(Trinidad Guardian) The Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries (MEEI) is reporting that preliminary fingerprinting reports submitted by the Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA), have indicated that the hydrocarbon discharge affecting the south-east coast of Tobago is an ‘intermediate fuel oil’, also known as ‘bunker fuel’.
(Trinidad Guardian) An 11-year-old boy was killed during a shooting along Laventille Road yesterday afternoon, while the gunmen’s intended target escaped with minor injuries.
(Trinidad Guardian) Strike action by over 1,000 workers at the Port of Port-of-Spain yesterday caused major disruptions.
(Trinidad Guardian) Diesel has been identified as the oil-like substance which has been leaking from the Gulfstream barge and blanketed 15 kilometres of Tobago’s shoreline since February 7, when the vessel ran aground at Cove, Tobago.
(Trinidad Guardian) A senior official of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) on Tuesday confirmed that the president of the regional development finance institution, Dr Hyginus “Gene” Leon, is the subject of an administrative process.
(Trinidad Express) Billion-dollar transnational companies are “cheating” the public revenue; going after them to ensure they pay their taxes is important, says Independent Senator Anthony Vieira.
(Trinidad Guardian) UNC leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says there should not be any Salaries Review Commission (SRC) increases for herself, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley or President Christine Kangaloo, but the salary increases should be given to the hardworking public servants.
(Trinidad Guardian) Flying with American Airlines (AA) soon and planning to check a suitcase?
(Trinidad Express) It costs just Can$7 (about TT$35) to obtain an electronic travel authorisation (eTA) for citizens of Trinidad and Tobago to travel to Canada for tourism or to visit their friends and family, says Canadian High Commissioner Arif Keshani.
(Trinidad Guardian) A soldier has been shot and killed in Diego Martin.
(Trinidad Express) Cocaine valued at over half a million dollars has been found washed ashore at Cove Estate, Tobago.
(Trinidad Guardian) Between 2015 and 2023, T&T had more than 876 confirmed oil spills and chemical releases, according to statistics from the Environmental Management Authority (EMA).
(Trinidad Guardian) Four trade unions have condemned the Salaries Review Commission’s (SRC) proposed salary increase for Government officials.
(Trinidad Express) Three people were shot and killed by police in Tunapuna yesterday morning while one of them was on an Instagram Live video.
(Trinidad Guardian) As clean-up efforts continue across southwest Tobago, fisherfolk are warning customers that fish prices will go up.
(Trinidad Express) 31-Year-old Luka Goring was last night shot and killed while inside a Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) restaurant in Gasparillo.
(Trinidad Guardian) As clean-up efforts continue across southwest Tobago, fisherfolk are warning customers that fish prices will go up.
(Trinidad Guardian) Minister of Works and Transport Rohan Sinanan is denying allegations that the Government has been withholding critical information from the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) regarding the Tobago oil spill.
(Trinidad Guardian) A tug boat towing a barge from Panama bound for Guyana was involved in the oil spill incident off Tobago – and the wrecked barge, which is leaking the oil, is now sinking.
(Reuters) – First responders and volunteers from Trinidad and Tobago today sought to contain an oil spill detected last week in the Caribbean country’s waters and clean areas of Tobago island’s coast already affected by the incident.
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