Trinidad & Tobago News

(Trinidad Guardian) Two women are among nine alleged gangsters who were ordered to be detained by National Security Minister Fitzgerald Hinds on Thursday.

(Trinidad Guardian) Cement prices are set to increase by seven per cent from February 17, which is almost a year to the day since it was last increased.

(Trinidad Express) It was a win-lose situation for suspended Police Commissioner Erla Harewood-Christopher yesterday afternoon, during a High Court hearing in challenge of her suspension from duties by the Police Service Commission (PolSC).

(Trinidad Express) Even die-hard fans of Beenie Man (real name Anthony Moses Davis) have roasted the Jamaican dancehall legend for “insulting” one of Trinidad and Tobago most beloved foods, doubles.

(Trinidad Guardian) Publicly listed Agostini’s Ltd on Monday announced that its subsidiary, Caribbean Distribution Partners Ltd, signed a share purchase agreement to acquire 100 per cent of Massy Distribution (Jamaica), a pharmaceutical and consumer products distribution company in Jamaica, Agostini’s owns 50 per cent of Caribbean Distributors Partners, in a joint venture with Barbadian company Goddard Enterprises.

(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Energy and Energy Industries Stuart Young has dismissed criticism of Paria Fuel Trading Company’s US$50.2 million fuel deal with Jamaican refinery Petrojam, calling it “mischief.”

(Trinidad Guardian) While welcoming Christmas Day babies last year at the Mt Hope Women’s Hospital, Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh raised concern about the country’s declining fertility rate.

(Trinidad Guardian) The country’s first female Commissioner of Police, Erla Harewood-Christopher, has been fired.

(Trinidad Guardian) After spending close to three days in police custody and undergoing an unrelenting interrogation by junior officers, an emotional and visibly shaken Commissioner of Police (CoP) walked out of the St Clair Police Station a free woman last evening.

(Trinidad Guardian) Commissioner of Police, Erla Harewood-Christopher, who was arrested on Thursday, was expected to be released from custody yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) One month after his mother was murdered, a teenaged boy was shot and killed on Friday night.

(Trinidad Guardian) Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Intelligence and Investigations, Suzette Martin, yesterday admitted that having to investigate Commissioner of Police Erla Harewood-Christopher was not going down well within the T&T Police Service (TTPS).

(Trinidad Express) A 46-year-old man was shot and killed in Belmont yesterday.

(Trinidad Express) Police officer Valentine Eastman has been convicted on human trafficking charges.

(Trinidad Guardian) In a shocking twist, this country’s Commissioner of Police Erla Harewood-Christopher, the former head of the sole intelligence agency Roger Best, the Chief of Defence Staff Darryl Daniel and a local firearms dealer were all yesterday caught in a police net as key persons of interest in the ongoing investigation into the Strategic Services Agency (SSA), more specifically in the acquisition of two sniper rifles.

(Trinidad Guardian) Tenants of Building C in Orchid Gardens, Pleasantville, are traumatised after a woman from the area was murdered in their building.

Caribbean Airlines (CAL) today said that it has taken note of the statement dated January 28, 2025, issued by the Trinidad and Tobago Airline Pilots Association (TTALPA) regarding the emergency landing of flight BW1541 on January 27, 2025.

(Trinidad Guardian) Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) has denied claims made by Oropouche East MP Dr Roodal Moonilal that 80 per cent of passengers on a flight were subjected to secondary screening at the Orlando International Airport on Monday.

(Trinidad Express) United States President Donald Trump’s “America First” policies have begun to hit home.

(Trinidad Guardian) A Caribbean Airlines ATR 72-600 flying from Tobago to Trinidad suffered an engine failure on Monday night while operating its final flight for the day.