oil prices plunged by as much as 30% on Monday amidst fears of an all-out price war after Saudi Arabia Read more.

March 8, 2020

Guyana will have no President until their High Court rules on Region Four results

There will be no swearing in of a new President in Guyana until the case presented by the PPP has Read more.

March 8, 2020

Morvant teen missing

The Morvant Police is asking for the public’s help to find 16-year-old JASON ROOPCHAN, of 6th Avenue, Barataria. He was Read more.

March 7, 2020

Curepe teen goes missing

The St Joseph Police is seeking the public’s help to find 15-year-old ROMELLA BARTHOL, of Bushe Street, Curepe. Barthol was Read more.

March 7, 2020

New York declares State of Emergency to deal with Covid-19 Virus

New York has declared a State of Emergency because of the coronavirus. Governor Andrew Cuomo said during a press conference Read more.

March 7, 2020

Brace for more Saharan Dust

The T&T Met Service has advised that there will be an increase in Saharan dust over the next four days. Read more.

March 7, 2020

Murder reported in Valencia

A man, who has been identified as Brian Bradley, was shot and killed in the Valencia area last night. Police Read more.

March 7, 2020

Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar extends greetings on International Women’s Day

Opposition Leader, Kamla Persad-Bissessar has expressed her greetings on International Women’s Day. She lamented the fact that so many women Read more.

March 7, 2020

Water Service Disruption in North East Trinidad

There will be a service disruption in water delivery, according to the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA). Customers in parts Read more.

March 7, 2020

Ministry of Health tests 34 for Covid-19, no samples tests positive

The Ministry of Health continues to monitor both islands for the presence of the Covid-19 virus. According to the ministry, Read more.

March 7, 2020

More unrest in Guyana as 19-year-old is shot dead by police during protests

A 19-year-old man has been shot and killed during protests at Cotton Tree Village in the West Coast of Berbice Read more.

March 6, 2020

Activist sentenced to seven days jail for cursing MP Fitzgerald Hinds in 2018

The Beetham Gardens community activist, Anderson Wilson, who was accused of cursing Laventille West MP Fitzgerald Hinds in 2018 was Read more.

March 6, 2020

Five men arrested after high speed chase in the Trincity area

Five men were arrested by police with a firearm and a quantity of ammunition following a high speed pursuit in Read more.

March 6, 2020

Police need help finding missing Arima woman

Arima Police are asking for the public’s help to find 21-year-old KIANA WILLIAMS, of Thomaline St, Demerara Heights, Arima. She Read more.

March 6, 2020

Protests in Guyana over general elections results

Photo: Starbroek News Bath Settlement Public Road, West Berbice and Lusignan on the East Coast Demerara have launched protests in Read more.

March 6, 2020

Missing Tobago Teen found

Missing teen PETAL SHENIA AGARD, 14, of Majuba Trace, Goodwood, Tobago, who was reported missing on Thursday 5th March, 2020, Read more.

March 6, 2020

WINDIES win T20 series in Sri Lanka with brutal batting display

The WINDIES have won the two match T-20 series in Sri Lanka after beating the hosts 2-0. The West Indies Read more.

March 6, 2020

Tobago teen missing

The Roxborough Police is actively searching for14-year-old PETAL SHENIA AGARD, of Majuba Trace, Goodwood, Tobago. She was last seen at Read more.

March 6, 2020

51 Charged for Crimes Against Children in 2020

A 22-year-old was granted bail when he appeared before a Port of Spain Magistrate charged with sexual penetration of an Read more.

March 6, 2020

When There is a Rumbling Sound Before an Earthquake..

The 5.1 quake which was felt in most parts of Trinidad on Thursday night was reported at 10 44 PM Read more.

March 6, 2020

Trouble in Guyana

A high Court Order for Results to be Verified: The High Court in Guyana has granted an injunction to restrain Read more.

March 6, 2020

TT COVID-19 UPDATE: 30 Tested, All Negative

As of the morning of Friday, 6th March 2020 the Ministry of Health reported the following: · Number of samples submitted to Read more.

March 6, 2020

Dr Rowley Honoured in Ghana

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley,in the photo above, is a special guest at Ghana’s Independence Celebrations on Friday at the Read more.

March 6, 2020

Murder in Oropune

Gunshots shattered the silence at Oropune Gardens on Friday morning. In the end, a man identified Ronald Moses was found Read more.

March 5, 2020

TSTT advises ongoing issue affecting network

TSTT wishes to advise customers of a network related issue that is currently affecting the following services: – Contact Centre Read more.

March 5, 2020

Guyana’s opposition PPP/C files injunction to stop the deceleration of general election results

More drama surrounds Guyana’s general election as the PPP/C has successfully secured an injunction against GECOM, the Chief Election Officer Read more.

March 5, 2020

Couple on 44 child sex abuse charges denied bail

A 43-year-old man and his 42-year-old common law wife who have been charged with a combined total of 44 child Read more.

March 5, 2020

Brother shoots and kills sibling in Arouca

There are reports that Jude Alves was allegedly shot and killed by his own brother, earlier this morning in the Read more.

March 5, 2020

Camouflage law to be challenged in High Court

Isaiah Prince, through his attorney, Kiel Taklalsingh, will challenge the Office of the Attorney General with regards to the Legal Read more.

March 5, 2020

Stabbed to Death Before Bodies Set Ablaze

A pathologist has confirmed that three persons whose bodies were burnt in a fire at Guapo village last Friday, were Read more.

March 5, 2020

Guyana is tense; election results delayed

Guyana remains in limbo as the final results of Monday’s General Elections have not yet been tabulated. And unrest was Read more.

March 5, 2020

$17,000 in Tickets for Speeding on the Lady Young

In a two and half hour period, 17 motorists were fined for speeding as the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service Read more.

March 5, 2020

Mexico Sends Women Warriors Home

See Video Highlights in Story Trinidad and Tobago’s Under 20 Women Warriors crashed out of the Concacaf Championships after Read more.

March 5, 2020

TT COVID-19 UPDATE: 26 Tested

In less than 24 hours since the last update from the Ministry of Health one more person was tested for Read more.

March 5, 2020

Nine Women Killed in Domestic Violence

There have been nine cases of domestic violence which ended in murder for the year 2020. An additional five cases Read more.

March 4, 2020

Man dies on PBR, soldier held for questioning

A soldier has been detained in relation to an accident on the Priority Bus Route, where an Oropune man, identified Read more.

March 4, 2020

Unidentified body found in Laventille

Police are working to identify the body of a man whose body was found in the Laventille area. They suspect Read more.

March 4, 2020

Multiple shooting in reported in Carenage

A gunman yesterday waited until a taxi slowed down for a pothole before he indiscriminately opened fire on the vehicle, Read more.

March 4, 2020

Murder reported in Wallerfield

There are unconfirmed reports that the relative of a policeman was shot multiple times and killed, earlier today. More as Read more.

March 4, 2020

PTSC investigating claims of man being beaten on bus

The Public Transportation Service Corporation (PTSC) has given the assurance that they do not condone acts of violence towards passengers. Read more.

March 4, 2020

WINDIES off to a winning start in T20 series against Sri Lanka

The West Indies have taken the lead in their T20 series against Sri Lanka. The match which was played earlier Read more.

March 4, 2020

No Counterfeit $100 Polymer Bills

The Bankers Association did not issue a statement that the $100 polymer note is being counterfeited, according to Finance Minister Read more.

March 4, 2020

Bloomberg Pulls Out, Now He Backs Biden

Michael Bloomberg has ended his bid for the White House after a poor showing on Super Tuesday. And he is Read more.

March 4, 2020

Another missing teenager

Fifteen-year-old Selena Mirchar has been missing since Sunday. The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service said the teenager was last seen Read more.

March 4, 2020

RC Church stops “Precious Blood ” at Communion

The Roman Catholic Church will implement precautionary measures eliminating the usual handshake for the sign of peace while Holy Water Read more.

March 4, 2020

Covid 19: Canadian Tested Negative

A Canadian National who arrived in Trinidad on Monday with what appeared to be influenza has tested negative for the Read more.

March 3, 2020

Double murder in Maracas St. Joseph

A double murder has been reported in the Maracas St. Joseph area. According to reports Dharie Simon and Sharlene Ramkissoon Read more.

March 3, 2020

Man gunned down in Dibe, St. James

Police are investigating yet another murder. The victim has been identified as Lyndon Pierre. According to reports he was shot Read more.

March 3, 2020

Three High Court judges promoted to the Court of Appeal

L-R-The-Hon-Mr-Justice-Kokaram-JA-the-Hon-Mme-Justice-Wilson-JA-the-Hon-The-Chief-Justice-Mr-Justice-Ivor-Archie-the-Hon-Mr-Justice-Holdip Three Judges of the High Court were elevated to the Court of Appeal of the Judiciary of Trinidad and Read more.

March 3, 2020

TTFA signs another official partner as Caribbean Chemicals and Agencies Ltd. comes on board

The T&TFootball Association has secured another official partner after they signed a deal with Caribbean Chemicals & Agencies Ltd. The Read more.

March 3, 2020

Another teen goes missing

The Chaguanas Police is requesting the public’s help to find 16-year-old SHANICE SAMUEL, of Mamoral No 2. She was last Read more.

March 3, 2020

Three in custody after police storm house and find dead man

Central Division police officers made a gruesome discovery last night when they found the body of 29-year-old Kevin Francois of Read more.

March 3, 2020

Another gun taken off the streets

Police have arrested a man for possession of a firearm and ammunition in the Sea Lots district. The arrest which Read more.

March 3, 2020

St. Jude’s teen missing

The Belmont Police is asking for the public’s help to find 14-year-old CASANDRA PERSAD, a ward of the St. Jude’s Read more.

March 3, 2020

Former Petrotrin Employee slapped with multiple child sex abuse charges

A 16-year-old Venezuelan teen is now in protective custody after a former Petrotrin employee, 32-year-old Obawole “Ovad” Biddeau, appeared before Read more.

March 2, 2020

Murder in Valencia

Police are investigating yet another murder. The victim has been identified as Denzil Parks. He was also known as ‘Tallman’. Read more.

March 2, 2020

CAL taking the necessary steps to protect against Covid-19

Caribbean Airlines says that it is continuing to monitor the situation regarding the COVID-19 virus. The airline stated in a Read more.

March 2, 2020

Another murder recorded

A man, who has been identified as Stephen Sylvester, who was also known as Blackboy, was shot multiple times and Read more.

March 2, 2020

Missing mother and daughter found alive and well in Canada

Missing mother and daughter, INGELI SLATER-GODDARD, 34, of Alpine Drive, Charlieville, and her daughter, ELIANNA GODDARD, 7, have been found Read more.

March 2, 2020

Queen’s Counsel Vincent Nelson fined $2.25 million for alleged conspiracy role

Justice Malcolm Holdip has fined Jamaican Queen’s Counsel Vincent Nelson $2.25 million in restitution. The order came as Nelson was Read more.

March 2, 2020

Jamaican Appears in Court

Jamaican Adrian Byfield who tried to commit suicide after his Trinidadian wife was found chopped to death at their home, Read more.

March 2, 2020

Four Central Division Police Officers Arrested

Two Acting Inspectors and Sergeant and a Constable have been arrested by officers of the Professional Standards Bureau on Monday Read more.

March 2, 2020

U-20 Girls Move Up in Concacaf

Trinidad and Tobago’s Under 20 Women Warriors have qualified for the quarter-finals of the Concacaf Women’s Championships after defeating Puerto Read more.

March 2, 2020

Update : Husband’s Body Recovered

The body of David Francis was found on Monday, more than twelve hours after he drowned while trying to save Read more.

March 2, 2020

Mother’s Throat Slit, Robber Beaten to Death.

Neighbours reported hearing an argument at four o’clock this morning just a few hours before Ann Marie Susan Seepersad was Read more.

March 2, 2020

Islandwide Crackdown on Child Sex Offenders

A 75-year-old man is among three persons charged with offences against children over the weekend. Forty-six charges, altogether, have also Read more.

March 1, 2020

Water service interruption in the Trincity area on Tuesday March 3rd

The Water and Sewerage Authority has advised that there will be an interruption in the pipe borne water supply on Read more.

March 1, 2020

Police discover bloody cutlass at Guapo home destroyed by suspected arson

As the investigation continues into the alleged murder of Ceslyn “Linda” Farrell, her son Patrick and friend Seycelles Hannah, police Read more.

March 1, 2020

Teen held in connection with gun find in Arouca

A 16-year-old boy has been arrested by officers of the Northern Division Task Force, Central, in connection with the discovery Read more.

February 29, 2020

Another teen has gone missing

Another teen has gone missing and the TTPS needs the urgent assistance of the public in locating 15-year-old JAEL JAMES. Read more.

February 29, 2020

Fire in Guapo now a homicide investigation

The fire which happened in Guapo yesterday, that claimed the life of 69-year-old Ceslyn Farrel and her 48-year-old son Patrick Read more.

February 29, 2020

Seven-year-old missing

The TTPS is asking for urgent help to find seven-year-old ELIANNA GODDARD. She lives at Alpine Drive, Grand Central Park, Read more.

February 29, 2020

For the first time ever JSC dismisses a member

For the first time in T&T’s history a Member of Parliament (MP) has been voted off a Joint Select Committee Read more.

February 28, 2020

Temporary CLOSURE of a section of the Churchill Roosevelt Highway (CRH) on Sunday

The Ministry of Works is advising of a temporary traffic disruption this Sunday into Monday morning. The MoW stated: “Temporary Read more.

February 28, 2020

Another murder recorded

There are reports of a murder at Railway Road in St. Joseph. The victim has been identified as Ronald Stewart. Read more.

February 28, 2020

Red Force saved embarrassment after 89 run knock by Terrance Hinds

The T&T Red Force recovered from an embarrassing 1st innings score following a courageous knock of 89 runs from Terrance Read more.

February 28, 2020

Four men in custody after man knocked down by car dies

Four men were arrested by police earlier today in relation to the death of 28-year-old Vicky Baldeo. According to reports Read more.

February 28, 2020

Heritage Petroleum donates $500 000 to the Wildfowl Trust

Heritage Petroleum Company Limited (HPCL) has given Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00) to the Pointe-a-Pierre Wild Fowl Trust (WFT), for Read more.

February 28, 2020

4.2 Earthquake recorded near Port of Spain

An earthquake, measuring 4.2 on the Richter Scale, occurred west of Port of Spain a 12:55 PM. These are the Read more.

February 28, 2020

Shot Five Times…in a Bookstore

Navita Premchand is fighting for her life at the hospital after she was shot five times by gunmen who entered Read more.

February 28, 2020

BREAKING NEWS: Mother and Son Burnt To Death

Two persons perished in a fire at Cochrane Village in Point Fortin on Friday morning. After the blaze which destroyed Read more.

February 28, 2020

Recaptured, Finally.

After four months on the run, teenage escapee Dillano Marcano was recaptured by cops. Marcano was one of five teens Read more.

February 28, 2020

Govt’s Warning About The Misuse of Children’s Images

An open appeal to the public and media to respect children’s rights, dignity and safety has come from the Office Read more.

February 28, 2020

Two Men Reported Missing

Kyle Broomes, 22, was last seen at his home in Oropune Gardens, Piarco around 6:08 am on Carnival Tuesday (25th Read more.

February 28, 2020

Charged With Killing His Girlfriend

A Guyanese national has been charged with the Carnival Sunday murder of Nicole Hackshaw who was killed at El Dorado, Read more.

February 27, 2020

Valencia man denied bail on gun charges

A Valencia man, OMALI JACK, appeared in the Sangre Grande 1st Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday 26th February 2020 charged with Read more.

February 27, 2020

Missing Since Carnival Tuesday.

Another teenager has been reported missing. Seventeen-year-old Mica’l Lara (in photo) was last seen at her home on Carnival Tuesday morning. Read more.

February 27, 2020

T&T Imposes Travel Restrictions For Five Countries, plus China.

Five more countries will be added to the T&T quarantine watch list to keep a check on the Corona Virus. Read more.

February 27, 2020

Safe Carnival, Except for Moonlighting Cops

Top cop Gary Griffith has publicly reprimanded police officers who were delinquent during the carnival period. Even with “a 90%-95% Read more.

February 26, 2020

West Indies lose ODI series to Sri Lanka

The West Indies were soundly beaten by Sri Lanka today to go 2-0 down in their three match ODI series. Read more.

February 26, 2020

Peter Minshall wins Overall Band of the year and Large Band of the year titles on his return

Peter Minshall returned to T&T’s carnival scene with a dominant performance. His presentation ‘Mas Pieta’ portrayed by Kinetic Mas, won Read more.

February 26, 2020

The Spread of Coronavirus

The number of new infections of the Coronavirus outside China has outpaced those inside the country for the first time, Read more.

February 26, 2020

Parents Blamed For Very Poor Attendance on Ash Wednesday

There was poor attendance at schools throughout the country today. “At the secondary level student attendance was 18% Read more.

February 26, 2020

Captain Killed in Pirate attack off Venezuela

According to a report in Maritime Executive.com “On Monday, armed robbers boarded the tanker San Ramón at an anchorage off Isla Borracha, Read more.

February 26, 2020

One Step Away From Historic Olympic Qualification

Following her performances at the Paris Grand Slam and Dusseldorf Grand Slam in Germany earlier this month, Gabriella Wood has Read more.

February 26, 2020

U-20 Women Footballers Move On Up

Trinidad and Tobago Under 20 Women Warriors have advanced to the Round of 16 of the CONCACAF Championships after defeating Read more.

February 26, 2020

Epic Road March Victory

This breakdown of the 2020 Road March Results shows the huge margin between first and second place, as Stage Gone Read more.

February 26, 2020

1970 Black Power Movement Remembered

February 26th marks the 50th anniversary of the Black power Demonstration of 1970, which was commemorated with service at the Read more.

February 26, 2020

TTFA in $25million SportsWear Deal

The Trinidad & Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has secured a TT$25 million contract described as the largest commercial technical kit Read more.

February 26, 2020

Murder in Diego Martin

One murder was reported on Carnival Tuesday night. Daniel Marcano was ambushed and shot dead at Bagatelle Road Read more.

February 26, 2020

Child Found, Teen Missing.

Hours after police reported the good news that a four-year-old child was found three days after he was reported missing Read more.

February 23, 2020

Two more murders recorded in the last 24 hours

Another homicide has been recorded. Thirty-one year old Joanna Hood was reportedly shot and killed at her Valencia home, around Read more.

February 23, 2020

Nicki Minaj has arrived for Carnival 2020

Nicki Minaj has arrived to take part in this year’s Carnival celebrations. She uploaded a short video clip to her Read more.

February 23, 2020

Twenty-five-year old mother of two killed in vehicular accident

A 25-year-old woman, who has been identified as Precious Williams, was killed in a vehicular accident, earlier today. The accident Read more.

February 23, 2020

Two men arrested for robbery with violence in Port-of-Spain

Two men were arrested for robbery with violence in the Port of Spain area yesterday Saturday 22nd February 2020. According Read more.

February 23, 2020

Five year old boy goes missing

The TTPS is asking for the public’s urgent help to find missing 5 year-old KEEGAN PRIMUS. According to the TTPS: Read more.

February 23, 2020

Desperadoes claim their 12th National Panorama title

Desperadoes have dethroned last year’s winners BpTT Renegades to claim this year’s National Panorama title. This is their 12th title. Read more.

February 22, 2020

Another teen goes missing

Another teen has gone missing and the TTPS is asking for the public’s help to find him. Sixteen-year-old CHRISTION MARSHALL Read more.

February 22, 2020

Police need help to find mentally ill man

The TTPS is asking for the public’s help to find 40-year old FAZIAM ALI. According to the TTPS: “FAZIAM, 40, Read more.

February 22, 2020

Twelve arrested for drunk driving on Fantastic Friday

Twelve people were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol during road exercises last night, Friday 21st February, 2020. Read more.

February 22, 2020

Unidentified body found in Morvant

Police are currently investigating the gruesome discovery of a dead body in the Morvant area. The body was discovered around Read more.

February 22, 2020

Iwer George takes the Power Soca Monarch and College Boy Jessie is the new Groovy King

There is a new king of Power Soca and he is Soca veteran Iwer George. His song Stage Gone Bad Read more.

February 21, 2020

Ludacris in Trinidad for Carnival

Popular rapper and actor, Ludacris, whose real name is Christopher Brian Bridges is in Trinidad for this year’s Carnival celebrations. Read more.

February 21, 2020

Venezuelan national shot and killed by police

Police shot and killed a Venezuelan national a short while after he allegedly committed an armed carjacking. According to police Read more.

February 21, 2020

Police help Coast Guard take headcount on party boat

The TTPS is once again calling on the public to stop spreading misinformation. In the latest incident Police Commissioner, Gary Read more.

February 21, 2020

New polymer notes revealed by the Central Bank

The new design of polymer notes for the $1, $5, $10, $20 and $50 bills has been revealed by the Read more.

February 21, 2020

Ministry of Education advises that Ash Wednesday is a normal school day

The Ministry of Education wishes to remind parents and guardians that Ash Wednesday is a normal school day. The Ministry Read more.

February 21, 2020

Siparia Mother Murdered at Home.

The man who is suspected of killing 45-year-old Rachael Logan was caught by police just as he was about to Read more.

February 21, 2020

Doubles Vendor Killed in Midnight Robbery

A father of two, Daniel Sooklal, was murdered during what is believed to have been a robbery gone wrong shortly Read more.

February 21, 2020

No bail For Shooting At The Police

These three men who were charged with shooting at the police were denied bail when they appeared in court on Read more.

February 21, 2020

Galleon’s Passage back in Service

The Galleons Passage returned to the Inter-Island Service today. The dredging works at Queen’s Wharf and at CARICOM Wharves Port Read more.

February 21, 2020

Child sex offender gets bail

A 38-year-old man who was depicted in a video abusing a female minor was granted bail in the sum of Read more.

February 21, 2020

Terri Lyons is Calypso Monarch 2020

Terri Lyons was crowned the 2020 National Calypso Monarch on Thursday night as, for the first time ever, women grabbed Read more.

February 21, 2020

Three Cops Arrested For Trafficking in Minors

Three police officers have been arrested on suspicion of trafficking in persons and being a gang member. They are all Read more.

February 20, 2020

WPC Nicolette Persad on the mend

A relative of 28-year-old police constable Nicolette Persad, has confirmed that she is on the mend. Persad was wounded, after Read more.

February 20, 2020

Steelpan to return to the streets of St. James Carnival Monday

St. James will be treated to the return of steelbands on the streets of Carnival Monday night (February 24) as Read more.

February 20, 2020

Galleons Passage to sail again as dredging works completed

The Management of the Trinidad and Tobago Inter-island Transportation has advised that the dredging works at Queen’s Wharf and at Read more.

February 20, 2020

TT/Barbados Share Diplomatic Missions in Africa

Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados will share diplomatic missions in Nigeria and Ghana where the Heads of the Mission will Read more.

February 20, 2020

More Saharan Dust for Carnival

Another surge of Sahara dust is due on Sunday and will linger over the two days of carnival. A dense Read more.

February 20, 2020

Brian London’s Ex-Tempo Hattrick

Brian London ( right in photo) has retained his title as the Extempo Monarch, with Winston ‘Gypsy’ Peters coming in Read more.

February 20, 2020

Five Arrested after Police Chase

A police chase through Woodbrook and St Clair ended with five men arrested after police found a nine-millimetre gun and Read more.

February 20, 2020

All Stars founder is dead

Neville Jules the man credited with creating the bass drums and who was the founder of the Trinidad All Stars Read more.

February 20, 2020

TT Under 20 Women win again

Trinidad and Tobago’s Under 20 Women completed their slate of warm-up matches ahead of the CONCACAF U-20 Women’s championship with Read more.

February 20, 2020

Carnival Glass Bottle Ban Explained

The ban on the public use of glass bottles at carnival events goes into effect at 4 AM on February Read more.

February 20, 2020

Gunman Killed In The Beetham

Sydney Saroop was killed in a police-involved shooting on Wednesday night in the Beetham. Officers of the Inter Agency Task Read more.

February 19, 2020

TUCO Tobago cancels all competitions for Carnival 2020

The Trinbago Unified Calypsonians Organisation (TUCO) Tobago Zone president has announced that all Carnival 2020 competitions on the island will Read more.

February 19, 2020

High Court rules against the Prime Minister

High Court Judge, Justice Vasheist Kokaram today delivered a 173-page judgment at the Hall of Justice in Port of Spain Read more.

February 19, 2020

Police looking for taxi driver who assaulted a 16-year-old girl

The TTPS is on the lookout for a taxi driver who allegedly sexually assaulted a 16-year-old girl near a church Read more.

February 19, 2020

Government’s Final Word On Stage In The Sea

The Full Statement from the Ministry of Communications states: The Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (GoRTT) wishes Read more.

February 19, 2020

De Radicalization Treatment for returning IS fighters

The Muslim Round Table Group (MRTG) which consists of representatives from 24 organizations in Trinidad and Tobago have agreed to Read more.

February 19, 2020

Sahara Dust Intensifies

A dense plume of Saharan Dust is moving across Trinidad, Tobago and the remainder of the Eastern Caribbean and air Read more.

February 19, 2020

“Please, leave your weapons at home”

There will be zero tolerance for anyone found in possession of a weapon intended for crime. “There will be checkpoints Read more.

February 19, 2020

How shooters are recycled

Top cop Gary Griffith has renewed his call for amendments to the Bail Act so that persons held with any Read more.

February 19, 2020

Policeman in custody after shooting his common law wife.

Sgt Dale Ramroop is now in police custody after he allegedly shot his common-law wife WPC Nicolette Persad during an Read more.

February 18, 2020

Vehicles crushed at the port of Port-of-Spain

There seems to have been an incident at the port in Port-of-Spain where a trailer became dislodged and crushed some Read more.

February 18, 2020

Sangre Grande man due in court for murder of URP supervisor

A Sangre Grande man is expected to appear before a Sangre Grande Magistrate today, charged with the murder of Preston Read more.

February 18, 2020

Family in mourning after an 11-year-old boy dies by suicide

A family is in mourning after an 11-year-old boy is believed to have committed suicide at his home in Couva Read more.

February 18, 2020

T&TEC releases emergency number for the Carnival period

The Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission has established an emergency hotline to assist with the safety of the public during Read more.

February 18, 2020

Two teen girls shot after botched jewellry heist in Tobago

Two teenagers, who are form two female students at the same secondary school in Tobago, had to be hospitalised yesterday Read more.

February 18, 2020

Cornwall Sparks With a Hattrick

Afiyah Cornwall scored a hattrick for Trinidad and Tobago as the Under 20 Women defeated Puerto Rico 3-0 in Santo Read more.

February 18, 2020

Calypso Monarch line up

Michelle Henry will sing first in the finals of the Calypso Monarch Competition which will be held at the Grand Read more.

February 18, 2020

Charged With The Murder of a Farmer

A Valencia man has been charged with the murder of a farmer which occurred more than a year and a Read more.

February 18, 2020

‘Sausage” murdered in Carenage

Joshua James was shot dead while walking along Scorpion Alley in Carenage on Tuesday morning. James, also known as “Sausage” Read more.

February 18, 2020

Government Wants to Work With The Media

Communications Minister Donna Cox reiterated the Government’s commitment to meaningful partnerships with the media during a meeting with members of Read more.

February 18, 2020

Five charged for DUI

One hundred and fifty persons were tested for Breath alcohol levels during a Road Traffic Exercise conducted by officers of Read more.

February 17, 2020

Trinidad and Barbados to collaborate on the exploration of hydrocarbons

Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley and the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, signed a unitization agreement today, Monday 17 Read more.

February 17, 2020

Man shot and killed in Diego Martin

A Diego Martin man, who has been identified as 28-year-old Jamil Mondezie was shot and killed in Bagatelle, Diego Martin, Read more.

February 17, 2020

Man shot near Holiday Inn Hotel in Trincity

A man, who was shot near to a fast food restaurant in Trincity, ran into the Holiday Inn Express Hotel Read more.

February 17, 2020

WINDIES pacer Oshane Thomas involved in car accident in Jamaica

Up and coming Windies pacer, Oshane Thomas, has been hospitalised following a car crash along Highway 2000 in St Catherine, Read more.

February 17, 2020

Another teen goes missing

The TTPS is asking for urgent assistance to find 13-year-old YAZIM DE LOSSAINTOS HERRERA. She was last seen at her Read more.

February 17, 2020

Unhealthy Air Quality

A heavy concentration of Sahara Dust is due over Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday into Wednesday, with peak concentrations occurring Read more.

February 17, 2020

NGC Couva Joylanders are Medium Bands Champs

These are the results as published by Pan Trinbago after the Medium Band finals held at the Parade Grounds next Read more.

February 17, 2020

Two Reported Missing

Fourteen-year-old Martha Baptiste Simon has been reported missing. The teenager who lives at Sergeant Trace, El Dorado, was last seen Read more.

February 17, 2020

Murder in Arima

Joel Franco survived for a couple of hours after he was shot several times during an exchange of gunfire with Read more.

February 16, 2020

Calypso Monarch finalists announced

The finalists for the Calypso Monarch have been announced. The semi-final was held yesterday at Guaracara park. The 11 finalists Read more.

February 16, 2020

21-year-old man missing

The TTPS is asking for the public’s help to find 21-year-old BLAINE ANTHONY BALKISSOON. He lives at Sahai Trace, Borde Read more.

February 15, 2020

Digicel Trinidad and Tobago Foundation’s annual Kiddie Pump remains a safe space for children with special needs

The Digicel Trinidad and Tobago Foundation’s held their sixth annual Kiddie Pump earlier today at the Police Academy, Western Main Read more.

February 15, 2020

Child Protective Unit investigating three incidents of minors consuming marijuana in the last 24 hours

The Child Protection Unit has confirmed that they are currently investigating three reports of children ingesting marijuana that were included Read more.

February 15, 2020

Two men murdered in Arima

Two men have been murdered in Arima. In the first incident a 66-year-old man, who was beaten during a home Read more.

February 15, 2020

Student breaks arm in latest internet craze, the Jump/Trip Challenge

The Education Ministry is warning about a new internet ‘challenge, which they said has made its way into the nation’s Read more.

February 14, 2020

Two men held after police discover apartment with 18 Venezuelans

Police arrested a Venezuelan man and a Trinidadian man, earlier today, in relation to 18 Venezuelans who were found at Read more.

February 14, 2020

Machel Montano marries long time girlfriend Renee Butcher in Valentine’s Day Service at the Red House

Soca superstar Machel Montano and his new bride Renee Butcher were the first couple to be married at the Red Read more.

February 14, 2020

Quarantine–or Face The Law

Beijing is demanding that all who enter its territory isolate themselves for 14 days, or “be held accountable according to Read more.

February 14, 2020

Police Killing reported in Brazil Village

A man, identified only as “Son Son” of Malabar was killed by police in a shootout on Thursday night. A Read more.

February 14, 2020

PM Rowley heads to Barbados

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley where he will meet with Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau in Barbados. He left Read more.

February 14, 2020

Cop charged with being a gang member

A Police Officer and a Venezuelan national have both been charged with trafficking in persons and being a gang member, Read more.

February 13, 2020

Water service interruption in South East Trinidad tomorrow

The Water and Sewerage Authority is advising customers in parts of South East Trinidad, who are served by the Navet Read more.

February 13, 2020

Cocaine seizure at Queen’s Wharf Port-of-Spain

A man was arrested and a quantity of cocaine and cash seized by officers of the Specialized Intelligence Unit and Read more.

February 13, 2020

Police ask for help to find another missing teen

The TTPS is calling on the public to help find missing 15-year-old SHINICE JOHNSON. Johnson lives at Cochrane Village, Guapo Read more.

February 13, 2020

Charged With Using Insulting Language

The son of Cedric Burke has been arrested and charged with using insulting language and resisting arrest. But 20-year-old Ronaldo Read more.

February 13, 2020

Killed While Helping his Neighbour

Charan Singh, the son of a retired policeman, who worked as an analyst with Guardian Group, was killed while helping Read more.

February 13, 2020

Junior Soca Monarch rescued

The Ministry of Education will host a Junior Soca Competition on what it calls Terrific Thursday, 20th February. This comes Read more.

February 13, 2020

Mukeisha’s Death Mystery

After an autopsy proved inconclusive, pathologists have ordered a toxicology report on 8-year-old Mukeisha Maynard. At least it has been Read more.

February 13, 2020

Mother Killed, Daughter Survives Shooting

A woman identified as Alana Bella Mohammed was shot dead at her home in Dass Trace Extension in Enterprise on Read more.

February 12, 2020

Water disruption in South West Trinidad

Customers from South West Trinidad served by the Granville Water Treatment Plant, are currently experiencing a disruption in their pipe Read more.

February 12, 2020

Eleven Venezuelans are still in custody following the raid at Tzar nightclub

The TTPS has confirmed that 11 of the 38 Venezuelans who were detained on Tuesday morning at the Tzar Nightclub, Read more.

February 12, 2020

Coryal man charged with murder

A Coryal man is expected to appear before an Arima Magistrate today, charged with the murder of Paul Carrera, which Read more.

February 12, 2020

Arima Carnival to launch this Friday

Arima Borough Carnival will officially be launched on Friday 14th February 2020 at Hearty Foods Supermarket Car Park, Sorzano Street, Read more.

February 12, 2020

Camouflage Is Illegal

Just ahead of the Army Fete, carded for Friday, the once are warning persons that wearing camouflage patterns of any Read more.

February 12, 2020

Order of Appearance for Medium Bands’ Finals

Courts Sound Specialists of Laventille will be the first band to perform in the Medium Band finals in Tobago on Read more.

February 12, 2020

Teenagers arrested for possession of a gun

In Laventille, two teenagers were arrested after a firearm and four rounds of ammunition was seized, at Robinson Lane, Pashley Read more.

February 12, 2020

Calypso Rose Will Release a New Album

Calypso Rose will be rеlеаѕіng а nеw аlbum in Арrіl, 2020. Тhе аlbum wаѕ rесоrdеd іn Веlіzе аnd Frаnсе bеtwееn Read more.

February 12, 2020

Venezuelan and Mexican Plead Guilty To Fraud Charges

Two foreigners have been sentenced to two years’ hard labour for charges related to ABM Fraud. Simon Eduardo Farias Romero Read more.

February 12, 2020

Early Morning Murder in Cocortite

Brian Taitt was shot dead at about 3 30 on Wednesday morning at his home in Harding Place, Cocorite. The Read more.

February 12, 2020

Teenager among the four murder victims

The teenager, whom it was believed survived the multiple murders in Rancho Quemado on Tuesday afternoon, died at hospital. It Read more.

February 11, 2020

Three shot dead in Rancho Quemado

Three men were shot and killed and a fourth man was hospitalized following a shooting near the Rancho Quemado Primary Read more.

February 11, 2020

TTFA extends condolences on the passing of Teba McKnight

The Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA) has extended condolences to the family of The Teba McKnight, who died yesterday Read more.

February 11, 2020

Three early morning murders recorded

Two men, who have been identified as 20-year-old Rondell Samuel and 24-year-old Raheem Mitchell were shot and killed early this Read more.

February 11, 2020

Tobago’s Chief Secretary Will Step Down.

Kelvin Charles (left) will step down as Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly at the end of April. Read more.

February 11, 2020

40 H1N1 Flu Deaths in T&T

Another flu death has been reported for the month of February. Added to the toll of 39 deaths in January, Read more.

February 11, 2020

Father’s history of rape, threats, child neglect and assault.

Nine years ago, a police report was made against Michael Maynard, the father who committed suicide after killing his daughter. Read more.

February 11, 2020

Two Cops Arrested By A Special Task Force

Two police officers of the Central Division have been arrested for trafficking in persons and other gang-related activities. They were Read more.

February 11, 2020

Bail For Child Sex Offenders

A taxi driver was granted bail in the sum of TT$100,000 when he appeared before a Magistrate charged with one Read more.

February 11, 2020

Aripo Water Treatment Plant Vandalised

The electrical panel, cables and wiring at the Aripo Water Treatment plant have been sabotaged leaving a large part Read more.

February 11, 2020

38 Venezuelans Arrested At a POS Nightclub

Five teenage girls were among the 29 women and nine men – all of whom are Venezuelans—who were arrested at Read more.

February 10, 2020

The coronavirus continues to claim lives in China but new infections have dropped

The new coronavirus continues to claim lives in China. The number of people rose to a daily high of 103 Read more.

February 10, 2020

Seventeen-year-old shoots himself in the leg during fight

A 17-year-old boy is expected to appear before a Chaguanas magistrate court after he reportedly shot himself in the leg Read more.

February 10, 2020

Carl Hoi-Pong opens up about losing his son Craig

The father of murdered businessman Craig Hoi Pong, took to social media earlier today to express his grief and call Read more.

February 10, 2020

Murder recorded in Sangre Grande

Yet another murder has been reported. Fifty-five-year-old Marlon Charles was shot once in the neck, while his friend, only identified Read more.

February 10, 2020

Calypso Monarch Semi Finalists

The semi-finalists for the 2020 Calypso Monarch competition have been released. They will each perform two songs to find a Read more.

February 10, 2020

Cruise Ship Denied Entry Into Trinidad

The cruise vessel, the MV Caribbean Princess, was denied entry into Trinidad and Tobago due to an outbreak of gastroenteritis Read more.

February 10, 2020

Ganja Arrests in Penal

Two men were arrested after cops found one kilogram of marijuana in a vehicle in which they were travelling in Read more.

February 10, 2020

Renegades Tops The Semi Finals

Curepe Scherzando and bp Renegades are the top of the pack in the medium and large categories after National Panorama Read more.

February 10, 2020

Father Commits Suicide After Killing Daughter

Michael Maynard, 37, had separated from his wife a year ago and was taking care of his two children. An Read more.

February 9, 2020

Businessman shot and killed in Princes Town

A businessman, identified as Craig Hoi-Pong, and another man were shot and killed in Princes Town earlier today. Hoi-Pong was Read more.

February 9, 2020

Four bandits shot and killed by police following home invasion

Four men were shot and killed by police earlier this morning following a home invasion. Officers of the North Eastern Read more.

February 9, 2020

Another 15-year-old girl has gone missing

The TTPS is asking for the public’s help in finding 15-year-old ABIGAIL FORDE. Forde is a pupil of the Siparia Read more.

February 9, 2020

TSTT issues warning about +252 numbers

TSTT has issued a warning to the public to not answer phone calls from strange foreign numbers. Take a look Read more.

February 9, 2020

Early morning murder in Arouca

A man and a woman, yet to be identified, were discovered in a vehicle shot to death earlier this morning Read more.

February 9, 2020

GI claims the Chutney Soca Monarch 2020 title

GI beat out 23 other competitors last night to become this year’s Chutney Soca Monarch winner. GI, whose real name Read more.

February 9, 2020

Two more teens go missing

Two more teen girls have gone missing and the TTPS is once again asking the pulic for their help in Read more.

February 8, 2020

Arima MP Anthony Garcia issues apology for Stick fighting cancellation

MP for Arima, Antony Garcia has apologised for the cancellation of the NCC’s Stick Fighting Competition last night (Feb. 7th).Garcia Read more.

February 8, 2020

Don’t answer or call back that +252 number

If you’ve received a call from a strange +252 number don’t answer it and don’t call back. Several people on Read more.

February 8, 2020

Four people including two teens have gone missing

Two teens and two women have gone missing and the TTPS has called on the public for assistance in locating Read more.

February 8, 2020

Off duty cop shoots and kills a man who pointed a gun at him

A police officer who is on vacation leave, shot and killed man this morning, after the man was allegedly seen Read more.

February 8, 2020

The National Stick Fighting competition has been postponed indefinitely by NCC

The National Carnival Commissions’ stick-fighting semi-final had to be cancelled last night after stick fighters refused to participate because of Read more.

February 8, 2020

Thirty-year-old man’s body discovered chained to gas tank in house fire

Police are investigating the death of 30-year-old David Strubing, who was found chained to a gas tank after a house Read more.

February 7, 2020

Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar warns about proposed Interception of Communications bill

The Leader of the Opposition Kamla Persad-Bissessar, SC, MP is sounding a warning on the Government’s move to introduce the Read more.

February 7, 2020

Police arrest man at Port for possession of marijuana and alcohol

Police officers of the Central Police Station have arrested a man and seized quantities of marijuana and alcohol during an Read more.

February 7, 2020

Doctor Who Warned of Coronavirus Dies

The doctor who tried to sound a warning that the coronavirus could grow out of control — has died. Dr, Read more.

February 7, 2020

Two men,49 and 58 years old,Charged With Child Sexual Offenses

Two men have been charged, in separate instances, with sexual touching of a child and sexual penetration of a child. Read more.

February 7, 2020

Three Persons Injured…

This is the scene on Point a Pierre Road in San Fernando near the Marabella taxi stand after a driver Read more.

February 6, 2020

UNC loses election appeal

The United National Congress (UNC) has lost its challenge against a Court of Appeal ruling in its election petitions challenge Read more.

February 6, 2020

Dr. Roodal Moonilal wins $500 000 in defamation lawsuit

MP for Oropuche East, Dr. Rooal Moonilal has been granted $500 000 in compensation for defamation. Newspaper columnist Juliet Davy Read more.

February 6, 2020

Cops Foil A Robbery in St James

A man with a firearm- a Glock- was arrested at the Bess West Supermarket just before ten o’clock, after the Read more.

February 6, 2020

Exodus Tops The First round

February 6, 2020

Cocaine and Camouflage Found in Chaguanas

Cops arrested five men after they found a bulletproof vest, a pair of camouflage pants, two masks and a quantity Read more.

February 6, 2020

No Fatalities, Thankfully.

A father and son were injured in an early morning accident on the Mosquito Creek. Terrence Benjamin and his son Read more.

February 6, 2020

Update: Claxton Bay Double Murder

Nineteen-year-old Kadeem Elijah , who was on bail on a gun charge, was shot dead in his bedroom where his Read more.

February 6, 2020

11-year-old shot in the leg

An 11-year-old child was caught in early morning gunfire and was shot in the leg. His mother 33-year-old Cindy Joseph Read more.

February 5, 2020

US President Donald Trump has been acquitted of Impeachment charges

President Donald Trump has been acquitted in his impeachment trial, ending the congressional bid to oust him from office. The Read more.

February 5, 2020

Couple facing 963 fraud charges get $4 million bail

The couple who have been slapped with 963 fraud offenses after they allegedly swindled $7.4 million from an energy and Read more.

February 5, 2020

Thirty-Three-year-old man in critical condition after being shot in the stomach and chest

A Maloney man remains in critical condition after he was shot while on his way to work this morning. He Read more.

February 5, 2020

Police ask for the public’s help to find yet another missing teen

Another teen has gone missing and the TTPS is asking the public for their urgent assistance in finding 15-year-old SHANIAH Read more.

February 5, 2020

Police Warn Against Mixing Marijuana and Alcohol

Persons who consume marijuana edibles and drink alcohol are being cautioned by the police. “That unique combination of feeling a Read more.

February 5, 2020

Good news for Point Fortin school

Students of the Point Fortin East Secondary School should be able to return to classes by next week. That is Read more.

February 5, 2020

Charged With Killing a Teacher

Carl Richardson ( in photo) is due in court this afternoon charged with the murder of a school teacher in Read more.

February 5, 2020

Two flu deaths in January

The number of flu deaths has grown to 39 with two deaths out of the 147 cases of influenza reported Read more.

February 5, 2020

34,000 screened at Piarco

There is no spread of the coronavirus in Trinidad and Tobago because we have no cases, Dr Rohan Parasram. Chief Read more.

February 4, 2020

4.3 Earthquake recorded in parts of Trinidad

A small 4.3 magnitude earthquake was felt earlier today. The UWI Seismic Research Centre recorded the following: DATE AND TIME:2020-02-04 Read more.

February 4, 2020

WPC and her two brothers reappear in court on various charges

No. 7765 WPC REANNE WILSON and her two brothers of Maloney, reappeared before an Arima Magistrate today, charged with several Read more.

February 4, 2020

One of the three missing teens has been found

Thirteen-year-old, MEAGAN JOHNSON, of Ragooraj Street, Dinsley Village, Tacarigua, who was reported missing on Monday 3rd February 2020, has been Read more.

February 4, 2020

School Shut Down, Students Protest.

Point Fortin East Secondary School has been shut down until further notice prompting students and their parents to stage a Read more.

February 4, 2020

Bakr Wants Sedition Charge Dropped

An application has been filed in the High Court on behalf of Jamaat Al Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr who Read more.

February 4, 2020

Hong Kong Reports First Coronavirus Death

Thousands of medical workers went on strike in Hong Kong for a second day to demand the border with mainland Read more.

February 4, 2020

Two Girls Missing

Eleven-year-old Abigail Henry (left in photo) was last seen at 11 30 on Monday morning at the Cane Farm Taxi Read more.

February 4, 2020

PM : I Did Not Meet Charles

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has described as “a total fabrication” a newspaper report which suggests that he met with Read more.

February 3, 2020

Trio faces 963 charges for allegedly stealing $7.6 million

Three people, including a payroll manager today face a total of 963 charges related to fraudulently transferring $7.4 million from Read more.

February 3, 2020

Tobago’s Division of Health Wellness and Family Development releases information to help prevent the coronavirus

Tobago’s Division of Health Wellness and Family development have released flyers to help educate citizens about the prevention of the Read more.

February 3, 2020

Twenty-eight-year-old woman goes missing

Twenty-eight-year-old KAMEELIA HERRERA is missing and the TTPS is asking for the public’s help to find her. She lives at Read more.

February 3, 2020

Soca Monarch Finalists announced

Twenty two artistes- eleven each in the Groovy and Power Soca category have made it to the finals of the Read more.

February 3, 2020

Two Child Sex Offenders Arrested.

Three persons have been nabbed in two intelligence-led exercises conducted by officers of the Child Protection Unit (CPU). In the Read more.

February 3, 2020

Labour Minister Hacked again

Someone created a Facebook Messenger Account entitled “Hon Jennifer Baptiste Primus” and has been using it to engage with persons Read more.

February 3, 2020

T&T’s Online Sexual Offenders Registry

“Sexual crimes are the second-highest, after the murder, before the High Courts of T&T. “Between the years 2000–2019, there were Read more.

February 3, 2020

TT/Venezuela gas deal revoked

Trinidad and Tobago’s cross border gas deal with Venezuela, for the Loran Manatee fields, has been shut down because of the Read more.

February 2, 2020

Water service restored in Northwest Trinidad

Regular water service has resumed in the parts of North-West Trinidad which are served by the El Socorro Booster Station. Read more.

February 2, 2020

Fifty-one-year old man succumbs to his injuries following a brutal beating

A man, who has been identified as Paul Carrera died after he was allegedly beaten to death by a group Read more.

February 2, 2020

Parents need to be better examples to their children

Following the sharing of a social media video in which a parent was seen beating a pupil in public, Education Read more.

February 2, 2020

Water disruption in Port-of-Spain and environs

The water service interruption currently being experienced in Port-of-Spain is expected to be resolved on Monday February 3. According to Read more.

February 1, 2020

Another teen goes missing

Thirteen-year-old ARITI DOMINIQUE is missing. Dominique was last seen at her Dinsley Village, Tacarigua home wearing a cream short plaid Read more.

February 1, 2020

Police need help finding another missing teen

The TTPS need help to find missing 17-year old KHIA HUNTE. She was last seen leaving her Queens Park West Read more.

February 1, 2020

Saharan dust significantly impacting the atmosphere

The T&T Met Office is advising that there is a significant amount of Saharan dust in our area and it Read more.

February 1, 2020

Another road fatality recorded as driver plunges into a river

Nicholas Allan De Reaux, of Ortoire Village, lost his life last night after he lost control of his car and Read more.

February 1, 2020

Man’s body found in the tray of a truck

The body of 36-year-old Noel Sheppard was found in the tray of a truck at the side of the road Read more.

January 31, 2020

England is officially no longer a member of the European Union

The UK has officially left the European Union after 47 years of membership. The historic moment, which happened today, was Read more.

January 31, 2020

Shooting in Cocorite leaves one dead

There are reports of a shooting in Cocorite this afternoon. Details are sketchy but it appears one man is dead Read more.

January 31, 2020

Two PTSC workers fined $2500 for larceny

Two Public Transport Service Corporation (PTSC) employees were both fined $2500 each when they appeared before a Port-of-Spain Magistrate earlier Read more.

January 31, 2020

Seventy-four-year-old US citizen dies in car crash

Madge Davis, a 74-year-old US citizen has died following a car accident earlier today. According to reports the car she Read more.

January 31, 2020

Glass Bottles Banned for Carnival 2020

The use of glass bottles will be banned for the Carnival period- from 4 am on Carnival Monday to midnight Read more.

January 31, 2020

Workers Urged To Shut Down Piarco Airport

Workers at the Piarco International Airport have been told to practice zero tolerance given that they are at the port Read more.

January 31, 2020

Gunman Killed by SORT

Glen Bain was killed on Friday morning when The Special Operations Response Team (SORT) went to Laventille Road, San Juan Read more.

January 31, 2020

Line up for Soca Monarch Semis

Sixty-two soca artistes will perform in the semi-finals of the International Soca Monarch Competition carded for Sunday at the Arima Read more.

January 31, 2020

Creating Unnecessary Panic About Coronavirus

Once again, the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) has moved to correct false information that issuing circulated via social Read more.

January 30, 2020

Two more murders recorded

Two men were killed, earlier this evening near the Community Center in Four Roads, Diego Martin. One of the victims Read more.

January 30, 2020

The new coronavirus has been officially declared a global emergency

The new coronavirus has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization. The decision came as the outbreak Read more.

January 30, 2020

Education minister disappointed with fighting students

Education minister Anthony Garcia has expressed his disappointment at the two different groups of students who were seen involved in Read more.

January 30, 2020

Man Fails to Show Legal Ownership of A Van Load of Citrus

A man who was unable to provide the legal proof that he bought a van load of 2500 Portugals and Read more.

January 30, 2020

When Filing TT Tax Returns Online…

The Inland Revenue Division (IRD) will be introducing a new service that allows VAT and PAYE taxpayers to file their Read more.

January 30, 2020

Trinidad Imposes Travel Restrictions for Coronavirus

Persons living in China or visiting China, regardless of nationality, will not be allowed entry into Trinidad and Tobago for Read more.

January 30, 2020

Top Cop Meets UN Reps on Refugees

The top cop, Gary Griffith, met today with Chief of Mission of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Read more.

January 30, 2020

Loopholes In The Domestic Violence Act

The Domestic Violence Act should be amended to close the loopholes that allow these crimes of passion to keep recurring, Read more.

January 30, 2020

Two women honorees at Calypso Queen Finals

A new Calypso Queen will be crowned on Sunday at the 36th edition of the National Calypso Queen Competition which Read more.

January 30, 2020

Tobago Man Dies in Chase Village Car Crash

Khadeem Chance, 23, of Tobago died in a car crash on Chandee Avenue in Chase Village on Thursday morning. The Read more.

January 30, 2020

Another teen goes missing

The TTPS is asking the public’s help to find another missing teenager. Fifteen-year-old SELENA MIRCHAR was last seen at her Read more.

January 29, 2020

Water disruption in East and South Trinidad tomorrow

There will be a water service delivery interruption on Thursday 30th January, 2020 between the hours of 8.00 a.m. and Read more.

January 29, 2020

Police ask for public’s help to find missing 13-year-old

The TTPS is asking for urgent help from the public to find 13-year-old CASSANDRA PERSAD. She was last seen at Read more.

January 29, 2020

The TTPS is urging parents and guardians to protect their children during the Carnival season

The TTPS has issued some safety guildines to help parents and guardians protect their children during this Carnival season. The Read more.

January 29, 2020

Two trinis are currently in the Hubai province where the coronavirus outbreak occurred

The Embassy of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago in Beijing, China, has disclosed that they are in contact with Read more.

January 28, 2020

Leaky roof reported at the Red House

Leaks have been discovered at the newly renovated Red House. The heavy rains which came down earlier this evening caused Read more.

January 28, 2020

The earthquake which shook Jamaica was felt as far away as Miami

The earthquake which shook parts of Jamaica was felt as far as Miami. The earthquake, which has now been recorded Read more.

January 28, 2020

Glock pistol and cocaine seized in Couva

Police have arrested one man and seized a firearm and a quantity of cocaine, which was found during an anti-crime Read more.

January 28, 2020

7.3 Quake Reported in Jamaica

A massive 7.3 to 7.6 magnitude earthquake was reported in the Caribbean Sea between Cuba and Jamaica shortly after two Read more.

January 28, 2020

Why The WASA CEO Was Fired

Ellis Burris, (in photo) who was fired as the Chief Executive Officer of the Water and Sewage Authority (WASA), has Read more.

January 28, 2020

When Police Can Search Without a Warrant

There are four instances, under the law, when police officers can enter premises without a search warrant. Attorney General Faris Read more.

January 28, 2020

Prepping for Coronavirus

There is more than enough N95 Masks in Trinidad and Tobago that will be distributed to health care workers in Read more.

January 28, 2020

$1.2 Billion for Tobago’s Airport

China Railway Construction Caribbean Ltd will build the new airport terminal in Tobago. The project will cost TT$1.2 billion which Read more.

January 28, 2020

Horses from Holland TTPS

The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) has taken delivery of ten (10) warmblood horses from Holland. The horses arrived Read more.

January 28, 2020

Charged with 2019 murder

One week after he was arrested for murder in 2019, Marvin Williams Campbell (in photo) was charged. And he is Read more.

January 28, 2020

Medium Bands Panyard Judging

Panyard judging for Medium bands begins tonight and continues throughout the island for the rest of the week, ending in Read more.

January 28, 2020

Borders close around China

Hong Kong will cut all rail links to mainland China as the United States and other governments prepared to evacuate Read more.

January 28, 2020

A 5.3 Midnight Quake

A quake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale was registered in the South West close to Icacos, Cedros just after Read more.

January 27, 2020

New York pays tribute to Kobe Bryant

Photo: NY Post The people of New York have paid homage to NBA legend Kobe Bryant by lighting up the Read more.

January 27, 2020

Seven people arrested for breaching the Children’s Act

Seven men and a woman were nabbed in an intelligence-led exercise, over the weekend, by officers of the Child Protection Read more.

January 27, 2020

Man shot and killed in Rio Claro

Police are investigating the shooting death of 23-year-old Roger Khan, of Rio Claro. He was shot in the head while Read more.

January 27, 2020

Three arrested for drugs and a gun in D’Abadie

Officers of the Special Operations Response Team, have arrested three suspects and seized a firearm along with a quantity of Read more.

January 27, 2020

Central Audit for Red House Project

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has ordered a Central Audit of the Restoration of the Red House. Dr Rowley made Read more.

January 27, 2020

Using a Taxi for indecent purpose….

A taxi driver has been slapped with twelve charges for several sexual acts against two children. The 46-year-old man from Read more.

January 27, 2020

PNM-Tobago’s First Woman Leader

Tracy Davidson-Celestine will resign her position as Trinidad and Tobago’s Ambassador to Costa Rica to assume the leadership of the Read more.

January 27, 2020

Murder/Suicide Update

Naiee Singh who was murdered on Monday morning just as she arrived for work was granted a restraining order by Read more.

January 27, 2020

Sedition Charges Dropped

Watson Duke, President of the Public Services Association (PSA) was “feeling like an eagle” on Monday morning Read more.

January 27, 2020

Koffee’s 2020 Gameplan

Grammy award-winning Koffee has plans to collaborate with hip hop artists, which she revealed during an interview with Billboard Magazine Read more.

January 27, 2020

Murder/ Suicide in Couva

Police are investigating a murder/ suicide. According to reports Naiee Singh an of Venture Credit Union employee was shot dead Read more.

January 26, 2020

Kobe Bryant has died

Los Angeles Lakers superstar Kobe Bryant, who won five championships with the team died earlier today (January 26) in a Read more.

January 26, 2020

Homeless man killed trying to cross the Solomon Hochoy Highway

Police are trying to identify a homeless man of East Indian descent, who was killed while trying to cross the Read more.

January 26, 2020

Overnight murder recorded in La Horquetta

Police are investigating yet another murder. According to reports Jamal White was shot and killed last night at Phase 1 Read more.

January 25, 2020

New coronavirus continues to spread rapidly, cases found in Australia and France

The deadly new virus is spreading rapidly according to Chinese President Xi Jinping who gave the warning after holding a Read more.

January 25, 2020

Missing man found buried in a shallow grave

Christian Harewood , who was reported missing since last Friday has been found buried in a shallow grave in the Read more.

January 25, 2020

Another motorist dies in accident

Another motorist has lost their life on the nation’s roads. Sixty-year-old Ian Henry suffered multiple injuries after he tried to Read more.

January 25, 2020

Fifteen-year old Britney Mohammed is missing

The TTPS is calling on the public to help them find missing 15-year-old BRITNEY MOHAMMED. She was last seen at Read more.

January 25, 2020

Diego Martin man arrested with sub -machine gun

Police yesterday arrested a man with one Palmetto sub-machine gun loaded with a magazine containing 23 rounds of ammunition. He Read more.

January 25, 2020

Two killed in early morning shooting in Laventille

Two men are dead following an early morning shooting around Block 22 in Laventille. The shooting which occurred around 5am Read more.

January 24, 2020

Free men’s screening at Mt. Hope tomorrow (Jan. 25th)

The North Central Regional Health Authority will host a Men’s Wellness Clinic tomorrow Saturday, January 25th 2020 from 9:00 am Read more.

January 24, 2020

Teacher shot dead at Debe home during robbery

Police are investigating the murder of 50-year-old school teacher, Ashram Boodram, who was shot and killed during a robbery at Read more.

January 24, 2020

Special Olympian Shanice Baptiste passes away

Special Olympian Shanice Baptiste has passed away. According to a post on Special Olympics Trinidad and Tobago Facebook page: “Shanice, Read more.

January 24, 2020

Police take another gun off the streets

Officers of the Special Operations Response Team (SORT) discovered a Glock pistol along with a magazine containing 13 rounds of Read more.

January 24, 2020

Dry-docking of the Jean De La Valette to cause some cancellations

The date for the dry-docking of the Jean De La Valette (JDLV) has been delayed to Monday 27th January, 2020 Read more.

January 24, 2020

TTCF’s head coach may quit

Technical Director/Coach of the T&T Cycling Federation Mr. Erin Hartwell has gone on leave to pursue other opportunities. The TTCF Read more.

January 24, 2020

PEP Protests at Red House

The House of Representatives will get down to work in the spanking new Chamber at the Red House on Monday, Read more.

January 24, 2020

Have you seen Paul?

Paul Williams, 23 , of Third Avenue, Barataria was last seen at his home around 9:34 pm on Wednesday, Jan Read more.

January 24, 2020

Republic Bank corners Ghana’s Oil and Gas Sector

Republic Bank Ghana which is a subsidiary of the Republic Financial Holdings Limited has been named as the Oil and Read more.

January 24, 2020

Arrested for smoking while driving

A San Juan man who appeared to be driving while smoking marijuana, with a child in the backseat, landed himself Read more.

January 24, 2020

President Scolds Parliamentarians

While explaining the limitations of her office under the constitution, President Paula Mae Weekes assumed the role of a tough-talking Read more.

January 23, 2020

Health Minister visits Piarco International Airport to ensure thermal scanners are up to date

Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh, visited the Piarco International Airport today along with the the Chief Medical Officer Dr. Roshan Parasram, Read more.

January 23, 2020

Sixty-nine-year old man charged with sexual penetration of a child

A 69-year-old man was granted $100,000 bail with surety after appeared before a Mayaro Magistrate today, Thursday 23rd January, 2020 Read more.

January 23, 2020

19-year-old expected in court today charged with Dr. Sharma’s murder

A 19-year-old, ANTONIO FRANCOIS, of La Romain is expected to appear before a San Fernando Magistrate today, charged with the Read more.

January 23, 2020

Chaguanas man charged with murder expected in court today

Kosi Jeremiah, a 40-year-old Longdenville man, is expected to answer charges of murder today at a Chaguanas Magistrate. He was Read more.

January 23, 2020

Schools warned about overage players

Thirty-two bands will compete in the Junior Panorama on Sunday which will be an all-day affair at the Queen’s Park Read more.

January 23, 2020

” Now, to Police A War Zone.”

One hundred newly minted police officers were advised to “live for their country and not die for their country”. Top cop Read more.

January 23, 2020

Britain’s role in Caribbean homophobia

Trinidadian Emily Aboud will step into London’s biggest and boldest arts festival, the VAULT Festival, with a play which she Read more.

January 23, 2020

Murder in Tunapuna

A 64-year-old man was murdered in Tunapuna on Wednesday night, just about two weeks after his home was firebombed. Kenneth Read more.

January 23, 2020

Overnight chill

Another cool night in Trinidad but no record was set. The Met Office says it measured a minimum temperature of Read more.

January 23, 2020

Teen charged with Sharma’s murder

A teenager has been charged with the murder of Dr Rudradeva Sharma and 19-year-old Akeem Marine who is reported to Read more.

January 22, 2020

Lifeguards at Maracas and Tyrico given temporary quarters

Lifeguards at Maracas beach and Tyrico Bay are currently in talks with the Ministry of Tourism about returning to normal Read more.

January 22, 2020

Tourism Minister assures all precautions will be taken to prevent coronavirus, as 5000 foreigners expected tomorrow

Tourism Minister Randall Mitchell has given the assurance that the thousands of cruise visitors who are expected to arrive in Read more.

January 22, 2020

New Traffic ticketing system to come on stream on March 2nd

The newly revamped traffic system, called the UTurn System, will come into effect from March 2nd 2020. Some of the Read more.

January 22, 2020

Ian Alleyne’s employee fined $12 000 for theft

Sheldon Ramnath one of the two employees who stole $10 000 from talk show host Ian Alleyne has been fined Read more.

January 22, 2020

Women who fell off Mt. Hope Women’s hospital still not identified

Police and hospital staff are trying to identity a woman who fell off the Mt. Hope Women’s Hospital yesterday. She Read more.

January 22, 2020

Hazardous Seas Alert Lifted

Low-level winds have weakened thereby improving sea conditions. The TT Met Service has therefore discontinued its Hazardous Seas Alert. Read more.

January 22, 2020

Top Cop responds to UNC

“The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) does not operate by the “whims and fancies” of the Government!” Indeed the TTPS Read more.

January 22, 2020

Despers’ Icon badly burnt

Just over the weekend, at 80 years old, Dennis Ash was in the Desperadoes Panyard taking notes on his double Read more.

January 22, 2020

Jamaica offers crime fighting tool

A Jamaican specialist police officer came to Port of Spain to share his expertise with the T&T counterparts in forensic Read more.

January 22, 2020

Virus locks down Wuhan

Chinese health authorities urged people in the city of Wuhan to avoid crowds and public gatherings, after warning that a Read more.

January 22, 2020

Gun,Ammunition And Ganja Seized

A Glock, along with 13 rounds of ammunition, was seized overnight when cops conducted a search at a house in Read more.

January 21, 2020

United States confirms the first case of the new Chinese virus

The United States has confirmed the first case of the new coronavirus on its territory. According to the Centers for Read more.

January 21, 2020

Woman who fell off Mt. Hope Women’s hospital undergoing emergency surgery

An unidentified woman who was picked up in Chaguanas yesterday, fell off a building at the Eric Wiliams Medical Sciences Read more.

January 21, 2020

Teen shot and killed in Central

A teenager has been murdered in the Central area. Seventeen-year-old Daniel Dember was shot and killed while at a parlour Read more.

January 21, 2020

Doctor slashed on stomach by fake patient

Police are on the hunt for a man who posed as a patient and then slashed a doctor on his Read more.

January 21, 2020

Sixteen Bands, Five songs…

Four large bands- including the reigning champions BP Renegades -have chosen Wrong Again by Skinny Banton as their tune of Read more.

January 21, 2020

Fake Kidnapping busted

After he was asked to report to the Barrackpore Police Station, Shane Ramjattan broke down and confessed that he told Read more.

January 21, 2020

Soca Monarch Expectations

Conscious of the time constraint which will affect the planning and final execution of the 2020 edition of the International Read more.

January 21, 2020

Trini Terror Suspect is Mentally Unfit

A Trinidadian who has been charged in the US for attempting to provide material support for Islamic State (IS) has Read more.

January 21, 2020

Workers Protest in Port of Spain

Scores of workers marched, peacefully, from their union headquarters in Laventille to the Financial Complex in Port of Spain to Read more.

January 20, 2020

No new leader yet for Tobago PNM

The Tobago arm of the People’s National Movement is still without a leader as both Kelvin Charles and Tracy Davidson-Celestine Read more.

January 20, 2020

T&T will not send a representative to Caricom/US meeting in Jamaica

This country will join Barbados in not sending a representative to the upcoming meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Read more.

January 20, 2020

Jack Warner to take extradition case to the Privy Council

Jack Warner has been granted permission by Justices Nolan Bereaux, Gregory Smith and Andre des Vignes to challenge the extradition Read more.

January 20, 2020

Bolt records soca remix

Legendary sprinter Usain Bolt has not yet touched down for Trinidad Carnival. But he’s in the mix already, literally. From Read more.

January 20, 2020

Viral Pneumonia From Central China

A new form of viral pneumonia which originated in Central China has created a scare in Asia. At least a Read more.

January 20, 2020

2017 Murders Finally Solved

Two years after a double murder at Barton Lane in Belmont, Anthony Moore was charged with murder ,shooting with intent Read more.

January 20, 2020

Chutney Finalists, The Usual Suspects and more

Competitors from New York and Holland will join Toronto’s Chutney Soca Monarch champion, Raul Deoram for the finals of the Read more.

January 20, 2020

Weekend Gun Arrests

A man who threatened an off duty cop while liming at a bar in San Juan landed himself a charge Read more.

January 20, 2020

New Flavour For Soca Monarch

With just about two weeks to go before the Semifinals of the International Soca Monarch (ISM) Competition, Simon Baptiste has Read more.

January 20, 2020

Using one evil to root out another

“In our current state of anxiety about crime and our desperation for a quick fix, we cannot make the error Read more.

January 20, 2020

Election debacle angers Tobago

A vote count was abandoned at four o’ cock this morning. And the process will start all over again at Read more.

January 20, 2020

Police insist that Sharma was kidnapped

Police say they are clear about the circumstances of the death of Dr Rudradeva Sharma who was killed in a Read more.

January 19, 2020

Man murdered in broad daylight in Claxton Bay

A man identified as Akim McDonald was shot and killed earlier today on the Southern Main road in Claxton Bay. Read more.

January 19, 2020

Another murder has been recorded

Police are investigating yet another murder. Kevon ‘Stiffy’ King was found lying in a track, near his home in the Read more.

January 19, 2020

Headless body found in Santa Flora

The murder toll continues to rise as two more murders were recorded yesterday. In the first incident the headless body Read more.

January 19, 2020

Shane Ramjattan returns home after being kidnapped and forced to work

The family of Shane Ramjattan, who went missing earlier this week, is relieved that he has returned home after he Read more.

January 18, 2020

Met Service issues another Hazardous Seas Alert

The T&T Met Office has issued a Hazardous Seas Alert #1 – Yellow Level from tomorrow, Sunday January 19th, 2020 Read more.

January 18, 2020

Tobago’s Uptown Fascinators are the new Panorama small band champs

Tobago’s Uptown Fascinators are the new NLCB National Panorama Small Band Champs. They won by a margin of just three Read more.

January 18, 2020

Murder in La Horquetta

Police are investigating the discovery of a man’s body, which was found in La Horquetta earlier this morning. He has Read more.

January 18, 2020

Car crash claims another life

One man is dead and three others have been injured in an early morning vehicular accident. The accident occurred on Read more.

January 17, 2020

Khafra Kambon to step down as chairman of the ESCTT

Khafra Kambon is set to step down as the chairman of the Emancipation Support Committee of Trinidad and Tobago (ESCTT). Read more.

January 17, 2020

Venezuelans to receive registration cards over the weekend

The Immigration Division will be opened tomorrow, Saturday January 18, 2020 and Sunday January 19, 2020 to distribute registration cards Read more.

January 17, 2020

Police continue investigations into Toco find

Police are continuing investigations into two men who were arrested. They seized a firearm and quantities of narcotics during an Read more.

January 17, 2020

Police hold three in Arima with guns

Police arrested three men with firearms and stopped a robbery in the Arima area last night. According to police reports: Read more.

January 17, 2020

Anti-kidnapping on the case of missing father of two, Shane Ramjattan

The family of Shane Ramjattan has issued a plea to the nation to help them find him and bring him Read more.

January 16, 2020

UNC condemns National Security Minister Stuart Young’s post cabinet statements

The United National Congress has condemned Stuart Young’s statement at the post cabinet briefing. Young said that there was someone Read more.

January 16, 2020

Someone is behind the recent spike in violent crimes according to the National Security Minister

National Security Minister Stuart Young has said that there is a person behind the increase in violent crimes in T&T Read more.

January 16, 2020

Overnight triple murder in Arima

Police are investigating a triple murder, which occurred around 1 am this morning. One of the victims was 15-years-old, while Read more.

January 15, 2020

West Indies lose first T20 to Ireland

Even Dwayne Bravo’s impressive bowling spell of two wickets for just 28 runs was not enough to give West Indies Read more.

January 15, 2020

Another murder has been recorded

Another murder has been recorded. Reports indicate that a man, who has only been identified as Kendall, was shot and Read more.

January 15, 2020

Three injured in shooting in downtown Port-of-Spain

Three people have been injured by gunmen in downtown Port-of-Spain this afternoon. The search is now on for the two Read more.

January 15, 2020

South doctor dies after botched kidnapping attempt

Rudradeva Sharma, a doctor who was abducted late last night after he finished his shift, has died following a botched Read more.

January 14, 2020

Two teens held with guns and ammo in Tunapuna

Police arrested two teens earlier today when they discovered that they had a 9mm Taurus and a 9mm Beretta Storm Read more.

January 14, 2020

Water interruption in south Trinidad

The Water and Sewerage Authority is advising that customers in parts of South East Trinidad that there will be an Read more.

January 14, 2020

Ian Alleyne allegedly robbed of $10 000 by two employees

Two of talk show host Ian Alleyne’s employees were arrested yesterday for larceny of $10,000. The two suspects are a Read more.

January 14, 2020

Forty-three-year-old man remanded into custody for murder of preschool principal

KIRK FIELDS, a 43-year-old man, of East Dry River, Port of Spain appeared before senior magistrate Maria Busby Earle-Caddle, earlier Read more.

January 14, 2020

Gabriella Du Barry’s alleged murderer sent to St. Ann’s for assessment

Thirty-year-old Vishal Birju appeared before the Siparia Magistrates’ Court today after he was charged with the murder of Gabriella Du Read more.

January 14, 2020

Man to appear in court for Chuniesingh murders

NATHANIEL ELLIS is expected to appear before an Arima Magistrate today charged with the triple murder of 39-year-old Damien Chuniesingh, Read more.

January 14, 2020

Michelle Lee Ahye out of 2020 Tokyo Olympics

T&T will be short one Olympic sprinter this year as Michelle-Lee Ahye, has been banned for two years and will Read more.

January 13, 2020

Forty-three-year old man charged for preschool principal’s murder

Forty-three-year Kirk Fields has been charged with the murder of preschool principal Jezelle Philip. She was stabbed to death while Read more.

January 13, 2020

Young Kings 2020 finalists revealed

The National Action Cultural Committee (NACC) has released the names of the finalists of 2020 Young Kings Calypso Monarch Competition. Read more.

January 13, 2020

British-Trini claims top poetry TS Eliot prize in England

Roger Robinson has copped the prestigious TS Eliot prize. Robinson is a British-Trinidadian dub poet, He won the £25,000 TS Read more.

January 13, 2020

UNC not impressed with PM’s interview

The United National Congress has issued a statement condemning Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley’s interview, which aired on some television Read more.

January 13, 2020

Prisoner found dead in cell at Golden Grove

Jason Jones, a prisoner at the Golden Grove Maximum Security Prison, Arouca, was discovered dead in his cell by prison Read more.

January 13, 2020

Armed bandits make off with $15 000 cash from Coco Reef Hotel

Police in Tobago are investigating an early morning robbery at the Coco Reef Resort and Spa in Crown Point. According Read more.

January 13, 2020

Sections 3 and 4 of the Sedition Act have been deemed unconstitutional

The High Court handed down a historic judgement today, January 13, when it ruled that Sections 3 and 4 of Read more.

January 12, 2020

Diego the tortoise being hailed as the master of seduction after helping father over 800 offspring

Diego the giant tortoise is heading into retirement after helping to bring his species back from the brink of extinction. Read more.

January 12, 2020

Serena Williams claims her first title for the year

Serena Williams has won the ASB Classic in Auckland, New Zealand, after defeating her American counterpart Jessica Pegula 6-3, 6-4. Read more.

January 12, 2020

Two homicides recorded overnight

Two murders have been recorded over night. In the first incident Tracey Ottley also known as Ratty was shot and Read more.

January 11, 2020

Another illegal firearm taken off the streets

Police of the Eastern Division’s Special Operations Unit arrested a 22-year-old man and seized a firearm along with a quantity Read more.

January 11, 2020

Two teens missing from St. Jude’s Home

The TTPS is asking for the public’s help to find two missing teenagers from the Trinidad and Tobago the St. Read more.

January 11, 2020

Police arrest two and recover two stolen vehicles

Police arrested two men yesterday and recovered two vehicles which were reported stolen. The vehicles were recovered by officers of Read more.

January 11, 2020

Lifeguard hours shortened because of upgrades at Maracas and Tyrico Bay

Beachgoers are asked to be aware that lifeguards will be on duty at Maracas and Tyrico Bays only between the Read more.

January 11, 2020

Special Domestic Violence Unit to be launched on January 21

Police Commissioner Gary Griffith has announced that a Gender-Based Unit will be launched on January 21st as the police tries Read more.

January 10, 2020

Tobago gets chance to exchange old $100 bills

Tobagonians have been given a chance by the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago to exchange their old $100 bills. Read more.

January 10, 2020

T&T Red Force declare on 460/4 against Jamaica Scorpions

T&T Red Force once again played impressive cricket today and ended the day on a dominating note. They declared on Read more.

January 10, 2020

Works minister to be cross examined by Dr. Wayne Kublalsingh

Dr Wayne Kublalsingh will get the opportunity to cross-examine Works Minister Rohan Sinanan next month. Kublalsingh, leader of the Highway Read more.

January 10, 2020

Victory for Tobago’s Contract Teachers

Contract teachers in Tobago have won a landmark judgement against the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) which has been ordered Read more.

January 10, 2020

Three Gunshots Lands Him Five Charges.

Four days after he was accused of shooting at a man in Carapo, Sayyed Ali was arrested, charged and appeared Read more.

January 10, 2020

Calypso Queen Hopefuls

Sixteen women have been chosen for the National Calypso Queen Finals on February 2nd. The show, which is the brainchild Read more.

January 10, 2020

Boogsie Returns With His Own Music

Boogsie Sharpe has returned to composing music for Phase 2 Pan Groove after a two-year stint at arranging popular soca Read more.

January 10, 2020

Hazardous Seas Alert Extended

The Hazardous Seas Alert, Yellow Level, for all of Tobago has been extended. Trinidad’s North and East Coast will also Read more.

January 10, 2020

South Dominance In Youth Football

Midfielder Jaiye Sheppard and Alexcia Ali were named the Boys and Girls Secondary Schools League Players of the Year for Read more.

January 9, 2020

T&T Red Force end day one in a commanding position on 241/3

The T&T Red Force ended the first day of their West Indies Championship four day match against the Jamaican Scorpions Read more.

January 9, 2020

Couple granted $750 000 bail after being charged for guns and drugs

Tushaun Nicholas, 26, and Elisa Olivero Diaz, 27, have been granted bail after police found two guns, ammunition, cocaine and Read more.

January 9, 2020

Air quality returns to normal

It seems the worst is over for now, as most islands across the Eastern Caribbean are experiencing good air quality Read more.

January 9, 2020

“The NCC Does Not Belong To Gypsy”

Pan Trinbago is at loggerheads with the National Carnival Commission (NCC) over the North Park, which pulled in just over Read more.

January 9, 2020

Two guns seized in the Southern Division

A pistol loaded with seven rounds of ammunition was found on one of three passengers in a car that was Read more.

January 9, 2020

Teen escapee recaptured

Anthony Ramsumair, 19, (in photo) one of five persons who escaped from the Youth Training Centre, YTC, more than three Read more.

January 9, 2020

Former U-17 World Cup Captain dies

Roderick Anthony, a former National Youth Football Captain died in a car crash in Tobago on Wednesday night. The accident Read more.

January 9, 2020

Another death due to domestic violence

Gabriella DuBarry recently broke off a relationship and returned to her parent’s home There, at Jebodsingh Drive in Avocat Village, Read more.

January 8, 2020

Twenty-three-old man missing

Twenty-three-year old ARMITT RAMSAWAK is missing and the TTPS is asking for your help to find him. Ramsawak lives at Read more.

January 8, 2020

PM Dr. Keith Rowley chairs the first national security meeting of the year

The first National Security Council meeting of 2020 was held today Wednesday 08 January at Whitehall. The Prime Minister Dr. Read more.

January 8, 2020

Fire Service to investigate why D’ Bocas fire escape was being used as a storage room

A fire at the popular Port-Spain liming spot D’ Bocas restaurant, earlier today, is causing concern with the T&T Fire Read more.

January 8, 2020

Another wave of Saharan dusts enters T&T’s atmosphere

T&T is bracing for another wave of Saharan dust. The dust usually makes life uncomfortable for people who suffer with Read more.

January 8, 2020

Decrease In Vehicle Robbery

Police claim a decrease in the number of vehicles that were stolen throughout the country for the period from January Read more.

January 8, 2020

Churches Slam Same Sex Parenting

Stating that they cannot “condone the raising of this child by two parents of the same-sex”, the Council of Evangelical Read more.

January 8, 2020

SORT kills Murder Suspect

Justin Kendall was killed by members of the Special Operations Response Team ( SORT) who said they were shot at Read more.

January 8, 2020

China Sponsors Forensic Science Centre

China will sponsor the National Forensic Testing Centre through a grant aid agreement that was signed in Port of Spain Read more.

January 7, 2020

Venezuela’s Opposition Leader Juan Guaido sworn in as Speaker of the Parliament

Venezuela’s opposition leader Juan Guaido has been sworn in for another term as speaker of parliament but not before a Read more.

January 7, 2020

Darren Bravo to lead the T&T Red Force in first game of Four Day Tournament

Darren Bravo has been chosen to lead the T&T Red Force team in the opening match of the 2020 Cricket Read more.

January 7, 2020

Gyro vendor found stabbed to death in apartment

Police are investigating another murder. This time the body of a Bangladeshi gyro vendor was discovered with stab wounds at Read more.

January 7, 2020

Koffee’s Toast certified silver in the UK

Koffee continues to be rewarded for the positive vibes that she shares worldwide. The young reggae superstar’s song ‘Toast’, has Read more.

January 7, 2020

Man dies following early morning Arima shooting

Following an early morning shooting in which two women and a man were shot at Getwell Avenue in Arima, the Read more.

January 7, 2020

Cocaine, Ganja and Guns

A young couple was arrested after cops found 350 grammes of cocaine among other illegal items at a house on Read more.

January 7, 2020

Puerto Rico’s Warning

Seismic activity is expected to continue in the coming days even as most of Puerto Rico struggles with a massive Read more.

January 7, 2020

Champion Arranger And The Government Boots

Eight of the 31 bands competing in the semi-finals of the Small Conventional Steelbands will be playing Trouble in the Morning Read more.

January 7, 2020

After Principal’s murder….

Social workers will be deployed to assist the children of both the victim and the confessed killer in Monday’s tragedy Read more.

January 7, 2020

More Trouble in Arima

Two women and a man were shot and wounded in an early morning attack at a house at Getwell Avenue Read more.

January 6, 2020

Breaking News: Triple Murder in Arima

All three had their throats slit after they were tied up. The bodies of two men and woman were found Read more.

January 6, 2020

Trinidad Link In Award Winning World War 1 Movie

Trinidadian Alfred Hubert Mendes is the inspiration for the World War 1 film 1917 for which his grandson Sam Mendes Read more.

January 6, 2020

Off Duty Cop Kills Two

Two men were shot and killed during a robbery attempt at a bar on the Arima Old Road. The men Read more.

January 5, 2020

Man shot and killed in Maraval by police

Police are yet to identify a man who they shot and killed. The shooting took place yesterday in Maraval. The Read more.

January 5, 2020

17-year-old dies while trying to save his friends

Seveneteen-year-old Ryan Mc Guire, made the ultimate sacrifice when he tried to save two of his friends from drowning. The Read more.

January 5, 2020

CRH around the Curepe Interchange closed until Monday

The Churchill Roosevelt Highway, in the Curepe interchange area, will be closed until tomorrow morning while steel girders are installed. Read more.

January 4, 2020

Man shot 12 times in Arima

Police are investigating the shooting of a 28-year-old Malabar man who now in critical condition at Arima Hospital. The man Read more.

January 4, 2020

Miley Cyrus settles US$300 million copyright infringement lawsuit

Michael May, better known as Flourgon, has settled a US$300 million lawsuit after he and Miley Cyrus came to an Read more.

January 3, 2020

Paria Fuel Trading and Unipet confirm new deal

Paria Fuel Trading Company Limited and UNIPET, have officially struck a deal. In December 2019, PARIA ceased supply of petroleum Read more.

January 3, 2020

TLM Pastor Glen Awong granted $900 000 bail

Sixty-three-year old GLEN AWONG appeared in court today charged with kidnapping, trafficking in persons and false imprisonment. INDRA JAGGERNATH, 61, Read more.

January 3, 2020

Prison officer found with marijuana at Golden Grove prison

A 40-year-old prison officer has been arrested after he was found to be in possession of marijuana and cigarettes. The Read more.

January 3, 2020

First for the year: 750 Grammes of ganja seized

Four weapons and a few hundred grammes of marijuana were seized by cops in Maloney and in Central Trinidad. A Read more.

January 3, 2020

PM Mottley Rolls Out Plans To Rebuild The Barbados Brand

The next generation of Barbadians deserves a country that is not “strangled by debt or choked by pollution”. The statement Read more.

January 3, 2020

Mother and Child Reunion: Miss TT Returns Home

Tya Jané Ramey who earned the Miss Caribbean Continental title at the just concluded Miss World Competition returned home to Read more.

January 3, 2020

Top Cop Redeemed by Charges Against Pastor Awong

“Overnight law enforcement experts”, according to top cop Gary Griffith who also identified two journalists Kejan Haynes and Urvashi Tewarie Read more.

January 3, 2020

Pastor Awong charged

Just about three months after an early morning raid on his premises in Arouca, Pastor Glen Awong was charged with Read more.

January 2, 2020

21-year-old man dies in second fatal car crash of the year

A second road fatality has been recorded for the year. This time a 21 year old Chaguanas man, identified as Read more.

January 2, 2020

Pelican died from some sort of trauma according to EMA

The Environmental Management Authority’s Emergency Response and Investigations (ERI) unit has concluded its investigation into the dead pelicans at Point Read more.

January 2, 2020

Brazil fines Facebook

Brazil’s Ministry of Justice has fined U.S. tech giant Facebook Inc US$1.6 million for improperly sharing user data for questionable Read more.

January 2, 2020

Death by natural causes

Zara Ali was six months pregnant when her body was found, motionless, on the floor of the bedroom at Read more.

January 2, 2020

Darren Bravo’s comeback

Darren Bravo will lead a Cricket West Indies (CWI) President’s XI side against Ireland in a 50-overs warm-up match in Read more.

January 2, 2020

Negative Narrative takes a toll on Team TTO

The prohibited substance which led to Team TTO cyclists being stripped of two medals from the PanAm Games in Lima, Read more.

January 2, 2020

East Coast Invasion

A stretch of the Manzanilla Beach on Trinidad’s Atlantic Coast has been swarmed by thousands of Portuguese Man of War Read more.

January 2, 2020

Pastor preaches like normal after TT$28 million haul

It was one for the record books. The TT$28,046,500 that was seized from a Pastor on New Year’s Eve by Read more.

January 2, 2020

A murder and an unclassified killing

On the crime front, 2020 started with two killings. Jamal Bain was the first casualty. Just 15 minute into the Read more.

December 31, 2019

Another murder before the year ends

A 20-year-old man, identified as Andel Ramadath, from Pinto Road in Arima has been shot and killed in the Pinto Read more.

December 31, 2019

Police Commissioner Gary Griffith reveals Squeeze was an informant

Cecil Skeete, better known as Squeeze, was an informant working with Police Commissioner Gary Griffith to take down a group Read more.

December 31, 2019

Opposition Leader Kamla Persad Bissessar issues her New Year greeting

The Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bisessar has offered her greeting to the country for the New Year 2020. You can read Read more.

December 31, 2019

Shooting melee in Port-of-Spain ends with two dead and four AR15’s recovered

At least ten people were injured during a gun battle in Port-of-Spain. Among the wounded was a 5-year-old boy. Police Read more.

December 31, 2019

Pm Dr. Keith Rowley wishes the country a Happy New Year

PM Dr. Keith Rowley has extended his greetings to the nation for the upcoming New Year. You can take a Read more.

December 31, 2019

Cabinet has been reshuffled for 2020

The PM Dr. Keith Rowley has made changes to his Cabinet, which will take effect from from Wednesday 01 January, Read more.

December 30, 2019

No anniversary celebrations for Commissioner Griffith and wife Nicole Dyer-Griffith

Police Commissioner Gary Griffith took to Facebook today to wish his wife Nicole Dyer-Griffith a happy anniversary and publicly apologise Read more.

December 30, 2019

Thirty seven people have died from the flu so far

As the Ministry of Health continues to try and combat the flu season they have disclosed that so far for Read more.

December 30, 2019

WASA denies victimizing customers in Sangre Grande

The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) is denying that they have victimized residents of Sangre Grande as a video which Read more.

December 30, 2019

Water disruption in lower Piparo

The Water and Sewerage Authority has advised that there is an interruption in service to customers in the area of Read more.

December 30, 2019

Zoological society pleads for responsible use of fireworks

The Zoological Society of Trinidad and Tobago (ZSTT) is appealing to the public to be responsible when using fireworks during Read more.

December 30, 2019

Drivers warned by TTPS to follow the rules or pay

Drivers are being warned by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service to adhere to the law. The TTPS revealed through Read more.

December 30, 2019

Smeagol charged with murder

Thirty-year-old CLEAVON JOHNSON, also known as ‘Smeagol’ of El Dorado was expected to appear before a Tunapuna Magistrate today, charged Read more.

December 30, 2019

Man shot nine times in Port-of-Spain

Twenty-nine-year old Richard Weekes of Calvary Hill is currently being treated at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital after he was shot Read more.

December 30, 2019

Man who said Commissioner Griffith assaulted him shot dead

The man who claimed that he was physically assaulted by Police Commissioner Gary Grifith during an interrogation has been shot Read more.

December 29, 2019

North Coast Road impassable because of fallen tree

The Ministry of Works and Transport is advising motorists that due to a fallen tree along the North Coast Road, Read more.

December 29, 2019

Four Trinis to receive awards in England’s New Year’s Day honours

Billy Ocean Several Caribbean people including four Trinidadians will be recognised on England’s 2020 New Year’s Honours List. The people Read more.

December 28, 2019

19-year-old teen shot and killed in Siparia

A 19-year-old teenager named Richie Seepersad of Siparia was gunned down last night. Police said he was suspected of taking Read more.

December 27, 2019

West Indies legend Clive Lloyd knighted

West Indies cricketing legend Clive Lloyd, has been knighted in Britain’s New Year Honours. Lloyd is now 75-years-old and is Read more.

December 27, 2019

Suspected cop killer shot dead by police

Reports indicate that a man, identified as Michael Thomas was shot and killed in the Valenica area earlier tonight. The Read more.

December 27, 2019

Postmortem ordered for pregnant wife found dead at home

A postmortem has been ordered for Zahra Ali of Gasparillo, who was found dead by her son after he went Read more.

December 27, 2019

Hunter found dead in Guayaguayare Forest

Police are investigating the discovery of the body of a hunter in the Guayaguayare Forest. Police of the Eastern Division Read more.

December 27, 2019

Body found in Rio Claro

Reports indicate that police have discovered another body. This time in the Rio Claro area. There aren’t much details at Read more.