Trinidad and Tobago News

Caption: Beyonce and Terry Lundgren. launches her new fragrance 'Beyonce Heat' at Macy's Herald Square.

Latin America regional oil use of 6.66mn barrels per day in 2001 reached an estimated 7.72mn b/d in 2008.

By Ruth Scammell A fisherman has spoken of his moment that his boat sank. Adrian Dann, from Lee-on-the-Solent, jumped into a liferaft as his vessel started taking on water two miles off St Catherine's Point on the Isle of Wight.

PHOTO: AKILE SIMON Police from the Water and Sewerage Authority were out in full force early yesterday as its restriction on water took effect.

Chief Justice Ivor Archie Chief Justice of Trinidad & Tobago Hall of Justice Port of Spain Dear Sir: ITEC wishes to express grave concern and alarm over the recent statement made by senior High Court judge Justice Herbert Volney over the possible influence of racial bias in jury trials [attached for ease of reference]. We commend the learned judge ...

Do you support the possible sale of Air Jamaica to Trinidad and Tobago's national airline, Caribbean Airlines.

By Oscar Ramjeet Should Commonwealth Caribbean countries get rid of the age old jury trial in serious criminal cases? According to the Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, Ivor Archie, the government of the twin island republic will soon introduce legislation in this regard.

Sydney Football Stadium is a world away from Scotland but a $1 million replica of Edinburgh Castle will ensure Australian audiences get the full experience of the Edinburgh military tattoo.

February 3rd, 2010. Chief Justice Ivor Archie is welcoming pending legislation which would allow criminal trials by Judge alone.

A former Wiltshire Police officer now based in Trinidad was killed in a car crash on Sunday.

A British trainer attached to the Special Anti Crime Unit of Trinidad and Tobago was killed in a vehicular accident yesterday.

GOVERNMENT has stepped up enforcement activities regarding illegal quarrying and, to date, there are 50 people on charges of illegal quarrying activities before the courts, Ministry of Energy permanent secretary Leroy Mayers said yesterday.

Experience the beauty of the steelpan instrument through the two latest CD releases from Basement Recordings.

Judgment has been reserved in the matter involving Trinidad Cement Ltd and its subsidiary, TCL Guyana Incorporated , following hours of legal arguments at the Caribbean Court of Justice against the Government of Guyana.

The 12-member jury in the Sangre Grande murder trial yesterday brought in a unanimous 'not guilty' verdict against the two accused, Sheldon Mohammed and Tricia Flemming, and almost immediately an enraged trial judge responded 'before I discharge this jury, I wish to say that I entirely disagree with your verdict.' Justice Herbert Volney, the trial ...

Jamaica's Active Voice says: "Trust the Brits to do the right thing. While our newswomen and men are contorting their mouths reproducing peculiar versions of the Queen's English, British broadcasters are broadcasting to Haitians in their mother tongue-Kreyol." # Repeating Islands posts an excerpt from Rebecca Solnit, who, "disturbed by media ...

TENDERS were invited last week for a new highway from San Fernando to Mayaro, and two more highway packages will be put out to tender within the next few months, Works and Transport Minister Colm Imbert says.

By Paras Ramoutar, Port-of-Spain, Jan 27 : Trinidad and Tobago and India will set up a joint commission in April, the Indian envoy has said here.

Droughts can be experienced in Trinidad and Tobago due to climate change, says Prime Minister Patrick Manning as he noted his administration has already taken notice of the water shortages now facing several parts of the country.

A 22-year-old man of Guaico Village in Sangre Grande was killed in a vehicular accident on the Valencia stretch on Thursday night.