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Trinidad and Tobago declares a national emergency after a massive oil spill off the coast of Tobago.
2024-02-12

Tropical Storm Bonnie makes landfall near the Costa Rica–Nicaragua border. The storm subsequently crosses over from the Atlantic basin to the Pacific basin, becoming the first storm to do so since Hurricane Otto in 2016. One person is reported missing in Trinidad and Tobago.
2022-07-2

Prime Minister Keith Rowley declares a state of emergency in Trinidad and Tobago from midnight and imposes a curfew from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. due to a surging number of COVID-19 cases.
2021-05-15

Trinidad and Tobago reports their first case of the B.1.1.7 variant in a person returning from the United Kingdom.
2021-01-21

Preliminary results see the ruling People’s National Movement winning a plurality of 22 seats in Trinidad and Tobago's latest election. The United National Congress is assumed to come in second with 19 seats.
2020-08-11

Citizens of Trinidad and Tobago cast their votes in the country's general election.
2020-08-10

Voters in Trinidad and Tobago go to the polls for a House of Representatives election with the People's National Movement led by Keith Rowley returning to power.
2015-09-7

Former FIFA vice-president Jack Warner becomes the national security minister of Trinidad and Tobago.
2012-06-23

The United Nations Human Rights Council appoints Sir Desmond de Silva of Britain, Karl Hudson-Phillips of Trinidad and Tobago, and Mary Shanth Dairiam of Malaysia to investigate the Gaza flotilla raid.
2010-07-23

Trinidad and Tobago holds a general election, resulting in the victory of the United National Congress, and Kamla Persad-Bissessar becoming its first female Prime Minister.
2010-05-24