Misleading figures, unfair taxes

There are several inconsistencies, contradictions, obvious fudging of figures and unexplained measures in the 2026 budget. The theme of “fairness” makes little sense when the steep increases in National Insurance contributions are taken into...

Vaneisa: Fast Forex for foolish food—T&T’s obsession with foreign fast-food franchises

Off the top of my head, I can count 14 North American fast-food franchises thriving in Trinidad and Tobago. There are probably more, but this is the figure I reached without scrubbing my brain too hard. It might not seem a lot, but the number of...

Airports at risk: Caribbean runways face rising seas

Ryan Ba­choo Lead Ed­i­tor-News­gath­er­ing ryan.ba­choo@cnc3.co.tt On ap­proach to the ANR Robin­son In­ter­na­tion­al Air­port in To­ba­go, the run­way is al­most sur­round­ed by the sea—a sight that can un­set­tle even the sea­soned trav­eller....

Dry Lagoon road repairs begin at Humboldt Lagoons State Park

TRINIDAD, Calif. — Crews with the North Coast Redwoods District have begun emergency repair work at Humboldt Lagoons State Park to replace a failed culvert that caused significant storm damage along Dry Lagoon Road at the end of 2024. The project,...

Trump boasts about bombing another Venezuelan ‘drug boat’ in the Caribbean. Smugglers have just found new routes

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

T&T finance minister says CAL spent millions of dollars on audits without submitting a 'single audited statement'

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad's Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo on Monday said that the state-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL) had spent more than TT$60 million on audits, but had failed to submit "a single audited financial statement...

30,000 apply in 24 hours via National Recruitment Drive

Senior Reporter [email protected] Tens of thousands of people have applied to the Government’s newly launched online employment platform, in what Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said is a clear sign that citizens are ready to work. A...

40 hikers rescued after being trapped by rising river

Senior Reporter [email protected] Forty people, including four children, were rescued by fire officers on Sunday night after they were trapped after a river level rose preventing them from leaving a hiking trail in Blanchisseuse. However, while...

Presentation College, Chaguanas robotics team heads to Panama

Features Kathy Ramdeen 4 Hrs Ago The Presentation College Chaguanas Robotics Team do preliminary work on their robot. - KATHY RAMDEEN FOR the fifth time Trinidad and Tobago will be represented at the First Global Robotics Challenge. For their...

Stuck in poverty

Nearly 79,000 Jamaicans, or 2.8 per cent of the population, remain trapped in multidimensional poverty, the newly released 2025 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) report has indicated. The figure accounts for Jamaicans enduring...

Putting customers first

Customer service in Trinidad and Tobago has long been a topic of mixed experiences and divided opinions. For every story of an employee who goes above and beyond to assist a customer with patience and professionalism, there seems to be another...

Big budget for tech, unclear strategy for spending

Commentary Mark Lyndersay 6 Hrs Ago Mark Lyndersay. - https://newsday.co.tt/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/BitDepth1533_Narration_20-10-2025.m4a BitDepth 1533 MARK LYNDERSAY THE 2025-2026 budget read by Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo last week...

Opening Of Hunting Season 2025

Daniel Maharaj, Executive Secretary of the Hunting Association of Trinidad & Tobago, and Narendra Maharaj, Vice President of Top Gunz Hunting Association, joined the programme to discuss the Opening of the 2025 Hunting Season. The interview...

Minnesota’s second green ammonia plant could fuel a future of domestic production

MORRIS, Minn. — Anhydrous ammonia, which is used in the agriculture industry in Minnesota as a nitrogen fertilizer, typically finds its end use here. While the United States is the top importer of the fertilizer to be placed on fields for growing...

Detained prison officer, dead gang leader among CEPEP beneficiaries

Senior Investigative Journalist [email protected] A prison officer detained under the ongoing State of Emergency had been receiving CEPEP contracts from a company formed in his name. A Guardian Media investigation can confirm that former Rasta...

Occupational therapy association aims to expand services in local healthcare

Features Newsday 33 Minutes Ago A medical assistant helps a patient with exercises. Photo courtesy freepik - Bavina Sookdeo World Occupational Therapy Day, observed on October 27, will be celebrated under the theme – occupational therapy in...

TONIGHT IS the ‘BONGO NIGHT’

Only a win will do for Trinidad and Tobago’s senior men’s football team when they take on CONCACAF Group B leaders Curacao in a pivotal FIFA 2026 World Cup Qualifier, from 7 p.m. today in Willemstad. The Soca Warriors, sitting third in the group...

The No Man’s Land challenge

Editorial Newsday 11 Hrs Ago No Man's Land. - Along with the environmental challenges facing the reefs at Buccoo Marine Park and the long-running effort to preserve the ecological balance at No Man's Land, an incident on October 5 stands as a...

Op-Ed: International culture festival thrives despite absence of a couple countries

By CHARLIE BAHAMA The International Culture Wine and Food Festival, but where were the U.K. and the United States? This past Saturday and Sunday was the 28th annual International Culture Wine and Food Festival, which was started back in 1995 to...

Dr Shallow complains about CWI partnership with Caribbean Airlines

Caribbean Air­lines ben­e­fit­ed great­ly from West In­dies crick­et in the past five years. Crick­et West In­dies Pres­i­dent Dr Kishore Shal­low was de­liv­er­ing the fea­ture ad­dress at the Trinidad and To­ba­go Crick­et Board awards at the...