Trinidad and Tobago

A nationwide State of Emergency has been declared on 18 July, the second in 2025, following the surge of a highly threatening criminal network that is operating both within and outside of TT's correctional facilities

Hosay celebration ended on 6 July with Big Hosay in St James; the Islamic religious commemoration and since decades a local tradition is an occasion to think about fighting socio-economic, cultural and political injustices

Of the 139 people killed by police in 105 separate incidents over the past two years and five months, five cases have been closed by the Police Complaints Authority; in 2025 37 people found death in 29 police-involved shootings

Hannah Janoura, businesswoman and philanthropist, distributed 190 wheelchairs to members of the public in what has become an annual appointment: media report she has been doing this for so many years, she has handed out at least 1.400 wheelchairs

The 230-bed Couva Children’s Hospital, equipped since 2015 with MRI and CT Scan units, will be opened; it will be commissioned in phases , starting with staff relocation and considering international nurses recruiting

The opposition centrist United National Congress decisively won parliamentary elections held on 28 April and Kamla Persad-Bissessar will be the next prime minister; 73-year-old, she held the post from 2010 to 2015 and remains the only woman leader of TT

Team Trinidad and Tobago concluded the 2025 Carifta Athletics Championships on home soil with 25 medals, including two final-day gold medals; in the annual, event young Caribbean athletes showcase their talent and compete for regional supremacy

A massive fire erupted at the South Terminal of the Piarco International Airport, leading to all airport activities coming to a complete standstill, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded, with flights being diverted as the runaway was temporarily closed

Environmentalist group Nature Seekers with local residents started clean-up at Matura as sargassum endangers leatherback turtle nesting site at the height of its turtle-nesting season as fewer than usual numbers of the turtles were making it to shore

Angostura Holdings Ltd surpassed a billion dollars in revenue for the third consecutive year; the owner of the renowned brand Angostura has seen a 2024 profit decline of 5% due to the strategic decision to invest in brand-building initiatives

The national e-commerce strategy 2025-2030, newly launch, builds on the country’s 2017-2021 e-commerce framework that takes into account the initiatives of micro, small and medium businesses and is the first of its kind in the Caribbean

Following a weekend of violence which took the islands’ murder total to 623 in a year, the Trinidad and Tobago authorities on 13 January extended the nationwide state of emergency for a further three months, with no curfew nor restrictions on gatherings