Slight increase in inflation for November 2025 in T&T

Reading Time: < 1 minuteInflation in Trinidad & Tobago edged up slightly in November, with the year-on-year inflation rate, as the percentage change in the All Items Index for November 2025 over November 2024,…

Police extends curfew in communities in St Andrew

Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe 48-hour curfew imposed on the communities of Park and 100 Lane, Red Hills Road in St Andrew has been extended by the St Andrew North police.

The extension takes effect from 6 p.m. today to 6 pm on Wednesday.

Man sought in ex-girlfriend’s killing surrenders to St Andrew police

Reading Time: 2 minutesA 29-year-old man wanted by the police for the alleged chopping-murder of his former partner and the wounding of her teen daughter surrendered to the St Andrew North police on Monday.

The suspect, Ricardo ‘Crow’ McCarty, turned himself in at the Lawrence Tavern Police Station, accompanied by a relative. He was later transferred to the Constant Spring Police Station, where he is being detained.

Commissioner Blake urges JCF to finish year strong, carry momentum into 2026

Reading Time: 3 minutesIn this week’s reflections in the Force Orders, Police Commissioner Dr Kevin Blake offers a philosophy of leadership grounded in momentum, discipline, and moral clarity. It’s one that speaks as powerfully to the wider public sector as it does to the Jamaica Constabulary Force. 

He makes it clear that progress has been earned through sustained effort, and not chance. Blake reminds members that the country is experiencing a historic reduction in violence, noting that  “the country is seeing a 43 per cent reduction in murders over 2024”; a figure that translates into lives  preserved and communities stabilised. His choice of language is deliberate. He frames the  achievement not as abstraction, but as consequence: “That means 484 persons did not die at the  hands of these evil murderers.” Performance is measured in human terms.

Jamaican pastor charged with murder of wife in Canada

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA 56-year-old Jamaican man living in London, Ontario, has been charged with second-degree murder following the death of his wife. Alton Farquharson, a pastor originally from Manchester, Jamaica, was arrested…

Jamaica’s external accounts to deteriorate in the near-term as current account worsens to a deficit

Reading Time: 2 minutesDurrant Pate/Contributor The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) has given a gloomy prospect for Jamaica’s current and external accounts over the near term. The central bank’s projections indicate that the country’s…