SOBERS OFF TO CARACAS
Posted: Thursday, September 3, 2026

SOBERS OFF TO CARACAS
Foreign and Caricom Affairs Minister flies to Venezuela today for diplomatic talks with counterpart

T&T, Venezuela move to renew ties

'10% salary increase being eroded by NI payments, taxes'
Public servants on wage negotiations:

Dhanpaul warns deficit could reach $10 billion
People's National Movement (PNM) Senator Vishnu Dhanpaul believes the Government could face a $10 billion deficit as it prepares to deliver the next national budget.

At 64, T&T is richer, but moving backwards
On August 31, 2026, Trinidad and Tobago marked 64 years of Independence. Anniversaries invite celebration, but independence also demands an accounting. After three decades of energy booms, industrial closures and repeated promises of diversification, where are we moving as a country? Are we progressing or regressing?

The Caribbean market is bigger than we think
When Trinidad and Tobago businesses speak about expanding into the Caribbean, the conversation can sometimes become confined by language, geography and familiarity.

Rowley calls on PM to apologise
Rowley on PM's Independence speech:

Gonzales demands answers over reported $4.4B WiPay contract
Opposition People's National Movement (PNM) chairman and MP Marvin Gonzales is demanding answers from Government ministers, over what he has described as a potential multi-billion-dollar scandal involving WiPay and the National Payment and Innovation Company of Trinidad and Tobago.

Cuttable straps
$10.13m electronic monitoring system being replaced after breaches

'Dilapidated' school
Marabella North PTA calls for urgent ministry intervention...

PM's UNC message criticised for deepening racial divisions
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar's special Independence Day message to United National Congress (UNC) supporters is drawing criticism from prominent voices within the Indo-Trinidadian and Hindu communities, with former Independent Senator Sunity Maharaj and Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS) Secretary General Vijay Maharaj warning that her rhetoric risks deepening racial divisions.

Cuttable straps
$10.13m electronic monitoring system being replaced after breaches

Scotland: PNM will not support further extension of SoE
Port-of-Spain South MP Keith Scotland says the Opposition will not support any attempt by the Government to further extend the State of Emergency (SoE) beyond September 17, maintaining that its position is grounded in an assessment of the measure's effectiveness and a commitment to principle.

PDO for woman who took drugs into prison in apples
Although the State of Emergency (SoE) is scheduled to end on September 17, Preventive Detention Orders (PDOs) continue to be issued.

ChatGPT for Teens: learning tool or shortcut?

Entering second Cave Jeville
After many years, revisiting Jeville Cave in the upper reaches of the eastern hills of Lopinot and finding that bats had claimed and transformed it into solely a bat habitat was a learning experience. The mammals had even ensured that the entrance gave access to their species only, as decades of guano was accumulated to form a solid barrier against any intruder.

Family seeks answers over Freeport death
The relative of a woman whose decomposing body was found in Freeport on Tuesday is questioning if she died by suicide.


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