In­ter­na­tion­al Air Trans­port As­so­ci­a­tion (IA­TA) di­rec­tor gen­er­al Willie Walsh says the use of air­space as an eco­nom­ic and po­lit­i­cal weapon is “in­ap­pro­pri­ate” and “un­ac­cept­able.”

Chief Sec­re­tary and To­ba­go Peo­ple’s Par­ty (TPP) po­lit­i­cal leader Far­ley Au­gus­tine says he was sur­prised by Wat­son Duke’s de­ci­sion to pub­licly en­dorse the TPP ahead of the Jan­u­ary 12 THA elec­tion, but he wel­comes the sup­port.

PDP leader Wat­son Duke’s an­nounce­ment that he will sup­port the To­ba­go Peo­ple’s Par­ty (TPP) for the up­com­ing THA elec­tions has drawn mixed re­ac­tions in the Rox­bor­ough/Ar­gyle dis­trict he rep­re­sents. Most of the res­i­dents there wel­comed the de­ci­sion, while oth­ers be­lieve Duke tar­nished his own cred­i­bil­i­ty long be­fore re­turn­ing to Far­ley Au­gus­tine’s cor­ner.

The Sum­ma­ry Of­fences (Amend­ment) Bill, which has been called the Fire­works Bill, was passed unan­i­mous­ly in the House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives yes­ter­day with amend­ments pro­posed by the Op­po­si­tion, in a re­newed spir­it of ca­ma­raderie rarely seen across the aisles.

Scores of bar own­ers gath­ered at Wood­ford Square yes­ter­day, just be­fore Par­lia­ment con­vened, ac­cus­ing the Fi­nance Min­is­ter of vic­tim­i­sa­tion over a pro­posed Amuse­ment Gam­ing Tax Bill that they say could crip­ple small and medi­um-sized bars and force wide­spread clo­sures.

Ef­forts by Op­po­si­tion MPs Colm Im­bert and Mar­vin Gon­za­les to have Par­lia­ment’s Priv­i­leges Com­mit­tee in­ves­ti­gate the Prime Min­is­ter and At­tor­ney Gen­er­al for un­par­lia­men­tary lan­guage have failed, and Leader of Gov­ern­ment Busi­ness in the House Bar­ry Padarath has al­so failed in his bid to have Im­bert in­ves­ti­gat­ed by the Priv­i­leges team.

BEI­JING, CHI­NA - In the heart of Bei­jing’s harsh win­ter, Trinidad and To­ba­go na­tion­als found a fa­mil­iar warmth, as the Caribbean com­mu­ni­ty in Chi­na came to­geth­er to cel­e­brate the Christ­mas sea­son.

Po­lice have not ruled out foul play in the death of a so­cial­ly-dis­placed man who was found along a road in Ste Madeleine on Mon­day.

The Cit­i­zens Against Noise Pol­lu­tion of Trinidad and To­ba­go (CANPTT) is call­ing for stronger en­force­ment and clear le­gal pro­tec­tions for res­i­dents un­der the Sum­ma­ry Of­fences (Amend­ment) Bill, 2025, oth­er­wise called the Fire­works Reg­u­la­tion Bill, warn­ing that the pro­posed law will fail with­out firm ac­tion on the ground.

Trinidad and To­ba­go Scrap Iron Deal­ers’ As­so­ci­a­tion pres­i­dent Al­lan Fer­gu­son has ap­pealed for a com­pre­hen­sive, na­tion­wide Gov­ern­ment in­ter­ven­tion in re­sponse to ris­ing cas­es of vi­o­lence against women and the deep­en­ing cri­sis of youth in­volve­ment in crime.

Fol­low­ing a sec­ond do­mes­tic-vi­o­lence mur­der-sui­cide in un­der a month, ad­vo­cates are rais­ing ur­gent ques­tions about whether po­lice and so­cial-ser­vice sys­tems are work­ing—or fail­ing those at risk.

Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der has re­voked a pre­ven­ta­tive de­ten­tion or­der (PDO) against a man from Cara­po, who was al­ready on re­mand when it was ex­e­cut­ed in Sep­tem­ber.