- http://www.guardian.co.tt/neo/NeoProxy.dll?app=NeoDirect&com=6/21/7be46ddd02 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 15:26:21 -0400 Unit­ed States Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump has nom­i­nat­ed Trinidad-born for­mer Flori­da lieu­tenant gov­er­nor Jen­nifer John­son-Car­roll to serve as the next Unit­ed States am­bas­sador to Trinidad and To­ba­go. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/trinidadborn-jennifer-johnsoncarroll-nominated-as-us-envoy-to-tt-6.2.2598028.0c1822ab18 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/trinidadborn-jennifer-johnsoncarroll-nominated-as-us-envoy-to-tt-6.2.2598028.0c1822ab18 Maxi taxi op­er­a­tors say the Gov­ern­ment’s de­ci­sion to open the Pri­or­i­ty Bus Route (PBR) to mo­torists dur­ing the on­go­ing trans­port dis­rup­tion has cre­at­ed se­vere con­ges­tion. Videos on so­cial me­dia yes­ter­day showed stand­still traf­fic near Arou­ca. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/pbr-opening-creates-traffic-gridlock-maxi-operators-say-6.2.2598038.40c2995885 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/pbr-opening-creates-traffic-gridlock-maxi-operators-say-6.2.2598038.40c2995885 While maxi taxi op­er­a­tors in South Trinidad say they sup­port the con­cerns raised by dri­vers par­tic­i­pat­ing in the na­tion­wide shut­down over out­stand­ing Gov­ern­ment pay­ments, il­le­gal com­pe­ti­tion and speed lim­it reg­u­la­tions, many have cho­sen to re­main on the road, say­ing they can­not af­ford to lose a day’s earn­ings. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/south-maxi-operators-show-silent-support-6.2.2598045.0793c7b206 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/south-maxi-operators-show-silent-support-6.2.2598045.0793c7b206 Trans­port and Civ­il Avi­a­tion Min­is­ter Eli Za­k­our yes­ter­day de­clined to com­ment on the on­go­ing ne­go­ti­a­tions with rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the var­i­ous maxi taxi routes as day two of the maxi taxi strike con­tin­ued. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/zakour-tightlipped-on-talks-with-maxi-operators-6.2.2598032.a4f9c8dba1 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/zakour-tightlipped-on-talks-with-maxi-operators-6.2.2598032.a4f9c8dba1 For­mer Trans­port Min­is­ter Jack Warn­er is urg­ing the Gov­ern­ment to re­ject calls by some maxi taxi op­er­a­tors to in­crease the high­way speed lim­it for maxi taxis from 65 kilo­me­tres per hour to 80 km/h, ar­gu­ing that the in­dus­try must first demon­strate it can con­sis­tent­ly com­ply with the ex­ist­ing law. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/warner-rejects-call-for-higher-maxi-taxi-speed-limit-6.2.2598030.a200ca1e9e http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/warner-rejects-call-for-higher-maxi-taxi-speed-limit-6.2.2598030.a200ca1e9e UNC coun­cil­lor Anil Bali­ram, who is on the road to re­cov­ery, has been trans­ferred from the In­ten­sive Care Unit (ICU) at the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal to a gen­er­al ward, ac­cord­ing to se­nior hos­pi­tal of­fi­cials. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/baliram-moved-out-of-icu-as-condition-improves-6.2.2598011.d5d17dc984 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/baliram-moved-out-of-icu-as-condition-improves-6.2.2598011.d5d17dc984 A woman from Tacarigua has won a prop­er­ty dis­pute with her broth­er over his con­tin­ued res­i­dence on a prop­er­ty that their moth­er left her.  news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/sister-wins-legal-battle-against-brother-over-family-property-6.2.2598020.ca2a91ab6f http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/sister-wins-legal-battle-against-brother-over-family-property-6.2.2598020.ca2a91ab6f The Court of Ap­peal has ruled that a for­mer Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) pol­i­cy of pub­lish­ing pho­tographs of cit­i­zens charged with crimes was un­law­ful. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/appeal-court-rules-ttps-mugshot-publication-policy-unlawful-6.2.2598024.8fbb41739e http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/appeal-court-rules-ttps-mugshot-publication-policy-unlawful-6.2.2598024.8fbb41739e The call for a na­tion­wide shut­down on Fri­day con­tin­ues and ac­cord­ing to so­cial ac­tivist and or­gan­is­er Alyssa Phillip, it is an op­por­tu­ni­ty for cit­i­zens to let their voic­es be heard in a peace­ful man­ner. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/alyssa-calls-for-national-shutdown-in-latest-justice-protest-6.2.2598040.76d8a70676 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/alyssa-calls-for-national-shutdown-in-latest-justice-protest-6.2.2598040.76d8a70676 Twen­ty-one spent shells, in­clud­ing one with TTPS mark­ings, were among bal­lis­tic items re­cov­ered fol­low­ing a dou­ble homi­cide and shoot­ing in­ci­dent in Pe­nal on Sun­day night, in which two men were killed and an­oth­er wound­ed. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ttpsmarked-shell-recovered-after-penal-double-murder-6.2.2598013.45c9ac2a3d http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ttpsmarked-shell-recovered-after-penal-double-murder-6.2.2598013.45c9ac2a3d Po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing the dis­cov­ery of a de­com­posed body at Blas Cha Cha, Pe­nal Rock Road, Moru­ga. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/foul-stench-leads-to-discovery-of-mans-body-6.2.2598016.78f62c9db0 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/foul-stench-leads-to-discovery-of-mans-body-6.2.2598016.78f62c9db0 Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has pledged that her Gov­ern­ment will as­sist maxi taxi dri­vers “in any way pos­si­ble” as she de­scribed them as de­cent, hard­work­ing cit­i­zens with le­git­i­mate griev­ances. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/pm-to-maxi-drivers-govt-ready-to-help-6.2.2598041.9706635cf1 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/pm-to-maxi-drivers-govt-ready-to-help-6.2.2598041.9706635cf1 For many com­muters this week, get­ting to work, school or prob­a­bly try­ing to make it to an ap­point­ment on time has be­come a re­al chal­lenge, as maxi taxi op­er­a­tors take in­dus­tri­al ac­tion across Trinidad. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/why-are-maxi-taxi-operators-striking-6.2.2598034.a13b0978b2 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/why-are-maxi-taxi-operators-striking-6.2.2598034.a13b0978b2 Po­lice have re­cov­ered a firearm be­lieved to have been stolen from the San Fer­nan­do Mu­nic­i­pal Po­lice Sta­tion and de­tained three men dur­ing an an­ti-crime ex­er­cise in St James. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/firearm-linked-to-police-station-breakin-recovered-6.2.2598015.c9fe835b12 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/firearm-linked-to-police-station-breakin-recovered-6.2.2598015.c9fe835b12 The on­go­ing maxi taxi strike has trig­gered a surge in de­mand for al­ter­na­tive trans­porta­tion ser­vices, with ride-share op­er­a­tors re­port­ing in­creased ac­tiv­i­ty while taxi dri­vers voiced sup­port for the con­cerns raised by maxi op­er­a­tors. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/rideshare-demand-surges-amid-maxi-taxi-strike-6.2.2598025.0e675c763b http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/rideshare-demand-surges-amid-maxi-taxi-strike-6.2.2598025.0e675c763b Gov­ern­ment of­fi­cials ap­pear to be at odds over re­spon­si­bil­i­ty for is­sues raised by maxi taxi op­er­a­tors dur­ing this week’s in­dus­tri­al ac­tion. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ministers-pass-the-buck-on-responsibility-for-maxi-taxi-hubs-6.2.2598035.0f166cc6b0 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ministers-pass-the-buck-on-responsibility-for-maxi-taxi-hubs-6.2.2598035.0f166cc6b0 Thir­teen trade unions, call­ing them­selves the Pro­gres­sive In­de­pen­dent Trade Unions, are now threat­en­ing le­gal ac­tion against the Gov­ern­ment over the State of Emer­gency (SOE) reg­u­la­tions that re­strict pub­lic protests at 15 des­ig­nat­ed lo­ca­tions na­tion­wide. The unions warn that the mea­sures un­der­mine con­sti­tu­tion­al free­doms and se­vere­ly lim­it tra­di­tion­al labour rights. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/13-unions-threaten-to-go-to-court-over-protest-restrictions-6.2.2598044.ce7d8f5d0f http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/13-unions-threaten-to-go-to-court-over-protest-restrictions-6.2.2598044.ce7d8f5d0f Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says her Gov­ern­ment will not back down from reg­u­la­tions re­strict­ing ac­cess to 15 no-protest zones across Trinidad and To­ba­go, de­spite threats of le­gal ac­tion from a coali­tion of trade unions. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/pm-stands-firm-on-noprotest-zones-6.2.2598049.69fca5a417 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/pm-stands-firm-on-noprotest-zones-6.2.2598049.69fca5a417 Even as strike ac­tion for Route Two Maxi Taxi As­so­ci­a­tion mem­bers en­tered its sec­ond day yes­ter­day, sev­er­al dri­vers re­turned to the streets con­duct­ing busi­ness as usu­al. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/crowds-ease-as-some-maxi-drivers-return-to-work-on-second-day-of-strike-6.2.2598047.02c2f3baf6 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/crowds-ease-as-some-maxi-drivers-return-to-work-on-second-day-of-strike-6.2.2598047.02c2f3baf6 The parish priest of St Mary’s RC Church in St James, is be­ing hailed for his hero­ic ac­tions af­ter pre­vent­ing the theft of a taber­na­cle dur­ing a break-in ear­ly yes­ter­day morn­ing. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/st-marys-rc-church-broken-into-priest-confronts-intruders-6.2.2598019.f2da42b7a1 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/st-marys-rc-church-broken-into-priest-confronts-intruders-6.2.2598019.f2da42b7a1 Raúl Cas­tro turned 95 on Wednes­day, a land­mark birth­day for a man still help­ing lead one of the last com­mu­nist coun­tries in the world. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ral-castro-turns-95-as-cuba-celebrates-enigmatic-figure-6.2.2598471.835e1585bd http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ral-castro-turns-95-as-cuba-celebrates-enigmatic-figure-6.2.2598471.835e1585bd Kuwait briefly shut its main air­port Wednes­day af­ter Iran­ian drones heav­i­ly dam­aged a pas­sen­ger ter­mi­nal build­ing, killed one per­son and wound­ed dozens — the lat­est in back-and-forth at­tacks by Tehran and Wash­ing­ton that have test­ed a frag­ile cease­fire. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/iran-strikes-kuwaits-main-airport-and-kills-1-as-ceasefire-is-tested-again-6.2.2598473.ef86200940 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/iran-strikes-kuwaits-main-airport-and-kills-1-as-ceasefire-is-tested-again-6.2.2598473.ef86200940 Some maxi taxi op­er­a­tors from the Red Band route op­er­at­ing from the San­gre Grande Maxi Hub re­turned to work ear­ly this morn­ing, de­spite a planned three-day protest. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/some-sangre-grande-maxi-taxi-drivers-return-to-work-6.2.2598505.3995a03394 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/some-sangre-grande-maxi-taxi-drivers-return-to-work-6.2.2598505.3995a03394 Pro­longed dis­rup­tion of en­er­gy sup­plies from the Mid­dle East due to the Iran war would deal a se­vere blow to the glob­al econ­o­my, send­ing some coun­tries in­to re­ces­sion and spread­ing in­fla­tion and high­er un­em­ploy­ment, the Or­ga­ni­za­tion for Eco­nom­ic Co­op­er­a­tion and De­vel­op­ment said in a re­port Wednes­day. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/report-disruption-of-mideast-energy-supplies-into-next-year-would-slam-global-economy-6.2.2598512.eb5667231e http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/report-disruption-of-mideast-energy-supplies-into-next-year-would-slam-global-economy-6.2.2598512.eb5667231e The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) says no au­tho­ri­sa­tion has been grant­ed for a pro­posed “Walk for Peace” sched­uled for Port of Spain to­day. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ttps-says-no-approval-granted-for-walk-for-peace-6.2.2598523.3c9aadf740 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ttps-says-no-approval-granted-for-walk-for-peace-6.2.2598523.3c9aadf740 Op­po­si­tion whip Mar­vin Gon­za­les is call­ing on the Gov­ern­ment to out­line its plan to pro­tect cit­i­zens from a pos­si­ble out­break of the Ebo­la virus, as sev­er­al coun­tries have in­tro­duced screen­ing mea­sures for trav­ellers. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/gonzales-calls-for-ebola-preparedness-plan-6.2.2598543.2d181f4ef6 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/gonzales-calls-for-ebola-preparedness-plan-6.2.2598543.2d181f4ef6 For the sec­ond time in this na­tion’s his­to­ry, Trinidad and To­ba­go will have a seat at the Unit­ed Na­tions Se­cu­ri­ty Coun­cil. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/trinidad-and-tobago-wins-seat-on-un-security-council-6.2.2598544.ca3a5bb225 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/trinidad-and-tobago-wins-seat-on-un-security-council-6.2.2598544.ca3a5bb225 The Of­fice of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al has sought to cor­rect what it de­scribed as mis­in­for­ma­tion cir­cu­lat­ing on so­cial me­dia about the du­ra­tion of the cur­rent State of Pub­lic Emer­gency (SOE). news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ag-soe-remains-in-effect-until-june-17-6.2.2598640.f807327d01 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ag-soe-remains-in-effect-until-june-17-6.2.2598640.f807327d01 Con­go’s Ebo­la out­break “had a big head start, and we’re still be­hind,” World Health Or­ga­ni­za­tion Di­rec­tor-Gen­er­al Tedros Ad­hanom Ghe­breye­sus said Wednes­day, but as­sert­ed that “we are catch­ing up” as test­ing im­proves. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/were-still-behind-in-congos-ebola-outbreak-even-as-testing-improves-who-says-6.2.2598657.d52058c7a3 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/were-still-behind-in-congos-ebola-outbreak-even-as-testing-improves-who-says-6.2.2598657.d52058c7a3 Por­tu­gal and Aus­tria de­feat­ed Ger­many for seats on the pow­er­ful but deeply di­vid­ed U.N. Se­cu­ri­ty Coun­cil on Wednes­day in a hot­ly con­test­ed race af­ter in­tense cam­paign­ing. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/portugal-and-austria-defeat-germany-for-seats-on-the-un-security-council-6.2.2598677.f2bdaf8040 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/portugal-and-austria-defeat-germany-for-seats-on-the-un-security-council-6.2.2598677.f2bdaf8040 The Pub­lic Trans­port Ser­vice Cor­po­ra­tion (PTSC) says it de­ployed ad­di­tion­al bus­es and pri­ori­tised trans­porta­tion for CSEC and CAPE stu­dents fol­low­ing the re­duc­tion in maxi taxi ser­vices yes­ter­day. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ptsc-deploys-additional-buses-prioritises-students-6.2.2597334.97fafaeb8d http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ptsc-deploys-additional-buses-prioritises-students-6.2.2597334.97fafaeb8d Dri­vers op­er­at­ing pri­vate hire “PH” taxis in Cen­tral Trinidad re­port­ed in­creased busi­ness yes­ter­day, as a na­tion­wide maxi taxi strike dis­rupt­ed pub­lic trans­porta­tion ser­vices, leav­ing many com­muters scram­bling for al­ter­na­tive trav­el op­tions. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ph-drivers-cash-in-on-higher-demand-for-services-6.2.2597362.0d80ac1b57 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ph-drivers-cash-in-on-higher-demand-for-services-6.2.2597362.0d80ac1b57 Six peo­ple were killed fol­low­ing a vi­o­lent night in south Trinidad in three sep­a­rate in­ci­dents in less than sev­en hours, leav­ing po­lice scram­bling be­tween a stab­bing, a dou­ble mur­der and a triple killing. And a man was al­so found dead in Mor­vant as the week­end end­ed with a killing spree. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/seven-murders-in-12hour-span-keep-cops-busy-6.2.2597322.60b8fc8d87 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/seven-murders-in-12hour-span-keep-cops-busy-6.2.2597322.60b8fc8d87 The Trinidad and To­ba­go Na­tion­al Coun­cil of Par­ent Teacher As­so­ci­a­tions (TTNCP­TA) has ap­pealed to maxi taxi op­er­a­tors to ex­er­cise re­straint in their protest ac­tion, not­ing that stu­dents are cur­rent­ly sit­ting the Caribbean Sec­ondary Ed­u­ca­tion Cer­tifi­cate (CSEC) and Caribbean Ad­vanced Pro­fi­cien­cy Ex­am­i­na­tion (CAPE) ex­am­i­na­tions. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/npta-urges-restraint-amid-maxi-taxi-action-6.2.2597330.03516bedd3 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/npta-urges-restraint-amid-maxi-taxi-action-6.2.2597330.03516bedd3 Com­muters trav­el­ling along the East-West cor­ri­dor and from Cen­tral and South Trinidad in­to and out of Port-of-Spain are ex­pect­ed to face an­oth­er day of dis­rup­tion to­day, as Route Two and Three maxi taxi op­er­a­tors plan to con­tin­ue their three-day strike de­spite talks with Trans­port and Civ­il Avi­a­tion Min­is­ter Eli Za­k­our yes­ter­day. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/crippling-strike-hundreds-left-stranded-as-maxi-taxi-operators-protest-6.2.2597390.e7ed63db96 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/crippling-strike-hundreds-left-stranded-as-maxi-taxi-operators-protest-6.2.2597390.e7ed63db96 Iran stopped com­mu­ni­cat­ing with me­di­a­tors af­ter Is­rael threat­ened to bomb Beirut as it fights the Iran­ian-backed Lebanese mili­tia Hezbol­lah, two se­mi-of­fi­cial Iran­ian news agen­cies re­port­ed Tues­day. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/iran-stops-talking-to-mediators-over-israel-fighting-hezbollah-in-lebanon-iranian-reports-say-6.2.2597625.8352a36b3d http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/iran-stops-talking-to-mediators-over-israel-fighting-hezbollah-in-lebanon-iranian-reports-say-6.2.2597625.8352a36b3d The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) has of­fi­cial­ly is­sued an Ex­pres­sion of In­ter­est (EOI) for body-worn cam­eras, seek­ing firms to sup­ply. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ttps-releases-specs-for-new-body-cam-acquisition-6.2.2597734.06d69b76f8 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ttps-releases-specs-for-new-body-cam-acquisition-6.2.2597734.06d69b76f8 The Min­istry of Pub­lic Util­i­ties has re­port­ed that 30,709 pipeline leaks were re­paired across Trinidad and To­ba­go be­tween April 2025 and April 2026. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/padarath-wasa-repaired-more-than-30000-pipeline-leaks-in-one-year-6.2.2597740.9cd0ec6596 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/padarath-wasa-repaired-more-than-30000-pipeline-leaks-in-one-year-6.2.2597740.9cd0ec6596 A coali­tion of 11 trade unions is threat­en­ing le­gal ac­tion against the Gov­ern­ment over new­ly im­posed State of Emer­gency (SOE) reg­u­la­tions that re­strict pub­lic demon­stra­tions at 15 des­ig­nat­ed lo­ca­tions across Trinidad and To­ba­go. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/trade-unions-threaten-legal-action-over-protest-restrictions-6.2.2597757.7dd9aa6ef8 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/trade-unions-threaten-legal-action-over-protest-restrictions-6.2.2597757.7dd9aa6ef8 The Joint Trade Union Move­ment (JTUM) is call­ing for the im­me­di­ate with­draw­al of Le­gal No­tice No. 40 of 2026, which es­tab­lish­es 15 no-protest zones un­der the State of Emer­gency reg­u­la­tions. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/jtum-calls-for-protest-restrictions-to-be-withdrawn-6.2.2597771.ddd3461f40 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/jtum-calls-for-protest-restrictions-to-be-withdrawn-6.2.2597771.ddd3461f40 US Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump has nom­i­nat­ed Trinidad-born for­mer Flori­da lieu­tenant gov­er­nor Jen­nifer John­son-Car­roll to serve as the next Unit­ed States am­bas­sador to Trinidad and To­ba­go. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/trump-nominates-trinidadborn-jennifer-johnsoncarroll-as-us-ambassador-6.2.2597862.e9e6c7862f http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/trump-nominates-trinidadborn-jennifer-johnsoncarroll-as-us-ambassador-6.2.2597862.e9e6c7862f Po­lice have re­cov­ered a firearm be­lieved to have been stolen from the San Fer­nan­do Mu­nic­i­pal Po­lice Sta­tion and de­tained three men dur­ing an an­ti-crime ex­er­cise in St James. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/gun-stolen-in-san-fernando-police-station-heist-recovered-6.2.2597908.188d780302 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/gun-stolen-in-san-fernando-police-station-heist-recovered-6.2.2597908.188d780302 The fa­ther of a man, who was shot dead by po­lice of­fi­cers along­side an­oth­er man in Moru­ga last year, has filed a law­suit against the Of­fice of the Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice over its re­fusal to dis­close in­for­ma­tion re­lat­ed to the probe in­to the duo’s deaths. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/father-sues-ttps-for-moruga-policeshooting-records-6.2.2597314.7abdb5dd88 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/father-sues-ttps-for-moruga-policeshooting-records-6.2.2597314.7abdb5dd88 De­spite leav­ing their homes ear­li­er than usu­al to try and work around the maxi taxi strike, com­muters were still left frus­trat­ed and dis­ap­point­ed yes­ter­day, as they wait­ed for as long as two hours be­cause there were not enough Pub­lic Trans­port Ser­vice Cor­po­ra­tion (PTSC) bus­es to help al­le­vi­ate the back­log of com­muters. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/commuters-endure-long-waits-for-transport-6.2.2597364.f0f9203765 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/commuters-endure-long-waits-for-transport-6.2.2597364.f0f9203765 Two ban­dits were ar­rest­ed short­ly af­ter they robbed two peo­ple in sep­a­rate in­ci­dents, hours apart, in down­town Port-of-Spain on Sat­ur­day. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/cops-arrest-two-after-pos-robberies-6.2.2597069.6aa93ce0c6 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/cops-arrest-two-after-pos-robberies-6.2.2597069.6aa93ce0c6 The Trinidad and To­ba­go Blind Wel­fare As­so­ci­a­tion ex­ec­u­tive of­fi­cer, Ken­neth Suratt, says the on­go­ing three-day maxi taxi strike has high­light­ed the unique chal­lenges faced by per­sons with dis­abil­i­ties when pub­lic trans­porta­tion ser­vices are dis­rupt­ed. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/blind-welfareassociation-strike-exposes-transport-barriers-for-persons-with-disabilities-6.2.2597328.274c6856d0 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/blind-welfareassociation-strike-exposes-transport-barriers-for-persons-with-disabilities-6.2.2597328.274c6856d0 Sev­en­teen for­mer sol­diers have lost their law­suit seek­ing al­most $55 mil­lion in re­tire­ment ben­e­fits they nar­row­ly missed out on be­cause they served just short of the 20 years re­quired to qual­i­fy. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/17-exsoldiers-lose-55m-pension-lawsuit-against-state-6.2.2597316.35da0092b8 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/17-exsoldiers-lose-55m-pension-lawsuit-against-state-6.2.2597316.35da0092b8 Peo­ple's Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) chair­man Mar­vin Gon­za­les has brand­ed Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar a "des­per­ate hyp­ocrite," ac­cus­ing her of turn­ing a blind eye to al­leged wrong­do­ing with­in her own ad­min­is­tra­tion while con­demn­ing crit­ics of the Gov­ern­ment over last week's con­tro­ver­sial protest linked to Ka­ia Sealy. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/gonzales-brands-pm-a-desperate-hypocrite-6.2.2597300.6d1737e200 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/gonzales-brands-pm-a-desperate-hypocrite-6.2.2597300.6d1737e200 Down­town Own­ers and Mer­chants As­so­ci­a­tion (DO­MA) pres­i­dent Gre­go­ry Aboud says be­tween 15 and 20 per cent of com­muters head­ing in­to the cap­i­tal were late for work yes­ter­day, as the na­tion­wide maxi taxi protest dis­rupt­ed trans­port ser­vices. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/doma-up-to-20-of-commuters-arrived-late-amid-maxi-taxi-strike-6.2.2597332.2ad28c631f http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/doma-up-to-20-of-commuters-arrived-late-amid-maxi-taxi-strike-6.2.2597332.2ad28c631f From as ear­ly as 5 am yes­ter­day, maxi taxi dri­vers gath­ered at the Tarou­ba Fly­over to be­gin a mo­tor­cade bound for Port-of-Spain. They would dri­ve at 65 kmh dur­ing the ac­tiv­i­ty, one of sev­er­al is­sues they have with the Min­istry of Trans­port. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/motorcade-from-south-gets-90-response-from-drivers-6.2.2597383.f0a20f5a9a http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/motorcade-from-south-gets-90-response-from-drivers-6.2.2597383.f0a20f5a9a For­mer min­is­ter of works and trans­port Ro­han Sinanan says the con­cerns raised by maxi taxi op­er­a­tors are not friv­o­lous, al­though he would not light­ly sup­port in­dus­tri­al ac­tion that leaves com­muters strand­ed. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/sinanan-maxi-operators-concerns-not-frivolous-6.2.2597326.802d4872e4 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/sinanan-maxi-operators-concerns-not-frivolous-6.2.2597326.802d4872e4 The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) says it ful­ly sup­ports the use of body-worn cam­eras and has al­ready be­gun the pro­cure­ment process, invit­ing firms to ex­press in­ter­est in sup­ply­ing the tech­nol­o­gy as part of a broad­er push to mod­ernise polic­ing. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ttps-invites-bids-as-body-camera-rollout-moves-forward-6.2.2597304.0f93a429f3 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ttps-invites-bids-as-body-camera-rollout-moves-forward-6.2.2597304.0f93a429f3 As thou­sands of com­muters were left scram­bling for trans­porta­tion dur­ing yes­ter­day’s na­tion­wide maxi-taxi strike, Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro or­dered the de­ploy­ment of po­lice bus­es to trans­port strand­ed pas­sen­gers home. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ttps-helps-shuttle-stranded-commuters-out-of-city-6.2.2597355.7ec6deedd7 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ttps-helps-shuttle-stranded-commuters-out-of-city-6.2.2597355.7ec6deedd7 Ac­tivist Alyssa Phillip and her moth­er Camille Cares­quero plead­ed not guilty to two of­fences yes­ter­day af­ter she ap­peared be­fore Mag­is­trate In­di­ra Misir-Go­sine. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/activist-alyssa-phillip-mother-plead-not-guilty-to-protest-charges-6.2.2597308.3494adaf05 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/activist-alyssa-phillip-mother-plead-not-guilty-to-protest-charges-6.2.2597308.3494adaf05 Eighty-year-old San­cha­ree Ram­cha­ran clings to hope that one day her son, Omar­dath Ram­cha­ran, will re­turn home, but she fears that some­thing bad may have hap­pened to him. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/family-seeks-answers-in-disappearance-of-ste-madeleine-man-6.2.2597306.595939679d http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/family-seeks-answers-in-disappearance-of-ste-madeleine-man-6.2.2597306.595939679d Com­muters trav­el­ling out of San­gre Grande, who de­pend on maxi taxis for their trans­porta­tion, were forced to use Pub­lic Trans­porta­tion Ser­vice Cor­po­ra­tion (PTSC) bus­es yes­ter­day, af­ter maxi taxi op­er­a­tors staged day one of their in­tend­ed three-day protest ac­tion. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/parents-carpool-to-take-student-to-exams-in-grande-6.2.2597338.36552521b4 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/parents-carpool-to-take-student-to-exams-in-grande-6.2.2597338.36552521b4 As cli­mate change in­ten­si­fies storms, flood­ing, droughts and coastal ero­sion across the Caribbean, re­gion­al lead­ers are call­ing for a fun­da­men­tal shift in how coun­tries pre­pare for dis­as­ters, from re­act­ing to crises to build­ing re­silience be­fore they oc­cur. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/regional-leaders-call-for-proactive-planning-as-climate-threats-intensify-6.2.2597324.b81c0edf8d http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/regional-leaders-call-for-proactive-planning-as-climate-threats-intensify-6.2.2597324.b81c0edf8d Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Bar­ry Padarath is urg­ing pub­lic fig­ures to be­come bet­ter in­formed be­fore com­ment­ing on sen­si­tive na­tion­al is­sues, fol­low­ing re­marks by Bmo­bile brand am­bas­sador and so­ca artiste Nailah Black­man on the con­tro­ver­sial Ka­ia Sealy mat­ter. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/barry-responds-to-nailahs-protest-reaction-6.2.2597302.daa9977321 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/barry-responds-to-nailahs-protest-reaction-6.2.2597302.daa9977321 To­ba­go maxi taxi dri­vers have ex­pressed sol­i­dar­i­ty with their Trinida­di­an coun­ter­parts, who with­held their ser­vices yes­ter­day, the first of three days of protests over in­dus­try con­cerns. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/tobago-maxi-drivers-demand-change-too-6.2.2597336.b83ef678fd http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/tobago-maxi-drivers-demand-change-too-6.2.2597336.b83ef678fd So­cial ac­tivist Wen­dell Ever­s­ley says Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions (DPP) Roger Gas­pard has as­sured him that the pub­lic will see ac­tion in the long-run­ning Life­S­port mat­ter be­fore the end of 2026. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/eversley-says-dpp-expects-action-on-lifesport-this-year-6.2.2597284.88b608629e http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/eversley-says-dpp-expects-action-on-lifesport-this-year-6.2.2597284.88b608629e The Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) is ad­vis­ing cus­tomers in sev­er­al parts of North, Cen­tral and South Trinidad that they may ex­pe­ri­ence a tem­po­rary dis­rup­tion to their pipe-borne wa­ter sup­ply due to es­sen­tial works be­ing car­ried out by the Trinidad and To­ba­go Elec­tric­i­ty Com­mis­sion (T&TEC). news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ttec-works-at-caroni-plant-to-cause-water-disruption-wednesday-6.2.2597509.406a48ad39 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ttec-works-at-caroni-plant-to-cause-water-disruption-wednesday-6.2.2597509.406a48ad39 The U.S. gov­ern­ment has giv­en a visa to Wood­en­sky Pierre, the on­ly mem­ber of Haiti’s na­tion­al soc­cer team who lives in the Caribbean coun­try, to trav­el and par­tic­i­pate in the World Cup, an of­fi­cial said Tues­day. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/us-grants-visa-to-haitian-soccer-player-to-join-team-for-world-cup-6.2.2597541.3c884e2d20 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/us-grants-visa-to-haitian-soccer-player-to-join-team-for-world-cup-6.2.2597541.3c884e2d20 The ex­ec­u­tive di­rec­tor of the Caribbean Re­gion­al Fish­eries Mech­a­nism (CRFM), Dr. Marc Williams is ques­tion­ing how the Caribbean fish­eries and aqua­cul­ture will fare off dur­ing the 2026 At­lantic Hur­ri­cane Sea­son, which be­gan on Mon­day. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/uncertainties-ahead-as-2026-atlantic-hurricane-season-starts-in-el-nio-year-6.2.2597542.040fc3f681 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/uncertainties-ahead-as-2026-atlantic-hurricane-season-starts-in-el-nio-year-6.2.2597542.040fc3f681 The Min­istry of Labour has launched an in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to the death of san­i­ta­tion work­er De­shawn Joseph, who was killed while on du­ty in Kel­ly Vil­lage last week. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/labour-ministry-probes-sanitation-workers-death-6.2.2597595.4682a214f5 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/labour-ministry-probes-sanitation-workers-death-6.2.2597595.4682a214f5 A bur­glar es­caped with two mon­strances af­ter break­ing in­to St Mary’s RC Church in Mu­cu­rapo ear­ly Tues­day morn­ing, just days be­fore the Catholic Church’s cel­e­bra­tion of Cor­pus Christi. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/priest-confronts-burglar-during-church-raid-6.2.2597723.f495b6f2a5 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/priest-confronts-burglar-during-church-raid-6.2.2597723.f495b6f2a5 Two men from Port-of-Spain have been con­vict­ed of pos­sess­ing two guns, a buck­et of bul­lets, a large quan­ti­ty of mar­i­jua­na and a grenade. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/two-men-convicted-after-police-find-guns-grenade-in-penal-6.2.2596676.3b883fed1b http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/two-men-convicted-after-police-find-guns-grenade-in-penal-6.2.2596676.3b883fed1b Every day, car­go ships dock across the Caribbean car­ry­ing goods that keep is­land economies mov­ing—food, med­i­cine, elec­tron­ics, con­struc­tion ma­te­ri­als, farm sup­plies and ve­hi­cles. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/caribbean-faces-growing-threat-from-toxic-trade-6.2.2595540.ab39c24137 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/caribbean-faces-growing-threat-from-toxic-trade-6.2.2595540.ab39c24137 Na­tion­al Coun­cil of In­di­an Cul­ture pres­i­dent Su­ru­jdeo Man­ga­roo has re­newed a call for the Pi­ar­co In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port to be re­named in ho­n­our of the late for­mer prime min­is­ter Bas­deo Pan­day. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/mangaroo-renews-call-to-rename-piarco-airport-after-basdeo-panday-6.2.2596684.a1a108190f http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/mangaroo-renews-call-to-rename-piarco-airport-after-basdeo-panday-6.2.2596684.a1a108190f For years, Trinidad and To­ba­go has grap­pled with the con­se­quences of transna­tion­al crime—il­le­gal guns, nar­cotics, hu­man traf­fick­ing and the vi­o­lence that fol­lows. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/us-expands-crackdown-on-criminal-networks-6.2.2596680.472773d8e9 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/us-expands-crackdown-on-criminal-networks-6.2.2596680.472773d8e9 The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) is warn­ing that any threat against po­lice of­fi­cers will be treat­ed with the ut­most se­ri­ous­ness, as it in­ves­ti­gates a so­cial me­dia post pur­port­ed­ly by a po­lice of­fi­cer al­leg­ing he has re­ceived death threats linked to a court mat­ter. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ttps-probes-death-threats-against-police-officer-6.2.2596693.e9def83058 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ttps-probes-death-threats-against-police-officer-6.2.2596693.e9def83058 Chief Jus­tice Ron­nie Boodoos­ingh has pledged to safe­guard the in­de­pen­dence of the ju­di­cia­ry, stress­ing that the courts must re­main a de­fend­er of equal rights and the rule of law for all cit­i­zens of Trinidad and To­ba­go. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/cj-vows-to-defend-judicial-independence-6.2.2596691.459974ba03 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/cj-vows-to-defend-judicial-independence-6.2.2596691.459974ba03 A mir­a­cle! That’s what col­leagues, friends and burgess­es of Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) Freeport/Chick­land coun­cil­lor Anil Bali­ram said yes­ter­day, af­ter Bali­ram be­gan emerg­ing from a state of un­con­scious­ness, fol­low­ing his sus­pect­ed sui­cide at­tempt. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/unc-councillor-anil-baliram-shows-signs-of-recovery-6.2.2596682.5594be2ca4 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/unc-councillor-anil-baliram-shows-signs-of-recovery-6.2.2596682.5594be2ca4 With the start of to­day’s planned strike by maxi taxi op­er­a­tors across the coun­try, mem­bers of the busi­ness com­mu­ni­ty fear it could bring wide­spread dis­rup­tion to busi­ness­es and es­sen­tial ser­vices across Trinidad and To­ba­go. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/business-leaders-brace-for-impact-of-maxi-taxi-strike-6.2.2596697.35d691f55f http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/business-leaders-brace-for-impact-of-maxi-taxi-strike-6.2.2596697.35d691f55f Ed­u­ca­tion stake­hold­ers are call­ing for ur­gent in­ter­ven­tion from the Gov­ern­ment as con­cerns mount over planned in­dus­tri­al ac­tion by maxi taxi op­er­a­tors, warn­ing of se­ri­ous con­se­quences for stu­dents sit­ting na­tion­al ex­am­i­na­tions. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ttuta-npta-raise-alarm-over-maxi-taxi-disruption-6.2.2596699.91cf78b5c9 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ttuta-npta-raise-alarm-over-maxi-taxi-disruption-6.2.2596699.91cf78b5c9 Law en­force­ment sources say that while the po­lice are close­ly mon­i­tor­ing any in­crease in gang ac­tiv­i­ty and vi­o­lent at­tacks, there has been no in­tel­li­gence to sug­gest that crim­i­nal fac­tions have agreed to a truce or are unit­ing in a bid to tar­get the au­thor­i­ties. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/no-intelligence-of-gang-alliance-law-enforcement-sources-say-6.2.2596695.7f39286fec http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/no-intelligence-of-gang-alliance-law-enforcement-sources-say-6.2.2596695.7f39286fec Ap­prox­i­mate­ly 5,000 maxi taxi op­er­a­tors—the lifeblood of the na­tion’s pub­lic trans­port sys­tem – will come to a planned halt to­day in protest of long-stand­ing griev­ances. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/3day-strike-begins-6.2.2596701.e1a0f3b0a4 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/3day-strike-begins-6.2.2596701.e1a0f3b0a4 Chut­ney mu­sic icon Ray­mond Ram­nar­ine and vet­er­an singer Dru­patie Ram­goon­ai were among the cul­tur­al stal­warts ho­n­oured on Sat­ur­day night at the in­au­gur­al Aag­man In­di­an Food Fes­ti­val at the Hilton Trinidad. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/cultural-icons-recognised-at-aagman-indian-food-festival-6.2.2596678.9563dbd08e http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/cultural-icons-recognised-at-aagman-indian-food-festival-6.2.2596678.9563dbd08e Com­muters faced sig­nif­i­cant dis­rup­tions this morn­ing as the Trinidad and To­ba­go Maxi Taxi As­so­ci­a­tion be­gan a three-day protest over is­sues in­clud­ing speed lim­its. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/maxi-protest-disrupts-morning-commute-6.2.2596830.53cc735d13 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/maxi-protest-disrupts-morning-commute-6.2.2596830.53cc735d13 The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) says it ful­ly sup­ports the use of body-worn cam­eras and has al­ready be­gun the pro­cure­ment process, invit­ing firms to ex­press in­ter­est in sup­ply­ing the tech­nol­o­gy as part of a broad­er push to mod­ernise polic­ing. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ttps-backs-body-cameras-seeks-suppliers-6.2.2596904.b9df9072b6 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ttps-backs-body-cameras-seeks-suppliers-6.2.2596904.b9df9072b6 Homi­cide de­tec­tives were kept busy overnight with six mur­ders record­ed in South Trinidad, in­clud­ing a dou­ble and triple killing. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/six-murders-overnight-keep-south-homicide-detectives-busy-6.2.2596905.e15c5b7c69 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/six-murders-overnight-keep-south-homicide-detectives-busy-6.2.2596905.e15c5b7c69 A chick­en­pox out­break af­fect­ing health­care work­ers at San­gre Grande Hos­pi­tal has raised con­cerns about work­place safe­ty, staffing pres­sures, and em­ploy­ee wel­fare with­in Trinidad and To­ba­go’s pub­lic health­care sys­tem. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/chickenpox-outbreak-hits-staff-at-sangre-grande-hospital-6.2.2596968.49e54262f0 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/chickenpox-outbreak-hits-staff-at-sangre-grande-hospital-6.2.2596968.49e54262f0 The High Court has de­ter­mined that the Eco-In­dus­tri­al De­vel­op­ment Com­pa­ny of To­ba­go (E-ID­COT) is not ex­empt from the Free­dom of In­for­ma­tion Act (FOIA). news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/court-eidcot-not-exempt-from-freedom-of-info-act-6.2.2597026.b77bc932ca http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/court-eidcot-not-exempt-from-freedom-of-info-act-6.2.2597026.b77bc932ca The Min­istry of Trans­port and Civ­il Avi­a­tion has tem­porar­i­ly opened the Pri­or­i­ty Bus Route to pri­vate mo­torists in re­sponse to to­day’s trans­porta­tion chal­lenges. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/pbr-to-open-today-june-1-6.2.2597072.311e739d01 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/pbr-to-open-today-june-1-6.2.2597072.311e739d01 Five aca­d­e­mics from The Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies’ St Au­gus­tine Cam­pus have been pro­mot­ed to the rank of Pro­fes­sor, as part of a wider round of pro­mo­tions across the re­gion­al in­sti­tu­tion. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/five-uwi-st-augustine-academics-among-eight-promoted-to-professors-6.2.2597232.43b7491cca http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/five-uwi-st-augustine-academics-among-eight-promoted-to-professors-6.2.2597232.43b7491cca Com­muters trav­el­ling out of San­gre Grande this morn­ing who de­pend­ed on maxi taxis for trans­porta­tion were forced to use PTSC bus­es, sev­en-seater taxis and com­mer­cial taxis as maxi taxi op­er­a­tors be­gan a three-day protest to­day. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/maxi-taxi-shut-down-leaves-sangre-grande-commuters-scrambling-6.2.2596990.938df5d0a9 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/maxi-taxi-shut-down-leaves-sangre-grande-commuters-scrambling-6.2.2596990.938df5d0a9 As cli­mate change in­ten­si­fies storms, flood­ing, droughts and coastal ero­sion across the Caribbean, re­gion­al lead­ers are call­ing for a fun­da­men­tal shift in how coun­tries pre­pare for dis­as­ters, from re­act­ing to crises to build­ing re­silience be­fore they oc­cur. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/building-resilience-now-critical-to-caribbeans-climate-future-6.2.2597262.e8a3ca43cb http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/building-resilience-now-critical-to-caribbeans-climate-future-6.2.2597262.e8a3ca43cb The Min­istry of Trans­port and Civ­il Avi­a­tion has ex­tend­ed au­tho­ri­sa­tion for pri­vate mo­torists to use the Pri­or­i­ty Bus Route (PBR) un­til 11.59 pm to­mor­row, Tues­day, June 2. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/priority-bus-route-opening-extended-until-tuesday-night-6.2.2597274.3bdabeae72 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/priority-bus-route-opening-extended-until-tuesday-night-6.2.2597274.3bdabeae72 A dri­ve-by shoot­ing in Sea Lots ear­ly yes­ter­day morn­ing end­ed in the death of a 33-year-old man and the wound­ing of a woman, po­lice said. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/sea-lots-man-killed-in-driveby-shooting-6.2.2596135.42b613b12f http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/sea-lots-man-killed-in-driveby-shooting-6.2.2596135.42b613b12f The Gov­ern­ment has pledged sup­port for the Of­fice of the Di­rec­tor of Pub­lic Pros­e­cu­tions (DPP), vow­ing that gangs will not be al­lowed to in­tim­i­date law en­force­ment or the jus­tice sys­tem. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/govt-vows-to-protect-dpp-warns-gangs-against-threats-and-intimidation-6.2.2596183.bb8e8f4ba8 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/govt-vows-to-protect-dpp-warns-gangs-against-threats-and-intimidation-6.2.2596183.bb8e8f4ba8 UNC Freeport/Chick­land coun­cil­lor Anil Bali­ram is no longer on a ven­ti­la­tor and is now breath­ing on his own with oxy­gen as­sis­tance, ac­cord­ing to San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal au­thor­i­ties. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/councillor-baliram-off-ventilator-at-hospital-6.2.2596175.4a88e86352 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/councillor-baliram-off-ventilator-at-hospital-6.2.2596175.4a88e86352 Five pa­tients have re­cov­ered from a rare type of Ebo­la virus, the head of the World Health Or­ga­ni­za­tion said Sun­day dur­ing a vis­it to Bunia in east­ern Con­go, a city at the heart of an out­break. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/who-chief-reports-5-ebola-recoveries-as-a-new-treatment-center-opens-in-eastern-congo-6.2.2596491.c3e4b2f652 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/who-chief-reports-5-ebola-recoveries-as-a-new-treatment-center-opens-in-eastern-congo-6.2.2596491.c3e4b2f652 Colom­bians milled in­to vot­ing sta­tions on Sun­day in the first round of the South Amer­i­can na­tion’s pres­i­den­tial elec­tion, choos­ing be­tween can­di­dates with rad­i­cal­ly di­verg­ing vi­sions for the fu­ture of peace in a coun­try haunt­ed by decades of armed con­flict. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/colombias-presidential-election-pits-outgoing-leaders-ally-against-protrump-candidates-6.2.2596492.84bbde2bce http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/colombias-presidential-election-pits-outgoing-leaders-ally-against-protrump-candidates-6.2.2596492.84bbde2bce Across the deserts, canyons and moun­tains di­vid­ing the Unit­ed States and Mex­i­co, mi­grants con­tin­ue to risk their lives for the chance of a bet­ter fu­ture in North Amer­i­ca. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/tighter-us-border-fuels-rise-in-cocaine-trafficking-officials-warn-6.2.2596143.776c9a4c42 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/tighter-us-border-fuels-rise-in-cocaine-trafficking-officials-warn-6.2.2596143.776c9a4c42 Last Tues­day, the ear­li­est date for a pass­port ap­point­ment on the Min­istry of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty’s e-ap­point­ment web­site for the Port-of-Spain, San­gre Grande and Ch­agua­nas Im­mi­gra­tion Di­vi­sion of­fices was No­vem­ber 24. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/my-frustration-is-just-building-citizens-wait-hours-in-line-for-passport-appointments-6.2.2596145.697f6790a8 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/my-frustration-is-just-building-citizens-wait-hours-in-line-for-passport-appointments-6.2.2596145.697f6790a8 As rel­a­tives gath­ered in grief and si­lence, Shawn Black­burn stood on the road­side car­ry­ing a bur­den no par­ent should ever have to bear—the loss of a child. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/father-cries-for-justice-as-young-sanitation-worker-laid-to-rest-6.2.2596162.8cac42c714 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/father-cries-for-justice-as-young-sanitation-worker-laid-to-rest-6.2.2596162.8cac42c714 An idea con­cep­tu­alised many years ago is ex­pect­ed to be tru­ly awak­ened when the fifth an­nu­al To­ba­go Car­ni­val gets un­der­way from Oc­to­ber 30 to No­vem­ber 1. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/tobago-gears-up-for-fifth-annual-carnival-celebration-6.2.2596137.455ec69ab8 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/tobago-gears-up-for-fifth-annual-carnival-celebration-6.2.2596137.455ec69ab8 More than three months af­ter Car­ni­val 2026, steel­bands across T&T are still wait­ing to re­ceive their Panora­ma prize mon­ey, with Pan Trin­ba­go pres­i­dent Bev­er­ley Ram­sey-Moore say­ing thou­sands of play­ers and stake­hold­ers re­main in lim­bo. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/steelbands-still-waiting-for-panorama-prize-money-6.2.2596139.181f871a9f http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/steelbands-still-waiting-for-panorama-prize-money-6.2.2596139.181f871a9f As protests con­tin­ue over the Joshua Sama­roo and Ka­ia Sealy case, lo­cal en­ter­tain­ers have be­gun to use their so­cial me­dia plat­forms to speak out over what they have de­scribed as an in­jus­tice. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/entertainers-weigh-in-on-protests-samaroosealy-issue-6.2.2596177.edbe3726dc http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/entertainers-weigh-in-on-protests-samaroosealy-issue-6.2.2596177.edbe3726dc Two weeks af­ter he an­nounced the Gov­ern­ment’s in­ten­tion to boost the TTPS’ man­pow­er strength to 10,200 of­fi­cers over a phased five-year re­cruit­ment plan, Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der now says an ad­di­tion­al 800 prison of­fi­cers will be join­ing the ranks of the Prison Ser­vice in the near fu­ture. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/800-new-recruits-coming-for-prison-service-says-alexander-6.2.2596158.475ad60157 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/800-new-recruits-coming-for-prison-service-says-alexander-6.2.2596158.475ad60157 As a fresh face in the land­scape of T&T’s protests, Alyssa Phillip, 25, has quick­ly be­come the vi­brant new sym­bol of ad­vo­ca­cy and jus­tice. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/activists-hail-alyssa-phillip-as-emerging-voice-for-justice-6.2.2596179.a93b4a1a75 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/activists-hail-alyssa-phillip-as-emerging-voice-for-justice-6.2.2596179.a93b4a1a75