Homeless in Trini capital sue city

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A group of homeless people who sleep in Tamarind Square in the capital have filed a lawsuit challenging the Port of Spain City Corporation’s decision to lock them out. The corporation has locked four of the five gates around the square, and there is a padlock on the fifth but […]

T&T mulling decriminalizing ganja

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government is considering decriminalizing marijuana and is reviewing existing legislation as well as planning wide consultation before adopting any position, Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi has said. Al-Rawi told media there has been “a full exercise of analyzing the types of crime in our prisons and the […]

T&T promises to treat Jamaicans better

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Trinidad and Tobago is to retrofit an area of its Piarco International Airport by July to improve accommodation for Jamaicans refused entry into the two-island republic. Jamaica Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Kamina Johnson Smith confirmed she was informed of the decision by T&T’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Senator […]

Guyanese mom on sponge-napper rap

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A Guyanese mother was one of two people who appeared in court charged with stealing stuffed toys including those of TV characters Spongebob Squarepants and Barney from a mini-mart. Rhonda Daniels, 32 and Rickson Patterson, 42 of La Romaine appeared before senior magistrate Nannette Forde-John. The charge laid by Constable […]

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