NEWS
Pensioner, daughter beaten, robbed during home invasion
Still traumatised after a two-hour home invasion, a 72-year-old woman is calling for tougher action against criminals. The pensioner was among several victims of violent home invasions reported across South Trinidad over the past week. Speaking at her St Margaret’s Village home yesterday, the woman, who requested anonymity, said she fears the bandits who attacked her and her daughter could return. She recalled that she and her daughter went to bed around 11 pm on Sunday. They were sleeping in separate beds in the same room when two masked intruders entered the house through a window after removing several louvre panes. Crying as she recounted the ordeal, she said, “I felt a hand over my mouth, and they said if I bawl, they would kill me right away. They were also telling her (my daughter), ‘I will kill your mother if you don’t cooperate.’ She had to stay quiet like a lamb.” Read more here
Man seen on video firing gun killed by police
A man who was seen on a social media video firing a gun in a Housing Development Corporation community in San Fernando was fatally shot by police yesterday. In one video, a man is seen walking along a roadway in Cypress Hills, Union Hall, holding what appears to be a silver-coloured firearm. A second video shows the same individual walking towards an apartment building before raising the weapon and firing a shot into the air. Read more here
POLITICS
Moonilal: Data tells us UNC on right path with SoE extension
Energy Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal has called on the People's National Movement to support the extension of the State of Emergency (SoE), as the data has showed “we’re on the right path.” He dismissed the view that Government is hiding from the public. “We had a function with 10,000 people. We can walk anywhere, any place, any constituency. I’m sometimes tired turning down invitations to go all over the place. People embrace us and say they’re happy to see us and that we’re doing a wonderful job,” Moonilal said last night during debate on a motion to extend the SoE “We walk through the malls all the time, Sundays I go for doubles - we go all over.” Moonilal, who said Police Commissioner Allister Guevarro is the most people-friendly CoP, detailed statistics showing crime dropping by 40 per cent. Moonilal said if Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar hadn’t taken the step she had, T&T would have been run by criminals. Read more here
Tancoo: Higher fines; no new taxes
The Finance Bill 2026 was passed in the Parliament yesterday with an assurance from Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo that the legislation does not impose a burden of taxes on citizens. The bill was passed with 28 members voting for, and zero against. There were 13 abstentions from the Opposition bench. In piloting the bill, Tancoo knocked the People’s National Movement (PNM) Opposition for making “mischief” and telling the population the legislation will see new taxes being imposed. Read more here
BUSINESS
PM: Govt will work with maxi operators
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says her Government is committed to working with maxi-taxi operators to address concerns she said were ignored by the former People’s National Movement (PNM) administration for ten years. She was responding to a question from Opposition MP Colm Imbert during yesterday’s sitting of Parliament, at the Red House, Port of Spain. Imbert asked what the Government was doing to alleviate the concerns of maxi-taxi drivers following the recent disruption of transportation services. Read more here
REGIONAL
‘We are building an ecosystem that guarantees success’
Established with structured support mechanisms to incentivise growth, the soon to be launched Guyana Development Bank is geared towards building prosperity, enhancing income, empowering people, creating new businesses, and supporting small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). This is according to President Dr. Irfaan Ali, who on Wednesday outlined the organisational structure of the financial institution. From on the ground to credit officers to sector specialist, persons seeking loans will have guidance in building long term income. Read more here
INTERNATIONAL
Trump says 'I love the inflation' as US prices rise at fastest rate in three years
President Donald Trump has said "I love the inflation" after official figures showed that US prices rose last month at their fastest rate for three years. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) figures for May showed that prices had gone up by 4.2% over the previous 12 months. The rate of increase, from 3.8% in April, was driven by rising energy costs in the wake of the US-Israel war in Iran. "I love it. The numbers were great. You know what I really love? I love the inflation," Trump said at the White House. Read more here
11th June 2026