Govt gets $61M
Posted: Sunday, May 17, 2026

Govt gets $61M in compensation from IOPC for Tobago oilspill disaster
Two years after Gulfstream capsized off the coast of Tobago, causing an oil spill affecting Scarborough and the Southern Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago has only managed to recover just over $61 million from its clean-up operations from the International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds (IOPC Funds).

Now or never
After two months of being distracted by its war on Iran, the United States has once again turned its attention to Cuba with an urgency that is probably best explained by its upcoming mid-term elections.

503 days under SoE as gang threats trouble T&T
For the majority of the last 503 days, T&T has been in a State of Emergency (SoE), with three separate SoEs, each with extensions, implemented since December 2024. And while they were called by two opposing administrations, the reasons given by both governments were the same, imminent and serious public threats posed by gangs.

Grading the 1-year government
The economy and violent crime were the two issues that powered the Government to a trouncing of the People's National Movement at the polls on April 28, 2025. In fairness, we should wait two years to properly grade their performance in these two areas. That's how bad things got.

Stop blaming the absence of ZOSO
There has been a growing attempt by Government officials in recent weeks to create the impression that the current surge in violent crime is somehow linked to the failure of the proposed ZOSO (Zones of Special Operations) legislation. That narrative is not only politically convenient; it is fundamentally misleading.

TTPS launches probe
Aircraft carrying explosives landing at Piarco...

TTPS probes how explosives-laden Ukrainian aircraft landed in T&T
Even after a Ukrainian aircraft carrying a large quantity of explosives was allowed to leave the country after being briefly detained while in transit, the T&T Police Service (TTPS) is still probing the circumstances that led to its arrival in this country.

Question mark over LandmarkTT hires
Calls for transparency mount as close friends, associates
of Minister Hosein hold key posts at land management agency

No prosecutors for new courts
DPP Gaspard sounds alarm over severe staff shortage...

Mavis John in full voice
…still learning, still singing

Political taunting reflects deep-rooted homophobia
While Trinidad and Tobago often describes itself as a tolerant society, some LGBTQI+ groups and advocates argue that the language and behaviour seen even within Parliament suggest otherwise.

Cutbacks blamed for Cumuto burial scandal
The bodies included 50 infants and six adults.

PH driver kills alleged robber during attack
Police identified the deceased as 21-year-old Ronald Singh of House Village, Coryal. He was reportedly the son of a police officer.

Mom, stepdad of baby Angelo remain in police custody
Kalifah Tobias, 22, and her boyfriend Shannon Miller, 25, were taken from their Goodwood home by investigators on Friday afternoon.

Fresh questions emerge in Angelo's disappearance
As the search for missing two-year-old Angelo Tobias Plaza entered its fifth day yesterday, there were indications that the child may have gone missing before Monday.


Send page by E-Mail

• Let's talk Sex and Relationships
  Thinking Africans Allowed invites you to an open discussion about Sex, Sexuality and Relationships
  
• Dr Tye Salandy: T&T's Political Culture Affects COVID-19 Response
  
• Aileen Alexis: Candles, tears and selected outrage
  
• A. Hotep: Sorry, Not Sorry: The Business of Racism in T&T
  
• A. Hotep: Brute Force, Blame and Bigotry: Police Killings in Morvant
  
• Dr Tye Salandy: Protests and State Violence: Leaders Must Stop Dodging Responsibility
  
• A. Hotep: Road Map To Recovery Team Needs Rethinking
  
• Dr Tye Salandy: Public Enquiry needed into the Education System
  
• Dr Tye Salandy: Sedition and other Nonsensical Colonial Laws
  
• Professor Sir Hilary Beckles: Britain's Perfect Caribbean Crime: Ignored Genocide, Faked Emancipation, Insincere Independence, and No Reparations