OPPOSITION WANTS MORE TRANSPARENCY ON SOE

The People's National Movement is calling for more transparency relating to the calling of the State of Emergency. According to the Opposition, one of the aspects that the public should be made aware of, are the measures to be implemented. But the …

‘SoE to stop plot’

Citizens woke up yesterday to the news that a state of emergency (SoE) had been declared with the explanation that police “intelligence” had uncovered that a criminal network operating inside the nation’s prisons was conspiring to murder key law …

SOE VIEWS

Young: Prime Minister needs to address the nation on SoE

FORMER national security minister Stuart Young said on Friday that a State of Emergency was not to be announced by a Police Commissioner - and has called on Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, as head of the National Security Council (NSC) and the …

BUSINESS REACTS TO SOE

With the State of Emergency now in effect, two major business organisations are weighing in. While both support the Government's move to neutralise threats, they're also urging balance; calling for careful enforcement, transparency, and long-term …

NATION AWAKES TO ANOTHER SOE

MINISTER, TTMA TALK SOE AT TIC TOUR

As the Trade and Investment Convention 2025 continued today in Macoya, government officials and business leaders sought to reassure the public that the newly declared State did not impact on proceedings

HEERA ON SOE DECLARATION

Security expert Garvin Heerah says while the declaration of a State of Emergency may disrupt criminal operations, clear and measurable objectives must now be shared with the public. Heerah is advising that border security be tightened immediately, to …

CoP: SoE needed to

T&T is under a State of Emergency (SoE) for the second time in as many months. In announcing the move yesterday, Commissioner of Police (CoP) Allister Guevarro said credible intelligence pointing to the formation of an organised crime syndicate …

AG Jeremie defends SoE

Senior Reporter [email protected] Attorney General John Jeremie says the Government had no alternative but to take “decisive action” to declare yesterday’s State of Emergency (SoE), citing a troubling spike in gruesome, gang-related crimes allegedly …