David Beckham, who starred for Manchester United, Real Madrid and England’s National Team before heading to the United States and Paris, is retiring. The midfielder played his first game for Manchester United in 1992 and eventually rose to become captain of England’s international team for more than 50 games, including several world cup tournaments. He appeared in 115 matches for the squad. “I feel now is the right time to finish my career, playing at [...]

The Ministry of Health has announced a major recall of several imported food items due to bacterial contamination. The products are imported from the New York based Rich Products Corporation. Products produced by Farm Rich and Market Day were recalled in the US and now food items produced by Waycross Georgia are being recalled because they may contain the bacteria E. Coli. Frozen food products with possible contamination were exported to Trinidad and Tobago according to information [...]

A 22-year-old man was fatally shot on the steps of a Brooklyn apartment complex Tuesday, cops and witnesses said. The victim was blasted five times in the chest outside the Linden Blvd. building in Flatbush about 3:45 p.m. as scores of horrified onlookers ducked for cover, police sources and witnesses said. “I just saw the crowd disperse, kids were coming home from school,” said the superintendent of a building across the street. “I saw a [...]

Iran has been struck by its most powerful earthquake for nearly 40 years with tremors felt across Pakistan, India and the Middle East. The epicentre of the 7.8 magnitude quake, was near the South-East city of Khash close to the Pakistani Border. Offices were evacuated in Karachi, Delhi, and in the Gulf States. There are conflicting reports on casualties but preliminary reports say that 40 people had been killed.

The 4 Trinidad and Tobago born nationals registered in yesterday’s tragic Boston marathon are safe. The 4 Learie Lezama, 53 of St James; Marlon Bascombe, 32 of Brooklyn, New York; Christopher Battoo, 25, of Brookline, Massachusetts and  Ingrid Mathison, 50, of West Hempstead were among 25,000 entrants who participated in the 2013 Boston Marathon yesterday which was marred by two explosions at the finish line that left two people dead. Two deadly bomb blasts, seconds apart, [...]

The United States of America is now in high alert. This after two bombs exploded mere hours after the Boston marathon, killing two and injuring sixty four. It has also been reported that there have been several other explosions across the country. Speaking to 7Eyewitness News Ambassador to the United States Dr Neil Parsan indicated that special travel advisories are now in effect. Meanwhile he also indicated that a Saudi national has been held in [...]

More than 2 million Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mazda vehicles have been recalled on a global scale because of faulty airbags. The air bags are made by the Japanese Takata Corporation  a company which produces airbags for non Japanese car manufacturers as well. Following identification that the bag’s inflation system was problematic Toyota recalled 1.7 million vehicles from North America, Europe and Japan. The models affected include Corolla, Tundra and Lexus SC which were produced [...]

A horrific accident at Buck Hall, Region Two, early this morning has left multiple fatalities and at least seven injured. While details of the accident are sketchy WIN News understands that a truck at the time was transporting workers for a well-known Miner known as ‘Mappa’ who was also on board and is among the injured. According to reports the truck developed some difficulties as it was negotiating a hill at an area known as [...]

Banks and consumers are being warned of a security breach with credit cards across the Caribbean. The breach which caused a nationwide recall of credit cards in the Bahamas , is said to put other Caribbean banks at risk. That includes commercial banks across T&T. In the Bahamas, banks responded quickly to the credit card breach by reissuing thousands of cards, in an attempt to protect funds of thousands of consumers. And on Thursday, the [...]

The Democratic Labour Party……. Has retained power in Barbados with a narrow election victory….. The win gives Prime Minister……….. Freundel Stuart……. His first full term in office……. After taking over as Prime Minister in 2010…… following the death of former Prime Minister David Thompson. The initial results showed a thin majority of 16 seats for the DLP……… to 14 for the BLP. Stuart’s DLP had held 21 of 30 seats in Parliament going into the [...]