Trinidad and Tobago extends state of emergency for another three months
The Caribbean nation has spent 10 of the last 14 months under an emergency status that curtails key civil liberties.
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Aerial view of an overturned vessel off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago. [Handout/Tobago House Assembly via AFP]
An area on Tobago Island was affected by the oil spill. Prime Minister Keith Rowley declared a national emergency as oil leaking from a capsized vessel affected some 15km (nearly 10 miles) of coastline. [Handout via Reuters]
Men work in an area affected by the oil spill on Tobago Island. [Handout via Reuters]
View of the oil spill at Rockly Bay on Tobago island. [Clement Williams/AFP]
Video grab from handout footage shows emergency workers scrambling to clean up the massive oil spill after a mysterious vessel ran aground. [Handout/Tobago House Assembly via AFP]
Environmental officials said the spill has damaged a reef and Atlantic beaches, a dire situation for the islands' resorts and hotels that are the lifeline of the local economy during the Carnival season. [Clement Williams/AFP]
Divers have been unable to plug the oil leak on the ship, which was sailing under an unidentified flag and made no emergency calls. [Handout via Reuters]
The vessel, identified as Gulfstream, capsized on February 7 off the coast of the Cove Eco-Industrial Park in southern Tobago, and currents have dragged it shorewards. [Handout/Tobago House Assembly via AFP]
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Let’s bring the Caribbean struggle for reparations to Britain
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Trinidad cancels gas deal over US sanctions on Venezuela
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Trinidad mother reunited with sons taken by ISIL father to Syria
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