Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice (CoP) Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro is de­fend­ing near­ly $800 mil­lion in over­time pay­ments made by the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) be­tween 2024 and 2026, ar­gu­ing that the ex­pen­di­ture was both nec­es­sary and jus­ti­fied in light of sig­nif­i­cant re­duc­tions in crime and is like­ly to con­tin­ue as the ser­vice con­tin­ues its fight against the crim­i­nal el­e­ment.

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has launched a scathing at­tack on the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) over its promise to re­peal key pieces of leg­is­la­tion if it re­turns to of­fice, ac­cus­ing the Op­po­si­tion of putting young peo­ple and com­mu­ni­ties at risk by op­pos­ing the Gov­ern­ment’s crime-fight­ing mea­sures.

The Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) has vowed to re­peal four pieces of leg­is­la­tion in­tro­duced by the Gov­ern­ment if it re­turns to of­fice fol­low­ing the next gen­er­al elec­tion.

Siparia al­der­man Vic­tor Roberts has launched a blis­ter­ing cri­tique of May­or Dood­nath Mayrhoo, ac­cus­ing him of ar­ro­gance, poor lead­er­ship and an in­abil­i­ty to man­age the Siparia Bor­ough Cor­po­ra­tion, as he broke his si­lence on the con­tro­ver­sial Mu­nic­i­pal Cor­po­ra­tions (Amend­ment) Bill, 2026.