As an­tic­i­pa­tion builds for the up­com­ing na­tion­al bud­get, health stake­hold­ers are call­ing for ur­gent mea­sures to ad­dress wages, food se­cu­ri­ty, and the coun­try’s wors­en­ing health trends.

Econ­o­mists are urg­ing Gov­ern­ment to pri­ori­tise crit­i­cal na­tion­al chal­lenges in the 2026 Bud­get, in­clud­ing crime re­duc­tion, ed­u­ca­tion re­form, agri­cul­tur­al re­vi­tal­i­sa­tion, tourism de­vel­op­ment, and the ur­gent re­struc­tur­ing of the Na­tion­al In­sur­ance Scheme (NIS).

Amid the hus­tle and bus­tle of Up­per High Street in San Fer­nan­do, where taxi dri­vers could be heard court­ing pas­sen­gers for Princes Town and Gulf City Mall, the his­tor­i­cal red build­ing sits dor­mant in the heart of the city.

The his­to­ry of ca­lyp­so mu­sic is well doc­u­ment­ed ... in ca­lyp­so mu­sic it­self. How­ev­er, what is less known is the con­tri­bu­tions and im­pact of In­do-Trinida­di­ans on the art form. Those with­in the fra­ter­ni­ty are acute­ly aware and speak high­ly of the In­do-Trinida­di­an ser­vice, but those who don’t go to the tents are per­haps less aware.

More jobs have been lost, this time at the Min­istry of Sport and Youth Af­fairs, as short-term staff see their con­tracts come to an end.

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar and Min­is­ter of En­er­gy and En­er­gy In­dus­tries Dr Roodal Mooni­lal met with with Shell Trinidad and To­ba­go ex­ec­u­tives on Thurs­day to dis­cuss the re­vival of the Drag­on Gas project.

For­mer prime min­is­ter and en­er­gy min­is­ter Stu­art Young has ac­cused Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar of mis­lead­ing the pub­lic about the sta­tus of the US Of­fice of For­eign As­sets Con­trol (OFAC) li­cence—a crit­i­cal reg­u­la­to­ry re­quire­ment for any en­gage­ment with Venezuela’s state-owned gas re­serves.

A 14-year-old boy from Phase 2, La Hor­quet­ta, was hos­pi­talised Fri­day night af­ter be­ing shot mul­ti­ple times in both legs while asleep on a couch.

Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der says it may be time for the coun­try to start try­ing child of­fend­ers as adults in court.

The Trinidad and To­ba­go Air­line Pi­lots As­so­ci­a­tion (TTAL­PA) con­vened an ur­gent meet­ing at 3 pm yes­ter­day fol­low­ing re­ports that Caribbean Air­lines’ (CAL) Chief Ex­ec­u­tive Of­fi­cer, Garvin Med­era, part­ed ways with the com­pa­ny.

A ma­jor in­tel­li­gence-led op­er­a­tion con­duct­ed be­tween 6:30 p.m. on Oc­to­ber 3 and 5:00 a.m. on Oc­to­ber 4, 2025, re­sult­ed in the dis­rup­tion of a con­tra­band smug­gling at­tempt near the Arou­ca Max­i­mum Se­cu­ri­ty Prison.

A La Hor­quet­ta teenag­er had to be hos­pi­talised on Fri­day night af­ter be­ing shot mul­ti­ple times in both legs as he lay asleep on a couch.