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Tobago police have issued a strong warning that the island will not become a refuge for criminals seeking to escape intensified law enforcement efforts in Trinidad during the ongoing State of Emergency (SoE).
Attorneys representing murder accused Rajaee Ali have given Commissioner of Police Allister Guevarro and Acting Prisons Commissioner Carlos Corraspe until 4 pm today to grant them access to their client—or face a constitutional motion to compel compliance.
The man wanted in connection with the murder of missing woman Candice Honore was apprehended by police in Sangre Grande yesterday.
Every morning since her husband’s disappearance on July 6, Savitri Jacob woke with the hope that he would return home alive. But on Saturday, sometime after 4 pm, her worst fears were confirmed when his decomposing body was found under a bamboo patch about three kilometres from their Bronte Village, Princes Town home. An autopsy is expected this week to determine how 57-year-old Elton Jacob died.
The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) has announced a series of major infrastructure upgrades aimed at improving the reliability of water supply to residents along Trinidad’s North Coast.
As Trinidad and Tobago approaches the first 72 hours of the State of Emergency, Commissioner of Police Allister Guevarro says the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) is shifting from traditional enforcement to a more proactive strategy grounded in intelligence and covert operations.
Caribbean Airlines says no confirmed passengers were displaced to accommodate Government officials on domestic flights between Trinidad and Tobago over the weekend.
Hours after a State of Emergency went into effect in Trinidad and Tobago on Friday, a man breached security at the Piarco International Airport and ran onto the airport ramp.
The Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service is closely monitoring a low-pressure system located approximately 1,610 kilometres east-southeast of the Lesser Antilles.
Relatives of Ryan Bharatt are calling for a curfew to be implemented after he was murdered sometime between Friday night and early yesterday morning, reportedly for refusing to pay extortion money.
Hours after the attorneys representing murder accused Rajaee Ali were denied an application to have him transferred to the Maximum Security Prison, they threatened to take Attorney General John Jeremie to court.
Cellphones behind bars and contract killings ordered by inmates have plagued Trinidad and Tobago’s prison system. From chronic overcrowding and poor infrastructure to limited rehabilitation and staff shortages, the prison system is breaking down from within.
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