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Independence is hard wuk
Posted: Monday, August 24, 2026
Yes, Independence is hard wuk
Among Caribbean people, there has always been a streak of ambivalence about independence. But how can it be otherwise when enthusiastic dependency is so rewarding and the pursuit of independence is so fraught, dangerous even?
Dear Editor: "Absence of a rule is not absence of an obligation"—EMA is neglecting its true mandate
Go back further, and the ground remembers more. Long before it was Queen's Park Savannah, to draw from Serina Hearn's earlier column, this land was part of Cumucurapo—the Indigenous settlement whose name is understood to mean "place of the silk cotton trees".
Minister leads T&T team to Canada
MINISTER of Trade, Investment and Tourism Satyakama Maharaj will lead a delegation of 25 Trinidad and Tobago companies to Toronto this week for the Beyond Borders: Canada Trade and Investment Mission 2026.
The Golconda gamble
The July 2026 memoranda of understanding with Ernst & Young and Hummingbird AI Holdings for large-scale AI data centres—potentially 450 megawatts initially and expandable toward 800 megawatts or more—are dressed up as diversification gold: foreign capital exceeding US$5 billion, thousands of jobs, and a digital future beyond declining hydrocarbons. In a foreign exchange-constrained economy the pitch is seductive. But the harder questions remain unanswered, and the answers that exist should trouble anyone who places the national interest above political convenience.
AI and bioweapons
"Artificial intelligence" based on large language models is shaping up to be the most efficient destroyer of value since the South Sea Bubble. After the Crash, some specific functions of AI will eventually turn out to be genuinely revenue-generating, and a lot of jobs will duly disappear. But the biggest winner (and potentially biggest loser) is medical science.
Angostura battle over $984m CLF claim
Shareholders of Angostura Holdings Limited are being urged to vote against the re-election of a director, with a draft letter to shareholders putting the company's nearly $1 billion claim against CL Financial Limited at the centre of a corporate governance battle ahead of Wednesday's Annual General Meeting (AGM).
Union questions TSTT's 'executive proliferation'
The union is demanding transparency on whether mass retrenchments genuinely improved operational efficiency or merely funded a growing layer of top-tier bureaucracy.
Hazel wants chairman job
...MP's mom bids to restore peace in Sando East
More resignations hit PNM's San Fernando East
Former PNM Education Minister Hazel Manning's offer to seek the chairmanship of the PNM's More resignations hit PNM's San Fernando East constituency has been welcomed by past and present PNMites and southerners.
PNM's crisis intensifies with Manning's chairmanship bid
Beyond the therapy couch
Alinyé blends psychology with creativity and culture
Fitness Trainer Trudy Joseph - Reclaiming strength after 40
Joseph says the fitness industry has spent years placing too much emphasis on weight loss. "While weight gain is a concern for many 40-plus women, it is actually the least of their worries. Women cannot afford to lose their muscle and bone, and the women who do are far more likely to suffer from hip fractures and frailty. This is why women need strength training," she said.
Mother of 12, living in roadside stall, appeals for help
...Gary wants tougher penalties for offenders
FORMER national security minister Gary Griffith believes tougher penalties should be considered for people who make bomb threats, including the possibility of treating serious cases under terrorism legislation.
Sexual misconduct court martial set to start today
THE Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force is set to hold its first court martial since 2022.
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