Man gunned down in Laventille
RYAN Bishop was shot dead around midday on August 19. Police said around 12.10 pm on August 19 they went to Straker Village, Laventille after reports of gunshots in the…
Staff member injured in Debe mall fire
STAFF and customers at South Haven Mall, Debe, got quite a scare when fire broke out around 9.45 am on August 20. A member of staff, whose identity was not…
65 Tobago youths to embark on Trade Trek
SIXTY-FIVE youths from Tobago have embarked on the Division of Community Development, Youth Development and Sport’s (DCDYDS) “Trade Trek.” Trade Trek is the division’s newly-coined, “ProYouth” umbrella, specifically catering to…
Jamaica ‘outplay’ Trinidad and Tobago U14s, Theobald eyes rebound in CFU semis
Trinidad and Tobago were dealt their first loss of the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) Under-14 Boys’ Challenge Series when they were beaten 2-0 by Jamaica in their tier one, group…
Fire stops Cabo Star ferry sailing to Tobago
VIDEO footage of a possible fire on board the cargo vessel MV Cabo Star while it was docked at the Port of Port of Spain began circulating on Facebook on…
Haiti’s Government renews state of emergency
Haiti has renewed a State of Emergency (SoE) for several areas in the French-speaking CARICOM (Caribbean Community) country, as the authorities continue their efforts to restore peace and stability to…
Oropouche Virus Gains Traction In The Americas, CDC And PAHO Issue Alerts
While the virus was first detected in 1955 in Trinidad and Tobago, the Americas saw few cases each year – mostly concentrated in the heavily forested …
‘Boy Boy’ gunned down in Cumuto
Roland “Boy Boy” Joseph, 24, of Cumuto Main Road, Cumuto, was shot dead late on the evening of August 19. Police said around 9.45 pm on August 19 they received…
Changes to Coat-of-Arms part of wider Constitution reform issues
JANELLE BERNARDProducer Attorney-at-Law Martin George says the conversation around the changing of the country’s Coat-of-Arms to remove Columbus’ ships should be only one part of a larger national conversation. George,…
Partners of the Caribbean: WFP, collective action and the response to hurricane Beryl
… Trinidad and Tobago. When crises push local resources beyond their limit, WFP steps in to augment existing capacities and directly help those …