CTTRC Local Economic Development Unit

29/10/2026

🎉 𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀𝐋 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐍’𝐒 𝐃𝐀𝐘 – 𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋 𝐅𝐔𝐍! 🎈🥳

Let's bring back the joy of old-school games! 🤸‍♀️🎯

Join the Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo Regional Corporation and the Film & Folklore Festival for an afternoon of fun, laughter and childhood memories!

🗓𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
⏰ 𝟐:𝟑𝟎 𝐩.𝐦. – 𝟒:𝟑𝟎 𝐩.𝐦.
📍 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐥𝐢 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐝𝐞, 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐚

🎯 𝐎𝐥𝐝-𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐠𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬
🍿 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐏𝐨𝐩𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧 & 𝐒𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬
🎁 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐧!

This initiative aligns with 𝑮𝒐𝒂𝒍 5 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝑻𝑻𝑹𝑪'𝒔 𝑳𝑬𝑫 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏 2026–2029: 𝑷𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒆, 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕, 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒖𝒍𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝑫𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒚, by encouraging children to reconnect with traditional games, celebrate our cultural heritage and strengthen community bonds.

Bring the children and let them play, laugh and make memories! 💛

Come have fun! 🎉

27/10/2026

💥𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞𝐝‼ 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 🤖✨

This morning, 𝟏𝟒 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬 participated in a hands-on session exploring how artificial intelligence can help them promote their products and services, especially during the busy Christmas season. 🎄

𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒅 𝒘𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑨𝑰 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒕𝒔, 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒄𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔, 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕. 📱

Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Simone Huggins, welcomed participants and recognised the time, skill and care entrepreneurs put into their businesses. She encouraged everyone—whether comfortable with technology or just getting started—to ask questions, share ideas and practise, so they could leave with a skill that is useful for their business.

🌟The session forms part of our 𝐁𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐄𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 & 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 (𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐒) initiative, which supports entrepreneurs and 𝒂𝒅𝒗𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝑮𝒐𝒂𝒍 1 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑪𝑻𝑻𝑹𝑪 𝑳𝑬𝑫 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝑷𝒍𝒂𝒏: 𝑫𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆, 𝑰𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑹𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝑺𝑴𝑬 𝑺𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒐𝒓.

23/10/2026

We join our YTEPP Ltd. family in mourning the loss of Mrs. Leela Toorcana, whose invaluable support helped our LED Unit deliver training to the benefit of many entrepreneurs in our municipality. We remember her contributions with gratitude and extend our heartfelt condolences to her family, friends and colleagues. R.I.P. Leela 🙏🏽

In Loving Memory of Mrs. Leela Toorcana

The Board of Directors, Management and Staff of YTEPP Limited extend their deepest and most heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and loved ones of our former colleague, Mrs. Leela Toorcana, on her passing.

Mrs. Toorcana was a long-serving and valued member of the YTEPP family who dedicated many years of service to the organization before retiring in April 2026.

Her dedication, professionalism and contributions to YTEPP Limited will always be remembered and appreciated.

During this difficult time, we stand in solidarity with her family and loved ones, offering our thoughts, prayers and sincere sympathies.

May her soul rest in eternal peace. 🕊️

21/10/2026

😀Come out and support Ramleela in Dow Village and Mc Bean.

🌟Check out Chai & Dosa Day at Chinmaya Mission ‼️

See flyers below 👇

20/10/2026

Happening Now‼️ We are joining our colleagues at Kent House, MoRDLG to discuss the National LED Policy.

19/10/2026

You can still register for this FREE In-Person Session ‼

🗓️ 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
🕤 𝟗:𝟑𝟎 𝐚.𝐦. – 𝟏𝟏:𝟎𝟎 𝐚.𝐦.
📍 𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭, 𝐂𝐓𝐓𝐑𝐂, 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝, 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐚

👇🏾Register today by clicking on the link below!
https://forms.gle/FsHuXhr1FMeLQmb3A

📣 𝐌𝐒𝐌𝐄𝐬, 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 🎃🎄‼️

Join CTTRC’s LED Unit for a 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐢𝐧-𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 on 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 and learn practical ways to 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.

Topics include:
✅ Writing effective AI prompts
✅ Creating social media posts and captions
✅ Designing promotional visuals
✅ Planning your marketing content

🗓️ 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
🕤 𝟗:𝟑𝟎 𝐚.𝐦. – 𝟏𝟏:𝟎𝟎 𝐚.𝐦.
📍 𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭, 𝐂𝐓𝐓𝐑𝐂, 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝, 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐚

👇🏾Spaces are limited—register today by clicking on the link below!
https://forms.gle/FsHuXhr1FMeLQmb3A

💥𝑶𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅, 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆‼

𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑇𝑇𝑅𝐶’𝑠 𝐵𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝐸𝑛ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 & 𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 (𝐵𝐸𝑆𝑆) 𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒, 𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐺𝑜𝑎𝑙 1 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝐸𝐷 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑐 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛 2026–2029: 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝 𝑎 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒, 𝐼𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑆𝑀𝐸 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟.

15/10/2026

🌱 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔: 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬

Through CTTRC’s continued partnership with the Trinidad & Tobago Entrepreneurship Hub, 10 entrepreneurs from our region had the opportunity to attend its 3rd Entrepreneurship Forum on 14th October 2026 at SAPA, San Fernando—a platform for making connections, exploring opportunities and gaining practical insights for business growth.

We sincerely thank E-Hub for its continued partnership and commitment to helping our local entrepreneurs thrive! 🤝

14/10/2026

🌿 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐚/𝐓𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞/𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐨‼

Four of the nine upcoming public tours by the National Trust of Trinidad and Tobago takes you through our region! Explore our heritage, scenic landscapes, agriculture and festive traditions:

📍 𝟑𝟏 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫: 𝐏𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐨 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫
📍 𝟕 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫: 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫
📍 𝟏𝟒 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫: 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭/𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐚 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫
📍 𝟓 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫: 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐫

From mud volcanoes and historic landmarks to lush gardens and traditional village Christmas celebrations—there’s so much to experience!

👉 Check out the itineraries, prices and booking details:
https://nationaltrust.tt/whats-on/tours/

13/10/2026

📣 𝐌𝐒𝐌𝐄𝐬, 𝐆𝐞𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 🎃🎄‼️

Join CTTRC’s LED Unit for a 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐢𝐧-𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 on 𝐔𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 and learn practical ways to 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬.

Topics include:
✅ Writing effective AI prompts
✅ Creating social media posts and captions
✅ Designing promotional visuals
✅ Planning your marketing content

🗓️ 𝐓𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝟐𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
🕤 𝟗:𝟑𝟎 𝐚.𝐦. – 𝟏𝟏:𝟎𝟎 𝐚.𝐦.
📍 𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭, 𝐂𝐓𝐓𝐑𝐂, 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐑𝐨𝐚𝐝, 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐯𝐚

👇🏾Spaces are limited—register today by clicking on the link below!
https://forms.gle/FsHuXhr1FMeLQmb3A

💥𝑶𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅, 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒄𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒎 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆‼

𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐶𝑇𝑇𝑅𝐶’𝑠 𝐵𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝐸𝑛ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 & 𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠 (𝐵𝐸𝑆𝑆) 𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒, 𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐺𝑜𝑎𝑙 1 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐿𝐸𝐷 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑐 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛 2026–2029: 𝐷𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑝 𝑎 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒, 𝐼𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑅𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑆𝑀𝐸 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟.

12/10/2026

🌟‼️𝐂𝐓𝐓𝐑𝐂’𝐬 𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐘 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓–𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔‼️🌟

As the House of Representatives meets this afternoon for the tabling of the Appropriation (Financial Year 2027) Bill, 2026 and the Budget Presentation, we 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐓𝐓𝐑𝐂’𝐬 𝐋𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐘 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓–𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 and look forward to learning more about the 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒕 𝑪𝑻𝑻𝑹𝑪 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒄 𝒅𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒑𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕.