The prime minister advised Trinidad and Tobago's president to dissolve parliament and schedule a general election for April 28, according to a press release from his office on Tuesday. Sign up here.

Trinidad and Tobago relies on its energy sector for much of its economic activity, ... contracting during 2009-12, making small gains in 2013 and contracting again in 2014-17.

Mr. Young said the gangs were using AR-15s and AK-47s. Vernlyn Hernandez, who lives in the north coast village of La Cuevas, said, “The state of emergency should have been called after the New ...

Lauderhill honors Trinidad & Tobago on Aug. 29 with a festival highlighting its food and culture. Also, Miramar will have a celebration in honor of the Caribbean island nation’s Independe… ...

Trinidad and Tobago is redrawing the island’s coat of arms for the first time since its creation in 1962 to remove references to ... a palm tree and a scarlet ibis, Trinidad’s national bird.

A Scarlet Ibis XI edged their Cocrico XI counterparts by ten runs to win the Tobago Under-21 hardball cricket showcase final.The culmination of the Tobago Women’s Under-21 Cricket Programme saw ...

Authorities in the dual island nation of Trinidad and Tobago imposed a nationwide state of emergency on Monday following a spate of recent killings linked to gang violence. The move followed what ...

San Juan, Puerto Rico — Officials in Trinidad and Tobago are redrawing the island’s coat of arms for the first time since its creation in 1962 to remove references to European colonization in ...

August 31, 2022 marks 60 years of independence from Britain for the Caribbean twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. The country's calendar of celebratory events, which began in early July, has ...

It is a rich ecosystem that comprises a network of waterways, lagoons, and mangrove forests that cover about 5,996 hectares. The swamp is best known for being the habitat of the Scarlet Ibis, one of ...

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