OPR launches probe
Posted: Wednesday, May 13, 2026

OPR launches probe into tendering
Questions over $100m contracts linked to LandmarkTT Properties project...

PM stands firm on Caricom dispute: 'Expel us if you want'
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says Caricom can expel Trinidad and Tobago from the regional body if it wishes to do so, but moving forward, this country will not recognise Dr Carla Barnett as Caricom Secretary-General after her tenure expires in August.

Cops rescue woman allegedly abducted, raped for months
Officers from the San Fernando Police Station have launched an investigation after a woman reported that she was imprisoned by a man from February 27 to May 6 and sexually assaulted and robbed.

Supermarket operators warned to comply with labour laws
Employers were advised that wages must meet or exceed the national minimum wage rates of $20.50 per hour, $164 daily, $820 weekly and $3,553.33 monthly for a 40-hour work week.

The heritage site that could have told Trinidad's story
Having visited Nelson Island, where thousands of Indian indentured labourers first arrived after crossing the Kala Pani, Jaishankar was then escorted to the very landscape for which they had laboured, suffered, and died: the old sugar belt of Central Trinidad.

Stronger demand for engineers coming, says minister
Engineers will be in high demand for several important government projects, Minister of Tertiary Education and Skills Training Prakash Persad has said.

Senate adopts special report
...recommending the removal of Opposition Senator Janelle John-Bates from JSC on Nat'l Security

Unemployment Situation Locally Being Assessed By Labour Ministry

'Something not adding up'
Boy, 2, disappears from Goodwood home, leaving residents with questions...

Baby Angelo feared dead
Tensions flare as search continues at sea for toddler who vanished from Goodwood home

Woman struck, killed on highway
Ministry appeals to pedestrians

'Remove derelict vehicles'
The Port-of-Spain City Corporation has issued a warning for derelict vehicles to be removed from the roadways.

Another Facebook Marketplace robbery: Victim loses thousands in cash, items
According to reports, the 25-year-old victim, from Mayaro, made arrangements on Facebook Marketplace to meet a potential buyer for items he intended to sell. At approximately 11.45 a.m. that day, he proceeded to Plaisance Terrace, Laventille, where they had agreed to meet.


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