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FAKE NEWS ALERT: BOGUS GAZETTE NOTICES CIRCULATING ON WESTMOORINGS AND SEA LOTS Claims that three communities have been placed under special security declarations are false. Only Maloney has been officially confirmed. Images circulating on social media purport to show that President Christine Carla Kangaloo signed additional orders on November 10, 2026, declaring Columbus Circle, Westmoorings, and Pioneer Drive and environs, Sea Lots, closed areas under the Special Operations Act, 2026. However, checks against the official Trinidad and Tobago Gazette reveal that the circulating documents do not match the Government Printer’s published legal notices. Legal Notice No. 847, dated November 10, identifies only the Maloney Buildings Housing Development, Maloney Gardens, within Policing District 2, as a closed area. A separate order, Legal Notice No. 848, imposes a nightly curfew from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. within that designated development. The giveaway? The circulating Westmoorings document reproduces Gazette page 2112, the same page containing the genuine Maloney declaration, but substitutes Columbus Circle as the designated location. The purported Sea Lots declaration likewise has no matching official notice in the Government Printer’s published records as of November 11. The claim that Government has expanded its closed-area declarations to Westmoorings and Sea Lots is therefore unsupported and should be treated as fake news. The origin of the altered documents remains unknown. The public is urged to verify official declarations through the Government Printer before circulating claims that could create unnecessary alarm among residents.
FAKE NEWS ALERT: BOGUS GAZETTE NOTICES CIRCULATING ON WESTMOORINGS AND SEA LOTS
Claims that three communities have been placed under special security declarations are false. Only Maloney has been officially confirmed.
Images circulating on social media purport to show that President Christine Carla Kangaloo signed additional orders on November 10, 2026, declaring Columbus Circle, Westmoorings, and Pioneer Drive and environs, Sea Lots, closed areas under the Special Operations Act, 2026.
However, checks against the official Trinidad and Tobago Gazette reveal that the circulating documents do not match the Government Printer’s published legal notices.
Legal Notice No. 847, dated November 10, identifies only the Maloney Buildings Housing Development, Maloney Gardens, within Policing District 2, as a closed area.
A separate order, Legal Notice No. 848, imposes a nightly curfew from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. within that designated development.
The giveaway? The circulating Westmoorings document reproduces Gazette page 2112, the same page containing the genuine Maloney declaration, but substitutes Columbus Circle as the designated location.
The purported Sea Lots declaration likewise has no matching official notice in the Government Printer’s published records as of November 11.
The claim that Government has expanded its closed-area declarations to Westmoorings and Sea Lots is therefore unsupported and should be treated as fake news.
The origin of the altered documents remains unknown.
The public is urged to verify official declarations through the Government Printer before circulating claims that could create unnecessary alarm among residents.
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