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Blue Waters’ Divali Nagar Sponsorship: A PR Win Kamla Risks Making Bigger
Blue Waters’ increased Divali Nagar sponsorship has created a strong publicity opportunity. Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s response risks making it bigger—but the funding story needs important qualifications.
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Special Operations Act: Can T&T Journalists Still Protect Their Sources?
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14 to 17: Why the UNC’s New Borough Plan Looks Like Election Engineering
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Mighty Sparrow’s Legacy: The Songs That Explained Us
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Trinidad Drinking Age: Why Higher Age Limits and Huge Penalties Go Too Far
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MiLAT’s TT$41.6 Million Question: What Is a Second Chance Worth?
Local News
Special Operations Bill: Everything You Need to Know About Your Rights and the 16–15 Vote
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Bank Withdrawal Robberies: Who Else Knows You’re Carrying Cash?
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Trinidad Budget 2027: TT$63.4 Billion, but Where Is the Delivery?
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Royal Caribbean’s US$3 Billion Sandals Deal: Where Does Tobago Fit?
Royal Caribbean’s agreement for a 50% stake in Sandals and Beaches raises questions about Caribbean jobs, local suppliers and the terms of any future Tobago resort.
Local News
CARICOM Youth Crime Committee: Eight Young Voices, but Will Trinidad and Tobago Turn Advice Into Action?
Eight young advisers could help shape regional crime prevention. We examine who gets heard, what the evidence says about youth and violence in T&T, and how…
Local News
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO MURDER COUNT 2026: Weekly Updated Dashboard
This article is updated every Monday with the previous week’s murder count tally. Total Murders So Far in 2026: 281Murders This Week (Week 43): 5Change From…
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Inside the Silent Republic Bank Takeover: When Government Becomes the Biggest Banker in the Caribbean
The Silent Shift Nobody Saw Coming You check your Republic account balance every month. You swipe your blue card. You line up at the ATM. Life…
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Trinidad State of Emergency: September 17 Is Coming. What Did We Gain?
The Trinidad State of Emergency is scheduled to expire on September 17, 2026. For families with someone in custody, the immediate question is whether that person…
Carnival
Carnival Prize Money: Mas Bands Chase 2026 Payments as the Countdown to 2027 Continues
Carnival Prize Money puts two timetables in focus: settling 2026 awards and preparing for 2027. The NCC and TTCBA accounts, with the limits made clear.
Opinion
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY OF TRINIDAD INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATIONS MACHINE
The call. The cage. The leak—and the surveillance system every citizen should understand Imagine making a private telephone call. You complain about the Government. You use…
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THE HADEED FILES: FROM BLUE WATERS TO EMERGENCY POWERS
Everything publicly known so far about Dominic and Genevieve Hadeed—their businesses, community service, detention, Preventive Detention Orders, court challenge and the State’s decision to bring in…
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Venezuela Oil Revival: Can Trinidad and Tobago Turn Its Neighbour’s Comeback into Jobs and Gas?
Venezuela’s energy reopening could bring contracts, gas and investment opportunities to Trinidad and Tobago. What must happen before local workers, businesses and industry benefit?
Caribbean
US Deportation Deals Are Spreading Through CARICOM. Who Pays When People Cannot Go Home?
As US Deportation Deals spread through CARICOM, the hardest questions begin after arrival: who funds the stay, what protections apply and what happens when people cannot…
Caribbean
UNREAL PARADISE: The Top 10 Things to Do in St Lucia That’ll Leave You Breathless
Welcome to St Lucia — Where the Island Shows Off Some islands whisper. Saint Lucia flexes.Volcanic peaks rising straight out of the sea, rainforest wrapping the…
Caribbean
Middle East War, Caribbean Pain: Why a Conflict Thousands of Miles Away Could Break Island Budgets
The phrase Middle East War Caribbean Pain might sound dramatic, but for the region’s consumers, small businesses, and governments, it is becoming a brutally practical reality.…
