Trinidad and To­ba­go cel­e­brat­ed the start of 2026 with joy and new be­gin­nings as hos­pi­tals across the coun­try wel­comed the first ba­bies of the year.

At San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal, Car­la Black­man gave birth to her ba­by boy at 12.10 am.

In a small cer­e­mo­ny, Dr Rishad Seecher­an, Min­is­ter in the Min­istry of Health; Sad­dam Ho­sein, Min­is­ter of Lands and Le­gal Af­fairs; Dr. Lack­ram Bo­doe, Min­is­ter of Health; and mem­bers of the South West Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (SWRHA) Board of Di­rec­tors and ex­ec­u­tive team pre­sent­ed Black­man with to­kens of ap­pre­ci­a­tion.