D-Day today in Tobago
Posted: Monday, January 12, 2026

D-Day today in Tobago
Parties wind up campaigns with rallies

THA Elections Set For Monday

Rival supporters in fiery clash
Police call for calm...

Election tempers flare up

Mohit condemns elderly abuse, says all grants paid on time
She said any further delays fall outside of the ministry's control and lie with financial institutions and their processing timelines. These grants, she said, include over $3 billion spread across 100,000 senior citizens for pension payments.

Partnerships for Progress: Unlocking T&T's billion-dollar revitalisation
Public private partnerships "PPP" will be a key path forward in the Government's plan to deliver projects under the recently announced Trinidad and Tobago Revitalisation Blueprint, consisting of "mega projects" to transform T&T over the next decade, with construction anticipated to begin as early as this year.

Working parents to get major new protections
Paternity leave coming, says Labour Minister

Wider protection for parents, retrenched workers

Amendments to Maternity and Retrenchment acts - Kamla: Major wins for working families
THE prime minister has described as "major wins for working families" several announcements made on Sunday at a UNC press conference including expanded maternity protections and parental leave coming, as well as revised laws to strengthen and widen the net for people who have lost their jobs because of redundancy.

Govt makes changes to Retrenchment, Maternity acts

New School Nutrition Standards Policy launched
The first phase, scheduled for the second and third terms of the academic year, will focus on distributing curriculum memoranda, sample menus, and training materials.

This will be followed by pilot implementation in select school clusters, along with monitoring and vendor training.

Dr Lutchman: Suicide and the economy—how T&T pays high cost for mental health issues

Daly Bread: Fireworks—fiasco and failure; why amendments failed to deliver
The concluded Christmas and New Year period has demonstrated the failure of the amendments passed in Parliament to the Summary Offences Act ("the fireworks legislation") as a means of regulating the use of fireworks and in particular to bring relief from the noise that adversely affects persons and animals.

A silent threat to brain health
Hearing loss...

Cervical cancer prevention: Why feeling fine is not the same as being safe

After SoE, 'Zones of Special Operation' could be next
THE Government is looking at several options to deal with the country's crime problem, including designated "Zones of Special Operation", as is done in Jamaica, after the state of emergency (SoE) comes to an end on January 31.

Trapped by rising waters, hiker dies
Around 8.30 a.m., Jordan was part of an eight-member hiking group that began an excursion from Madamas Junction, Brasso Seco, towards the Madamas River.

Approximately three-and-a-half hours into the hike, while walking along the Madamas River in knee-high water, police said she slipped and became lodged between two logs.

TTFA boss laments gun violence: Footballers need clear path to going pro
FOR many youths from impoverished backgrounds, football has provided an opportunity to escape the devastating clutches of poverty. What started as a simple joy as a child, playing on the streets or in a savannah, has become a real career path for many.


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