Em­bat­tled Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) Sen­a­tor Janelle John-Bates has of­fered her res­ig­na­tion from the Up­per House to her po­lit­i­cal leader, but Pen­ne­lope Beck­les has not yet de­cid­ed if she will ac­cept it.

Cen­tral Bank Gov­er­nor Lar­ry Howai took the Bank’s se­nior lead­er­ship to the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly (THA) last Fri­day, sharp­en­ing fo­cus on To­ba­go-spe­cif­ic pol­i­cy and clos­ing long-stand­ing da­ta gaps that have con­strained plan­ning.

Holy Name Con­vent clinched the Sec­ondary Schools In­ter­col girls’ ti­tle with a con­vinc­ing 42-run vic­to­ry over first-time fi­nal­ists St Au­gus­tine Girls’ High School at the Bri­an Lara Crick­et Acad­e­my in Tarou­ba, San Fer­nan­do on Fri­day.

Two love sto­ries, one stage—A Deal With Dark­ness lit up the Na­pari­ma Bowl from April 17 to 19, hold­ing au­di­ences spell­bound as per­form­ers brought lo­cal folk­lore vivid­ly to life in a haunt­ing and emo­tion­al­ly charged nar­ra­tive of love, sac­ri­fice and con­se­quence.

Crime in Trinidad and To­ba­go is no longer just a mat­ter of sta­tis­tics, polic­ing strate­gies or po­lit­i­cal de­bate. Its most dev­as­tat­ing ef­fect is the ero­sion of our chil­dren’s safe­ty and well-be­ing. They em­body the cost of this re­lent­less vi­o­lence, ab­sorb­ing trau­ma and fear that will de­ter­mine not just their fu­tures, but the fu­ture of our na­tion.