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T&T braces for economic blow
Posted: Sunday, August 3, 2025
T&T braces for economic blow as US hikes tariffs to 15%
Trinidad and Tobago is bracing for a potential economic blow as the United States ramps up tariffs on local exports to 15 per cent, triggering fears of reduced competitiveness, shrinking foreign exchange inflows, and hits to the manufacturing and energy sectors.
Billion spent, yet URP fails to equip workers with real skills and stable jobs
Columbus statue to come down: Liberation time
ONE year after the first public consultation on statues and monuments in Trinidad and Tobago, the Port of Spain City Council has announced that the BRONZE statue of Christopher Columbus will be moved to the National Museum, and a new monument will be created to replace it. In addition to this, a section of Oxford Street will be renamed Kwame Ture Way.
First Peoples chief: Destroying Columbus statue won't erase history
CHIEF of the First Peoples Community Ricardo Bharath Hernandez says the Port of Spain City Council's decision to move the Christopher Columbus statue to the national museum is a good move. He said he strongly disagrees that it should be completely destroyed, as regardless of whether history is good or bad, it "should be told."
PNM youngest-ever deputy leader aims to bring fresh perspective
Daly Bread: Making sport with our money—state enterprise system remains "fertile ground for mismanagement"
The People's Calypsonian–Bro Valentino's legacy in black consciousness
He is one of the last of the bards whose voice was raised in calypso in the 1970 surge for Black Power. At 84 years old, clear-sighted and analytical, Brother Valentino told me how he came to be recognised as the "People's Calypsonian" back in the "Roaring Seventies".
"I observed and was inspired by the condition of my people, and that gave me the desire and the direction to create lyrics and melodies in the calypso art form." It's a disposition and insight that he gleaned from that practised by his great ancestors on the sugar plantations to tell their tales of woe under the inhumanity of slavery.
The Columbus conundrum: who should we honour?
If, as in Animal Farm, we were once judged as unfit to lead ourselves, and told that others must rule until we could prove our worth, then we must now ask: what does it mean to be handed the keys?
Senator Deoroop Teemal has died
Independent Senator and president of the National Council for Indian Culture (NCIC) Deoroop Teemal has died.
Tears in Matura as Tara Lochansingh's body recovered from river
According to reports, around 4 pm on Friday, Lochansingh had been liming at the river with relatives, including her five-year-old granddaughter, Aria Lochansingh, when the water suddenly rose. Both were swept away by strong currents. Aria was rescued by relatives, first responders, and good Samaritans. But Lochansingh was not so lucky.
Laventille woman dies after car plunges into Tobago river
Police said Marjorie Harry Orr was in the front seat passenger when, around 8.35 am at the intersection of Richmond Orchard Drive and Windward Road, the driver, her husband Thomas Orr, 78, stopped to allow a car to pass.
August 18th Start For Rehabilitation Programme For Disqualified Drivers Across TT
From smuggled food to assassination plots behind bars
Corruption among a small clique of prison officers over the years has brought the prison system to its knees. Organised crime and silent complicity have turned Trinidad and Tobago's prison system into a breeding ground for chaos, driven not just by the prisoners but by those entrusted to guard them. Behind these walls, the line between law enforcer and lawbreaker is dangerously blurred, and the consequences are deadly for some officers.
Guns seized, multiple arrests in nationwide anti-crime exercises
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