THA wants $4.12 billion
Posted: Tuesday, June 23, 2026

THA wants $4.12 billion for 2026-2027 budget
Finance Secretary Petal-Ann Roberts yesterday presented the THA's estimates for fiscal October 1, 2026 to September 30, 2027 in the Assembly Chamber in Scarborough.

THA Focuses On Autonomy Tourism Food Sector Agricuture In Today's Budget
The Tobago House Of Assembly revealed it will set up an Independent Tobago Commission and Constitutional Autonomy which will review the current governance arrangements and recommend structural enhancements.

Tobago to get direct flights from Toronto, Miami, Guyana
The new ANR Robinson International Airport is expected to get some additional traffic from next month with direct flights from new source markets.

Andy Burnham Sworn In As MP After Keir Starmer Announces Resignation

Samaroo's father arrested
... cops also raid his Maraval home hours after controversial remarks made about TTPS during Father's Day broadcast

Joshua's father held
Detention follows comments in radio interview

Big bail $$ for Alyssa and mom
Activist Alyssa Phillip and her mother Camille Caresquero have been granted $60,000 bail on charges laid following their arrest during the Labour Day march last Friday.

'19 Bullets, 19 Protests' campaign ends
ACTIVIST Alyssa Phillip announced yesterday that Friday's march and her arrest during Labour Day celebrations in Fyzabad marked the end of the 19 Bullets, 19 Protests campaign.

Caricom summit looms amid questions over PM's attendance
As questions persist over Trinidad and Tobago's strained relationship with Caricom, political scientists are divided on whether the country's recent election to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will influence Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar's decision to personally attend and lead the national delegation to the 51st Heads of Government Meeting in St Lucia in two weeks.

PM attends funeral of brother-in-law in New York

US Navy SEALs to help fight crime
PM says special ops teams in T&T:

REGION FACES CHALLENGES
Morris identifies transnational crime, debt and de-risking

Gadsby-Dolly says 'PNM individuals' waging war on Penny
Gadsby-Dolly's defence was aired over the weekend in social media conversations, after a woman criticised Beckles for being photographed with UNC Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo in Fyzabad during last Friday's Labour Day celebrations. Beckles' late father, Lionel Beckles, had been a prominent trade unionist with the Oilfield Workers' Trade Union. While attending the Labour Day celebrations, Beckles visited Tancoo, who is Fyzabad's MP.

Man jailed over decade-old dismissed case awarded $225,000
A High Court judge has awarded more than $225,000 in compensation to a Chaguanas mechanic and farmer who was re-prosecuted for larceny nearly a decade after the charge against him had already been dismissed.

Gary Aboud to face trial over 2021 COVID-19 protest charges
The charges arise from a protest held on November 30, 2021, at Woodford Square, Port-of-Spain, where police said they observed a gathering of about 100 people.

According to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, no permission had been granted for the event and officers moved in on the crowd, leading to arrests and charges.

Man acquitted of 2020 double murder shot dead weeks after release
A MARACAS VALLEY, St Joseph, man who had been acquitted of a 2020 double murder and released earlier this month was ambushed, shot and killed yesterday afternoon near his home.


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