2024 in Trinidad and Tobago

See also: 2024 in the Caribbean

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Decades:|

* 2000s
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* Other events of 2024
* Timeline of Trinidadian and Tobagonian history

Events in the year 2024 in Trinidad and Tobago.

## Incumbents

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* President: Christine Kangaloo
* Prime Minister: Keith Rowley
* Chief Justice: Ivor Archie
* Leader of the Opposition: Kamla Persad-Bissessar

## Events

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* 17 January – Three people are killed and five others injured during a mass shooting against a group of men outdoors in Morvant.[1]
* 7 February – The barge MV Gulfstream capsizes off the coast of Tobago, producing an oil spill that affects 15 kilometers of the island's coastline[2] and prompting the declaration of a national emergency.[3]
* 18 August – Prime Minister Keith Rowley announces a revision of the country's coat of arms to remove images referencing the voyages of Christopher Columbus in favor of a steelpan, a native invention, as part of efforts to remove "colonial vestiges".[4]
* 25 September – Laurel Lezama-Lee Sing resigns from the Senate and is replaced by Ancil Dennis.[5]
* 2 December – Police seize 243 kilograms of marijuana and cocaine valued at $6 million from a boat in western Tobago and arrest two suspects.[6]
* 29 December – Five people are killed in a shooting at a shop in Laventille.[7]
* 30 December – A state of emergency is declared due to an increase in murders associated with gang violence.[7]

## Holidays

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Further information: Public holidays in Trinidad and Tobago

Source:[8]

* 1 January - New Year's Day
* 12–13 February – Carnival
* 29 March – Good Friday
* 30 March – Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day
* 1 April - Easter Monday
* 10 April – Eid al-Fitr
* 30 May - Corpus Christi
* 30 May - Indian Arrival Day
* 19 June – Labour Day
* 1 August – Emancipation Day
* 31 August – Independence Day
* 24 September - Republic Day
* 31 October – Diwali
* 25 December – Christmas Day
* 26 December – Boxing Day

## Sports

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* Trinidad and Tobago at the 2024 Summer Olympics

## Deaths

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* 1 January – Basdeo Panday, 90, politician, prime minister (1995–2001).[9]
* 16 December – Lisa Morris-Julian, 48, politician, MP (2020-2024).[10]

## See also

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* 2020s
* 2024 Atlantic hurricane season
* 2024 in the Caribbean

## References

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1. ^ "Trinidad police are investigating a shooting that killed 3 people and wounded 5 others". AP News. 2024-01-17. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
2. ^ "Oil Spill Hits Caribbean Island of Tobago". VOA. 2024-02-11. Retrieved 2024-02-12.
3. ^ "Mystery ship capsizes in Trinidad and Tobago, triggering massive oil spill and national emergency". CBS. 2024-02-12. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
4. ^ "Trinidad is redrawing its coat of arms to remove Columbus' three famous ships". Associated Press. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
5. ^ Moreno, Camille (2024-09-26). "PNM's Lezama-Lee Sing resigns as government senator". Trinidad and Tobago Newsday. Retrieved 2025-04-26.
6. ^ "Police in Trinidad and Tobago seize $6 million worth of drugs from a boat". Associated Press. 4 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
7. ^ a b "Trinidad and Tobago declares emergency as murders soar". BBC. 30 December 2024. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
8. ^ "Trinidad and Tobago Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
9. ^ "BASDEO PANDAY HAS DIED". Trinidad Express Newspapers. 2024-01-01. Retrieved 2024-01-02.
10. ^ "MP LISA MORRIS-JULIAN AND CHILDREN DIE IN FIRE". Trinidad Express Newspapers. 2024-12-16. Retrieved 2024-12-17.

## External links

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Indies|

| Antilles|

| Greater
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* Cayman Islands
* Cuba
* Jamaica
* Navassa Island
* Puerto Rico

| Hispaniola|

* Dominican Republic
* Haiti

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Lesser
Antilles|

| Leeward
Islands|

* Anguilla
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Guadeloupe
* La Désirade
* Les Saintes
* Marie-Galante
* Montserrat
* Saba^*
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* Sint Eustatius^*

| Saint Martin^|

* Collectivity of Saint Martin
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Virgin Islands|

* British Virgin Islands
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Southern
Caribbean|

| Leeward
Antilles|

* Insular Venezuela
* Federal Dependencies
* Nueva Esparta

| ABC islands|

* Aruba
* Bonaire*
* Curaçao

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Windward
Islands|

* Dominica
* Grenada
* Carriacou and Petite Martinique
* Martinique
* Saint Lucia
* Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

*  Barbados†
* Trinidad and Tobago†

Lucayan
Archipelago|

* Bahamas
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Caribbean
Sea|

* Aves Island
* San Andrés and Providencia
* Bajo Nuevo Bank~
* Serranilla Bank~

Caribbean
continental
zone|

* Quintana Roo
* Cozumel

| Central America|

* Belize
* Honduras
* Bay Islands
* Izabal
* Limón
* Corn Islands
* North Caribbean Coast
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* Panama

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South America|

* Colombian Caribbean
* Venezuelan Caribbean

Wider
groupings
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* Bermuda#
* Costa Rica
* El Salvador
* Guatemala
* Nicaragua

| Yucatán Peninsula|

* Campeche
* Petén
* Yucatán

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The Guianas|

* Amapá
* French Guiana
* Venezuelan Guayana
* Guyana
* Guayana Esequibaǂ
* Tigri Areaǂ
* Suriname

N.B.: Territories in italics are parts of transregional sovereign states or non-sovereign dependencies.

^These three form the SSS islands that with the ABC islands comprise the Dutch Caribbean, of which *the BES islands are not direct Kingdom constituents but subsumed with the country of the Netherlands.

†Physiographically, these continental islands are not part of the volcanic Windward Islands arc, although sometimes grouped with them culturally and politically.

ǂDisputed territories administered by Guyana. ~Disputed territories administered by Colombia.

#Bermuda is an isolated North Atlantic oceanic island, physiographically not part of the Lucayan Archipelago, Antilles, Caribbean Sea nor North American continental nor South American continental islands. It is grouped with the Northern American region, but occasionally also with the Caribbean region culturally.
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