With the 36th edi­tion of the St James Chil­dren’s Car­ni­val just weeks away, or­gan­is­ers say the pop­u­lar ju­nior mas pa­rade is at risk as they ap­peal for ad­di­tion­al fund­ing. The event is card­ed for Sun­day Feb­ru­ary 8, 2026, along the West­ern Main Road, St James, and is ex­pect­ed to at­tract hun­dreds of young mas­quer­aders and large crowds of spec­ta­tors.

A 35-year-old sus­pect want­ed in con­nec­tion with sev­er­al crimes was shot by po­lice dur­ing his ar­rest in Point Fortin on Wednes­day.

For­mer PNM sen­a­tor Lau­rence His­lop has warned To­bag­o­ni­ans strict en­force­ment of new traf­fic fines will be­gin im­me­di­ate­ly af­ter the Jan­u­ary 12 THA elec­tion, ac­cus­ing the Gov­ern­ment of hold­ing back tick­et­ing on the is­land un­til vot­ing ends.

Clara­belle Tardieu has been re­leased af­ter more than a month in cap­tiv­i­ty fol­low­ing her ab­duc­tion from Monos Is­land.