The Women Par­lia­men­tar­i­ans of Trinidad and To­ba­go, WPTT, has opened ap­pli­ca­tions for Co­hort Three of its Young Women Em­pow­ered to Serve, YES, Lead­er­ship Pro­gramme 2026.

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Man­u­fac­tur­ers’ As­so­ci­a­tion (TTMA) will un­der­take its sec­ond Trade Mis­sion on the Seas from Feb­ru­ary 28 to March 10, led by CEO Dr Mahin­dra Ramdeen.

Heads of Gov­ern­ment of the Caribbean Com­mu­ni­ty and US Sec­re­tary of State Mar­co Ru­bio have agreed to a “Co­op­er­a­tion Frame­work ap­pro­pri­ate to the 21st cen­tu­ry to sup­port the needs and in­ter­ests of the Caribbean Com­mu­ni­ty and the USA.”

Rose­marie Abed has been elect­ed pres­i­dent of the Syr­i­an Lebanese Women’s As­so­ci­a­tion for 2026.

The State has been or­dered to pay over $600,000 in com­pen­sa­tion to a moth­er and daugh­ter, whose home was searched by po­lice us­ing a war­rant in the name of a man who no longer lived there. 

The third edi­tion of the To­ba­go Jazz and Mu­sic Week­end promis­es to have pa­trons swing­ing in more ways than one.

The State has been or­dered to pay more than $600,000 in com­pen­sa­tion to a moth­er and daugh­ter whose home was searched by po­lice us­ing a war­rant is­sued in the name of a man who no longer lived there.

One man was ar­rest­ed and a firearm, am­mu­ni­tion and a bul­let­proof vest were seized dur­ing an­ti-crime op­er­a­tions in the South West­ern and North­ern Di­vi­sions this week.

Class­es at San Fer­nan­do East Sec­ondary School were dis­rupt­ed on Fri­day as Her­itage Pe­tro­le­um Com­pa­ny Lim­it­ed con­tin­ued clean-up op­er­a­tions fol­low­ing an oil spill on the school com­pound.

Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der is call­ing on com­mu­ni­ties across the coun­try to take a more ac­tive role in stand­ing against crim­i­nal ac­tiv­i­ty fol­low­ing a triple mur­der in Laven­tille.

The Board of the En­er­gy Cham­ber of Trinidad & To­ba­go has ac­cept­ed the res­ig­na­tion of its pres­i­dent and chief ex­ec­u­tive of­fi­cer, Dr Thack­wray (Dax) Dri­ver, ef­fec­tive March 31, 2026.

Sources con­firmed that Keon Alexan­der, Dwayne Alexan­der and Jesse Nel­son were lim­ing out­side their home at Mc­Shine Lands, Laven­tille, at around 1 am when they were con­front­ed by a group of men with as­sault ri­fles who shot them be­fore es­cap­ing through near­by tracks.