An in­de­pen­dent com­mit­tee has start­ed in­ves­ti­gat­ing the cir­cum­stances un­der which six-year-old Jash­er Fran­cois died, while rel­a­tives have resched­uled the sec­ond au­top­sy ini­tial­ly set for yes­ter­day.

Re­turn­ing to pub­lic health lead­er­ship af­ter near­ly three decades, for­mer ed­u­ca­tion min­is­ter Dr Tim Gopeesingh has been ap­point­ed chair­man of the North Cen­tral Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (NCRHA), vow­ing to ad­dress long-stand­ing sys­temic is­sues with­in the RHA. 

Two 25-year-old men who live next door to each oth­er in Bushe Street, San Juan, were in­jured dur­ing a shoot­ing on Fri­day night.

An In­de­pen­dent Com­mit­tee has be­gun in­ves­ti­gat­ing the cir­cum­stances sur­round­ing the death of six-year-old Yash­er Fran­cois, as rel­a­tives con­firmed the sec­ond au­top­sy has been resched­uled for Sun­day.

Steel­pan Month hits full stride this week­end with a packed line-up of mu­sic, cul­ture, and cel­e­bra­tion across the coun­try. From To­ba­go’s big panora­ma launch to youth per­for­mances in the heart of Port of Spain, here’s your guide to where the sweet sounds will be ring­ing out.

Po­lice Com­mis­sion­er Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro and act­ing Pris­ons Com­mis­sion­er Hay­den Forde have called for faith and uni­ty as law en­force­ment works to re­store peace across the coun­try.

A 47-year-old Bar­rack­pore man died and a woman was in­jured af­ter they were hit by a van on Rochard Road, Pe­nal, on Fri­day night.

A 24-year-old man from Hap­py Val­ley Road, Erin, has been sen­tenced to prison for a se­ries of rob­bery, shoot­ing, lar­ce­ny, and kid­nap­ping in­ci­dents com­mit­ted in May and June 2025.

A pre­ven­tive de­ten­tion or­der (PDO) has been is­sued for Neisha/Nisha Ramkissoon, who has been de­scribed as the “love in­ter­est” of Re­sis­tance Gang leader Robert “R Man” Paul.

Even as Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar or­dered an ur­gent in­ves­ti­ga­tion in­to the death of six-year-old Jash­er Fran­cois yes­ter­day, his par­ents re­ject­ed the re­sults of the au­top­sy con­duct­ed at the San Fer­nan­do mor­tu­ary.

Act­ing Com­mis­sion­er of Pris­ons Car­los Cor­raspe is on 240 days' va­ca­tion and was not sent on ad­min­is­tra­tive leave, as was ini­tial­ly claimed in me­dia re­ports.

Min­is­ter of For­eign Af­fairs Sean Sobers has voiced con­cern over fresh al­le­ga­tions by Venezuela’s Jus­tice Min­is­ter, Dios­da­do Ca­bel­lo, about at­tempts to desta­bilise his gov­ern­ment and im­pli­cat­ing Trinidad and To­ba­go, while tak­ing aim at Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar.