The Min­istry of Ed­u­ca­tion has ac­knowl­edged con­cerns raised by the Es­tate Po­lice As­so­ci­a­tion about the con­di­tion of se­cu­ri­ty booths at sev­er­al schools and said it is com­plet­ing an as­sess­ment of the af­fect­ed fa­cil­i­ties.

Laugh­ter, mu­sic and the spir­it of Christ­mas filled Ram­bert Vil­lage, La Ro­maine, as the chil­dren of late pri­vate school teacher Ena Sir­ju car­ried on her four-decade tra­di­tion of giv­ing by host­ing a fes­tive com­mu­ni­ty treat in her mem­o­ry, months af­ter her death in April.

Min­is­ter of Cul­ture Michelle Ben­jamin says Trinidad and To­ba­go can ex­pect a “bumper” Car­ni­val in 2026, de­spite on­go­ing na­tion­al anx­i­ety and wider re­gion­al ten­sions.

Sales through­out Ch­agua­nas have been rel­a­tive­ly slow, with many busi­ness­es re­port­ing a no­tice­able de­cline com­pared with the same pe­ri­od last year.