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The Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) is advising customers that planned maintenance work will affect several areas of Brasso Seco and Brickfield/Brothers Road today (Friday 28th February, 2025). This may result in loss of electricity between the hours of works.  According to T&TEC, the affected areas in Brasso Seco and Brickfield/Brothers Road are as follows:  BRASSO SECO (8:30 AM to 4:00 PM)  From LP #11 Gomez Trace and all associated side streets. BRICKFIELD/BROTHERS ROAD (8:00 AM to 4:00 PM)  From LP #82 Rio Claro Tabaquite Road, Brothers Road Junction, to LP #24 Torrib Tabaquite Road, including John Trace, Pasqual Road, Britto Trace, W. Behany Trace, Dumore Road, Watts Trace, Gangaram Trace, Morgan Trace, Farm Road, Strange Trace, Gangaram Branch Trace, Uniss Road and all associated side streets. From LP #25 Brothers Road, Railway Road to LP #46/6 Stone Road Piparo, including Thompson Trace, Pasqual Road, Wilson Road, St. John's Ro...

An intelligence-led operation conducted by the Central Division Gang Unit between 9:00 AM and 11:55 AM on Wednesday (26th February, 2025), resulted in the seizure of a firearm and ammunition. According to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), b ased on information received, Officers proceeded to an empty lot on the Eastern side of Binda Street, Orange Valley, Couva. During the search, a white feedbag was discovered. Upon further inspection, Officers found a black Galil rifle marked with “De Venezuela” and ten (10) rounds of 7.62 ammunition. The items were seized and taken to the Police Station for further investigation. The operation was co-ordinated by Senior Superintendent Carty, with support from Officers of the Central Division Gang Unit. More on this as it becomes available. 

The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has announced that Prime Minister Keith Rowley will travel to California, USA, for a private trip today (Thursday 27th February, 2025). Mrs. Sharon Rowley will accompany the Prime Minister. The announcement comes a day after P.M. Rowley revealed the date he will be retiring as Prime Minister of the country.  Minister of Energy and Energy Industries and Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, the Honourable Stuart Young SC, who is set to take over the reigns as P.M. soon, will act as Prime Minister in the interim. 

According to the Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (TTMS), we can expect fair to partly cloudy, hazy and breezy conditions today (Thursday 27th January, 2025), with the chance of isolated, brisk showers, becoming mainly fair tonight. The Met Office notes that there is a moderate concentration of Saharan dust in the atmosphere. Persons sensitive to this change in air quality are advised to take the necessary precautions.  The forecast maximum temperature today will be 32°C at Piarco in Trinidad and 31°C at Crown Point in Tobago.  Seas are moderate with waves up to 2m in open waters and near 1m in sheltered areas.  Please continue to pay attention to the latest forecasts, alerts, and information issued by the TTMS. 

The Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) is advising customers that planned maintenance work will affect several areas of Barrackpore and Tabaquite on Thursday (27th February, 2025). This may result in loss of electricity between the hours of works.  According to T&TEC, the affected areas in Barrackpore and Tabaquite are as follows:  BARRACKPORE (8:30 AM to 4:00 PM)  LP #1 Railway Road West to LP #265 Papourie Road, including Gandhi Village Road, M2 Ring Road, Link Road, Wellington Road, Rose Garden, Sunflower Drive, Clarkia Drive, Orchid Drive, Bouganville Drive, Dianthus Drive, Hibiscus Drive, Periwinkle Drive, HDC Development Phase 1, HDC Development Phase 2, Haypaul Village, NGC Road, Papourie Road, Picton Housing Development Phase B, Papourie Extension Trace, Lalbehany Trace, Picton Housing Development Phase 1C, Monkey Town Cemetery Trace, Samaroo Trace, Harewood Trace, Cottage Road, Rookmineah Trace South, Rookmineah Trace North, Has...

Police have arrested five (5) suspects and seized a quantity of cannabis trees and seedlings during anti-crime exercises in the South-Western Division on Sunday (23rd February, 2025). According to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), d uring the operation, Officers seized 107 seedlings and seventeen (17) mature cannabis trees at a residence on Beach Road, Palo Seco. This led to the arrest of three (3) suspects, ages between twenty-four (24) and forty-three (43). Additionally, two (2) men, ages thirty (30) and fifty (50), were also arrested as persons of interest.  The operation was co-ordinated by Senior Superintendent Thompson, Superintendent Cumberbatch, Assistant Superintendents Forbes, Corrie, and Ramdass, along with Inspectors Prescott and Morales. It was supervised by Inspector John, Sergeants Rajkumar, Paul, Banmally, and Khadaroo, with participation from Officers of the Penal Police, South-Western Division Task Force (SWDTF), and K-9 Unit. Officers from the Santa ...

According to the Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (TTMS), we can expect mainly fair, hazy and breezy conditions today (Wednesday 26th January, 2025), despite the odd shower.  The Met Office notes that there is a moderate to significant concentration of Saharan dust in the atmosphere. Persons sensitive to this change in air quality are advised to take the necessary precautions.   The forecast maximum temperature today will be 32°C at Piarco in Trinidad and 31°C at Crown Point in Tobago.  Seas are moderate with waves up to 2m in open waters and 1m to 1.5m in sheltered areas.  Please continue to pay attention to the latest forecasts, alerts, and information issued by the TTMS.

According to the Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (TTMS), sunny, hazy and windy conditions today (Monday 17th February, 2025) will be interrupted by the occasional cloudy period with showers. Some showers may be accompanied by gusty winds. Tonight will be cool and breezy with a few overnight showers. A  Hazardous Seas Alert (Yellow Level)  and  High Winds Alert (Yellow Level)  are in effect until Monday (17th February, 2025). View the 5-day weather forecast  here . ​The forecast maximum temperature today will be 31°C at Piarco in Trinidad and 30°C at Crown Point in Tobago.  Seas are rough with waves 2.5m to 3m in open waters and 1m to 1.5m in sheltered areas. Please continue to pay attention to the latest forecasts, alerts, and information issued by the TTMS.

A man is dead following a shooting incident in Tabaquite early Sunday morning (16th February, 2025). The deceased has been identified as 21-year-old Matthew Chancellor of Alleyne Street, Tabaquite. He was said to be an employee at Subway in Montrose, Chaguanas. According to reports, Chancellor was shot and killed by a man armed with a shotgun at Cito Lane, Tabaquite, while returning to his home with other persons. The group was liming at a bar in the area hours prior to the fatal shooting. After Chancellor was killed, the suspects allegedly went on a crime spree in the Tabaquite area — robbing someone on the pavement near a Church and robbing people on the bandstand, before stealing a resident’s white Nissan Tiida (PDC 1286) at gunpoint. The man also stopped by a shop, reversed, jumped a resident’s gate, kicked down the door, and stole a quantity of jewellery. The stolen Tiida was found abandoned on  Arena Road, Todd's Road,   approximately twenty (20) minutes later, around 3:...

The Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) is advising customers that  planned maintenance work will affect several areas of Freeport, Trincity, Arouca and Sangre Grande on Monday (17th February, 2025).  This may result in loss of electricity between the hours of works. According to T&TEC, the affected areas in Freeport, Trincity, Arouca and Sangre Grande are as follows: FREEPORT (8:00 AM to 4:00 PM)  From LP #126 Calcutta Road #1 (in the vicinity of Kurban Junction) heading West up to LP #50, inclusive of Sonny Ladoo Road up to LP #6, which continues East onto Derry Lane, Sancho Trace, Mc Bean Local Road, D Marylin Court, Seeram Road and all associated side streets, Calcutta, Freeport. TRINCITY (8:00 AM to 11:00 AM)  Cane Farm Road, De La Marre Avenue, Cassleton Avenue, Montague Avenue, Dinsley Avenue, Beaulieu Avenue, Dinsley Main Road and Priority Bus Route (PBR), from corner of PBR and Cane Farm Road to LP #E7021941, including all associated s...

Nine (9) persons were arrested for various offences by Officers of the Southern and South-Western Divisions on Friday (14th February, 2025). According to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), at approximately 6:07 AM on Friday, in the Southern Division, a 33-year-old man from Orchid Gardens, Pleasantville, was arrested for possession of 18.6 grammes of cocaine following a search of his home by Officers of the Southern Division Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Operations Unit. Additionally, during an operation conducted between 4:00 AM and 10:00 AM in the Southern Division, Officers of the Southern Division Task Force arrested a 42-year-old man from Indian Walk for possession of four (4) rounds of 16-gauge cartridges and 865 grammes of cannabis. They also arrested a 48-year-old man and a 47-year-old woman for possession of cocaine and possession of a prohibited device. The exercise was co-ordinated by Snr. Supt. Kirk, Supt. Singh, Supt. Rampath, ASP Phillip, and Insp. W...

According to the Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (TTMS), we can expect generally sunny and windy conditions today (Sunday 16th February, 2025), with a few partly cloudy intervals and showers over a few areas. Tonight will be generally fair apart from lingering isolated showers. A  Hazardous Seas Alert (Yellow Level)  and  High Winds Alert (Yellow Level)  are in effect until Monday (17th February, 2025). View the 5-day weather forecast  here . The forecast maximum temperature today will be 31°C at both Piarco in Trinidad and Crown Point in Tobago. Seas are rough with waves 2.5m to 3m in open waters and 1m to 1.5m and choppy in sheltered areas. Please continue to pay attention to the latest forecasts, alerts, and information issued by the TTMS.

The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) is informing customers that Seven Seas Water (SSW), owner/operator of the Point Fortin Desalination Plant, has advised of the  planned shutdown of the facility for maintenance work, from 5:30 AM on Tuesday (18th February, 2025) to 1:30 AM on Wednesday (19th February, 2025). During this period, customers in the following areas of Point Fortin and La Brea will be affected: Point Fortin proper, parts of Techier, Vance River, Parrylands, Cochrane, Mahaica, Lot 10, Cochrane, Savannah, Harriman Park, Clifton Hill, Reservoir Hill, Merrimac, Vessigny, TGU, La Brea (up to the Pitch Lake). ​ Customers are advised that following the completion of these works, it may take up to twenty-four (24) hours for the supply to normalize to some affected areas. Affected customers are advised that a limited truck-borne water service will be available upon request. Customers can request this service through the following self-service options: The WASA Services App, ...

A man is dead following a stabbing incident along Ariapita Avenue in Woodbrook early this morning (Saturday 15th February, 2025). The deceased has been identified as 29-year-old David Stanley Gregoir. According to reports, Gregoir was in a black MG SUV, which was parked on Alberto Street, near Frankie’s Bar, when he got into an argument with a group of people known to him, around 2:10 AM. One of the men then stabbed him. Gregoir exited the SUV and tried to escape. However, the attacker chased him and continued the assault before running away from the scene. Police on patrol took Gregoir to the Port-of-Spain General Hospital (POSGH), where he later succumbed to his injuries. The attacker has not yet been arrested. Investigations are continuing. More on this as it becomes available. ​[Source:  Newsday ]

The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) is advising that the Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation Authority (TTCAA) has designated specific  NO FLY ZONES, as per Reg. 19 of the TTCAA Regulations, for general drone operators, including Port-of-Spain, Chaguaramas, Caroni, Point-a-Pierre, Point Lisas, Point Fortin And Galeota. Also, drones are NOT TO BE OPERATED: Within 5 Km of any manned aircraft operation, including the boundary of any Airport; Within 2 Km of any helipad; At an altitude of over 400 feet, over any crowded area or over any public event. In a Media Release today (Saturday 15th February, 2025), the TTPS said it will be  deploying law enforcement drones throughout the country with a significant saturation over Port-of-Spain and environs, to assist with safety and security for the Carnival period, with members of the TTPS Air Support Unit paying special attention to errant use of drones.  The TTPS notes that all necessary steps will be taken to safeguard the...

The Ministry of Works and Transport is advising the public of the  partial opening of the Southbound lanes along the Sir Solomon Hochoy Highway, in the vicinity of the Brentwood Acceleration Lane to the Chase Village Overpass.  This partial opening will take place from  Monday 17th February, 2025. Considering the above: A 100m transition zone (red dashed outline as seen in Image 1 below) will be demarcated using traffic control devices (orange line as seen in Image 1), to facilitate the flow of traffic from two (2) lanes into three (3) lanes in the vicinity of the Brentwood Acceleration Lane. Three (3) lanes will be maintained for approximately 2 Km until the approach to the Chase Village Overpass. Approximately 400m North of the Chase Village Overpass, the left lane transitions into the deceleration lane unto the Chase Village Overpass (red arrows seen in Image 2 below). The Southbound lanes take traffic to Freeport/Couva/San Fernando (green arrows seen in Image 2). Im...

The Ministry of Works and Transport is advising the general public that  authorization has been granted to light motor vehicles to utilize the Priority Bus Route (PBR), Eastbound Lane (Port-of-Spain to Arima) ONLY, from 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM today (Friday 14th February, 2025). This is said to be as a result of a major accident this afternoon involving approximately eight (8) vehicles along the Churchill Roosevelt Highway, Eastbound.     Please be guided accordingly. ​More on this as it becomes available. This is a developing story - refresh this page for updates.

According to the Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (TTMS), the track of passing Winter frontal systems continues to be generally more Northerly at this time. This has been allowing the mid sub-tropical Atlantic high cells to establish a dominant influence in the weather pattern over the Tropical North Atlantic. The configuration continues to be a long and generally straight fetch across the Tropical North Atlantic, with very little perturbation but varying levels of surface convergence and patches of moisture advection. The energy out of the high pressure cells will continue to generate steady, moderate to strong, near-surface to mid-level winds during this outlook period. The seas in the open waters to the near-East and Northeast of Trinidad and Tobago continue to be moderate to rough, with wave heights between 2.5m to 3.0m. ​A  Hazardous Seas Alert (Yellow Level)  and  High Winds Alert (Yellow Level)  are in effect until Monday 17th February, 2025. Extende...

UPDATE (1:50 PM):   We are standing by for the start of the Press Conference. Prime Minister Keith Rowley will be hosting a Press Conference at  1:30 PM this afternoon (Friday 14th February, 2025)  to discuss several important matters concerning Trinidad and Tobago. Today’s Press Conference was  announced  by the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) earlier today. ​Watch the live stream of the Press Conference below when it begins at 1:30 PM, courtesy of  TTT . This is a developing story - refresh this page for updates.

Both Apple and Google have restored TikTok, the wildly popular social media platform, to their respective U.S. app stores as of Thursday evening (13th February, 2025). This follows promises by President Donald Trump to save the app and an executive action delaying the enactment of a TikTok ban. TikTok’s uncertain future stems from a law signed last April by then-President Joe Biden, which gave China’s ByteDance 270 days to sell the app to an owner from the United States or one of its allies or face a ban, based on U.S. national security concerns. The day before the blackout, the  Supreme Court upheld the ban . TikTok shutdown for roughly fourteen (14) hours in January  but attributed its quick return to promises made by the then-President-elect Donald Trump, to keep the platform working in the U.S. However, its 175 million users still ran into at least one problem: The app was, as of that January weekend, unavailable on Apple and Google Play stores, along with Lemon8 and CapCu...

UPDATE:   Watch the live stream of the Press Conference right here . The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) announced a short while ago that Prime Minister Keith Rowley will be hosting a Press Conference at  1:30 PM this afternoon (Friday 14th February, 2025)  at Whitehall. No further details were provided by the OPM. There are speculations P.M. Rowley may  announce his retirement as Political Leader of the PNM, as Prime Minister of the country, and the long-awaited date for the 2025 General Elections. He may also discuss the ongoing State of Emergency in Trinidad and Tobago.  What do you think the Prime Minister will announce today? Let us know in the comments below. This is a developing story - refresh this page for updates.

According to the Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (TTMS), we can expect predominantly sunny, hazy and windy conditions today (Friday 14th February, 2025), despite a few showery periods. The odd shower may be accompanied by gusty winds. Tonight will be cool and breezy with the odd overnight shower. A  High Winds Alert (Yellow Level)  is in effect until Monday 17th February, 2025. The Met Office notes that there is a moderate concentration of Saharan dust in the atmosphere. Sensitive persons are advised to take precautions. The forecast maximum temperature today will be 31°C at both Piarco in Trinidad and Crown Point in Tobago. Seas are rough with waves 2.5m to 3m in open waters and up to 2m in sheltered areas. Please continue to pay attention to the latest forecasts, alerts, and information issued by the TTMS.

Two (2) men are dead and a woman wounded following a shooting incident at Sherwood Park (an area known as ‘The Congo’) in Arima on Thursday afternoon (13th February, 2025). The deceased have been identified as Akil Pierre and Mark Seignoret. These are the 2 men who were shot dead at Sherwood Park (The Congo) in Arima on Thursday. Photos: Crime Watch. pic.twitter.com/iyJGYBGHlp — Arshad Y. Khan (@youthere1web) February 14, 2025 According to reports, the three (3) victims were seated in the gallery of a house at the corner of Edward and Hall Streets, Sherwood Park, off the Eastern Main Road, Arima, when a masked man approached and opened fire on the group, around 12:40 PM. Police and Emergency Health Services were notified and the wounded victims were conveyed to the Arima District Hospital, where Pierre and Seignoret were declared dead.   Police have not yet established a motive for this incident. Investigations are continuing. More on this as it becomes available. ​[Source:...

The Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) is advising customers that  planned maintenance work will affect several areas of Cocorite, Valsayn, Champs Fleurs, Manahambre and Point Fortin on Friday (14th February, 2025).  This may result in loss of electricity between the hours of works. According to T&TEC, the affected areas in Cocorite, Valsayn, Champs Fleurs, Manahambre and Point Fortin are as follows: COCORITE (9:00 AM to 4:00 PM)  Along Harding Place and all associated side streets. VALSAYN (9:00 AM to 3:00 PM)  From LP #61 on Valsayn Avenue. CHAMPS FLEURS (8:00 AM to 3:30 PM)  Along Eastern Main Road between Mendez Drive and King Street, including Hutton Road, Elizabeth Park, Agostini Street Extension, Navin Heights, Rafferty Street, Southern Imaging Limited, Dental Hospital School, St. Joseph Health Centre, Caribbean Radiology and all associated side streets. MANAHAMBRE (9:00 AM to 3:00 PM)  Off LP #56 St. Madeline Circular to...