Grena­da has joined Trinidad and To­ba­go and the wider Caribbean in mourn­ing the death of leg­endary ca­lyp­son­ian Slinger Fran­cis­co, the Mighty Spar­row, with the is­land’s Min­is­ter for Tourism, Cre­ative Econ­o­my and Cul­ture de­scrib­ing him as one of the re­gion’s most cel­e­brat­ed cul­tur­al icons.

The Law As­so­ci­a­tion of Trinidad and To­ba­go (LATT) is call­ing on Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar to with­draw what it de­scribes as dis­parag­ing re­marks against In­de­pen­dent Sen­a­tors fol­low­ing the Gov­ern­ment’s fail­ure to se­cure their sup­port for pro­posed leg­is­la­tion.

Po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing the rob­bery and rape of a woman by two men in Ari­ma on Sun­day evening.

The Le­gal Aid and Ad­vi­so­ry Au­thor­i­ty (LAAA) has marked 50 years of pro­vid­ing le­gal as­sis­tance to peo­ple in Trinidad and To­ba­go, with of­fi­cials high­light­ing its role in mak­ing jus­tice more ac­ces­si­ble.