Honouring the past, unlocking Trinidad and Tobago destiny

Commentary Newsday 3 Hrs Ago Donna Prowell-Raphael - African Emancipation Day message from Donna Prowell-Raphael, Chairman of the Equal Opportunity Tribunal AFRICAN Emancipation Day is far more than a commemoration of the legal abolition of...

Spicer moves to Orlando City

Trinidad and Tobago winger Tyrese Spicer has completed a move from Toronto FC to Orlando City SC in Major League Soccer (MLS). The transfer of the 24-year-old was officially confirmed by both clubs on Friday. Former St Mary’s College and St...

Trump Order Pushes Tariffs Start Date To August 7—Here Are The Rates Set For 67 Countries And EU

Topline President Donald Trump’s so-called reciprocal tariffs on nearly all key U.S. trading partners will go into effect on August 7—a week later than his self-imposed deadline of August 1—as the president signed an executive order on Thursday...

Darcus Beese On BIGSOUND & His Expansive Career: 'I Wanted To Wake Up Being In The Artist Business'

The British music executive Darcus Beese rose through the hierarchy of the fabled Island Records to become the first Black President of a UK major label before assuming the dual position of President and CEO of Island Records US. He's launched...

Rowley alleges political persecution after being flagged in Antigua

Gail Alexan­der Se­nior Po­lit­i­cal Re­porter For­mer prime min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley is de­mand­ing an ex­pla­na­tion on the “cer­tain in­for­ma­tion” that led to him be­ing flagged twice dur­ing re­cent tran­sit stops in An­tigua,...

CG BritCay Wraps Up 2025 Summer Internship Programme with Cross-Jurisdictional Innovation and Impact

Coralisle Group (CG) has concluded another successful year of its Group-wide Summer Internship Programme, which spanned six jurisdictions including Bermuda, Cayman, The Bahamas, Barbados, Trinidad, and Jamaica. Locally, the interns selected for...

A monthly roundup of news about Caribbean books and writers

Welcome to the latest instalment of the Bocas Book Bulletin, a monthly roundup of Caribbean literary news, curated by the Bocas Lit Fest, Trinidad and Tobago’s annual literary festival, and published in the Sunday Express. New releases Dante’s...

Residents ask Finance Minister for baby formula tax relief

Res­i­dents asked Fi­nance Min­is­ter and Fyz­abad MP Dav­en­dranath Tan­coo to con­sid­er tax con­ces­sions on ba­by for­mu­la dur­ing a pre-bud­get con­sul­ta­tion held yes­ter­day at the Av­o­cat Vedic School in Fyz­abad. The con­sul­ta­tion...

Emancipation demands equity

One hundred and ninety-one years ago, the Emancipation Bill was passed in the British Parliament and on August 1, 1834, the chains of slavery were, at least legally, broken. Trinidad and Tobago has marked Emancipation Day (now African Emancipation...

CIBC Caribbean appoints new country head for Trinidad and Tobago

Business Shweta Sharma 15 Hrs Ago Mahadeo Sebarath, newly appointed head of country for TT at CIBC Caribbean. - CIBC Caribbean has announced the appointment of veteran banker, Mahadeo Sebarath, as the new head of country for Trinidad and Tobago...

‘Shoot first, kill first’- Trinidad Defence Minister advises gun owners to deal harshly with intruders

(Trinidad Guardian) Defence Minister Wayne Sturge is advising constituents and citizens that during a home invasion, they can shoot first and “explain yourself after.” He says that provision, among others, will be available under the proposed...

T&T Men Grab First Win At CAZOVA

After losing their opening match 3-nil at the hands of Barbados in the CAZOVA Under 17 Boys and Girls Championship, Trinidad and Tobago Men’s Volleyball Team rebounded with a 3-1 victory over tournament host Jamaica. It wasn’t a great start for...

Trinidad man sentenced after crashing stolen car during high-speed chase in Castle Rock

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (KOAA) — A Trinidad man has been sentenced after crashing a stolen car during a high-speed chase in Castle Rock, according to the 23rd Judicial District. They say 33-year-old Roy Allen Elliott-Casaus of Trinidad will spend 13...

Trinidadian Kiran Maharaj elected to Global Journalism Steering Committee

The Caribbean has secured a vital seat at the global media table with the recent election of Trinidadian Kiran Maharaj, President of the Media Institute of the Caribbean (MIC), to the Steering Committee of the Global Forum for Media Development...

Festival set to fire up after slow burn, vendors say

Businesses hoping to cash in at the August Emancipation Festival celebrations reported a slower start than last year, but they said they expect a surge in interest to power the event into the weekend. At concession booths fanning out in a...

‘What do they know of cricket who only cricket knows’: Emancipation Cricket Festival; Maddzart Political Cricket!

Dr. Fraser- Point of View WHEN I LISTEN to the responses of some persons to the West Indies “shameful” dismissal in the Third Test against Australia I ask the rhetorical question posed by C L R James in his book BEYOND A BOUNDARY. When the West...

Trinidad PM blames PNM for prison crime syndicate

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday accused the former People’s National Movement (PNM) government of enabling the formation of a criminal syndicate inside the prison system after grouping gang leaders together in...

TRINIDAD-FINANCE-Central Bank governor discusses foreign exchange shortage with bankers

Trinidad AG reveals 2 drones intercepted at Teteron Barracks following recent transfer of high-risk criminals

(Trinidad Guardian) Teteron Barracks, where “the problematic prison inmates” from the Maximum Security Prison were removed to at the start of the State of Emergency (SoE), was very recently infiltrated by two drones. However, Attorney General John...

In elections campaign hustle, PNC sells $83 million Republic Bank shares to Trinidad company

The main opposition People’s National Congress (PNC) recently sold $83 million worth of its shares in Republic Bank (Guyana) to a Trinidad company, as it struggles to finance an elections campaign it is running under the APNU coalition banner. It...