Less than 1% of Green Fund disbursed
Posted: Sunday, May 31, 2026

Less than 1% of Green Fund disbursed in decade as NGOs face funding crisis
Despite the Green Fund containing $12.9 billion, as confirmed by the Auditor General's Report on the Public Accounts for 2025, environmental non-government organisations (NGOs) and community groups continue to report issues with accessing funding.

Heritage's $570m offshore contract under scrutiny
Questions raised over bid process...

Kamla: We are the fulfilment of the jahajis' dream
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said descendants of Indian indentured labourers today represent the fulfilment of the dreams carried across the kala pani by generations of jahajis who endured poverty, discrimination and hardship in pursuit of a better life.

Hadad: New plan to double non-energy exports needs more detail
Businesswoman and former Tobago Division chair of the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Diane Hadad, has described the Government's latest diversification and export growth plans as promising but lacking sufficient depth, warning that the business community still has major unanswered questions.

When the curtain falls: T&T's crisis of trust
DR JACK AUSTIN WARNER: Today, as I sit almost fully retired from active politics, I find myself reflecting on just how accurate those words remain for Trinidad and Tobago. Age and distance have a way of sharpening perspective. When you are no longer fighting elections, managing party machinery or defending every political position, you begin to see the country differently. You start to see beyond the headlines, beyond the speeches and beyond the carefully choreographed performances that dominate public life.

Act 8 of 1988 and Tobago's administrative awakening
Tobago's autonomy debate did not begin yesterday, nor was it born merely out of emotion or political rhetoric. It emerged from real administrative conflict, constitutional uncertainty, and the practical difficulty of governing Tobago through what was, in many respects, an unfinished constitutional experiment.

Attorneys back DPP and warn: Public commentary risks fair trial in Sealy case
Two senior attorneys have strongly backed the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in cautioning the media and the public against publishing material that could prejudice the criminal case involving Kaia Sealy.

DPP Urged Against Publishing Material Which Could Prejudice Samaroo Case


MATT backs DPP
...Gaspard's warning not an attack on press freedom

PM slams 'sick and evil' support for gang unity at Sealy-Samaroo protest
...Praises police for protecting staff at DPP's office from demonstrators

PM: Sick and evil
Kamla slams calls for gangs to unite against police...

Citizens are not spectators
That simple principle separates a democracy from any system where power expects silence. Citizens are not subjects. They are not spectators. They are not expected to sit quietly while decisions are made on their behalf. They have a right to ask questions, demand answers and hold authority accountable.

Entertainers weigh in on protests, Samaroo-Sealy issue
As protests continue over the Joshua Samaroo and Kaia Sealy case, local entertainers have begun to use their social media platforms to speak out over what they have described as an injustice.

'WE WILL NOT BE GAGGED'
The friendship fuelling the Kaia Sealy protests

Al-Rawi fires back after Nizam demands LATT probe
Former House Speaker and attorney Nizam Mohammed is calling on the Law Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) to take action against Opposition Senators Faris Al-Rawi and Janelle John-Bates.

Tobago footballer, 21, gunned down in Union
The pain of losing the third member of their family to a bullet has left a Tobago family inconsolable.


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