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A 44-year-old woman is recovering from minor leg injuries and grappling with the trauma of losing her home, after a landslide sent debris crashing down onto her house at Eastern Quarry, Laventille, destroying it.
Although Trinidad and Tobago has been downgraded to a Green Level weather alert, several parts of the country continue to grapple with lingering floodwaters following persistent showery activity over the weekend.
While last weekend’s downpours brought flooding to some parts of South Trinidad, many communities were spared the devastation of murky waters invading their homes. Still, soaked roads and swollen wetlands served as a sobering reminder of what potentially lies ahead as the wet season sets in.
As the Wet Season commences, some business chambers say they are willing to give the new Government a grace period on the issue of flooding. However, they have some suggestions in hand to mitigate the impact of flooding, which they are willing to share with the new administration.
June 2 is nomination day for candidates in the People's National Movement's (PNM) June 29 internal election.
The University of the West Indies (UWI) South Campus in Penal-Debe will officially open for academic programmes in August 2025, nearly a decade after its scheduled completion.
The Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (TTMS) has declared the start of the 2025 Wet Season, after recording rainfall indirectly associated with the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) that affected the country over the weekend.
Minister of Planning, Economic Affairs and Development, Kennedy Swaratsingh, says there are plans to integrate climate risk into the country’s national and economic development plans. It comes as climate experts yesterday called on officials to focus their efforts on plans to mitigate the impacts of flooding.
Regional security consultant Garvin Heerah says there is an urgent need for a coordinated Homeland Security strategy on how to address concerns of deportees from the US.
Former People’s National Movement (PNM) general secretary Ashton Ford says members are concerned about the “rushed” June 29 election convention. He is also calling on the current leadership to reconsider the exclusion of party groups’ participation in the process.
As most Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) customers have breathed a sigh of relief over the Government’s promise not to increase electricity rates, former Public Utilities minister Marvin Gonzales says the current status quo is not sustainable.
The widow of five-time Calypso Monarch Leroy “Black Stalin” Calliste is seeking to overturn a default judgment of over $300,000 obtained against her by a photojournalist for the unauthorised use of a photograph of her late husband.
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