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Friday, July 25, 2025

Opinion

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Homeland Security Minister  Roger Alexander at last week’s  post-Cabinet media briefing at the Diplomatic Centre.

Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander at last week’s post-Cabinet media briefing at the Diplomatic Centre.

ANISTO ALVES

Alexander proposes no bail for 180 days for gun offenders

Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty Min­is­ter Roger Alexan­der says the coun­try should not ap­pear soft on crime, and he is propos­ing that bail be de­nied for 180 days to those caught with il­le­gal guns.

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Wed Jul 23 2025
Communication Workers Union Secretary General Joanne Ogeer addresses members of the media during a press conference at CWU Hall, Henry Street, Port-of-Spain, yesterday.

Communication Workers Union Secretary General Joanne Ogeer addresses members of the media during a press conference at CWU Hall, Henry Street, Port-of-Spain, yesterday.

KERWIN PIERRE

Padarath denies CWU’s claim: No Govt interference in Western’s exit

One day af­ter it was an­nounced that Kent West­ern re­signed as TSTT’s chief ex­ec­u­tive of­fi­cer, Gov­ern­ment is deny­ing claims of po­lit­i­cal in­ter­fer­ence.

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KAY-MARIE FLETCHER
Wed Jul 23 2025
President of the Tobago October Carnival Association Dexter Sandy speaks to Guardian Media during an interview yesterday.

President of the Tobago October Carnival Association Dexter Sandy speaks to Guardian Media during an interview yesterday.

ELIZABETH GONZALES

Organisers say interest in Tobago Carnival high despite SoE

Prepa­ra­tions for To­ba­go Car­ni­val 2025 are mov­ing full steam ahead, ac­cord­ing to the is­land’s Car­ni­val As­so­ci­a­tion. The as­so­ci­a­tion’s pres­i­dent said there was al­ready high­er mas­quer­ad­er reg­is­tra­tion com­pared to last year, de­spite the State of Emer­gency (SoE) cur­rent­ly in ef­fect.

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Elizabeth Gonzales
Wed Jul 23 2025

Soca artiste wins court battle against THA over use of ‘coal pot’

So­ca artiste Sean Caruth has scored a ma­jor le­gal vic­to­ry in his bid to hold the To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly (THA) li­able for the unau­tho­rised use of his 2001 hit The Cook (Coal Pot) in a tele­vi­sion com­mer­cial for its Blue Food Fes­ti­val.

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Derek Achong
Wed Jul 23 2025
Minister of Homeland Security Roger Alexander and Minister of Legal Affairs, MP for Barataria/San Juan Saddam Hosein, greet attendees at the public consultation on the proposed ‘Stand Your Ground’ legislation, held yesterday at the Barataria Community Centre.

Minister of Homeland Security Roger Alexander and Minister of Legal Affairs, MP for Barataria/San Juan Saddam Hosein, greet attendees at the public consultation on the proposed ‘Stand Your Ground’ legislation, held yesterday at the Barataria Community Centre.

ANISTO ALVES

Stand-your-ground consultations kick off in Barataria

The first pub­lic con­sul­ta­tion on the pro­posed stand-your-ground leg­is­la­tion took place yes­ter­day at the Barataria Com­mu­ni­ty Cen­tre.

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Wed Jul 23 2025
Escaped Prisoner, Abraham Briggs

Escaped Prisoner, Abraham Briggs

Prisoner escapes amid State of Emergency

Days af­ter the State of Emer­gency (SoE) was de­clared due to a crime syn­di­cate in­volv­ing pris­on­ers, the T&T Prison Ser­vice an­nounced that a pris­on­er es­caped yes­ter­day.

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Wed Jul 23 2025
The section of the Solomon Hochoy Highway where Clyde Boodoo was fatally struck by a motor vehicle on Monday.

The section of the Solomon Hochoy Highway where Clyde Boodoo was fatally struck by a motor vehicle on Monday.

RISHI RAGOONATH

Debe man killed crossing highway

For years, Clyde Boodoo strug­gled with de­pres­sion and al­co­holism, but on Sun­day night, his life came to a trag­ic end when he was fa­tal­ly struck by a car in Debe.

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Wed Jul 23 2025
The Children’s Authority safehouse in San Fernando, where a fire broke out on Sunday, July 20, 2025.

The Children’s Authority safehouse in San Fernando, where a fire broke out on Sunday, July 20, 2025.

RISHI RAGOONATH

Fire prompts evacuation at Children’s Authority centre in Sando

Six chil­dren were safe­ly evac­u­at­ed from a Chil­dren’s Au­thor­i­ty Re­cep­tion Cen­tre in San Fer­nan­do on Sun­day af­ter a fire broke out in a bed­room on the build­ing’s sec­ond floor.

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Wed Jul 23 2025
Activist Wendell Eversley, former hostage, speaks to the media beside the Memorial Cenotaph outside the Red House, in remembrance of the 1990 attempted coup.

Activist Wendell Eversley, former hostage, speaks to the media beside the Memorial Cenotaph outside the Red House, in remembrance of the 1990 attempted coup.

KERWIN PIERRE

Former coup hostage: Don’t bury 1990

Ac­tivist and for­mer hostage Wen­dell Ever­s­ley is re­new­ing his call for jus­tice and re­mem­brance as the na­tion nears the 35th an­niver­sary of the 1990 coup at­tempt.

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Otto Carrington
Wed Jul 23 2025
 Candace Honore

Candace Honore

Lawyer of murder suspect still under probe

Homi­cide de­tec­tives were yes­ter­day seek­ing to com­plete their probe in­to an at­tor­ney held for al­leged­ly har­bour­ing the man sus­pect­ed of the bru­tal mur­der of 22-year-old Can­dace Hon­ore. 

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Wed Jul 23 2025
Advisor to the Office of the President of Guyana, Kevin Hogan

Advisor to the Office of the President of Guyana, Kevin Hogan

Biodiversity summit opens in Guyana

The Glob­al Bio­di­ver­si­ty Al­liance Sum­mit opens to­day in Guyana where lead­ing in­ter­na­tion­al sci­en­tists, glob­al lead­ers and rep­re­sen­ta­tives from the in­dige­nous com­mu­ni­ty will con­vene for three days to chart the way for­ward for bio­di­ver­si­ty around the world.

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Wed Jul 23 2025
Sargassum seaweed at Store Bay, Tobago.

Sargassum seaweed at Store Bay, Tobago.

Help coming for Tobago’s sargassum woes

Three months af­ter warn­ing that To­ba­go’s wind­ward coast was un­der siege from sar­gas­sum sea­weed, To­ba­go Ho­tel and Tourism As­so­ci­a­tion (TH­TA) pres­i­dent Regi­nald MacLean says help is fi­nal­ly on the way.

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Wed Jul 23 2025
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