The In­ter­na­tion­al Mon­e­tary Fund (IMF) says The Ba­hamas econ­o­my re­mains re­silient even as it ac­knowl­edged that growth is ex­pect­ed to de­cel­er­ate slight­ly in 2025.

In an evening of glitz and glam­our, the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) host­ed its an­nu­al Christ­mas fundrais­er on Sat­ur­day evening, mark­ing its first since re­turn­ing to Gov­ern­ment. Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar used the oc­ca­sion to cau­tion of­fi­cials about a heav­ier work­load in the year ahead.

Po­lit­i­cal leader of the Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment, Pen­ne­lope Beck­les, is warn­ing To­bag­o­ni­ans to be wary of elec­tion hand­outs, claim­ing she has been in­formed of mon­ey and toys be­ing dis­trib­uted ahead of the Jan­u­ary 12 To­ba­go House of As­sem­bly elec­tions.

As the an­niver­sary of the dead­ly Far­fan Street fire ap­proach­es, the fam­i­ly of the late D’abadie/O’Meara (now Mal­abar/Mau­si­ca) MP Lisa Mor­ris-Ju­lian is ap­peal­ing to the Gov­ern­ment for full ac­cess to the of­fi­cial in­ves­tiga­tive re­port, in­sist­ing trans­paren­cy is crit­i­cal for ac­count­abil­i­ty and clo­sure.

T&T Na­tion­al Nurs­es As­so­ci­a­tion (TTNNA) is call­ing for ur­gent wage ne­go­ti­a­tions to be­gin, warn­ing that grow­ing frus­tra­tion among health­care work­ers is al­ready dis­rupt­ing ser­vices, with the Er­ic Williams Med­ical Com­plex (EWMC) se­vere­ly short-staffed over the week­end.

While many fam­i­lies are prepar­ing for Christ­mas, a La Ro­maine fam­i­ly is now in mourn­ing af­ter a fiery high­way crash claimed the life of a 50-year-old man on Sun­day.

On Thurs­day, res­i­dents of Bras­so Seco, Paria, in need of med­ical care, were tend­ed to un­der a tent in the road­way, just feet away from where a land­slide caused the road to col­lapse.

A pris­on­er who was on re­mand for the mur­der of a po­lice of­fi­cer was found dead in his cell at the Port-of-Spain Prison on Fred­er­ick Street yes­ter­day.

Po­lice of­fi­cer Vanes­sa Ra­moutar trad­ed her uni­form for a Mrs Claus out­fit this week­end as she brought joy to dozens of chil­dren at the launch of the Movanzi Em­pow­er­ment Youth Club and its first an­nu­al Christ­mas treat.

Less than two weeks be­fore Christ­mas, there was no hus­tle and bus­tle at the main shop­ping cen­tre—High Street, San Fer­nan­do, yes­ter­day—caus­ing con­cern among some busi­ness own­ers.

The re­cent de­ci­sion by Moody’s rat­ings agency to shift T&T’s out­look from sta­ble to neg­a­tive has sparked po­lit­i­cal de­bate, but econ­o­mists say the move re­flects long-stand­ing eco­nom­ic pres­sures rather than any abrupt change in cir­cum­stances.

Trade union leader Michael An­nisette says he has for­giv­en the men who mur­dered his son Mic­ah in San­gre Chiq­ui­to last Fri­day.