NEWS
PM: Firearms from station sold for months
PRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar noted yesterday that investigations into the stolen guns and ammunition at the San Fernando Municipal Police Station indicated that firearms were being taken out of the station and sold for months. Persad- Bissessar was speaking to journalists following the sod-turning ceremony for the Hilton Garden Inn hotel at South Park in San Fernando. Asked how she thought the investigation was progressing with the arrest of ten people, following the death of acting corporal Anuska Eversley at the San Fernando station and the theft of a quantity of firearms and ammunition from the station's strongroom, the Prime Minister commended the efforts by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS)...read more
WPC murder plot thickens
28-year old cop to be charged with killing Anusha Eversley, trafficking of firearms, possession of ammunition and robbery
The Director of Public Prosecutions has given instructions to charge a 28-year-old police officer in connection with the murder of Municipal Police Corporal Anusha Eversley, as investigations intensify into her killing and the disappearance of a large quantity of firearms and ammunition from the San Fernando Municipal Police Station. The officer is facing charges of was charged yesterday with murder, trafficking of firearms, possession of ammunition and robbery with violence.However, while DPP Roger Gaspard gave the advice yesterday, investigating officers said it was unlikely he would have been charged immediately. This is because the officers uncovered additional information which must be verified before going forward with the charges...read more
POLITICS
Cabinet reshuffle? - PM responds
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday said that a Cabinet reshuffle will not take place at this time. She was responding to questions from the media that there were talks of a reshuffling of ministerial portfolios, as the Government approaches its one-year anniversary in office. “There is no reshuffle on the cards at this time,” she said, following the sod turning ceremony for the Hilton Garden Inn at South Park, San Fernando...read more
BUSINESS
Shake-up at Amplia Communications as GM replaced
In a statement to Guardian Media, the company confirmed that Bridget Rattan has been appointed Acting General Manager, effective last Thursday, following Clarke’s departure from the organisation. The company acknowledged Clarke’s contributions and leadership during his tenure and wished him well in his future endeavours. Amplia said that, under Rattan’s leadership, it will remain focused on maintaining operational continuity and delivering value to its customers, employees and stakeholders. However, Guardian Media understands that Clarke was terminated with immediate effect last Wednesday...read more
Tobago construction slumps as cement sales plunge 41%
Tobago’s construction and quarrying sub-sector recorded a sharp contraction in 2025, with cement sales plunging by 41.4 per cent year-on-year, signalling a significant slowdown in building activity and domestic investment, according to the Central Bank’s Annual Economic Survey 2025 released on Tuesday.The decline in cement sales was accompanied by a 13.9 per cent reduction in vehicle registrations, pointing to weakened consumer spending on durable goods and infrastructure. Together, these trends underscored broader industrial contraction across the island...read more
$220M Hilton Garden Inn to create 550 jobs
Construction on a new internationally branded hotel in South Trinidad is expected to begin within the next 60 days, bringing an estimated 400 jobs during the building phase and a further 150 permanent positions upon completion. The $220 million project—a 120-room Hilton Garden Inn with a convention centre—is being developed by Superior Hotels Limited and is expected to be completed in just under two years, with an opening targeted for April 2028. Speaking at the sod-turning ceremony in San Fernando yesterday, director of Superior Hotels Limited, John Aboud, said the development is expected to play a major role in revitalising economic activity in the south. “We propose to start construction within the next 60 days, or before,” Aboud said, adding that the project would “kick off the Prime Minister’s revitalisation programme, particularly in South Trinidad.”...read more
REGIONAL
Guyana advances role as regional food security anchor
Wednesday positioned Guyana as a rising agricultural powerhouse and a cornerstone of Caribbean food security, during his feature address at the 52nd general meeting of the South American Commission for the Fight Against Foot-and-Mouth Disease (COSALFA) at the Pegasus Hotel and Corporate Centre in Kingston, Georgetown. President Ali linked Guyana’s disease-free status to a broader vision of sovereign food production in an increasingly unstable world. Guyana is now designated free of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination, joining Brazil, Bolivia, Belize, Dominican Republic, Peru, Suriname, and Chile in that elite category...read more
Antigua – Barbuda foreign affairs ministry refutes false claims regarding prime minister Browne US Visa
ST JOHN’s, Antigua – The ministry of foreign affairs has taken note of a statement circulating in the public domain suggesting that the visa of the prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Gaston Browne, has been revoked by the government of the United States of America. The ministry wishes to state unequivocally that these claims are false and entirely without foundation. The embassy of the United States in Barbados, which has responsibility for Antigua and Barbuda, has indicated that there is no basis whatsoever for the suggestion that the prime minister’s visa has been revoked. The ministry regards the circulation of this claim as political mischief, intended to mislead the public and to create unnecessary concern during the current election period...read more
INTERNATIONAL
In Tehran, money is short and a return to war looms over daily life
On a bright Tehran spring day, Sanaei Ghaznavi street, with its mix of shops selling groceries and household goods alongside fast food and flowers, seems like an everyday place. In a country where lives have long been buffeted by crises, it is a snapshot of a people just trying to get through the day while their future hangs on forces beyond their control. For Mohammad, in t-shirt and jeans, even cranking open the striped awning of his family's shoe shop is an act of hope. "It makes me happy to be in here," he tells us when we wander into his pocket of a store with its floor-to-ceiling shelves of trainers, big and small. "So many people have lost their jobs and aren't working."...read more
Trump orders US Navy to fire on Iranian boats placing mines in Strait of Hormuz
President Donald Trump ordered the United States Navy to fire on any Iranian boats that are placing mines in the Strait of Hormuz. “I have ordered the United States Navy to shoot and kill any boat, small boats though they may be (Their naval ships are ALL, 159 of them, at the bottom of the sea!), that is putting mines in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz. There is to be no hesitation,” Trump wrote in a post on social media. At the same time, Trump said that the United States has been working to clear mines from the strait...read more
23rd April 2026