7 AM News script — 10 October 2026

Prepared script for the 7 AM edition, Saturday 10 October 2026. This is not a verified spoken transcript. Today’s recording awaits complete listening review and is not cleared for publication. Jason McAllister is a fictional AI presenter using Sinclair.

This is WACK News. I'm Jason McAllister.

One hundred and ten Trinidad and Tobago nationals have been affected by Friday's earthquake in Panama, the Ministry of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs says. The magnitude seven-point-seven quake struck on Friday afternoon. The ministry says the embassy in Panama City is monitoring conditions with local emergency authorities. Nationals needing assistance, and people concerned about relatives there, are urged to contact the embassy.

Proman Trinidad says it has reduced its local workforce as part of a global restructuring. The company says affected employees have been notified and support services remain available for those leaving and those staying with the business.

A planned trade union march through Port of Spain has moved from October sixteenth to October twenty-third. National Trade Union Centre general secretary Michael Annisette says union leaders agreed to postpone it out of respect for the Mighty Sparrow, whose funeral is scheduled for October sixteenth.

Heavy showers or thunderstorms are possible today. The Meteorological Service puts the chance at forty to sixty per cent for Trinidad, Tobago and the rest of the Lesser Antilles. Gusty winds are likely in heavier showers, and street or flash flooding may occur in prone areas.

That's a look at WACK Headline News.

Dated sources

TTT reproducing ministry statement; USGS and GDACS verify quake; published 9 October 2026; event 9 October 2026
110 T&T Nationals Affected By Major Earthquake In Panama

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us6000u18k
https://www.gdacs.org/report.aspx?eventid=1570339&eventtype=EQ
Affected does not mean injured. No verified injury count for T&T nationals; omit casualties.

Trinidad Guardian carrying direct Proman response; published 9 October 2026 21:04; edition 10 October; event Reduction confirmed 9 October 2026
https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/proman-sends-home-100-workers-6.2.2685755.a236a395ff
Use company-confirmed reduction; hold approximately 100 and nine per cent figures and detailed separation terms without original documentation.

Trinidad Guardian quoting Michael Annisette; published 9 October 2026 21:20; edition 10 October; event Decision 9 October; march 23 October 2026
https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/unions-postpone-oct-16-protest-out-of-respect-for-sparrow-6.2.2685760.0393c58a38
Planned event, not completed.

Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service; published 9 October 2026 16:15; event 10 October 2026 daytime
https://www.metoffice.gov.tt/forecast
Main forecast valid for Saturday; conditional forecast, not a declared warning.

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