Opinion
14 to 17: Why the UNC’s New Borough Plan Looks Like Election Engineering
Three new boroughs, a politically connected review process and stronger party control: why Trinidad's municipal redesign deserves more scrutiny than new signs.
Opinion
Trinidad Drinking Age: Why Higher Age Limits and Huge Penalties Go Too Far
T&T’s proposed age increases deserve scrutiny beyond the health argument. This opinion examines adult autonomy, TT$50,000 consumer fines, rehabilitation and supplier penalties that rival or exceed…
Opinion
MiLAT’s TT$41.6 Million Question: What Is a Second Chance Worth?
MiLAT’s TT$41.6 million price tag has reignited the debate over its value. This opinion examines graduate success stories, military structure and the case for measuring a…
Opinion
NOT UNITY, BUT CULTURAL ERASURE: WHY UTT EMANCIPATION DAY PROGRAMME CROSSED THE LINE
A tassa performance is not offensive. Classical Indian dance is not offensive. Indian culture is not the enemy. But context matters. When the University of Trinidad…
Opinion
SIX DAYS OF TERROR: HOW THE 1990 COUP ATTEMPT CHANGED TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO FOREVER
At approximately six o’clock on Friday, July 27, 1990, Trinidad and Tobago’s democracy became a hostage. Armed members of the Jamaat al Muslimeen stormed the Red…
Opinion
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY OF TRINIDAD INTERCEPTED COMMUNICATIONS MACHINE
The call. The cage. The leak—and the surveillance system every citizen should understand Imagine making a private telephone call. You complain about the Government. You use…
Opinion
WASA, Influencer Jobs and Water Woes: How a Broken Utility Became Trinidad’s Latest Political Payroll Scandal
Trinidad and Tobago has lived with WASA water woes for so long that citizens have practically developed a sixth sense for dry taps. You hear a…
Opinion
John Bates, Track Changes and the Political Trap Beckles Refused to Walk Into
The John bates controversy became a national resignation watch, but Pennelope Beckles refused to rush. Now the Privileges Committee outcome has changed the politics.
Local News
NGC, Moody’s and the Missing Report Card: Why Trinidad Should Be Asking Hard Questions
NGC Did Not Fail The Exam. The Report Card Disappeared. There are some stories that sound boring until you translate them into normal people language. Moody’s…
Opinion
Phillip Edward Alexander: Has the UNC’s Loudest Voice Become Its Biggest Liability?
Phillip Edward Alexander and the Problem With Being Loud in Government Phillip Edward Alexander did not enter politics quietly. He did not stroll into public life…
Opinion
UNC at One Year: More Taxes, More Pain, Less Prosperity
When people talk about UNC at one year, the real question is not whether the Government can point to a few technical wins on paper. The…
Local News
World Bank Sees 2027 Trinidad Economy Rebound — But Is UNC About to Inherit a Gas Rebound Built by the PNM?
The Trinidad Economy Rebound now being talked about for 2027 is the kind of forecast politicians love to hug up when times hard. After years of…
Opinion
The Great Work Wipeout: How a New Government Turned ‘Make-Work’ Into No Work
On April 28, 2025, voters handed power to the United National Congress and sent the People’s National Movement into opposition. Elections are about change. But few…
Opinion
RIGHT TO KNOW, OR RIGHT TO SHUSH? The US Troops in Trinidad and Tobago and the Minister Who Challenged the Public
When citizens ask about US Troops in Trinidad and Tobago, is that patriotism… or impertinence? That question moved from social media speculation to centre stage after…
Opinion
KAMLA ACCOMPLISHMENTS RECEIPT CHECK AND THE FACTS BEHIND IT
The Prime Minister recently posted a celebratory list of what she described as major wins for her administration. But when you examine the details behind these…
Opinion
THE GRINCH IN WHITEHALL: How Carnival 2026 Got Gridlocked, Relocated, and “Muted” on Live TV
Carnival 2026 had feathers. It had paint. It had soca loud enough to wake the ancestors. What it may not have had, according to growing public…
Opinion
THE NIGHT THEY MUTED KAISO: Dimanche Gras 2026, Helon Francis, and the State-TV “Audio Cut” Nobody Believes
In Trinidad and Tobago, censorship does not always arrive wearing boots.Sometimes it arrives wearing a headset. Dimanche Gras 2026 was supposed to be the triumphant climax…
Local News
VOTE WITH YUH NOSE: Is the Garbage Collection Budget Being Weaponised Before Local Elections?
If you want to understand politics in Trinidad and Tobago, forget Parliament for a minute.Forget press conferences.Forget Facebook lives. Just walk down your street. If the…
Local News
NGC Gas Price Hike: Prices Going Up, Jobs on the Line, and Consumers Getting the Bill
For years, Trinidad and Tobago sold itself one simple story: cheap, reliable natural gas made us a manufacturing powerhouse. Steel. Cement. Methanol. Fertiliser. If it needed…
Local News
UNC Headquarters Press Conference: When Government Starts Sounding Like Party Business
There was a moment this week when political optics quietly elbowed their way into the national conversation. A UNC headquarters press conference, addressing matters of government…
