A to­tal of 161 can­di­dates will be con­test­ing the up­com­ing Par­lia­men­tary Elec­tions on April 28, the Elec­tion and Bound­aries Com­mis­sion (EBC) has con­firmed.

Unit­ed Way of Trinidad and To­ba­go (UWTT) has of­fi­cial­ly launched the 15th Unit­ed Way Trinidad and To­ba­go Day of Car­ing.

The Ur­ban De­vel­op­ment Com­pa­ny of Trinidad and To­ba­go (Ude­cott) has giv­en an up­date on a fire at Tow­er C of the Wa­ter­front Com­plex, stat­ing that at ap­prox­i­mate­ly 2:45 pm to­day, dur­ing on­go­ing main­te­nance works at the In­ter­na­tion­al Wa­ter­front Cen­tre, Tow­er C, a fire broke out in the heat­ing el­e­ment of the roof­ing mem­brane that is cur­rent­ly be­ing re­placed.

spe­cial­ist unit of the TTPS part­nered with the Trinidad and To­ba­go Coast Guard (TTCG) and of­fi­cers of the North­ern Di­vi­sion, to con­duct an in­tel­li­gence-led op­er­a­tion, which has re­sult­ed in the seizure.

Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) deputy leader Jear­lean John has been se­lect­ed to con­test Cou­va North, David Lee has been shift­ed from Pointe-a-Pierre to con­test Ca­roni Cen­tral and ex­ec­u­tive mem­ber Sean Sobers will con­test Tabaquite in­stead of Ani­ta Haynes-Al­leyne.

In­cum­bent Tabaquite MP Ani­ta Haynes-Al­leyne is out of the Gen­er­al Elec­tion race with the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC), af­ter she was not se­lect­ed to re-con­test the seat.

Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress po­lit­i­cal leader Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar has re­vealed the re­main­ing po­ten­tial can­di­dates for the par­ty to make up its slate to con­test the April 28 gen­er­al elec­tion.

For­mer Mem­ber of Par­lia­ment for Ca­roni Cen­tral, Arnold Ram has said that his ded­i­ca­tion to the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) re­mains un­wa­ver­ing af­ter be­ing over­looked as a nom­i­nee for the April 28 gen­er­al elec­tion, de­spite his dis­ap­point­ment in be­ing left out.

For­mer Snr Supt of po­lice and prospec­tive can­di­date for Tu­na­puna Roger Alexan­der has vowed that ad­di­tion­al re­sources and equip­ment would be in­vest­ed in this coun­try’s na­tion­al se­cu­ri­ty agen­cies if the UNC is vot­ed in­to of­fice.

Over three years af­ter four divers lost their lives in what was dubbed the Paria Div­ing Tragedy, the Gov­ern­ment has an­nounced that the fam­i­lies of each div­er will re­ceive com­pen­sa­tion of $1 mil­lion, as will the lone sur­vivor Christo­pher Boodram.

“It doesn’t wow me a bit,” said Nicole Greenidge, the moth­er of de­ceased div­er Yusuf Hen­ry, short­ly af­ter Prime Min­is­ter Stu­art Young’s an­nounce­ment of a $1 mil­lion ex-gra­tia pay­ment to fam­i­lies of the four de­ceased Land and Ma­rine Con­tract­ing Ser­vices Ltd (LM­CS) divers in­volved in the Paria Div­ing Tragedy and the lone sur­vivor Christo­pher Boodram.

Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC) deputy leader Dr Roodal Mooni­lal has la­belled Prime Min­is­ter Stu­art Young’s claim that the UNC will de­val­ue the TT dol­lar if elect­ed in­to gov­ern­ment a “scare tac­tic.”