The Cou­va/Point Lisas Cham­ber of Com­merce (CPLCC) sees the de­ci­sion to redi­rect car­go ves­sels to the Port of Point Lisas (PPL) as a vi­able tem­po­rary so­lu­tion dur­ing the im­passe at the Port of Port-of-Spain (PPOS) at the start of the week.

Lawyers rep­re­sent­ing for­mer Fi­fa vice pres­i­dent Jack Warn­er have been grant­ed per­mis­sion to cross-ex­am­ine wit­ness­es for the Of­fice of the At­tor­ney Gen­er­al and Min­istry of Le­gal Af­fairs (AGLA) in his law­suit over dis­clo­sure of the le­gal fees paid by the State for still pend­ing ex­tra­di­tion pro­ceed­ings against him.

Busi­ness own­ers are fear­ful that if im­me­di­ate steps are not tak­en by the au­thor­i­ties, crime will cause the death of Port-of-Spain.

ACP Os­wain Subero, the re­cent­ly ap­point­ed head of the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice (TTPS) To­ba­go Di­vi­sion, met with re­li­gious lead­ers and Low­lands area rep­re­sen­ta­tive Wayne Clarke to dis­cuss crime and oth­er com­mu­ni­ty con­cerns.

Dr. Kei­th Row­ley, Prime Min­is­ter of Trinidad and To­ba­go, has con­grat­u­lat­ed Don­ald J. Trump on his vic­to­ry in the US Pres­i­den­tial Elec­tion.

Po­lice are at the scene of a mur­der at the cor­ner of Dun­can and Prince Streets, Port-of-Spain, fol­low­ing the shoot­ing death of one man, and the wound­ing of a woman.

Vot­ers had the chance this elec­tion to break the high­est glass ceil­ing in Amer­i­can pol­i­tics by elect­ing Ka­mala Har­ris the na­tion’s first fe­male pres­i­dent. In­stead, they re­turned Don­ald Trump to the White House, a come­back that re­lied on sig­nif­i­cant -- even some­what im­proved – sup­port among women.

The Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion will be stag­ing an­oth­er of its ‘On the Pavers’ lunchtime con­certs on Fri­day—this time spot­light­ing Di­vali and East In­di­an cul­ture.

The Po­lice Ser­vice’s con­tin­ued crack­down on il­le­gal weapons has led to the ar­rest of three peo­ple and seizure of three firearms, along with quan­ti­ties of am­mu­ni­tion, dur­ing an­ti-crime op­er­a­tions yes­ter­day in the South­ern Di­vi­sion.

Vice Pres­i­dent Ka­mala Har­ris called Pres­i­dent-elect Don­ald Trump Wednes­day to con­grat­u­late him on his elec­tion vic­to­ry, a se­nior Har­ris aide said.

In Au­gust 2023, Air Cana­da axed plans to op­er­ate flights to Trinidad cit­ing crew short­ages. Now, just over a year lat­er, the Mon­tre­al-based car­ri­er is an­nounc­ing plans to re­sume flights be­tween Toron­to and Port of Spain come May 1st, 2025. Ac­cord­ing to a me­dia re­lease, the air­line will op­er­ate year-round 4x week­ly flights on Sun­days, Mon­days, Thurs­days, and Fri­days. AC984 de­parts Toron­to’s Pear­son In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port at 8 pm ar­riv­ing at Pi­ar­co Int’l Air­port at 1:35 am the next morn­ing. AC985 de­parts Port of Spain at 2:35 am, ar­riv­ing back in Toron­to at 8:25am. The air­line will use its Boe­ing 737 Max 8 fleet with 169 seats on the route and tick­ets are al­ready on sale.

Op­po­si­tion Leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has ex­tend­ed her con­grat­u­la­tions to Pres­i­dent-elect Don­ald Trump on his re-elec­tion, say­ing it af­firms the progress, sta­bil­i­ty, and poli­cies that he cham­pi­oned in his first Pres­i­den­tial term.