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Dragon dance
Posted: Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Dragon dance: US Secretary of State changes tune on OFAC licences after high-level talks with PM
Three months after Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar declared the Dragon gas deal "dead" —and five months after revoking two Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) licences to explore the Dragon and Cocuina-Manakin fields in Venezuelan waters—the United States government has reversed its decision.
Dragon Gas back from the dead: PM secures US commitment
Statement from Marco Rubio's Office
Government gets US support for Venezuela-TT energy projects
GOVERNMENT has received the support of the US to approve the relevant licences to develop cross-border energy resources in Venezuela which will benefit Trinidad and Tobago's energy sector and economy.
Young: Complete about turn by UNC on Dragon
Piggott said Rubio acknowledged the importance of energy security to Trinidad and Tobago's economic prosperity and regional stability.
Energy Chamber welcomes good news on Dragon deal
TT maintains Tier 2 ranking in US Trafficking in Persons report
A Tier 2 designated country means the government does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so.
US report flags lack of action on govt officials' trafficking probes
A lack of updates on several investigations into alleged complicity by senior government officials accused of human trafficking is listed as one of the major reasons why Trinidad and Tobago does not fully meet the minimum standards for eliminating human trafficking, according to the US State Department's 2025 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report.
Penny takes part in energy talks in New York
OPPOSITION Leader Pennelope Beckles engaged in energy talks on the margins of the 80th UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.
Dear Editor: How incompetence of T&TEC—and other essential services—impoverishes T&T
CLEANER POS COMING
...Initiative brings return of wardens, bins, trash carts
Empowering our adults to read
The recent exposure of a literacy crisis expressed by the Adult Literacy Tutors Association (ALTA) president, Ms Paula Lucie-Smith, should be very worrying for the entire country.
Diaspora network aims to reconnect nationals abroad to T&T
San Fernando East pays tribute to beloved Mariah
Third gas tank explosion fatality in 6 months
A Debe woman tragically lost her life after suffering severe burns following a cooking gas cylinder explosion that occurred in her home almost two months ago.
Cops: Teacher says he was hiding out in hotel after threats
Police say teacher and financial consultant Komal Maharaj, who was reported missing for a second time last Friday, was hiding out in the Piarco hotel he was found in on Monday.
We have had to deal with multiple drones
POA head Gordon:
Three more detention orders issued against alleged gang members
Woman outraged over 4 year sentence for son's killer
A MOTHER expressed absolute outrage and disappointment, on September 30, with the judicial system after the man who gunned down her only child in broad daylight in East Port of Spain and was sentenced to only seven years in jail.
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