Trinidad & Tobago Newspapers

THE GOVERNMENT has missed the mark on accounting to the country in relation to its assessment of the performance of Commissioner of Police Erla Harewood-Christopher and the question of whether a decision has been taken on if her term will be extended. Ordinarily, there is no role for a cabinet in such matters. Once parliamentarians decide, by […]

THE EDITOR: One can understandingly associate the UNC fear of losing general election 2025 with the knee-jerk response to proposals to amend the Firearms Act. Rampant crime can be said to be the vehicle for a UNC scrape-through to political victory. Will every citizen owning a legal firearm be the answer? Like it or not, TT is not a failing state. […]

Dr Rita Pemberton THE TERMINATION of the apprenticeship system and with it forced labour in 1838 warranted several changes to the laws of Tobago. One area in which revision was considered essential was the management of roads. During the era of enslavement, roads provided the main means of communication and were of critical importance for defence […]

Water is a precious resource, needed in everyday life and business operations. However, every year the dry season presents a problem as drier conditions, Sahara dust and high heat affect water levels and rain, thereby limiting water supply. For many businesses this presents a problem, as cooling systems, beverages and even as a main input in […]

THE EDITOR: The Nazis had sought during World War II to wipe European Jewry and thereafter all Jews, regardless of where they were located, out of existence. Hitler's "Final Solution" would eventually result in six million Jews and five million others, such as Roma people and other minorities, exterminated in the concentration camps, Auschwitz in […]

THE EDITOR: Why are we waiting to officially proclaim pan, via parliamentary procedure, as TT's national musical instrument? Will we celebrate International Steelpan Day on August 11, for the second time, before we officially acknowledge pan as the national musical instrument of TT, its birthplace? My joy was extremely short-lived after hearing […]

THE EDITOR: It was interesting to hear Minister of Energy and Energy Industries Stuart Young say TT has 11 more years of natural gas at the current usage. The price of natural gas is rising on the world market, and as oil and natural gas are TT's main foreign exchange (forex) earners, the Central Bank governor must therefore have improved forex […]

Statement by European Union ambassador to TT, PETER CAVENDISH, on the occasion of Europe Day today TRINIDAD and Tobago and the EU can boast of 48 years of strong partnership, and as the special 50th anniversary approaches, we can reflect upon the similarity between TT’s motto, Together we Aspire, Together we Achieve and the EU’s motto, United […]

Jerome Teelucksingh IN 2024 we cannot imagine Port of Spain without murders, homeless people, occasional flooding and traffic. It is even more difficult to visualise an urban scene without malls, banks and expensive properties. Many years ago our Port of Spain (Puerto d’Espana and Puerto de los Hispanioles till 1797) was different. Few of us are […]

THE EDITOR: The executive of the Kamla Persad-Bissessar-led UNC recently met with members of the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) to discuss and seek clarification on certain matters. Posing for the cameras, which seemed to be the purpose of the meeting, the vice-chairman embarrassingly said they had asked for international observers for […]