Local News
Nicholas Ramlal Case: Everything You Need to Know So Far
From the discovery at a Malick home to the home-invasion account, reported forensic findings, murder charges and remand: the public record in the Nicholas Ramlal case,…
Opinion
Bank Withdrawal Robberies: Who Else Knows You’re Carrying Cash?
Bank withdrawal robberies leave a question that a viral video cannot answer: how did the attackers decide that this person was carrying money? The assault on…
Opinion
Special Operations Act: Can T&T Journalists Still Protect Their Sources?
T&T’s Special Operations Act is in force. We examine confidential sources, search and seizure powers, existing safeguards and the Government’s serious-crime case—and argue for explicit protection…
Local News
Special Operations Bill: Everything You Need to Know About Your Rights and the 16–15 Vote
Could you need a permit to leave your own community? We explain the Special Operations Bill’s proposed powers, constitutional concerns, safeguards and the 16–15 Senate vote.
Local News
CARICOM Youth Crime Committee: Eight Young Voices, but Will Trinidad and Tobago Turn Advice Into Action?
Eight young advisers could help shape regional crime prevention. We examine who gets heard, what the evidence says about youth and violence in T&T, and how…
Local News
Trinidad State of Emergency: September 17 Is Coming. What Did We Gain?
The Trinidad State of Emergency is scheduled to expire on September 17, 2026. For families with someone in custody, the immediate question is whether that person…
Opinion
HELP BEFORE HANDCUFFS: T&T’S GOVERNMENT CANNOT PUNISH ITS WAY OUT OF THE TRINIDAD CRIME CRISIS
The Trinidad crime crisis demands a government that acts before children become victims, recruits or suspects. Arrests and punishment cannot substitute for education, counselling and steady…
Opinion
MORE POLICE. MORE SOEs. BUT TRINIDAD CRIME FIGHT MEANS STOPPING THE NEXT RECRUIT
The murder count has fallen. Police have intensified operations. Trinidad and Tobago has spent much of the last two years under emergency powers. But a sustainable…
Local News
THE HADEED FILES: FROM BLUE WATERS TO EMERGENCY POWERS
Everything publicly known so far about Dominic and Genevieve Hadeed—their businesses, community service, detention, Preventive Detention Orders, court challenge and the State’s decision to bring in…
Local News
Endless State of Emergency. Is T&T Fighting Crime or Getting Comfortable With Emergency Government?
State of Emergency Again? T&T Wants Safety, But at What Price? A State of Emergency is supposed to feel like a fire extinguisher. You break the…
Local News
Joshua Samaroo, Kaia Sealey and the Case That Shook Trinidad: What We Know So Far About the Shooting, the Charges and the Protest Arrests
Trinidad has seen plenty crime stories. Plenty police stories. Plenty “wait for the investigation” stories. But the Joshua Samaroo Kaia Sealey case has landed differently. A…
Opinion
The Real Cost of Crime in Trinidad and Tobago: The Fear Tax Every Family Is Paying
The Real Cost of Crime in Trinidad and Tobago Is Not Just the Murder Count The cost of crime in Trinidad and Tobago is not only…
Opinion
Baltimore Crime Plan Cut Murders by Nearly 60% Can Trinidad Utilise This Model
The Baltimore crime plan did something Trinidad and Tobago should be studying very carefully. Not because Baltimore is perfect. Not because America has suddenly solved crime.…
Opinion
Why Is Trinidad and Tobago Crime So Hard to Fix? The Brutal Truth Nobody Wants to Say
Why Trinidad and Tobago Crime Feels Impossible to Fix Every few years, Trinidad and Tobago is told the same thing: the police have a plan, the…
Local News
Three Babies, One Broken Nation: The Children Trinidad Lost to Crime in 2026
Trinidad and Tobago has reached the kind of moment no country should ever reach. We are no longer only counting murders. We are counting childhoods. We…
Local News
San Fernando Police Station Guns Theft: A Cop Killed, An Armoury Hit, and a Nation Asking How This Was Even Possible
This is a developing story based on all current publicly available information and will be updated as more information comes to light. The San Fernando police…
Opinion
Why Crime News Dominates Trinidad and Tobago — And What That Says About the Country
In Trinidad and Tobago, Crime News is not just a section of the paper anymore. It is the national weather report, the morning roll call, the…
Opinion
Trinidad STATE OF EMERGENCY: Now With Auto-Renew
At 3:50 a.m. on March 3, 2026, Trinidad and Tobago woke up to another proclamation. The Trinidad State of Emergency was back. No countdown. No primetime…
Local News
HANDS UP, STILL SHOT: The Joshua Samaroo Case Is Why ZOSO Powers Should Scare You
There are moments when a single video detonates an entire national conversation. The killing of Joshua Samaroo is one of those moments. Not because police shootings are new…
Local News
ZONES OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS: JAMAICA’S ‘SOE LITE’ — AND NOW TRINIDAD WANT A SIP
The phrase zones of special operations sounds like something out of a video game. Bonus powers. Restricted areas. Boss-level enemies.In real life, it’s far less cinematic…
