Five peo­ple were ar­rest­ed and a firearm, am­mu­ni­tion and quan­ti­ties of cannabis, co­caine, metham­phet­a­mine and ec­sta­sy were seized dur­ing a se­ries of po­lice ex­er­cis­es con­duct­ed across Trinidad on Fri­day.

West In­di­an Traders Ltd (WIT) has ex­tend­ed its Ini­tial Pub­lic Of­fer­ing (IPO) to June 22, 2026.

​Emerg­ing ri­val­ries are set to take cen­tre stage when the Na­tion­al As­so­ci­a­tion of Ath­let­ics Ad­min­is­tra­tions of T&T (NAAATT) hosts its Na­tion­al Ju­ve­nile Track and Field Cham­pi­onships at the Hase­ly Craw­ford Sta­di­um in Mu­cu­rapo, Port-of-Spain Sat­ur­day and Sun­day from 9 am.

George Gon­za­les got ex­pelled from school in Form One. A pupil of Mu­cu­rapo Ju­nior Sec­ondary, he was the on­ly “white boy” among his peers. One day, a class­mate, whom he bare­ly re­mem­bers ex­cept by the name Cruick­shank, made a racist joke. He was nev­er one to back down from pi­cong, so George fired right back. That was the end of his ed­u­ca­tion.

It was in­evitable that se­cu­ri­ty, the State of Emer­gency - and Gov­ern­ment ver­sus Op­po­si­tion bick­er­ing—would have arisen at Par­lia­ment’s Stand­ing Fi­nance Com­mit­tee meet­ing yes­ter­day.