Trinidad & Tobago
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- parliamentary democracy
- CONSTITUTION
- August 1, 1976
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, Senate and House of Representatives
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Court of Appeal, Supreme Court, High Court of Justice; the highest court of appeal is the Privy Council of London.
RELIGIONS
26% Catholics; 22% Hindus; 7.8% Anglicans; 6% Muslims, other
From the country
- JANUARY 16, 2008Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
the death penalty is not the answer to crime and will not reduce criminal activity...
the death penalty is not the answer to crime and will not reduce criminal activity...
- JANUARY 16, 2008Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: RAMESH: PM'S HANGING PLAN A NATIONAL JOKE
Trinidad and Tobago’s Opposition Chief Whip Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj said "it is a national joke for the Prime Minister, in a situation where there is a ten per cent...
JANUARY 15, 2008Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. HANGINGS MAY RESUME
The Patrick Manning government wants to use its new term in office to ensure
- JANUARY 1, 2008Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
The sentence of death is the mandatory punishment for murder in Trinidad and Tobago.
The sentence of death is the mandatory punishment for murder in Trinidad and Tobago.
- DECEMBER 18, 2007Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Trinidad and Tobago voted against...
Trinidad and Tobago voted against...
- NOVEMBER 2, 2007Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
the Congress of the People (COP) says if elected it will give citizens...
the Congress of the People (COP) says if elected it will give citizens...
- JULY 19, 2007Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE FOR COP WHO SHOT PARTYING YOUTH
Acting Chief Justice Roger Hamel-Smith of the Appeal Court in Trinidad &...
- JULY 6, 2007Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO. DEATH SENTENCE FOR KNIFE ATTACK ON NEIGHBOUR
in Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago, Marvin Nedd, 23, of Longdenville was convicted of
MARCH 30, 2007Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING JAMAICAN FRIEND
Kelloy Koon Koon was sentenced to death in Trinidad for the murder of his friend Mark Brown, whom he
- MARCH 28, 2007Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
Andrew Kanhai, 32, was sentenced to death in Trinidad...
Andrew Kanhai, 32, was sentenced to death in Trinidad...
- JANUARY 1, 2007Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
The sentence of death is the mandatory punishment for murder in Trinidad and Tobago.
The sentence of death is the mandatory punishment for murder in Trinidad and Tobago.
- DECEMBER 4, 2006Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MURDER
Deochan Ganga, 25, a fisherman, and Dinesh Benjamin, 24, a gardener...