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There are reports of a murder suicide in Laventille.

The deceased are identified as Kevon Harris and Sherian Huggins.

Reports say the couple got into a heated exchange at their Dan Kelly home and Mr. Harris allegedly dealt Ms. Huggins several chop wounds with a cutlass.

She was chopped on the torso and neck.

Twent-seven-year-old Ms. Huggins died at the scene.

The incident occurred at around 4 o’clock this morning.

Mere minutes later the body of Mr. Harris was found hanging from a tree at Woodford Square.

Newscenter 5 understands Ms. Huggins had 4 children.

We’ll have more information in a subsequent newscast.

Four nationals and 2 Venezuelans have appeared in court charged with the murder of supermarket owner Xiangong Phang.

The 6 are 21-year-old Malik Kyle Jack from Pelican Extension Morvant, 24-year-old Lindon Williams from Laventille, 27-year-old, Kenneth Dabreo from Belmont and 28-year-old Emanuel Phillip who lives at Pelican Extension Morvant.

The 2 Venezuelans are 21-year-old Hudson Hugo Phillip who lives in Morvant/Laventille, and 25-year-Old Oswald Anton Marano also of Morvant/Laventille.

They are also charged with offences of robbery with violence and burglary.

The men are being linked to the robbery at the Happiness Supermarket on the Eastern Main Road in Barataria.

They are to return to court on September 29^th.

The men are said to have used cutlasses and knives during their reported attack at the supermarket on August 23^rd.

Several workers were wounded during the incident.

Mr. Phang died at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex.

This country now records 28 deaths related to the COVID-19.

According to the Ministry of Health the latest fatality is an elderly male with co-morbidities.

It says the number of active cases now stands at 1,120.

The Ministry says 42 additional persons have tested positive bringing the number of samples, which have tested positive at public and private labs to 1839.

The Ministry says 6 other persons have been discharged from hospital, the total is now 691.

The release says there are currently 92 positive patients in hospital, with 72 at the Couva Hospital and Multi Training Facility of that number, 6 are at the Intensive Care Unit and 16 at High Dependency Unit.

It is official the new school term begins on September 1^st.

However, Education Minister Dr. Nyan Gadsby Dolly says online learning and teaching will be conducted during the new term until further notice.

Dr. Gadsby Dolly was speaking at a media conference at her officers this morning.

Minister Gadsby Dolly said there would be two categories of students, those available online and those who are not.

She said the onus would be on parents to collect these packages at their children’s schools.

Meanwhile the Minister said work from home arrangements for teachers are to be encouraged.

However, she is leaving it up to principals to arrange with their teachers.

The Minister said there must at all times be student teacher interactions.

She said it is expected that all schools would be fully engaged in teaching and learning activities by September 14^th.

There have been 2 more COVID-19 related deaths in Trinidad and Tobago.

This brings the total number of fatalities to 17.

A release from the Ministry of Health this morning said the 2 were elderly males with co-morbidities.

It said the total number of active cases is 867 while the number of samples, which have tested positive at public and private facilities in Trinidad and Tobago, is 1,512.

The release said 36 new positive cases are from samples taken during the period August 20^th to August 27^th, 2020.

Therefore, this figure is not representative of the positive cases over the last 24 hours only.

Over half a million dollars in cash is found during an anti-crime exercise in the Northern Division District.

Officers of the Area East Operations Unit made the find on Tuesday in La Horquetta.

According to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, during the exercise, a search conducted for firearms and ammunition in La Horquetta unearthed cash in the amount of $655,800 dollars.

The exercise was spearheaded by Inspectors Pitt and Birth and supervised by CPL Wellington and PC Burris.

The cash was handed over to the Financial Investigation Branch of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service.

Investigations are underway.

The administration at the Port of Spain City Corporation is being accused of poor management.

The accusation is coming from the Council Members.

Yesterday saw very heated exchanges at the Statutory Meeting of the Council, with several interventions by Mayor Joel Martinez.

The administration is also accused of hindering the work of the Council.

Council Members said they are fed up of the excuses and non-performance of those in the administration.

Alderman Wendel Stephens was furious.

Mayor Martinez said some basics needed in this time of COVID-19 are difficult to come by.

At one point an obviously angry Chief Executive Officer Annette Stapleton Seaforth responded to the claims.

Again the Mayor sought to quell the outburst.

Representatives of the ruling Peoples National Movement run the Council.

Police Commissioner has issued a warning notice to Assistant Commissioner of Police, Irwin Hackshaw.

It is the first step in the disciplinary process as outlined in the Police Service Regulations.

The warning is to be put in writing and is expected to be delivered to ACP Hackshaw today.

However, as ACP Hackshaw is the most senior officer under the Commissioner, the TTPS says Commissioner Griffith will encounter complications in an attempt to appoint a tribunal.

Last Friday the Police Complaints Authority said it had completed a series of serious police misconduct allegations against ACP Hackshaw and recommended disciplinary action be taken against him.

The matter under probe includes ACP Hackshaw’s suspicious financial transaction at financial institutions totaling close to 2 million dollars and moonlighting.

In a statement the Commissioner says the situation is beyond his control, as such a scenario was never anticipated under the regulations.

However, he says he will move the process along as far as he can with the expectation that a resolution will be found.

It is Commissioner Griffith’s hope that by the time the matter requires the convening of a tribunal that the substantive DCP’s would have been selected.

The Police Service Commission is responsible for selecting DCP’s, which then goes to the Parliament for approval.

An assurance that the missing 3 teenaged Venezuelan girls pose no threat to the public.

The girls fled the quarantine facility at the University of the West Indies Canada Hall in St. Augustine.

The girls are 14, 15 and 17 years old.

They were reported missing on Tuesday morning.

Dr. Roshan Parasram says the 3 teenagers were to be discharged soon and they are asymptomatic for the time they were awaiting discharge.