The new chair­man of the board of Trinidad and To­ba­go Na­tion­al He­li­copter Ser­vices Lim­it­ed (NHSL), Bar­ry Sama­roo, said there is noth­ing pre­vent­ing him from act­ing in the po­si­tion, as he faces no cur­rent crim­i­nal charges.

The Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) Women’s League has con­demned a com­ment made by Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar dur­ing Fri­day’s sit­ting of the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives, de­scrib­ing her words as “high­ly in­ap­pro­pri­ate” and “whol­ly un­be­com­ing” of the coun­try’s leader.

The In­tegri­ty Com­mis­sion has been asked to in­ves­ti­gate an al­leged breach of Sec­tion 28 of the In­tegri­ty in Pub­lic Life Act by Min­is­ter in the Min­istry of Hous­ing, Anil Roberts. The com­plaint claims Roberts un­law­ful­ly dis­closed con­fi­den­tial fi­nan­cial in­for­ma­tion be­long­ing to three pri­vate cit­i­zens: Eloise, Storm, and Soleil Gon­za­lves.

De­spite wit­ness­ing her par­ents’ bru­tal mur­ders, a 19-year-old woman stood strong dur­ing their fu­ner­al yes­ter­day, vow­ing not to be over­come by grief.

For­mer min­is­ter in the Min­istry of Fi­nance Bri­an Man­ning is urg­ing Pub­lic Ser­vices As­so­ci­a­tion (PSA) pres­i­dent Fe­l­isha Thomas to re­sign if she can­not se­cure at least a 10 per cent wage in­crease for pub­lic sec­tor work­ers by Christ­mas.

Op­po­si­tion Sen­a­tor Dr Amery Browne has lodged a po­lice re­port af­ter re­ceiv­ing on­line death threats.

The Women’s League of the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) is con­demn­ing a com­ment made by Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar to Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment for Diego Mar­tin North East, Colm Im­bert, yes­ter­day dur­ing a sit­ting of the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives.

A prison of­fi­cer and a food ven­dor at the Port-of-Spain Hos­pi­tal were among 12 peo­ple ar­rest­ed and charged for of­fences com­mit­ted with­in the state’s prison.

Pres­i­dent of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Au­to­mo­tive Deal­ers As­so­ci­a­tion (TTA­DA), Visham Bab­wah, says eight-year-old for­eign used cars are un­suit­able for the do­mes­tic mar­ket and could cre­ate se­ri­ous long-term prob­lems for con­sumers.

Po­lice have seized four il­le­gal firearms, 132 rounds of am­mu­ni­tion, and nar­cotics, and ar­rest­ed five peo­ple dur­ing mul­ti-di­vi­sion op­er­a­tions over the past 24 hours.

Op­po­si­tion Sen­a­tor Dr Amery Browne says he has re­port­ed a se­ries of on­line death threats made against him and his fam­i­ly to the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice.

Cliff Green, the hus­band of Olive Green-Jack, who was de­tained un­der the State of Emer­gency for her so­cial me­dia post call­ing on Venezuela to at­tack the Prime Min­is­ter at her pri­vate res­i­dence in South Trinidad, says his wife is sor­ry.