NEWS
Release our son
The parents of 16-year-old Jaylon George, who is the first minor detained under the current State of Emergency (SoE), say he is innocent of the allegations made against him by the police. According to the preventative detention order (PDO) related to George, he was “credibly identified by confidential intelligence as a member of the Rasta City/Seven Gang.” The order added that George is a “shooter for the gang” and has access to a cache of high-powered firearms and ammunition intended to be used to expand the gang’s territory. It further claims that he and others plan to imminently carry out retaliatory shootings against rival gangs in public spaces, making his detention necessary to disrupt these plans. George is currently being detained at the Youth Training and Rehabilitation Centre (YTRC) in Arouca. Read more here
Hunt on for ‘family friend’
Rashme Deoajit, a 28-year-old avid cricketer who was devoted to her family, was found brutally murdered inside her Granville, Cedros, home on Tuesday. She was found by a relative with her throat slit and several stab wounds in the bedroom of her home on Tat Trace. Investigators believe she was attacked mere hours before her body was found by a family member, who climbed through a window of her home on Tuesday afternoon. Homicide investigations indicated that the suspect is someone known to the victim—a man her family had shown kindness to, and Deoajit had allowed to stay at her home. Read more here
POLITICS
PM defends radar removal in Tobago
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says the removal of the United States-installed radar in Tobago should not come as a surprise, maintaining that the high-tech, military-grade equipment was always intended to be temporary. Breaking her silence following Monday’s removal, Persad-Bissessar told Guardian Media the move had been arranged well in advance. “The departure of the radar was pre-planned months in advance. As I said last year, it was a temporary installation at my request,” she said in a WhatsApp message to Guardian Media yesterday. The Prime Minister has maintained that she had requested the system from the US Embassy as a temporary solution, noting that the country’s existing radar surveillance had been functioning sporadically and had been compromised. She added that the radar was only intended to remain in place until the government could acquire and install a permanent, upgraded replacement of its own. Read more here
BUSINESS
Edoo’s Welding and Industrial Supplies: Building business is not an easy road
In the humid, industrial heartland of 1960’s Trinidad, the air was often thick with the pungent, metallic tang of burning electrodes. This was an era of profound transformation for the island’s energy sector, and amidst the dense forestry zones of Texaco’s vast holdings, Habib Edoo was carving out a name for himself. He was far more than a labourer; he was a craftsman of the oil field—a contractor whose hands fluently spoke the structural language of welding, industrial pipelining and the massive steel skeletons of tank farms. Yet, even as he toiled in the heat of the field, Habib’s vision extended far beyond the immediate blue flash of the welding arc. As the country marks Eid tomorrow, the occasion serves as a timely reflection on the discipline and faith that acted as the internal scaffolding for his life. Read more here
Judge orders bank to reimburse US$30,000
Republic Bank Ltd has been ordered by the High Court to reimburse a businessman US$30,000 for emergency medical expenses incurred overseas, ruling that the bank was contractually responsible for the medical benefits attached to its Visa Signature credit card. In a judgment delivered on Tuesday, Justice Robin Mohammed ruled in favour of Gerald Sirjoo, finding that the bank could not escape liability by pointing to third-party service providers, after marketing the medical benefits as part of its own credit card package. Sirjoo sued the bank after his claim for reimbursement was denied following emergency neurosurgery in Texas in 2018. Read more here
REGIONAL
Guyana’s climate services being translated into significant economic commodity –President Ali
Guyana’s climate services are rapidly emerging as a significant economic commodity, with revenues generated through its Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS) 2030 helping to fund major national sustainable projects; this is according to President Dr. Irfaan Ali. “Climate and environmental stewardship is not a gift only that we’re giving to the world; it is part of our new economy,” the Head of State said during a Wednesday broadcast of the Tea on the Terrace programme. He noted that environmental, climate and biodiversity services are gaining global recognition as valuable economic commodities, with Guyana strategically positioning itself to capitalise on these emerging opportunities. Revenues from climate services, along with traditional oil and tax revenues, according to Senior Minister in the Office of the President with Responsibility for Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh, significantly contribute to Guyana’s national treasury. Read more here
INTERNATIONAL
Trump threatens to blow up 'entirety' of major Iran gas field if it attacks Qatar again
US President Donald Trump has threatened to blow up a major gas field in Iran if it attacks the US's Gulf Arab ally Qatar again. Trump's threat came after a day in which Israel hit Iran's South Pars - part of the world's largest natural gas field. Tehran retaliated by striking an energy complex in Qatar, causing "extensive damage" and leading to a spike in energy prices. While Israel has not officially confirmed its attack on the gas field, the US president said the US "knew nothing" about its ally, which had "violently lashed out" at Iran "out of anger for what has taken place in the Middle East". Conflict across the region continues after the US and Israel launched wide-ranging strikes on Iran on 28 February. Read more here
19th March 2026