The coun­try wel­comed its newest cit­i­zens on New Year’s Day, as the Port-of-Spain Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal’s Ma­ter­ni­ty De­part­ment helped de­liv­er four ba­bies yes­ter­day morn­ing. The two girls and two boys were born be­tween 3.09 am and 10.08 am, ac­cord­ing to the North West Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty.

Ch­agua­nas busi­ness own­ers are al­ready op­er­at­ing as if a cur­few is in ef­fect, says Ch­agua­nas Cham­ber of In­dus­try and Com­merce (CCIC) pres­i­dent Bal­dath Ma­haraj.

The Vic­ar Gen­er­al of the Cathe­dral of the Im­mac­u­late Con­cep­tion in Port-of-Spain, Fa­ther Mar­tin Sir­ju, says ques­tions about the church’s role in the fight against crime are mis­placed, as the state, and not the church, is re­spon­si­ble for re­duc­ing crime.

Two days be­fore the na­tion em­braced the start of a new year, the Gov­ern­ment an­nounced the im­po­si­tion of a State of Emer­gency (SoE), draw­ing lo­cal and in­ter­na­tion­al at­ten­tion.

Chief Sec­re­tary Far­ley Au­gus­tine is urg­ing To­ba­go to em­brace 2025 with de­ter­mi­na­tion and uni­ty.

The Port of Spain Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal’s (POS­GH) Ma­ter­ni­ty Ward wel­comed their first four ba­bies of 2025 this morn­ing, ac­cord­ing to a North-West Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (NWRHA) Face­book post.

Po­lice of­fi­cers ar­rest­ed a for­mer na­tion­al foot­baller with firearms and am­mu­ni­tion dur­ing an ex­er­cise con­duct­ed un­der the State of Emer­gency in the West­ern Di­vi­sion.

Ch­agua­nas busi­ness­men are op­er­at­ing as if a cur­few is in ef­fect, says Bal­dath Ma­haraj, head of the Ch­agua­nas Cham­ber of In­dus­try and Com­merce (CCIC).

A 72-year-old pen­sion­er is among three fam­i­ly mem­bers ar­rest­ed dur­ing a State of Emer­gency raid in Low­lands, To­ba­go.

In a New Year’s mes­sage shared via so­cial me­dia, Chief Sec­re­tary Far­ley Au­gus­tine used a vi­sion board style to high­light his ma­jor goals for the com­ing year.

Bar­ba­dos' Prime Min­is­ter Mia Mot­t­ley as­sumes the role of CARI­COM chair start­ing to­day (Jan­u­ary 1, 2025), be­gin­ning her six-month stint in the of­fice.

A Yel­low Lev­el Ad­verse Weath­er Alert was ac­ti­vat­ed for Trinidad at 10:30 am on New Year’s Day, and will re­main in ef­fect un­til Fri­day evening, ac­cord­ing to an ad­vi­so­ry from the T&T Me­te­o­ro­log­i­cal Ser­vice (TTMS).