The Gov­ern­ment is set to in­vest tens of mil­lions of dol­lars in a mix of short-, medi­um-, and long-term projects aimed at sta­bil­is­ing and ex­pand­ing wa­ter pro­duc­tion across Trinidad and To­ba­go. These ini­tia­tives in­clude a $7.5 mil­lion tank farm pro­gramme, a $20 mil­lion up­grade to a ma­jor treat­ment plant, and the con­struc­tion of new de­sali­na­tion fa­cil­i­ties.

The In­ter­na­tion­al Oil Pol­lu­tion Com­pen­sa­tion (IOPC) Fund has re­vealed that it dis­bursed TT$43,974,688 in com­pen­sa­tion to lo­cal en­ti­ties as of De­cem­ber 31, 2025, fol­low­ing the oil spill from the barge Gulf­stream, which ran aground off To­ba­go in Feb­ru­ary 2024.

Chuck E Cheese con­tin­ues to bounce back af­ter the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic, and now it is en­cour­ag­ing chil­dren to lit­er­al­ly bounce around in a brand new, in­ter­ac­tive play area known as “The Ad­ven­ture Zone,”  just in time for East­er va­ca­tion. 

Busi­ness­man Dan­ny Guer­ra has se­cured a le­gal vic­to­ry posthu­mous­ly, af­ter a High Court judge dis­missed a civ­il law­suit brought against him and his com­pa­ny, DG Readymix.

Point Fortin May­or Clyde James is ap­peal­ing for ur­gent Gov­ern­ment as­sis­tance as the bor­ough pre­pares for its Bor­ough Day cel­e­bra­tions, which face sig­nif­i­cant fi­nan­cial chal­lenges ahead of their launch.

Op­po­si­tion Sen­a­tor Janelle John-Bates says the $16 mil­lion spent by the Gov­ern­ment on the Fla­va Vil­lage ini­tia­tive for Car­ni­val 2026 is a sig­nif­i­cant sum that war­rants close pub­lic scruti­ny.

Trinidad and To­ba­go’s hos­pi­tal­i­ty and bev­er­age sec­tor is re­ceiv­ing a high-lev­el skills boost as glob­al­ly recog­nised wine cer­ti­fi­ca­tion cours­es ar­rive in the coun­try, led by one of the world’s top ex­perts.

Church of­fer­ings are on the de­cline, dri­ven by a mul­ti­tude of fac­tors, in­clud­ing shrink­ing con­gre­ga­tion sizes, so­cio-eco­nom­ic chal­lenges, and the long-term ef­fects of the COVID-19 pan­dem­ic.

It has not been the best year for the lo­cal restau­rant sec­tor, but two years af­ter form­ing part of the din­ing and nightlife re­vival at Val­park Shop­ping Plaza, a leap of faith is be­ing tak­en by two restau­rants that have opt­ed not to shrink, but to ex­pand.

Britain ac­cused Iran on Thurs­day of hold­ing the world’s econ­o­my hostage as diplo­mats from more than 40 coun­tries held talks on ways to press Tehran to re­open the Strait of Hor­muz, a vi­tal oil route that has been choked off by the U.S.-Is­raeli war against Iran.

Dig­i­cel (T&T) Ltd is ex­pand­ing its 100 per cent fi­bre net­work across South Trinidad, ex­tend­ing cov­er­age to com­mu­ni­ties in­clud­ing Siparia, Oropouche and Point Fortin.

Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump said Thurs­day that Pam Bon­di is out as his at­tor­ney gen­er­al, end­ing the con­tentious tenure of a loy­al­ist who up­end­ed the Jus­tice De­part­ment’s cul­ture of in­de­pen­dence from the White House, over­saw large-scale fir­ings of ca­reer em­ploy­ees and moved ag­gres­sive­ly to in­ves­ti­gate the Re­pub­li­can pres­i­dent’s per­ceived en­e­mies.