San­gre Grande Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion’s (SGRC) Di­vali cel­e­bra­tion, the biggest ever in the East­ern town, came to an abrupt end when po­lice moved in, stat­ing that the time ap­proved for the pro­gramme had ex­pired.

Mem­bers of the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) have ac­cused the Gov­ern­ment of avoid­ing ac­count­abil­i­ty in the re­cent­ly con­clud­ed bud­get de­bate by hav­ing low­er-rank­ing MPs an­swer ques­tions in­stead of Cab­i­net min­is­ters.

De­spite the in­sis­tence from Min­is­ter of Rur­al De­vel­op­ment and Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment Khadi­jah Ameen that the bud­getary al­lo­ca­tion to PNM-led re­gion­al cor­po­ra­tions was sig­nif­i­cant­ly larg­er than the UNC’s cor­po­ra­tions, mem­bers of the Op­po­si­tion con­tend that the avail­able fund­ing would bare­ly be enough to cov­er much-need­ed main­te­nance and re­pairs.

Kar­ish­ma Ramharack, cap­tain of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Women’s Crick­et Team, has ex­pressed her pride in be­ing a Hin­du woman rep­re­sent­ing sport. Ramharack was de­liv­er­ing the fea­ture ad­dress at the Di­vali Na­gar cel­e­bra­tions on Fri­day.

Amid height­ened se­cu­ri­ty alert, Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar met with Unit­ed States Em­bassy of­fi­cials on Sat­ur­day night.

Protest­ing the di­rec­tion of the coun­try un­der Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump, peo­ple gath­ered Sat­ur­day in the na­tion’s cap­i­tal and com­mu­ni­ties across the U.S. for “ No Kings ” demon­stra­tions — what the pres­i­dent’s Re­pub­li­can Par­ty is call­ing “Hate Amer­i­ca” ral­lies.

The wider Caribbean Com­mu­ni­ty (Cari­com) has re­it­er­at­ed its po­si­tion that the Caribbean must re­main a ‘zone of peace’.

Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has re­mained most­ly silent fol­low­ing a U.S. Em­bassy se­cu­ri­ty alert to­day ad­vis­ing cit­i­zens to avoid all U.S. gov­ern­ment fa­cil­i­ties in Trinidad and To­ba­go through the hol­i­day week­end due to a “height­ened state of alert”.

The gov­ern­ment re­mains most­ly silent as the na­tion waits for clar­i­ty fol­low­ing a cryp­tic mes­sage from the U.S. Em­bassy to­day, ad­vis­ing cit­i­zens to avoid all U.S. Gov­ern­ment fa­cil­i­ties in Trinidad and To­ba­go through the hol­i­day week­end due to a “height­ened state of alert”.

Act­ing Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Ju­nior Ben­jamin said the Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice is on high alert fol­low­ing a re­cent se­cu­ri­ty ad­vi­so­ry.

The U.S. Em­bassy in Trinidad and To­ba­go has urged its cit­i­zens to avoid all U.S. Gov­ern­ment fa­cil­i­ties across the coun­try dur­ing the hol­i­day week­end due to a height­ened state of alert.

Cunu­pia po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing the theft of more than $21,000 worth of seafood from a de­liv­ery truck on Fri­day af­ter­noon.