Al­though the agri­cul­tur­al sec­tor saw a slight re­duc­tion in fund­ing to $1.13 bil­lion, down from $1.183 bil­lion last year, stake­hold­ers re­main op­ti­mistic that the gov­ern­ment’s re­newed fo­cus on tech­nol­o­gy, in­no­va­tion, and food se­cu­ri­ty could trans­form lo­cal farm­ing and re­duce T&T’s de­pen­dence on im­ports.

The coun­try’s ma­jor busi­ness cham­bers have wel­comed the 2026 Na­tion­al Bud­get but are cau­tion­ing that its suc­cess will de­pend heav­i­ly on time­ly im­ple­men­ta­tion, con­sis­tent stake­hold­er en­gage­ment, and trans­paren­cy across pub­lic in­sti­tu­tions.

Gas sta­tion own­ers could face loss­es be­tween $20,000 and $30,000, fol­low­ing Fi­nance Min­is­ter Dave Tan­coo’s an­nounce­ment of a $1 per litre re­duc­tion in the price of Su­per gaso­line dur­ing yes­ter­day’s pre­sen­ta­tion of the 2026 Na­tion­al Bud­get.

Scores of Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) sup­port­ers made their way to Port-of-Spain yes­ter­day, gath­er­ing op­po­site the Red House to show sup­port for Fi­nance Min­is­ter Dave Tan­coo as he pre­pared to present the 2026 Bud­get.

The State is seek­ing to set­tle the law­suit filed by for­mer Strate­gic Ser­vices Agency (SSA) di­rec­tor Ma­jor Roger Best over his dis­missal.

A back­seat pas­sen­ger in a ve­hi­cle was killed on the spot when two cars col­lid­ed near De­onar­ine Junc­tion in Cou­va on Sun­day.

A 44-year-old nurse was found dead in her Vista­bel­la apart­ment on Sun­day night with a wound to the neck and a knife in her hand.

Caribbean Air­lines (CAL) has be­gun a com­pre­hen­sive au­dit of all its de­part­ments, fol­low­ing the res­ig­na­tion of CEO Garvin Med­era.

Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Bar­ry Padarath has de­fend­ed the stag­ing of the Trinidad and To­ba­go Elec­tric­i­ty Com­mis­sion’s Di­vali cel­e­bra­tions.

Fi­nance Min­is­ter Dave Tan­coo says Gov­ern­ment will soon im­ple­ment stiffer penal­ties for il­le­gal gam­bling, in an at­tempt to stop the leak­age of bil­lions in rev­enue.

On April 28, 2025, the peo­ple of Trinidad and To­ba­go, by their col­lec­tive ac­tion, gave this UNC Gov­ern­ment a re­sound­ing man­date to re­store good gov­er­nance, re­build our econ­o­my and im­prove the lives of every cit­i­zen across our beloved na­tion. They asked for sin­cer­i­ty and com­pas­sion in gov­ern­ment. They asked for a cred­i­ble plan to move Trinidad and To­ba­go for­ward. They asked for jobs, growth, pros­per­i­ty and so­cial peace. It is there­fore a pro­found priv­i­lege to present the 2026 Bud­get to this Ho­n­ourable House.

The hous­ing sec­tor has re­ceived a sig­nif­i­cant drop in bud­getary al­lo­ca­tion com­pared to the last fis­cal year, with $662 mil­lion ($0.62 bil­lion) be­ing made avail­able to the sec­tor for de­vel­op­ment and oth­er ex­pens­es.