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Reports say members of the Chaguanas Task Force chased an Enterprise man who had stolen a red Nissan Tiida parked at the side of the road.
The Prison Officers’ Association (POA) is cautioning against what it describes as “broad-brush accusations” in the wake of the State of Emergency (SoE), stressing that the vast majority of prison officers serve with integrity and should not be unfairly maligned.
The Government is committing to address critical shortages within the public healthcare system, with a focus on increasing nursing personnel and improving professional outcomes. Minister of Health Dr Lakram Bodoe announced on Friday that efforts are underway to fill 1,868 nursing vacancies across the Regional Health Authorities (RHAs) in Trinidad.
Officers responded to a report of a shooting around 12:48 am and found Barath. He was taken to the Arima Hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
An alleged gang leader has lost his legal challenge over being relocated from the Maximum Security Prison (MSP) in Arouca, as law enforcement officers began addressing the security threat that triggered the declaration of a State of Emergency (SoE) on Friday morning.
Dangerous criminals who were taken from the nation’s prisons yesterday under the newly implemented State of Emergency, are now confined at military sites in Chaguaramas.
Attorney General John Jeremie says the Government had no alternative but to take “decisive action” to declare yesterday’s State of Emergency (SoE), citing a troubling spike in gruesome, gang-related crimes allegedly orchestrated by gang members from inside the nation’s prisons.
In announcing the move yesterday, Commissioner of Police (CoP) Allister Guevarro said credible intelligence pointing to the formation of an organised crime syndicate specifically looking to target senior members of the State forced the decision.
Former prisons commissioner Gerard Wilson says while there may be some merit for the Government’s decision to declare a State of Emergency (SoE) to combat powerful underworld figures, it should maintain consistent pressure on these criminals on a more consistent basis.
His stance is a sharp contrast to the position he took when the last SoE was called in December 2024.
Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Minority Leader Kelvon Morris says the new State of Emergency (SoE) declared yesterday morning deals a harsh blow to Tobago’s already struggling tourism sector. He believes the island, which is seeing a reduction in crime, has been thrown into what he describes as a storm.
The Tobago Hotel and Tourism Association (THTA) says Tobago is still open, safe, and ready to welcome visitors, despite the declaration of a State of Emergency yesterday.
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