Bee­sham Philip, 63, of Ma­haraj Street, Mon­trose, Ch­agua­nas, was trav­el­ling north along the Uri­ah But­ler High­way at about 10.15 pm on Thurs­day, when he lost con­trol of the Maz­da RX-8 he was dri­ving, reg­is­tra­tion num­ber PCZ 7033. The ve­hi­cle crashed in­to a con­crete bar­ri­er on the west­ern side of the dual car­riage­way near the Di­vali Na­gar walkover.

While for­mer Chief Jus­tice Ivor Archie’s near­ly two-decade tenure was marked by oc­ca­sion­al con­tro­ver­sy, col­leagues and staff yes­ter­day re­mem­bered him as a trans­for­ma­tion­al leader who mod­ernised Trinidad and To­ba­go’s Ju­di­cia­ry.

A 63-year-old Ch­agua­nas man died on Thurs­day night af­ter the sports car he was dri­ving crashed and caught fire along the Uri­ah But­ler High­way.

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.