The Latest Breaking News from Trinidad

COVID-19, Ukraine affecting food security in the Caribbean, new report says

Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, the reverberations of the coronavirus continue to take toll on people’s livelihoods, income and food security in the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean as food costs rise, hunger deepens and tourism, a major economic driver, continues to suffer.

Miami Herald · Apr 26, 2022

‘She broke boundaries’: how textile artist Althea McNish made Britain bloom

An inspiration for Balenciaga and Dior, the flamboyant fabrics of the Trinidad-born artist brought Caribbean colour into 50s British households

The Guardian - UK · Mar 28, 2022

Former Gateshead Thunder rugby star swaps sporting success for social work

Ex-Gateshead Thunder rugby star Damian Martinez is now tackling a new career as a social worker

Chronicle Live · Mar 26, 2022

Sonny Ramadhin obituary

Cricketer whose prodigiously talented spin bowling helped West Indies to their first ever Test match win in England

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2022

Infant killed after coast guard opens fire on boat carrying Venezuelan migrants

The baby’s mother was injured after the Trinidad and Tobago coast guard shot at the boat, later saying it fired in ‘self defence’

The Guardian - US · Feb 7, 2022

Baby on migrant boat shot dead by Coast Guard off Trinidad and Tobago

The one-year-old boy was being cradled in his mother’s arms near the vessel’s engines when the Coast Guard opened fire

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2022

Trinidad says Venezuelan migrant infant dies in border security operation

Trinidad and Tobago's Coast Guard said a Venezuelan migrant infant died in a security operation on Saturday when a vessel illegally crossed the maritime border, prompting the Caribbean nation to offer condolences.

Reuters · Feb 7, 2022

Harrogate-born Axel Brown out to ink Trinidad and Tobago into bobsleigh history

Brown says he welcomes the inevitable ‘Cool Runnings’ comparisons to the famous Jamaica team.

The Independent UK · Feb 7, 2022

Carr pulls up at Tolka Park as former Hoops striker Dan boosts Shelbourne strikeforce

The Trinidad and Tobago international returns to Dublin following a short-term spell with Welling United.

Dublin Live · Feb 2, 2022

Shelbourne sign ex-Shamrock Rovers striker Dan Carr

The striker has become a Trinidad & Tobago international since leaving the Hoops

Irish Mirror · Feb 2, 2022