Death Toll At 920 With 3,360 Injured
Posted: Saturday, June 27, 2026

National Assembly Puts Venezuela's Earthquake Death Toll At 920 With 3,360 Injured
Officials say 50,000 are still missing.

Overtime bill slashed
NCRHA reduces nurses' pool expenditure from $40M to less
than $4M; chairman orders forensic audit of spending

Ameen, PoS Mayor war over salary shortfall
A dispute has erupted between the Government and the Port-of-Spain City Corporation over whether the capital city has sufficient funding to pay hundreds of municipal workers.

PoSCC unable to pay civil servants' June salaries
Alleyne argued that Government instructing corporations to pay civil servants' backpay without providing the necessary budget allocations amounted to poor fiscal policy.

"As a result, the Port-of-Spain Corporation does not have enough allocation to pay civil servant salaries this month and we have no allocation to pay salaries for July, August and September," he said.

Gonzales questions US Navy SEAL announcement
OPPOSITION Chief Whip Marvin Gonzales has accused Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar of misleading the public about the former People's National Movement (PNM) administration's approach to border security and its relationship with international partners.
Author Village brings books, writers and community together
Arouca Soul Kitchen (ASK) is preparing to host a community literary event aimed at bringing together readers, writers, families and creatives in a celebration of literature, culture and connection.

TTSEC Warns Public About Investment Investment Scams

Third person detained in Hadeed probe
A 69-year-old Westmoorings businesswoman has become the third person to be taken into custody by the police, as Blue Waters Products Ltd owner Dominic Hadeed and his wife, Genevieve Hadeed, remained detained up to late last night.

TTPS still silent on arrest of Hadeeds
Silence continues to surround the arrest of Dominic Hadeed, his wife Genevieve and a 69-year-old relative by law enforcement authorities, who are investigating the couple for reasons they have not made public.

The men who almost got away with $641,000
A bungled attempt by five masked men to steal an ATM containing $641,000 in cash has been laid bare in official police reports, revealing a meticulously planned operation that unravelled after a stolen backhoe broke down at the crucial moment.

Bullets fly at Grand Bazaar
A FREEPORT man was hospitalised yesterday, after he was shot by a co-worker at the parking lot of the Grand Bazaar shopping mall in Valsayn.

Pregnant woman knifed 15 times
A MT LAMBERT woman believed to be pregnant is currently in critical condition at hospital after she was stabbed this morning by a man she knows.

Teen shot in the head at Wharf Trace
Police said that around 11 p.m. a woman, 38 was at home when she heard a gunshot. She thought little of it but then heard people outside her home calling on her to come out.

She walked outside and saw her son, Callender lying on the roadway near to a shop with a gunshot to his head.


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