NEWS
BODIES ON THE ROAD
FIVE murders, which occurred within a 24-hour period between Wednesday and yesterday has raised the murder toll to 14 in the first seven days of this year. Yesterday, two men including one wearing a ski mask and a gun tucked in his waist were gunned down in Belmont while another man was shot dead in Aranjuez. Read more…
TRHA orders probe into death of Tobago mom after botched C-Section
THREE doctors were suspended from duty yesterday after a Tobago mother died following a botched Caesarean section at the Scarborough General Hospital. Read more…
Jit Samaroo dead at 65
ONE of this country’s most famous steelband arrangers died just shy of his 66th birthday after creating history in the steelband movement. Dr Jit Sukha Samaroo, pan icon and legend, died peacefully yesterday at his home on Mausica Road, D’Abadie, surrounded by family members who mourned his death but celebrated his cultural legacy. Read more…
POLITICS
Govt will not be distracted
GOVERNMENT will not be distracted by allegations from the Opposition against Housing Minister Marlene McDonald and Urban Development Corporation (Udecott) chairman Noel Garcia, Communications Minister Maxie Cuffie said yesterday, adding these matters did not come up during Cabinet’s first weekly meeting for the year. Read more…
Cuffie: Cabinet can’t be guided by allegations
The Government cannot run the country by responding to allegations from the Opposition, says Communications Minister Maxie Cuffie. Read more…
BUSINESS
Central Statistical Office to be replaced
A TASK FORCE has been appointed to implement a National Statistical Institute of Trinidad and Tobago, an organisation which will eventually replace the Central Statistical Office (CSO). Read more…
World stocks slide as China trading halted after plunge
U.S. stocks are opening sharply lower as worries intensify about China's economy and dropping oil prices.China's main stock index plunged again Thursday, triggering the second automatic halt in trading this week. Read more…
REGIONAL
Caribbean Airlines flight attendant jailed in US for drug smuggling attempt
A Caribbean Airlines flight attendant who tried to smuggle more than 6.5 pounds of cocaine into the United States, hidden inside compression underwear he wore under his uniform, has been sentenced to two and a half years in federal prison. Read more...
Jamaica lifts ban on travellers from Ebola-affected countries
Government has lifted the ban it introduced more than a year ago on people entering the island from countries affected by the deadly Ebola virus. Read more...
St Vincent fire destroys government building materials and records
Fire broke out at 1 am on Thursday at the government building materials yard at Arnos Vale in St Vincent, destroying the site and offices, along with records of those local residents that had received donations of such materials from government stocks prior to the general election last month. Read more…
INTERNATIONAL
Inside North Korea: High-tech science center lauds nuclear advances
At the Korean demilitarized zone, speakers are blasting propaganda and troops are massing, but in the heart of Pyongyang, talk is only of the purported success of North Korea's first hydrogen bomb test. Read more…
Paris attacks suspect's 'hideout found' in Brussels
Belgian prosecutors believe they may have found a Brussels apartment where one of the Paris jihadists hid after the 13 November attacks. Read more…
Islamic State militant 'executes own mother' in Raqqa
An Islamic State militant carried out a public "execution" of his mother because she asked him to leave the group, activists say. Read more…
8th January 2016