Trinidad and Tobago
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TRINIDAD-CRIME-Two arrested for murder of schoolboy
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The police have arrested two men in connection with Wednesday’s murder of a 16 year old on his first day at a new school. Kazim Maxine was killed as he waked out of the Laventille Technology and Continuing Education Centre. The police report that shortly after 2 pm Kazim and a fired were leaving…
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Death penalty high on agenda…as Govt, Opposition in more crime talks today
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian – Crime remains the Government’s number one priority. So said Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Tuesday night, hours ahead of today’s talks on crime between the Government and Opposition teams. Speaking with reporters after commissioning lights at the Morne Diablo Recreation Ground, Penal, Persad-Bissessar said while crime was something the People’s Partnership inherited, it was…
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BACK TO SCHOOL MURDER
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Express – A revenge attack was blocked by the police yesterday, about an hour after a Laventille schoolboy was murdered while walking out of a trade school on the first day of school. The group of about six men had items that looked like weapons stuffed in their front pockets and were attempting to run into…
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TRINIDAD-ADVISORY-TT government says it is committed to safety of visitors
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government says it remains committed to the safety of all visitors to the country as it responded to a travel advisory issued by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). The FCO in a travel advisory warned British nationals visiting the twin island republic to be wary of “a high…
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Zero tolerance on doping
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian – The forced departure of athletes Kelly-Ann Baptiste and Semoy Hackett from the Trinidad and Tobago team camp at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow should stand as a moment for introspection and careful reconsideration of the practices and methodologies of the local athletics association. The situation for Ms Baptiste is particularly surprising,…
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TRINIDAD-COURT-Warner sends pre-action protocol letter to CONCACAF, Sir David Simmons
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former president of the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) Austin “Jack Warner” has sent pre-action protocol letters to the football organisation as well as former Barbados chief justice, Sir David Simmons over the contents of a report that had been damning of him. Warner has also sent similar letters…
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JEHUE’S TURN 21-year-old T&T athlete in World Championships 400 metres hurdles final tomorrow
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Express – “I wanted to show people what Jehue ‘Young Prince’ Gordon could do.” The Trinidad and Tobago athlete realised his goal at the Luzhniki Stadium, here in Moscow, Russia, yesterday. He was the class of the field in the opening IAAF World Championships men’s 400 metres hurdles semi-final heat, winning in 48.10 seconds—the…
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Caricom food import bill crosses US$2b yearly
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian – More than US$2 billion is spent on the annual food import bill by Caricom countries, which have a combined population of only six million people. Dr Richard Cox, capacity building officer of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, shared the statistic yesterday. “It is worth noting that Caricom itself produced the figures…
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PM on International Youth Day: Gang culture is wiping them out
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian – There are close to 100 gangs operating in the country, according to data from the Police Service. Most of the members are young men between the ages of 14 and 25 and they look up to their gang leaders, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday. “They love the culture. They feel they are not…
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Minister to Carifesta team: A platform to tell our story by dance, music
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian – “It’s like drinking water from a fire hose… too much to take in all at the same time,” said Minister of the Arts and Multiculturalism Lincoln Douglas, talking about his experience of Carifesta while addressing the Trinidad and Tobago representatives who will be heading to Suriname this week. The Cabinet of Trinidad and Tobago…
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