(Trinidad Guardian) Trinidad and Tobago is now under a state of emergency.
The government made the announcement a short time ago.
According to a release, the state of emergency has been declared due to “heightened criminal activity which endangers public safety.”
The country recorded another multiple murder last night, where at least three people were killed in Prizgar Lands, Laventille.
The murder toll is already the highest it has ever been, well over 600.
The last time a state of emergency was declared was in May 2021, as a means of curbing the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. That state of emergency ended in November 2021.
Before that, the People’s Partnership Government had declared a state of emergency in 2011 due to the crime situation.
The exact parameters of the state of emergency, such as curfew hours, have not been released.
“The regulations will be communicated shortly,” a Government spokesperson said.
Below is the full release announcing the state of emergency:
Full Release:
Pursuant to section 8 of the Constitution of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Her Excellency Christine Carla Kangaloo, ORTT, President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Commander-in-Chief, has, on the advice of Dr the Honourable Keith Rowley, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, declared a state of public emergency, being satisfied that the circumstances of section 8(2)(c) of the Constitution exist. The circumstances warranting the declaration of the public emergency are based on the advice of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service to the National Security Council regarding heightened criminal activity which endangers public safety.
