There are reports that a Customs and Excise Officer has drowned.
Police are yet to release all the details but has given the identity of the deceased as Wayne Wilson.
The incident is said to have occurred at Mayaro at around 4:30pm yesterday.
The circumstances surrounding the tragedy are still sketchy but we will have more for you as information comes to hand.
A house full of unsupervised children in Virginia were given sleeping pills by another child, causing them to be hospitalised.
WTVR-TV reports that Hopewell Police were called to a home on south 16th Street around 5:30 yesterday afternoon, where they found 4 children, ages 1 to 4, unresponsive.
Three more children found in another part of the home were awake but lethargic.
Their ages were not immediately known.
Investigators said the pill bottle found didn’t have a label on it.
However, after questioning the 7-year-old and consulting with doctors, they were able to determine the medication was sleeping pills.
Lt. Cheyenne Casale of the Hopewell Police Department said the kids were left alone for a short period of time and that one of the kids who had prescription medication got into it and shared with the other children here.
It was not immediately clear if the medication was prescribed to the 7-year-old child.
All 7 children were taken to a hospital and the 2 youngest were later transported to another hospital in serious condition.
Protest is likely to greet Prince William and his wife Kate when they arrive in the Bahamas today.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been visiting some Caribbean countries as part of Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee.
The royal couple has already visited Belize and Jamaica.
There were protests and demands for reparations for Britain’s involvement in the slave trade in this part of the world.
The Rastafarian community is planning a demonstration today.
Priest Rithmon Mckinney is the Royal Ambassador Ethiopia Africa Black International Congress in the Bahamas.
On the eve of the arrival of the couple yesterday Mr. Mckinney said a clear message must be sent to Britain’s monarch.
And the Foreign Affairs Minister, Fred Mitchell has no problem with plans to stage a demonstration while the royals are visiting the Bahamas.
The Minister also defended the fact that Bahamians are paying the bill for the couple’s visit.
Protesters are all making the same call for reparation and an apology for colonialism and slavery.
Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has signaled his government’s intension to open up the economy, which has been plagued by COVID-19 restrictions.
At a political meeting on Tuesday night Dr. Rowley said now that the scaled down Carnival celebrations are over, without feared increases in COVID-19 cases, its time to remove more restrictions.
He said he would meet with the health team and inform the public accordingly.
Head of Epidemiology, Dr. Avery Hinds told a news conference yesterday the number of new infections has been falling.
Principal Medical Officer In Charge Of Institutions, Dr. Miriam Abdool Richards said hospitalisations are also low.
The health authorities are saying Trinidad and Tobago is doing very well.
Yesterday the Health Ministry recorded 3 deaths, 2 elderly men and 1 elderly woman.
All 3 had multiple comorbidities, which included diabetes, heart disease and a history of strokes.
The death toll is now 3,722.
The Ministry also said there were 275 new cases of the virus.
The Trinidad and Tobago Regiment is given 21 days to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request on behalf of the family of Venezuelan baby Yaelvis Santoyo Sarabia.
Attorneys representing the family have written to Chief of Defense Staff Air Vice Marshall Darryl Daniel saying legal action will commence if the deadline is not met.
Among the information requested is any evidence of misconduct, inattention to duty, negligence, or of willful violation of the law on the part of any person holding a TTCG credential, which contributed to the fatality.
All 5 prison escapees have been recaptured.
Anthony Seepersad was the last to be recaptured.
He was found in the trunk of a vehicle yesterday.
Police also detained the driver of the car.
Escapee Mr. Seepersad was recaptured on Morne Coco Road in Maraval at around 11:10am.
Mr. Seepersad and 4 others escaped from the prison last Sunday evening.
Meanwhile, the TTPS says the 4 other men who were recaptured have been slapped with more prison time, when they appeared before an Arima Magistrate on Tuesday.
They were charged with escaping lawful custody.
Kevin Jagdeo, Theon Thomas, Kurien Douglas and Shaquille Drayton, were sentenced to 2 years, 8 months each to run on the completion of their present sentences being served.
Acting Commissioner of Police McDonald Jacob has praised the officers whom he said worked tirelessly since Sunday night to successfully secure the apprehension of the escapees.
He also thanked the members of the public who shared invaluable information with the police, which led to the recapture of the escapees.
Two men are shot and killed in separate situations …one in Maloney the other in Piarco.
One of the victims remains unidentified.
In the latest incident the man not yet named was at the Piarco service station at around 3 o’clock this morning when he was shot.
Newscenter 5 understands the man was seated in his vehicle when another man wielding a gun approached him and fired shots.
The assailant then escaped.
The man died at the scene
And in Maloney, Damian Goodman is the victim of a gun crime.
He was 40-years-old.
Residents in the area say they heard several explosions and called the police.
When lawmen arrived at the scene they found the man bleeding from gunshot wounds.
He was rushed to hospital where he died.
The Tobago House of Assembly opens a new Domestic Arrivals Hall at the ANR Robinson International Airport.
Tobago embarked on a billion dollar airport expansion project recently.
However even as the project takes shape, the THA officially launched the new wing of the building.
The Health Minister is telling persons contemplating suicide that there is help available.
Four people including a couple were found dead following reported suicides in Princes Town, Arima and D’abadie last weekend.
Yesterday, Terrence Deyalsingh said healthcare workers have been professionally trained to counsel such persons.
Minister Deyalsingh was responding to Opposition Senator Wade Mark in the Upper House yesterday, who questioned him in light of the 4 recent suicides.
He even pointed to resources already in circulation in mainstream media with the aim of suicide prevention.
Minister Deyalsingh was responding during the ‘Urgent Questions Segment’ of the Senate yesterday.
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad Bissessar is invited by Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley to challenge any law passed by his administration.
This as she says she will challenge laws passed under former Attorney General Faris Al Rawi.
The legitimacy of the legislation passed in the last 7 years has come under scrutiny following word of a rift between the Chief Parliamentary Counsel and Faris Al Rawi.
The Prime Minister is standing behind the work of his former AG.
He said the procedure followed by his administration was legitimate.
On Monday night Mrs. Persad Bissessar said the tension between former Attorney General Al Rawi and the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Ian Mc Intyre has raised concerns.
Mrs. Persad Bissessar said there are terrible consequences to the development.
According to Mrs. Persad Bissessar, the conflict was about Mr. Al Rawi’s way of dealing with draft legislation.
She said if Mr. Mc Intyre’s concerns and claims are accurate, the parliament might have passed bad law.
Mrs. Persad Bissessar says she has so far selected 9 pieces of legislation, which may be challenged in time to come.
Just before Mr. Al Rawi was removed as Attorney General, he requested of the Chief Justice disciplinary action against the C.P.C.
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