Trinidad declares state of emergency

Within hours of a massacre at Prizgar Lands, Laventille, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago on Monday morning authorized the declaration of a state of emergency.

In a statement coming from the Ministry of Communications citizens were told that President Christine Kangaloo on the advice of the Prime Minister had declared the state of emergency being satisfied that the circumstances of Section 8(2)C of the constitution exists.

“The circumstances warranting the declaration of the...