Tobago Updates

Confusion and mounting concern have gripped commuters, business operators, and tourism stakeholders on the domestic airbridge following contradictory statements from senior government ministers regarding proposed TT$1,000 peak-period airfares.

The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS), in coordination with the Ministry of Works and Transport and the Licensing AuthorityClick to open side panel for more information, has issued an urgent public advisory warning motorists against an aggressive SMS phishing (“smishing”) scam designed to trick drivers into paying fraudulent traffic citations.

In a dramatic twist that has ignited widespread shock and public outrage across Trinidad and Tobago, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has instructed that criminal warrants be issued—not against the police officers involved in the deadly January 20th shooting—but against Joshua Samaroo’s surviving common-law wife, Kaia Sealy. The directive from DPP Roger Gaspard SC was confirmed following an announcement by Commissioner of Police Allister Guevarro.

Following a three-week labor dispute, Works Credit Union employees in Trinidad and Tobago have officially ended their strike. All branches across the country will resume normal, full-scale operations starting August 24. Financial News TTTobago UpdatesTrinidad and Tobago

The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) officially announced the May/June 2026 exam results in Anguilla on August 18. While the results demonstrated academic improvements in major subjects, the council noted persistent challenges with student absenteeism and exam irregularities. CaribbeanEducationCaribbeanExaminationsCouncilCXC2026

A delegation of healthcare officials from Tobago is concluding a three-day technical visit to Barbados aimed at advancing Tobago’s digital health infrastructure and modernizing its care network.

It has been a heart-wrenching 100 days since two-year-old Angelo Tobias Plaza disappeared from his Goodwood home. As the search reaches this grim milestone, a quiet coastal community is left grappling with grief, trauma, and a desperate need for answers.

The Caribbean Music Awards are officially coming to T&T! Next month, the fourth annual ceremony makes its regional debut in Port of Spain, where living legend Calypso Rose will be celebrated for her decades of global influence and contributions to the genre, as highlighted by RicheSkarayib .

The readiness of Tobago’s public schools is under scrutiny just weeks before the start of the new term. Lingering questions regarding back-pay releases and ongoing staffing shortages across Early Childhood Care Centers have sparked concern across the island. Jewel Greene-George reports. School ReadinessTobago educationTobago Updates

Pushback is mounting across Tobago’s legal fraternity and commercial sector following the Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago ’s recent directive to transition magistrates’ and high courts back to full in-person proceedings.