(Trinidad Express) The woman, who is listed as the Director of Traveline Travel Agency in Chaguanas, was charged with 14 counts of fraudulent conversion while her husband, Rasheed, was charged with 12 counts of fraudulent conversion.
(Trinidad Guardian) – Thirty-nine-year-old Guyanese labourer Tarachand Gobin was denied bail when he appeared at the Sangre Grande Magistrates’ Court charged with two counts of common assault and assault occasioning a wound.
(Trinidad Express) – Police are investigating a million-dollar cyber heist in which US$247,500 (TT$1.7 million) of taxpayers’ money was stolen via a wire transfer conducted by Lake Asphalt of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT).
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – The Chilean health regulator yesterday approved the COVID-19 vaccine produced by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd for use in children over 6 years of age, allowing more people to be included in the country’s rapid inoculation campaign.
MARSEILLE, France, (Reuters) – Indigenous groups urged world leaders on Sunday to back a new target to protect 80% of the Amazon basin by 2025, saying bold action was needed to stop deforestation pushing the Earth’s largest rainforest beyond a point of no return.
(Trinidad Guardian) A Valsayn businessman was shot dead while trying to escape from bandits who had ordered him to hand over money at his Montrose, Chaguanas business place Saturday night.
(Trinidad Express) Gusty winds which made its way across Trinidad and Tobago on Friday damaged a total of 503 roofs.
(Trinidad Guardian) A three-day search for Anneicia Lewis came to a tragic end yesterday morning when her body was discovered floating at the mouth of the Diego Martin River.
(Barbados Nation) ST GEORGE’S – The Grenada government Friday night declared no movement days as well as a daily curfew for the next 14 days as the island seeks to deal with an upsurge in cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) that has killed four people in as many days and infected a significant number of others.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Police Service Commission (PolSC) has hired a former judge to begin an investigation into allegations that senior members of the Gary Griffith-led Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) have brought the organisation into disrepute and engaged in acts of misconduct.
(Trinidad Guardian) Police are investigating yet another murder in East Trinidad.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s federal health regulator Anvisa yesterday suspended the use of over 12 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd that were produced in an unauthorized plant, it said in a statement.
(Trinidad Guardian) Five people were killed in two separate incidents on Friday night.
(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley announced yesterday that places of worship will reopen from Monday (Sept 6), however, some restrictions apply as gatherings must not exceed 25 per cent of normal capacity, and services should be limited to one hour.
(Trinidad Guardian) Over 100 roofs were damaged in central Trinidad following the passing of a tropical wave on Thursday night.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – Prosecutors in Guatemala have begun an investigation into allegations that Russian businessmen paid a bribe to President Alejandro Giammattei to obtain a dock in one of the country’s main ports, the attorney general’s office said yesterday.
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – Chile yesterday reasserted its claim to undersea territory off its southern coast in a dispute with Argentina, which has said Santiago’s move violates international treaties.
(Trinidad Guardian) A veteran attorney who ordered a hit on his secretary that he suspected of snitching about his illegal activities, has lost his appeal against his conviction for attempted murder.
(Trinidad Guardian) A Trinidadian mother and her son lost their lives in historic floods that swept through New York City overnight from Wednesday to yesterday.
(Trinidad Guardian) In what could turn out to be a major scandal for the government and state-owned National Gas Company, (NGC) Guardian Media has obtained confidential correspondence between Finance Minister Colm Imbert and the Board of the NGC that show the Board seeking, and Imbert agreeing, to grant them personal protection against being held to account should the company lose over $440 million in an ill-fated attempt to save Atlantic LNG Train 1.
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