- http://www.guardian.co.tt/neo/NeoProxy.dll?app=NeoDirect&com=6/21/7be46ddd02 Sat, 24 Oct 2026 07:20:25 -0400 The Gov­ern­ment’s al­lo­ca­tion for the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly’s (THA) Tourism and Hos­pi­tal­i­ty Sec­tor sup­port pro­gramme has been re­duced by 80 per cent for 2027, while sev­er­al tourism-re­lat­ed en­ti­ties linked to To­ba­go Car­ni­val have al­so re­ceived low­er al­lo­ca­tions. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/tobagos-tourismcarnival-funding-cut-for-2027-6.2.2693421.60de6c7812 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/tobagos-tourismcarnival-funding-cut-for-2027-6.2.2693421.60de6c7812 A del­e­ga­tion of pub­lic and pri­vate sec­tor of­fi­cials from Venezuela’s Su­cre State will vis­it Trinidad and To­ba­go next week to ex­plore eco­nom­ic part­ner­ships, trade and in­vest­ment op­por­tu­ni­ties, and strength­en bi­lat­er­al ties be­tween the two coun­tries. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/venezuelan-delegation-to-visit-tt-next-week-6.2.2693406.ed7ac4d425 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/venezuelan-delegation-to-visit-tt-next-week-6.2.2693406.ed7ac4d425 Days af­ter re­ports emerged that sev­er­al state cor­po­rate en­ti­ties had with­drawn their spon­sor­ship from the 2026 Di­vali Na­gar, the Na­tion­al Coun­cil of In­di­an Cul­ture (NCIC) yes­ter­day an­nounced that Blue Wa­ters had come on board as a Di­a­mond Spon­sor for this year’s cel­e­bra­tions. And the com­pa­ny says it is proud to as­sist in pre­serv­ing T&T’s cul­tur­al lega­cy. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/blue-waters-says-its-proud-to-preserve-tts-cultural-legacy-6.2.2693426.4afc4f7189 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/blue-waters-says-its-proud-to-preserve-tts-cultural-legacy-6.2.2693426.4afc4f7189 Six po­lice con­sta­bles have scored an­oth­er vic­to­ry in their al­most decade-long le­gal bat­tle over pro­mo­tions.  news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/six-police-officers-win-latest-round-in-promotion-battle-6.2.2693385.3979e1b188 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/six-police-officers-win-latest-round-in-promotion-battle-6.2.2693385.3979e1b188 Just two weeks af­ter po­lice shot and killed two al­leged as­sailants in her neigh­bour­hood, Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress coun­cil­lor Vanes­sa Kussie was robbed out­side her home on Thurs­day night. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/unc-councillor-robbed-outside-roystonia-home-6.2.2693400.4d7c25da69 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/unc-councillor-robbed-outside-roystonia-home-6.2.2693400.4d7c25da69 Lawyers rep­re­sent­ing the fam­i­lies of two women with eight chil­dren and two or­phans of a for­mer Trinida­di­an Is­lam­ic State (IS) fight­er strand­ed in a Syr­i­an refugee camp have been en­cour­aged to con­tin­ue talks with the State over its of­fi­cial po­si­tion on whether the group can re­turn to Trinidad and To­ba­go. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/appeal-court-urges-dialogue-on-repatriation-of-tt-families-in-syria-6.2.2693388.b53249a5e1 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/appeal-court-urges-dialogue-on-repatriation-of-tt-families-in-syria-6.2.2693388.b53249a5e1 The burn­ing of three Ra­vana ef­fi­gies, in­clud­ing one stand­ing 85 feet tall, will bring this year’s Ram­leela cel­e­bra­tions at the Pierre Road Recre­ation Ground in Char­lieville, Ch­agua­nas, to a dra­mat­ic close to­mor­row, as the an­nu­al Hin­du the­atri­cal por­tray­al of Lord Ra­ma’s life con­tin­ues to draw pa­trons from across Trinidad and To­ba­go. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/pierre-road-ramleela-finale-to-feature-85foot-ravana-effigy-6.2.2693412.f96e061d2b http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/pierre-road-ramleela-finale-to-feature-85foot-ravana-effigy-6.2.2693412.f96e061d2b Claims of in­ter­nal dis­agree­ments are emerg­ing with­in the Na­tion­al Coun­cil for In­di­an Cul­ture (NCIC) over its han­dling of spon­sor­ship arrange­ments for Di­vali Na­gar 2026, amid con­cerns by some board mem­bers that the de­ci­sion to bring Blue Wa­ters on board could be per­ceived as a po­lit­i­cal state­ment against the Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar ad­min­is­tra­tion. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/mangaroo-denies-claims-of-board-rift-over-blue-waters-sponsorship-6.2.2693428.1db4e9bf25 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/mangaroo-denies-claims-of-board-rift-over-blue-waters-sponsorship-6.2.2693428.1db4e9bf25 Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has ridiculed Blue Wa­ters’ spon­sor­ship of this year’s Di­vali Na­gar cel­e­bra­tions, ac­cus­ing the com­pa­ny’s own­ers of pri­vate­ly us­ing racial slurs against East In­di­an peo­ple while pub­licly fund­ing one of the coun­try’s largest In­di­an cul­tur­al and re­li­gious cel­e­bra­tions. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/its-a-pr-stunt-6.2.2693432.1c03c3589e http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/its-a-pr-stunt-6.2.2693432.1c03c3589e Fi­nance Min­is­ter Dav­en­dranath Tan­coo has ad­mit­ted that an er­ror was made in the 2027 Bud­get al­lo­ca­tion for the To­ba­go Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (TRHA), while as­sur­ing that the au­thor­i­ty will re­ceive enough fund­ing to meet its op­er­a­tional ex­pens­es. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/tancoo-admits-budget-error-in-trha-allocation-6.2.2693424.cc2b9cd5c3 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/tancoo-admits-budget-error-in-trha-allocation-6.2.2693424.cc2b9cd5c3 The rel­a­tives of 28-year-old An­dell Lee are de­mand­ing an in­de­pen­dent in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to his fa­tal shoot­ing by po­lice in St Barbs, Laven­tille, on Thurs­day, in­sist­ing the of­fi­cial ac­count of the in­ci­dent does not match what fam­i­ly mem­bers and res­i­dents say oc­curred. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/family-challenges-police-account-of-fatal-st-barbs-shooting-6.2.2693398.6956179a7f http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/family-challenges-police-account-of-fatal-st-barbs-shooting-6.2.2693398.6956179a7f A rob­bery sus­pect want­ed in con­nec­tion with a home in­va­sion in the Mon Re­pos dis­trict was shot and killed by po­lice in Ste Madeleine yes­ter­day af­ter he al­leged­ly point­ed a firearm at of­fi­cers pur­su­ing him dur­ing an in­tel­li­gence-led an­ti-crime op­er­a­tion. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/robbery-suspect-shot-dead-by-police-in-ste-madeleine-6.2.2693396.c3f9149b59 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/robbery-suspect-shot-dead-by-police-in-ste-madeleine-6.2.2693396.c3f9149b59 To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly Chief Sec­re­tary Far­ley Au­gus­tine has con­firmed re­me­di­al works on the aban­doned Good­wood mi­cro polic­ing unit will be­gin next week. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/farley-goodwood-police-post-repairs-start-next-week-6.2.2693417.a1791f23cc http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/farley-goodwood-police-post-repairs-start-next-week-6.2.2693417.a1791f23cc Deputy Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Ju­nior Ben­jamin was ap­point­ed to act as Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice from yes­ter­day un­til Wednes­day, while Com­mis­sion­er Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro leads a Trinidad and To­ba­go del­e­ga­tion at the In­ter­na­tion­al As­so­ci­a­tion of Chiefs of Po­lice (IACP) An­nu­al Con­fer­ence and Ex­po­si­tion in Or­lan­do, Flori­da. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/benjamin-acts-as-cop-as-guevarro-attends-us-conference-6.2.2693419.dfa6bfba16 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/benjamin-acts-as-cop-as-guevarro-attends-us-conference-6.2.2693419.dfa6bfba16 Rel­a­tives of two To­ba­go fish­er­men who have been miss­ing for near­ly two weeks are turn­ing to DNA test­ing for an­swers af­ter two de­com­pos­ing bod­ies were dis­cov­ered in the wa­ters of St Vin­cent and the Grenadines. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/fishermens-families-seek-dna-tests-after-two-bodies-found-in-svg-6.2.2693415.f73f28ca2f http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/fishermens-families-seek-dna-tests-after-two-bodies-found-in-svg-6.2.2693415.f73f28ca2f Op­po­si­tion MP Colm Im­bert has ac­cused the East Port-of-Spain De­vel­op­ment Com­pa­ny Ltd of be­ing in breach of the Com­pa­nies Act, af­ter Hous­ing Min­is­ter David Lee con­firmed that the State com­pa­ny has been with­out a board since May 2025. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/imbert-questions-legality-of-east-pos-company-operating-without-board-6.2.2693404.f95a82f704 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/imbert-questions-legality-of-east-pos-company-operating-without-board-6.2.2693404.f95a82f704 The fu­ner­al ser­vice for vet­er­an ca­lyp­son­ian Broth­er Valenti­no will take place on Oc­to­ber 29 at the Cathe­dral of the Im­mac­u­late Con­cep­tion, In­de­pen­dence Square, Port-of-Spain. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/brother-valentinos-funeral-set-for-october-29-6.2.2693402.498c50fb75 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/brother-valentinos-funeral-set-for-october-29-6.2.2693402.498c50fb75 Health Min­is­ter Dr Lack­ram Bo­doe has as­sured the pub­lic that the min­istry is work­ing to ad­dress short­ages of drugs un­der the Chron­ic Dis­ease As­sis­tance Pro­gramme (CDAP), say­ing 49 of the pro­gramme’s 52 drug items are cur­rent­ly avail­able. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/bodoe-says-ministry-working-to-resolve-cdap-drug-shortages-6.2.2692686.b0ff4b6862 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/bodoe-says-ministry-working-to-resolve-cdap-drug-shortages-6.2.2692686.b0ff4b6862 Works and In­fra­struc­ture Min­is­ter Jear­lean John has de­fend­ed a $33 mil­lion re­duc­tion in fund­ing for con­tract­ed high­way works in the 2027 Bud­get com­pared with the orig­i­nal 2026 al­lo­ca­tion, say­ing the min­istry can con­tain costs by us­ing its own work­ers. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/john-says-inhouse-work-will-offset-33m-cut-to-highway-contracts-6.2.2692692.15f46760ff http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/john-says-inhouse-work-will-offset-33m-cut-to-highway-contracts-6.2.2692692.15f46760ff For­mer South-West Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (SWRHA) di­rec­tor Dr Anand Cha­toor­goon says the au­thor­i­ty’s board has been re­duced to five mem­bers fol­low­ing four res­ig­na­tions, rais­ing ques­tions about whether it can con­tin­ue to func­tion law­ful­ly. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/exswrha-board-member-questions-its-legitimacy-after-four-resignations-6.2.2692680.6647251575 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/exswrha-board-member-questions-its-legitimacy-after-four-resignations-6.2.2692680.6647251575 Works and In­fra­struc­ture Min­is­ter Jear­lean John has de­fend­ed a $69.3 mil­lion al­lo­ca­tion for work­ers re­cruit­ed through the Na­tion­al Re­cruit­ment Dri­ve, say­ing the fund­ing cov­ers both wages and ma­te­ri­als for main­te­nance work. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/john-defends-693m-for-national-recruitment-drive-6.2.2692690.c9802cfce3 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/john-defends-693m-for-national-recruitment-drive-6.2.2692690.c9802cfce3 Switch on the air con­di­tion­er, one econ­o­mist says, and every­one else helps pay for it. An­oth­er says fam­i­lies al­ready squeezed by food prices can­not af­ford to pay more. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/economists-split-on-timing-of-electricity-hike-6.2.2692682.bc0c3a71fc http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/economists-split-on-timing-of-electricity-hike-6.2.2692682.bc0c3a71fc Na­tion­al Flour Mills Lim­it­ed (NFM) has be­come the lat­est ma­jor­i­ty State-owned com­pa­ny to with­draw its spon­sor­ship from this year’s Di­vali Na­gar. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/nfm-latest-stateowned-company-to-withdraw-divali-nagar-sponsorship-6.2.2692688.c551d49292 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/nfm-latest-stateowned-company-to-withdraw-divali-nagar-sponsorship-6.2.2692688.c551d49292 Just one week af­ter its of­fi­cial open­ing, the Good­wood mi­cro polic­ing unit has been closed due to in­fra­struc­ture con­cerns, in­clud­ing soil ero­sion af­fect­ing its foun­da­tion. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/new-goodwood-police-post-abandoned-due-to-soil-erosion-6.2.2692699.80a14f39e2 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/new-goodwood-police-post-abandoned-due-to-soil-erosion-6.2.2692699.80a14f39e2 For­mer po­lice com­mis­sion­er Gary Grif­fith is urg­ing the pub­lic to look be­yond the pro­posed $6 mil­lion al­lo­ca­tion for re­pairs to the Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice’s of­fi­cial res­i­dence in St James, and in­stead ex­am­ine whether pub­lic as­sets are be­ing man­aged with sound judge­ment. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/former-ttps-leaders-not-surprised-by-6m-bill-to-repair-cops-residence-6.2.2692697.8693b7af2b http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/former-ttps-leaders-not-surprised-by-6m-bill-to-repair-cops-residence-6.2.2692697.8693b7af2b Chief Jus­tice Ron­nie Boodoos­ingh has ex­pressed hope that crim­i­nal cas­es can even­tu­al­ly be de­ter­mined in un­der three years at some point dur­ing his tenure. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/cj-wants-criminal-cases-dispensed-in-23-years-6.2.2692695.71a3adafe8 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/cj-wants-criminal-cases-dispensed-in-23-years-6.2.2692695.71a3adafe8 Chief Jus­tice Ron­nie Boodoos­ingh is urg­ing young peo­ple to em­brace hon­esty, courage, kind­ness and team­work, warn­ing that the choic­es they make to­day will help de­ter­mine the fu­ture of Trinidad and To­ba­go. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/cj-urges-youth-to-choose-honesty-courage-and-kindness-6.2.2692636.ac11f0b3e9 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/cj-urges-youth-to-choose-honesty-courage-and-kindness-6.2.2692636.ac11f0b3e9 Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar yes­ter­day wel­comed her son, Kris Shi­va Bisses­sar, to the le­gal pro­fes­sion, af­ter he grad­u­at­ed with a law de­gree from the Uni­ver­si­ty of the West In­dies. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/pm-celebrates-sons-entry-into-legal-profession-6.2.2692701.7ca8989c2e http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/pm-celebrates-sons-entry-into-legal-profession-6.2.2692701.7ca8989c2e The Works Min­istry’s Mar­itime Di­vi­sion is warn­ing peo­ple on the To­co side not to use in­for­mal trans­porta­tion to get to this week­end’s To­ba­go Car­ni­val. Par­ty boats are al­so a grave con­cern, Works Min­is­ter Jear­lean John said. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/toco-residents-urged-to-avoid-informal-rides-to-tobago-carnival-6.2.2692684.c46f67855a http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/toco-residents-urged-to-avoid-informal-rides-to-tobago-carnival-6.2.2692684.c46f67855a One year af­ter the Gov­ern­ment de­clared both White­hall and the Prime Min­is­ter’s of­fi­cial res­i­dence in St Ann’s to be in poor con­di­tion to ac­com­mo­date Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar in the con­duct of her na­tion­al du­ties, plans are now ad­vanc­ing to re­lo­cate key func­tions of the Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter (OPM) from White­hall. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/no-plan-to-fix-whitehall-pms-residence-6.2.2692703.08a5d7a9bb http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/no-plan-to-fix-whitehall-pms-residence-6.2.2692703.08a5d7a9bb As sev­er­al state agen­cies—in­clud­ing the Na­tion­al Lot­ter­ies Con­trol Board (NL­CB), Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions Ser­vices of Trinidad and To­ba­go (TSTT), First Cit­i­zens Bank (FCB) and Na­tion­al Flour Mills (NFM)—with­draw their spon­sor­ship of Di­vali Na­gar, Blue Wa­ters has in­creased its fi­nan­cial com­mit­ment to the an­nu­al cul­tur­al fes­ti­val, be­com­ing an of­fi­cial Di­a­mond spon­sor for its 40th an­niver­sary. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/blue-waters-boosts-divali-nagar-sponsorship-as-state-agencies-pull-out-6.2.2692921.81b9f2dd13 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/blue-waters-boosts-divali-nagar-sponsorship-as-state-agencies-pull-out-6.2.2692921.81b9f2dd13 The South-West Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty’s Board has been dis­solved af­ter a se­ries of res­ig­na­tions from Board mem­bers. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/more-swrha-board-members-resign-6.2.2692940.334adc05cf http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/more-swrha-board-members-resign-6.2.2692940.334adc05cf The Asian Foot­ball Con­fed­er­a­tion has en­dorsed Gi­an­ni In­fan­ti­no for an­oth­er term as FI­FA pres­i­dent in an ap­par­ent turn­around in its stance from two months ago when it crit­i­cized the head of soc­cer’s world gov­ern­ing body for a breach of trust. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/gianni-infantino-is-endorsed-by-the-asian-football-confederation-for-another-term-as-fifa-president-6.2.2693026.61ef7ba4f1 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/gianni-infantino-is-endorsed-by-the-asian-football-confederation-for-another-term-as-fifa-president-6.2.2693026.61ef7ba4f1 An 18-year-old San­gre Grande man has been charged with shop break­ing and lar­ce­ny af­ter more than $41,000 worth of shoes, cell phones and a lap­top were stolen from a busi­ness in Va­len­cia last week. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/teen-charged-after-41000-in-shoes-phones-stolen-6.2.2693045.6d08a0f9fb http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/teen-charged-after-41000-in-shoes-phones-stolen-6.2.2693045.6d08a0f9fb The Ju­di­cia­ry of Trinidad and To­ba­go has con­sult­ed ju­di­cial of­fi­cers, le­gal prac­ti­tion­ers and jus­tice-sec­tor stake­hold­ers on ways to im­prove the ad­min­is­tra­tion of fam­i­ly jus­tice and en­sure the time­ly res­o­lu­tion of cas­es. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/judiciary-consults-stakeholders-on-family-court-rules-6.2.2693067.8a8f9f4e2a http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/judiciary-consults-stakeholders-on-family-court-rules-6.2.2693067.8a8f9f4e2a Po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing the theft of gov­ern­ment-owned lap­tops from the Point Fortin West Sec­ondary School. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/police-probe-theft-of-laptops-from-point-fortin-secondary-6.2.2693116.e6b39e7f95 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/police-probe-theft-of-laptops-from-point-fortin-secondary-6.2.2693116.e6b39e7f95 A del­e­ga­tion of Venezue­lan pub­lic and pri­vate-sec­tor of­fi­cials from Su­cre State will vis­it Trinidad and To­ba­go next week to seek eco­nom­ic part­ner­ships and strength­en bi­lat­er­al ties. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/venezuela-delegation-to-seek-economic-partnerships-in-tt-6.2.2693186.621639b0d0 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/venezuela-delegation-to-seek-economic-partnerships-in-tt-6.2.2693186.621639b0d0 A man be­lieved to be want­ed in con­nec­tion with a home in­va­sion and rob­bery in­ves­ti­ga­tion was shot and killed by po­lice dur­ing an an­ti-crime ex­er­cise in Ste Madeleine ear­ly this morn­ing. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/man-wanted-for-home-invasion-killed-in-police-shooting-6.2.2693246.066d4c87d6 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/man-wanted-for-home-invasion-killed-in-police-shooting-6.2.2693246.066d4c87d6 The fu­ner­al ser­vice for vet­er­an ca­lyp­son­ian Broth­er Valenti­no will take place on Thurs­day, Oc­to­ber 29, at the Cathe­dral of the Im­mac­u­late Con­cep­tion, In­de­pen­dence Square, Port-of-Spain. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/brother-valentinos-funeral-set-for-october-29-6.2.2693256.cce333f56c http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/brother-valentinos-funeral-set-for-october-29-6.2.2693256.cce333f56c The Min­istry of De­fence is re­cruit­ing ad­di­tion­al mem­bers for the Trinidad and To­ba­go De­fence Force (TTDF), with De­fence Min­is­ter Wayne Sturge say­ing the ex­pan­sion is nec­es­sary to meet the coun­try's grow­ing se­cu­ri­ty and re­gion­al re­spon­si­bil­i­ties. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/defence-ministry-recruiting-more-soldiers-ccc-milat-programmes-being-restructured-6.2.2692198.77b3fe54d6 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/defence-ministry-recruiting-more-soldiers-ccc-milat-programmes-being-restructured-6.2.2692198.77b3fe54d6 Eight men have been ar­rest­ed in con­nec­tion with Tues­day’s rob­bery of a woman in the car park of Adam’s Bagels on Sad­dle Road, Mar­aval. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/8-arrested-after-woman-robbed-outside-maraval-bagel-shop-6.2.2691870.d5fc35bb7f http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/8-arrested-after-woman-robbed-outside-maraval-bagel-shop-6.2.2691870.d5fc35bb7f The Trinidad and To­ba­go Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) is warn­ing the pub­lic against tak­ing vig­i­lante ac­tion against sex of­fend­ers who may be liv­ing in their com­mu­ni­ties. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/police-warn-against-vigilante-action-against-sex-offenders-6.2.2691872.ccd1cabc20 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/police-warn-against-vigilante-action-against-sex-offenders-6.2.2691872.ccd1cabc20 As To­ba­go pre­pares to wel­come an es­ti­mat­ed 60,000 rev­ellers for next week’s Car­ni­val, an ad­di­tion­al 100 po­lice of­fi­cers have been de­ployed from Trinidad to bol­ster se­cu­ri­ty, with sup­port from the De­fence Force and oth­er law en­force­ment agen­cies. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/100-additional-police-officers-deployed-for-tobago-carnival-6.2.2691892.5df3a5dbd2 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/100-additional-police-officers-deployed-for-tobago-carnival-6.2.2691892.5df3a5dbd2 The with­draw­al of First Cit­i­zens Bank (FCB) from this year’s Di­vali Na­gar has added to the spon­sor­ship chal­lenges fac­ing the Na­tion­al Coun­cil of In­di­an Cul­ture (NCIC), just days be­fore the an­nu­al cel­e­bra­tions be­gin. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/fcb-pulls-support-from-divali-nagar-6.2.2691888.b1603b276d http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/fcb-pulls-support-from-divali-nagar-6.2.2691888.b1603b276d Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Bar­ry Padarath yes­ter­day stopped short of as­sur­ing cit­i­zens that elec­tric­i­ty rates would not be in­creased to help set­tle the near­ly $10 bil­lion debt owed by the Trinidad and To­ba­go Elec­tric­i­ty Com­mis­sion (T&TEC) to the Na­tion­al Gas Com­pa­ny (NGC). news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/govt-not-ruling-out-ttec-rate-hike-6.2.2691911.d86c7a2e92 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/govt-not-ruling-out-ttec-rate-hike-6.2.2691911.d86c7a2e92 The Gov­ern­ment spent $1.3 mil­lion on the fu­ner­al arrange­ments and of­fi­cial farewell for leg­endary ca­lyp­son­ian Dr Slinger Fran­cis­co, bet­ter known as the Mighty Spar­row. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/government-spent-13-million-on-sparrows-farewell-6.2.2692196.21186fcfab http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/government-spent-13-million-on-sparrows-farewell-6.2.2692196.21186fcfab Amalya Burke and Cordell Hinds have emerged as the top per­form­ers in their re­spec­tive age groups at the 11th edi­tion of the More Than Just Tal­ent (MTJT) com­pe­ti­tion, which show­cased the singing, danc­ing and in­stru­men­tal skills of young per­form­ers at the Na­pari­ma Bowl in San Fer­nan­do on Sat­ur­day. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/young-performers-shine-at-more-than-just-talent-finals-6.2.2692264.a20e5d4b02 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/young-performers-shine-at-more-than-just-talent-finals-6.2.2692264.a20e5d4b02 Pres­i­dent Chris­tine Kan­ga­loo has of­fi­cial­ly de­clared Sun­day, No­vem­ber 8, as the 2026 pub­lic hol­i­day for Di­vali. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/divali-holiday-set-for-november-8-6.2.2692477.18313e6483 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/divali-holiday-set-for-november-8-6.2.2692477.18313e6483 Forty-sev­en teach­ers from 20 pri­vate schools across Trinidad and To­ba­go have par­tic­i­pat­ed in a mas­ter­class aimed at help­ing ed­u­ca­tors ad­dress body im­age con­cerns and self-es­teem among young peo­ple. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/47-teachers-attend-selfesteem-masterclass-6.2.2692482.e1fd2db048 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/47-teachers-attend-selfesteem-masterclass-6.2.2692482.e1fd2db048 The fa­ther of three men await­ing tri­al for the mur­der of Se­nior Coun­sel Dana See­ta­hal has been dis­charged on an ex­tor­tion charge af­ter de­lays in pros­e­cut­ing the case. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/extortion-charge-against-seetahal-murder-accuseds-father-dismissed-6.2.2691877.7147f2d1ae http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/extortion-charge-against-seetahal-murder-accuseds-father-dismissed-6.2.2691877.7147f2d1ae Works and In­fra­struc­ture Min­is­ter Jear­lean John says the Gov­ern­ment’s Re­vi­tal­i­sa­tion Blue­print, an­nounced last year af­ter the Bud­get, is “se­ri­ous­ly on­go­ing.” news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/revitalisation-blueprint-seriously-ongoing-says-john-6.2.2691886.7c9a28c50e http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/revitalisation-blueprint-seriously-ongoing-says-john-6.2.2691886.7c9a28c50e A po­lice of­fi­cer fac­ing cor­rup­tion charges has lost his law­suit chal­leng­ing the de­ci­sion to by­pass him for pro­mo­tion. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/officer-ordered-to-pay-costs-after-losing-promotion-lawsuit-6.2.2691874.6c808983ae http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/officer-ordered-to-pay-costs-after-losing-promotion-lawsuit-6.2.2691874.6c808983ae Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Bar­ry Padarath yes­ter­day re­fused to rule out pri­vati­sa­tion or a pub­lic-pri­vate part­ner­ship for the Trinidad and To­ba­go Sol­id Waste Man­age­ment Com­pa­ny (SWM­COL), say­ing the state en­ter­prise’s busi­ness mod­el must change to re­duce its bur­den on tax­pay­ers. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/padarath-government-weighing-swmcols-future-6.2.2691884.c47b2a5b63 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/padarath-government-weighing-swmcols-future-6.2.2691884.c47b2a5b63 Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der says the pro­cure­ment process for Trinidad and To­ba­go’s tran­si­tion to an elec­tron­ic pass­port sys­tem has be­gun, but he was un­able to pro­vide key de­tails about the project, in­clud­ing its cost, im­ple­men­ta­tion time­line and the num­ber of com­pa­nies in­volved in the ten­der­ing process. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/alexander-epassport-procurement-underway-cost-unknown-6.2.2691890.183c104514 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/alexander-epassport-procurement-underway-cost-unknown-6.2.2691890.183c104514 Gov­ern­ment has al­lo­cat­ed $6 mil­lion to re­fur­bish the Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice’s of­fi­cial res­i­dence, which Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der says is mould-in­fest­ed and cur­rent­ly un­in­hab­it­able. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/6m-to-fix-top-cops-home-6.2.2691918.b10a8c4736 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/6m-to-fix-top-cops-home-6.2.2691918.b10a8c4736 Broth­er Valenti­no, the Grena­da-born ca­lyp­son­ian whose mu­sic cham­pi­oned black con­scious­ness, equal­i­ty and the strug­gles of or­di­nary peo­ple, died on Tues­day at the age of 85. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/calypso-icon-brother-valentino-dies-at-85-6.2.2691909.9864776f06 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/calypso-icon-brother-valentino-dies-at-85-6.2.2691909.9864776f06 Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Bar­ry Padarath says the On-the-Job Train­ing (OJT) Pro­gramme has been op­er­at­ing on “au­topi­lot” for years, with sev­er­al key po­si­tions va­cant, in­clud­ing those of ex­ec­u­tive di­rec­tor and deputy ex­ec­u­tive di­rec­tor. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/public-utilities-minister-ojt-on-autopilot-for-years-6.2.2691882.8903d2517d http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/public-utilities-minister-ojt-on-autopilot-for-years-6.2.2691882.8903d2517d The Op­po­si­tion is lament­ing that it was un­able to ques­tion the Gov­ern­ment about mil­lions of dol­lars al­lo­cat­ed for po­lice in­fra­struc­ture, equip­ment and oth­er de­vel­op­ment projects af­ter blam­ing Stand­ing Fi­nance Com­mit­tee (SFC) chair­man Jagdeo Singh for mov­ing past a key ex­pen­di­ture item dur­ing yes­ter­day’s SFC ex­am­i­na­tion of the 2027 Bud­get with­out paus­ing for their ques­tions. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/opposition-protests-missed-chance-to-question-police-spending-6.2.2691914.d013a8214d http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/opposition-protests-missed-chance-to-question-police-spending-6.2.2691914.d013a8214d Uni­ver­si­ty of Trinidad and To­ba­go (UTT) ex­ec­u­tive chair­man Pro­fes­sor Sel­wyn Cud­joe is cur­rent­ly re­ceiv­ing $10,000 a month as the Gov­ern­ment awaits a de­ter­mi­na­tion from the Chief Per­son­nel Of­fi­cer (CPO) on his re­mu­ner­a­tion for the ex­ec­u­tive chair­man po­si­tion. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/minister-cudjoe-getting-10000-monthly-as-utt-chair-6.2.2691894.3e9178deb4 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/minister-cudjoe-getting-10000-monthly-as-utt-chair-6.2.2691894.3e9178deb4 Twen­ty-five peo­ple sus­pect­ed of be­ing il­le­gal im­mi­grants have been de­tained af­ter po­lice in­ter­cept­ed a ves­sel along Trinidad’s west­ern penin­su­la dur­ing a late-night op­er­a­tion on Tues­day. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/25-suspected-illegal-immigrants-detained-off-western-peninsula-6.2.2692244.f8c2db43e9 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/25-suspected-illegal-immigrants-detained-off-western-peninsula-6.2.2692244.f8c2db43e9 Na­tion­al Flour Mills Lim­it­ed (NFM) has be­come the lat­est ma­jor­i­ty State-owned com­pa­ny to with­draw its spon­sor­ship from this year's Di­vali Na­gar. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/nfm-latest-to-withdraw-divali-nagar-sponsorship-6.2.2692518.89a8a108d7 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/nfm-latest-to-withdraw-divali-nagar-sponsorship-6.2.2692518.89a8a108d7 Agri­cul­ture and Fish­eries Min­is­ter Ravi Rati­ram says the Prae­di­al Lar­ce­ny Squad has made 21 ar­rests and se­cured about six con­vic­tions fol­low­ing 60,000 farm vis­its. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/praedial-larceny-squad-makes-21-arrests-after-60000-farm-visits-6.2.2692526.8987907791 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/praedial-larceny-squad-makes-21-arrests-after-60000-farm-visits-6.2.2692526.8987907791 A Coast Guard of­fi­cer who com­mand­ed a ves­sel that ran aground ap­peared be­fore a five-mem­ber mil­i­tary tri­bunal on Mon­day to an­swer four charges aris­ing from the in­ci­dent. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/coast-guard-officer-faces-courtmartial-over-damaged-vessel-6.2.2690873.85f797038f http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/coast-guard-officer-faces-courtmartial-over-damaged-vessel-6.2.2690873.85f797038f A build­ing ma­te­r­i­al sup­ply com­pa­ny has scored a sec­ond vic­to­ry in a le­gal bat­tle against a for­mer cus­tomer over al­most $1 mil­lion in ar­rears on goods it sup­plied over a decade ago.  news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/building-material-supply-store-wins-appeal-battle-over-1m-in-unpaid-invoices-6.2.2691146.ed22dabdad http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/building-material-supply-store-wins-appeal-battle-over-1m-in-unpaid-invoices-6.2.2691146.ed22dabdad Six­teen Nestlé Trinidad and To­ba­go work­ers have been re­trenched while an­oth­er 30 have ac­cept­ed vol­un­tary sep­a­ra­tion pack­ages as the multi­na­tion­al food com­pa­ny moves ahead with re­struc­tur­ing its lo­cal dis­tri­b­u­tion op­er­a­tions. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/46-nestle-workers-sent-home-amid-restructuring-exercise-6.2.2691162.5c2830018d http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/46-nestle-workers-sent-home-amid-restructuring-exercise-6.2.2691162.5c2830018d Po­lice are try­ing to iden­ti­fy the body of a man who was found near the Mara­cas Bay look­out on the North Coast on Tues­day morn­ing. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/mans-body-found-near-maracas-bay-lookout-6.2.2691112.2bfd018a0f http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/mans-body-found-near-maracas-bay-lookout-6.2.2691112.2bfd018a0f Op­po­si­tion MP Stu­art Young has ac­cused Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar of hypocrisy over her state­ments about pub­lic ser­vants. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/young-calls-out-pm-over-comments-on-public-servants-6.2.2691164.409acfe51a http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/young-calls-out-pm-over-comments-on-public-servants-6.2.2691164.409acfe51a Trade union lead­ers have pushed back against the Gov­ern­ment’s threat to dis­miss un­pro­duc­tive pub­lic ser­vants, ar­gu­ing that work­ers can­not be held sole­ly re­spon­si­ble for poor pro­duc­tiv­i­ty when many lack the tools, equip­ment and sup­port need­ed to per­form their du­ties. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/unions-threats-wont-fix-public-service-productivity-6.2.2691168.c3699dd5db http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/unions-threats-wont-fix-public-service-productivity-6.2.2691168.c3699dd5db The Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) says a whistle­blow­er com­plaint with­in the or­gan­i­sa­tion trig­gered the foren­sic in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to wa­ter truck­ing con­trac­tor Flex­i­ble En­ter­pris­es Lim­it­ed (FEL), and not any oth­er in­ter­ven­tion. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/wasa-says-whistleblower-triggered-fel-probe-gonzales-disputes-account-6.2.2691150.fe05fc0f4b http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/wasa-says-whistleblower-triggered-fel-probe-gonzales-disputes-account-6.2.2691150.fe05fc0f4b The Oil­fields Work­ers’ Trade Union (OW­TU) is hope­ful that work­ers at the Trinidad and To­ba­go Elec­tric­i­ty Com­mis­sion (T&TEC) will be­gin re­ceiv­ing out­stand­ing cost-of-liv­ing al­lowance (CO­LA) pay­ments be­fore Christ­mas. How­ev­er, the union says sev­er­al years of wage ne­go­ti­a­tions re­main un­re­solved. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ttec-workers-expect-first-cola-payment-before-christmas-6.2.2691114.bc17b99a4d http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ttec-workers-expect-first-cola-payment-before-christmas-6.2.2691114.bc17b99a4d An im­mi­gra­tion con­sul­tant from Aranguez who was ac­quit­ted of two charges of al­leged­ly steal­ing $77,000 from a client seek­ing help with work per­mits has lost her ma­li­cious pros­e­cu­tion law­suit. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/immigration-consultant-loses-malicious-prosecution-lawsuit-6.2.2691140.9eeea74e2e http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/immigration-consultant-loses-malicious-prosecution-lawsuit-6.2.2691140.9eeea74e2e Cul­tur­al groups in Fe­lic­i­ty have wel­comed bmo­bile’s de­ci­sion to redi­rect fund­ing to com­mu­ni­ty Di­vali cel­e­bra­tions, as the Na­tion­al Coun­cil of In­di­an Cul­ture (NCIC) faces a $500,000 spon­sor­ship short­fall for this year’s Di­vali Na­gar. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/felicity-groups-welcome-bmobile-funding-shift-as-nagar-faces-shortfall-6.2.2691116.2ca259bb2b http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/felicity-groups-welcome-bmobile-funding-shift-as-nagar-faces-shortfall-6.2.2691116.2ca259bb2b “Hard work does not kill” has been Theophilus George’s mot­to through­out his life, and yes­ter­day the To­ba­go cen­te­nar­i­an cel­e­brat­ed 100 years sur­round­ed by the fam­i­ly he worked tire­less­ly to pro­vide for. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/tobago-centenarians-secret-to-life-6.2.2691142.564cf1b23f http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/tobago-centenarians-secret-to-life-6.2.2691142.564cf1b23f Char­tered sur­vey­or and for­mer pres­i­dent of the Joint Con­sul­ta­tive Coun­cil for the Con­struc­tion In­dus­try, Afra Ray­mond has warned that re­cent amend­ments to the Pub­lic Pro­cure­ment and Dis­pos­al of Pub­lic Prop­er­ty (Amend­ment) Bill, 2026, have placed the coun­try on the precipice of con­fu­sion and cor­rup­tion. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/raymond-warns-procurement-law-changes-could-fuel-corruption-6.2.2691144.84a48deefe http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/raymond-warns-procurement-law-changes-could-fuel-corruption-6.2.2691144.84a48deefe Mem­bers of the Op­po­si­tion, in­clud­ing leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les, say they are wait­ing for an in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to Act­ing Chief Mag­is­trate Bri­an Dabideen to pro­ceed with­out mak­ing any pub­lic com­ments to en­sure the mat­ter can con­tin­ue with­out in­ter­fer­ence or hin­drance. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/opposition-awaits-facts-in-dabideen-case-6.2.2691172.8b173b2622 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/opposition-awaits-facts-in-dabideen-case-6.2.2691172.8b173b2622 San Fer­nan­do East MP Bri­an Man­ning was eject­ed from Par­lia­ment yes­ter­day fol­low­ing a heat­ed con­fronta­tion with House Speak­er Jagdeo Singh over his at­tempts to ques­tion a re­duc­tion in fund­ing for the San Fer­nan­do City Cor­po­ra­tion. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/speaker-ejects-manning-after-heated-clash-6.2.2691136.aa803b96e7 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/speaker-ejects-manning-after-heated-clash-6.2.2691136.aa803b96e7 The Na­tion­al Union of Gov­ern­ment and Fed­er­at­ed Work­ers (NUGFW) is prepar­ing to take the South-West Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (SWRHA) to the In­dus­tri­al Court over the ter­mi­na­tion of 124 dai­ly-paid work­ers, which it says was un­law­ful and breached good in­dus­tri­al re­la­tions prac­tices. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/nugfw-to-take-swrha-to-court-over-124-workers-dismissals-6.2.2691148.1b8228dad2 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/nugfw-to-take-swrha-to-court-over-124-workers-dismissals-6.2.2691148.1b8228dad2 One day af­ter threat­en­ing to fire “lazy” pub­lic sec­tor work­ers, Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has vowed to up­root what she de­scribes as a “swine cul­ture” en­trenched in Trinidad and To­ba­go by the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM). news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/pm-vows-to-uproot-pnms-swine-culture-6.2.2691170.f871755790 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/pm-vows-to-uproot-pnms-swine-culture-6.2.2691170.f871755790 Rur­al De­vel­op­ment and Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment Min­is­ter Khadi­jah Ameen is de­fend­ing the Gov­ern­ment’s pro­posed 2027 al­lo­ca­tions to mu­nic­i­pal cor­po­ra­tions, ar­gu­ing that fund­ing de­ci­sions are guid­ed by their abil­i­ty to utilise the mon­ey pro­vid­ed, with ad­di­tion­al re­sources avail­able where jus­ti­fied. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ameen-defends-allocations-to-corporations-6.2.2691166.a0b53718db http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/ameen-defends-allocations-to-corporations-6.2.2691166.a0b53718db The Ju­di­cia­ry and the As­sem­bly of South­ern Lawyers are urg­ing re­spect for due process and the pre­sump­tion of in­no­cence as Act­ing Chief Mag­is­trate Bri­an Dabideen re­mains un­der in­ves­ti­ga­tion for cor­rup­tion. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/judiciary-attorneys-caution-against-prejudging-dabideen-probe-6.2.2691175.1498d4c1dc http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/judiciary-attorneys-caution-against-prejudging-dabideen-probe-6.2.2691175.1498d4c1dc The Op­po­si­tion ap­peared to de­liv­er a de­lib­er­ate snub to Sport and Youth Af­fairs Min­is­ter Phillip Watts yes­ter­day, re­fus­ing to ask a sin­gle ques­tion about his min­istry’s $486.4 mil­lion al­lo­ca­tion dur­ing the Stand­ing Fi­nance Com­mit­tee stage of the 2027 Bud­get de­bate. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/opposition-gives-watts-silent-treatment-refuses-to-question-486m-budget-6.2.2691134.d1953eaf06 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/opposition-gives-watts-silent-treatment-refuses-to-question-486m-budget-6.2.2691134.d1953eaf06 Act­ing Chief Mag­is­trate Bri­an Dabideen has cat­e­gor­i­cal­ly de­nied any wrong­do­ing fol­low­ing the ex­e­cu­tion of a search war­rant by the po­lice at his Gulf View, San Fer­nan­do, res­i­dence on Mon­day. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/acting-chief-magistrate-i-have-done-no-wrong-6.2.2691181.6837375e00 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/acting-chief-magistrate-i-have-done-no-wrong-6.2.2691181.6837375e00 The Prison Ser­vice paid $773.6 mil­lion in over­time be­tween 2016 and 2026, while a fur­ther $148 mil­lion was re­port­ed out­stand­ing to prison of­fi­cers. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/prison-service-overtime-bill-nears-922m-6.2.2691151.5e32d0d4f3 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/prison-service-overtime-bill-nears-922m-6.2.2691151.5e32d0d4f3 Re­cip­i­ents of the Se­nior Cit­i­zens’ Pen­sion, Dis­abil­i­ty As­sis­tance and Pub­lic As­sis­tance grants will con­tin­ue to be paid as the Min­istry of the Peo­ple, So­cial De­vel­op­ment and Fam­i­ly Ser­vices works to clear back­logs and ad­dress in­ac­cu­rate in­for­ma­tion that has caused mil­lions of dol­lars in wastage. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/mohit-no-grant-recipients-will-be-affected-by-budget-cut-6.2.2691154.4e89dc86fd http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/mohit-no-grant-recipients-will-be-affected-by-budget-cut-6.2.2691154.4e89dc86fd Bur­nett was charged with manslaugh­ter on Ju­ly 27 in con­nec­tion with the death of sev­en-year-old An­gel­i­ca Jo­gie on April 8. He is al­leged to have been rid­ing a jet ski that struck An­gel­i­ca and oth­er rel­a­tives in the bathing zone at Pi­geon Point beach. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/stolen-buoys-raise-fresh-concerns-over-tobago-beach-safety-6.2.2691138.5004c5e031 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/stolen-buoys-raise-fresh-concerns-over-tobago-beach-safety-6.2.2691138.5004c5e031 Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar and At­tor­ney Gen­er­al John Je­re­mie have de­clined to com­ment on the po­lice in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­volv­ing Act­ing Chief Mag­is­trate Bri­an Dabideen. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/pm-ag-defer-to-police-on-dabideen-investigation-6.2.2691179.8e29ba24b9 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/pm-ag-defer-to-police-on-dabideen-investigation-6.2.2691179.8e29ba24b9 Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les has ac­cused Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar of re­sort­ing to po­lit­i­cal in­sults and per­son­al at­tacks in­stead of ad­dress­ing what she de­scribes as Trinidad and To­ba­go's wors­en­ing eco­nom­ic cri­sis. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/political-vomit--beckles-blasts-kamla-6.2.2691177.57937f0e50 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/political-vomit--beckles-blasts-kamla-6.2.2691177.57937f0e50 Adam’s Bagels says it is tak­ing im­me­di­ate steps to strength­en se­cu­ri­ty at its Sad­dle Road, Mar­aval, premis­es af­ter a woman was beat­en and robbed in the car park. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/adams-pledges-to-improve-security-after-viral-robbery-video-6.2.2691388.c8646bf341 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/adams-pledges-to-improve-security-after-viral-robbery-video-6.2.2691388.c8646bf341 Ed­u­ca­tion Min­is­ter Dr Michael Dowlath is in­sist­ing that all ap­proved school sup­plies and book grants have been paid, de­spite com­plaints from ap­pli­cants who re­ceived ap­proval no­tices but are still await­ing their mon­ey. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/dowlath-says-all-approved-book-grants-paid-6.2.2691400.63c0fe4250 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/dowlath-says-all-approved-book-grants-paid-6.2.2691400.63c0fe4250 Uni­ver­si­ty of Trinidad and To­ba­go (UTT) Ex­ec­u­tive Chair­man Pro­fes­sor Sel­wyn Cud­joe is cur­rent­ly re­ceiv­ing $10,000 a month as the Gov­ern­ment awaits a de­ter­mi­na­tion from the Chief Per­son­nel Of­fi­cer (CPO) on his re­mu­ner­a­tion for the ex­ec­u­tive chair­man po­si­tion. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/utt-chairman-receiving-10000-monthly-pending-cpo-decision-6.2.2691413.9d1de67098 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/utt-chairman-receiving-10000-monthly-pending-cpo-decision-6.2.2691413.9d1de67098 Cul­tur­al groups in Fe­lic­i­ty have wel­comed bmo­bile’s de­ci­sion to redi­rect fund­ing to­wards com­mu­ni­ty Di­vali cel­e­bra­tions, as the Na­tion­al Coun­cil of In­di­an Cul­ture (NCIC) faces a $500,000 spon­sor­ship short­fall for this year’s Di­vali Na­gar. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/felicity-groups-welcome-bmobile-funding-for-divali-celebrations-6.2.2691464.ff45f1ae86 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/felicity-groups-welcome-bmobile-funding-for-divali-celebrations-6.2.2691464.ff45f1ae86 Di­vali Na­gar is more than a com­mer­cial event, but its eco­nom­ic ac­tiv­i­ties can help sus­tain its cul­tur­al mis­sion, says Na­tion­al Award re­cip­i­ent Dr Su­ruj Ram­bachan. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/rambachan-divali-nagar-must-balance-culture-and-commerce-6.2.2691479.bf10723016 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/rambachan-divali-nagar-must-balance-culture-and-commerce-6.2.2691479.bf10723016 New­town Boys RC Pri­ma­ry School has re­ceived five An­droid tablets, three months of up­grad­ed broad­band in­ter­net and a tro­phy, af­ter emerg­ing as the June 2026 cham­pi­on of the Flow-spon­sored Pen­na­cool.com In­ter-School Cham­pi­onship. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/flow-gives-devices-free-internet-to-newtown-boys-champions-6.2.2691481.2bfd24a502 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/flow-gives-devices-free-internet-to-newtown-boys-champions-6.2.2691481.2bfd24a502 Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Bar­ry Padarath has promised to work with pri­vate se­cu­ri­ty com­pa­nies to set­tle out­stand­ing pay­ments owed by the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA), ac­knowl­edg­ing that some firms went three to four years with­out be­ing paid. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/padarath-promises-action-on-wasa-security-arrears-6.2.2691522.01fceffc13 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/padarath-promises-action-on-wasa-security-arrears-6.2.2691522.01fceffc13 Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Bar­ry Padarath has promised to ac­cel­er­ate the re­place­ment of age­ing wa­ter pipelines this fi­nan­cial year, as re­cur­ring leaks con­tin­ue to dam­age roads in Diego Mar­tin and Mar­aval. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/padarath-blames-ageing-pipelines-for-damage-in-maraval-diego-martin-6.2.2691549.7667795d76 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/padarath-blames-ageing-pipelines-for-damage-in-maraval-diego-martin-6.2.2691549.7667795d76 Three years ago, the Do­mini­can Re­pub­lic’s civ­il avi­a­tion board, the Jun­ta de Aviación Civ­il (JAC), grant­ed ul­tra-low-cost car­ri­er Ara­jet Air­lines per­mis­sion to op­er­ate flights be­tween the Do­mini­can Re­pub­lic and Trinidad and To­ba­go. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/arajet-airlines-eyes-20282029-for-scheduled-flights-to-trinidad-6.2.2691552.03343ae511 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/arajet-airlines-eyes-20282029-for-scheduled-flights-to-trinidad-6.2.2691552.03343ae511 Broth­er Valenti­no, whose songs made a force­ful case for equal­i­ty, Black iden­ti­ty and the con­cerns of or­di­nary peo­ple, died yes­ter­day. He was 85. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/brother-valentino-peoples-calypsonian-dies-at-85-6.2.2691618.c57d9576a8 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/brother-valentino-peoples-calypsonian-dies-at-85-6.2.2691618.c57d9576a8 There is still no con­crete open­ing date for UWI’s Pe­nal/Debe cam­pus, but Ter­tiary Ed­u­ca­tion and Skills Train­ing Min­is­ter Pro­fes­sor Prakash Per­sad says prepa­ra­tions are well un­der­way for a full launch of­fer­ing pre-uni­ver­si­ty, un­der­grad­u­ate and post­grad­u­ate pro­grammes. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/no-opening-date-yet-for-uwi-penaldebe-campus-6.2.2691426.d2969b0021 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/no-opening-date-yet-for-uwi-penaldebe-campus-6.2.2691426.d2969b0021 Land and Le­gal Af­fairs Min­is­ter Sad­dam Ho­sein says the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al’s Of­fice will probe the lease of Ch­aguara­mas state lands by Tem­blado­ra En­er­gy Lo­gis­tics Lim­it­ed (TELL), where for­mer Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) trea­sur­er Howard Chin Lee is a di­rec­tor—but Chin Lee has deemed Ho­sein’s state­ments on the lease mis­lead­ing.” news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/hosein-ag-offices-to-probe-land-lease-to-expnm-treasurer-6.2.2690473.f8161080ea http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/hosein-ag-offices-to-probe-land-lease-to-expnm-treasurer-6.2.2690473.f8161080ea South-West Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (SWRHA) chair­man Anil Go­sine and med­ical di­rec­tor Dr Anand Cha­toor­goon have ten­dered their res­ig­na­tions. news http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/swrha-chairman-medical-director-resign-6.2.2690440.7e893b9a56 http://www.guardian.co.tt/news/swrha-chairman-medical-director-resign-6.2.2690440.7e893b9a56