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29/10/2025

THA Deputy Chief Secretary Dr Faith Brebnor has labelled the event a resounding success.

“We’ve had the largest crowds; we’ve had an incident-free period – as far as has been reported by the TTPS and the other stakeholders; we’ve had occupancy rates at our hotels and guesthouses sky high; and I think generally this injection into the economy of Tobago was one that is worth it.”

Brebnor said when the current administration decided to launch the brand-new carnival product within their first year in office, it was “certainly a herculean task, but it was done.”

“We did it. We learnt from the mistakes that were made during the previous years, and we would continue to learn from the lessons that we gather as we go along. I am really, really happy. All of the reports shows that people truly enjoyed themselves and this is what we need. I look forward to Tobago October carnival 2026.”

Available online:
https://newsday.co.tt/2025/10/28/stakeholders-full-marks-for-tobago-carnival-2025/

29/10/2025

Less than two months af­ter Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar promised to de­port 200 il­le­gal Venezue­lan mi­grants, the Min­istry of Home­land Se­cu­ri­ty has is­sued an or­der to place all il­le­gal mi­grants at the Im­mi­gra­tion De­ten­tion Cen­tre for de­p...

29/10/2025

Venezuela’s National Assembly has declared Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar “persona non grata,” as it continues to accuse her Government of supporting United States military aggression against the Bolivarian Republic. However, Persad-Bissessar has again dismissed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro’s comments as meaningless.

During a parliamentary session yesterday, lawmakers voted unanimously in favour of the motion under Article 111 of Venezuela’s constitution and also endorsed Maduro’s decision to suspend all energy agreements with Trinidad and Tobago.

Venezuela’s Na­tion­al As­sem­bly has de­clared Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar “per­sona non gra­ta,” as it con­tin­ues to ac­cuse her Gov­ern­ment of sup­port­ing Unit­ed States mil­i­tary ag­gres­sion against the Bo­li­var­i­an Re­pub­lic. How­ev­e...

29/10/2025

A day after Venezuela suspended gas agreements with the United National Congress Government and hours before it declared Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar persona non grata, Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles yesterday received a courtesy call from Venezuela’s Ambassador to T&T Álvaro Enrique Sánchez Cordero.

A day af­ter Venezuela sus­pend­ed gas agree­ments with the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress Gov­ern­ment and hours be­fore it de­clared Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar per­sona non gra­ta, Op­po­si­tion Leader Pen­ne­lope Beck­les yes­ter­day re­ceived a cour­tes...

29/10/2025

In­spired by an en­dur­ing love for his late fa­ther and the lega­cy he left be­hind, ac­claimed mu­si­cian and steel­pan arranger Am­rit Sama­roo is ho­n­our­ing the life and work of Dr Jit Sukha Sama­roo with a new three-day event — The Dr Jit Sama­roo Mu­sic Fes­ti­val 2025 ...

29/10/2025

Af­ter ac­cus­ing Cari­com of be­tray­ing Trinidad and To­ba­go, Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says her Gov­ern­ment will now look to sig­nif­i­cant­ly re­align its for­eign pol­i­cy with a fo­cus on coun­tries out­side of the re­gion.

29/10/2025

So, what should we conclude? Pink October does have an influence: it increases visibility and can generate measurable short-term increases in information-seeking and, in some studies, screening and testing.

But its public-health value is maximised only when the month’s energy is linked to accessible services, and outreach is well and truly targeted to underserved communities, with year-round education and prevention strategies.

Without those elements, this month risks producing awareness that fades come November—or worse, a commercialised pink display that just hides the barriers many women face in getting screened and treated.

Ideally, a pragmatic way forward is to keep using the platform—it works for visibility—but pair Pink October with sustained programmes, clearer prevention messaging for not just breast but other female reproductive cancers, and of course, funding that reaches the community with follow-up services all year long. This is how awareness stops being just a pretty colour and starts becoming outcomes.

Now ap­proach­ing the end of Pink Oc­to­ber when the breast can­cer mes­sage is clear­ly in the spot­light, the ques­tion re­mains whether this an­nu­al surge tru­ly im­proves women’s re­pro­duc­tive-health aware­ness and out­comes.

29/10/2025

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said she is not daunted by the Venezuelan National Assembly’s move to declare her person non grata.

29/10/2025

October 28th, 2025
MEDIA RELEASE

One Killed in Police-Involved Shooting, Shotgun Seized

One man was killed and a shotgun seized during a police-involved shooting incident which occurred in the Eastern Division yesterday morning.

Reports indicate that officers of the Mayaro Criminal Investigations Department (CID), received information of a man armed with a gun in the Guayaguayare district, around 2 am, on Monday 27th October, 2025.

On arrival at the location, the officers observed a man run into a wooden structure and retrieve an object that appeared to be a firearm from under a bed.

The man is alleged to have pointed the object at the officers and several clicking sounds were then heard. The officers gave the man verbal commands to put down the weapon, but he did not comply.

In keeping with the Use of Force Policy, the officers discharged their fi****ms in the direction of the man, who was hit about the body.

The wounded man was taken to the Mayaro Health Facility for treatment, where he subsequently died. He has since been identified as Ainsley Glenn Gonzales of Mayaro.

One sawed off shotgun was recovered from the scene.

Investigations are ongoing into the above incident.

Meanwhile, in the Northern Division, Task Force officers conducted an exercise in the La Horquetta district between 6 pm and 9 pm, on Sunday 26th October, 2025.

During the exercise, the officers searched the home of a 27-year-old male suspect which resulted in the discovery of 1.175 kilogrammes of cannabis.

The exercise was coordinated by Snr. Supt. Maynard-Wilson, Supt. Mc Kenzie, ASP Pitt and spearheaded by Insp. Gadar.

Investigations are ongoing.

Corporate Communications Unit
October 28th, 2025

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