Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der has out­lined in­creased po­lice op­er­a­tions in Cen­tral Trinidad fol­low­ing a spate of mur­ders, while de­clin­ing to say whether any­one has been ar­rest­ed in con­nec­tion with the killings.

The day­light killings of two women in­side a Cou­va beau­ty spa have left neigh­bour­ing busi­ness own­ers and res­i­dents shak­en, with many ques­tion­ing their safe­ty amid the coun­try’s ris­ing crime rate.

A French na­tion­al was held af­ter Cus­toms of­fi­cers found 3.065 kilo­grammes of co­caine in his lug­gage at the Pi­ar­co In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port on Thurs­day.

Sev­en for­eign na­tion­als, be­tween the ages of 23 and 32, have been ar­rest­ed by the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) af­ter they al­leged­ly failed to pro­duce valid iden­ti­fi­ca­tion and im­mi­gra­tion doc­u­ments dur­ing a po­lice ex­er­cise at a bar in Tu­na­puna.

As thou­sands of rev­ellers hit the streets of Scar­bor­ough for J’Ou­vert cel­e­bra­tions to­day, Deputy Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Suzette Mar­tin is warn­ing the pub­lic to avoid con­fronta­tions.

Re­stric­tions im­ple­ment­ed by the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) in To­ba­go failed to stop the flow of wa­ter yes­ter­day morn­ing as thou­sands of Stink and Dut­ty pa­trons were sprayed with hoses.

Four peo­ple were ar­rest­ed for dri­ving un­der the in­flu­ence of al­co­hol dur­ing po­lice op­er­a­tions in To­ba­go on Fri­day as the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) in­ten­si­fied se­cu­ri­ty for Car­ni­val 2026.

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has de­clared that Fri­day’s protest against the Gov­ern­ment has “bust”, telling demon­stra­tors to re­turn to work on Mon­day and en­joy the week­end.

A French na­tion­al was held af­ter Cus­toms of­fi­cers found 3.065 kilo­grammes of co­caine in his lug­gage at the Pi­ar­co In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port on Thurs­day.

Twelve moth­ers from com­mu­ni­ties across Trinidad and To­ba­go will com­pete for the ti­tle of Ms Mag­nif­i­cent Mom 2026 to­mor­row at the Cas­ca­dia Ho­tel, St Ann’s

A man from San Juan has been award­ed over $200,000 in com­pen­sa­tion for be­ing wrong­ful­ly ar­rest­ed, false­ly im­pris­oned and as­sault­ed by po­lice of­fi­cers in their probe in­to an al­leged plot to dis­rupt Car­ni­val cel­e­bra­tions in 2018.

Re­stric­tions im­ple­ment­ed by the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) in To­ba­go failed to stop the flow of wa­ter on Fri­day morn­ing, as thou­sands of Stink and Dut­ty pa­trons were sprayed with hoses.