Men & Women of the Year 2025

Southwest Florida thrives on the vision and drive of its people, and this year, a select group is shaping the Gulf Coast like no other. From Naples to Marco Island and beyond, these men and women are transforming philanthropy, conservation,...

Caribbean, diaspora voices on Divali: One light across oceans

Features Newsday 7 Hrs Ago Though oceans and continents may separate them, the light of Divali shines just as brightly wherever Caribbean and South Asian communities have settled around the world. - BAVINA SOOKDEO Though oceans and continents may...

AMCHAM T&T Welcomes Customs Reforms And Digitalisation Drive

The American Chamber of Commerce of Trinidad and Tobago (AMCHAM T&T) has deemed the 2025/26 budget as “a step toward restoring confidence, investment and growth.” In a statement, AMCHAM noted the Government’s commitment to strengthening the...

GFB names 35-member team for CARIFTA

The Gymnastics Federation of The Bahamas (GFB) has officially named a 35-member team to represent The Bahamas at the 2025 CARIFTA Artistic Gymnastics Championships, slated for December 6-7 at the National Cycling Centre in Couva, Trinidad and...

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...

Another picture-perfect Fall day on Wednesday, before showers return Thursday

Tonight's Forecast: It will be clear, calm, and chilly tonight. Overnight lows will be near average for this time of year. Colorado Springs forecast: Low: 36; High: 68; It will be mostly sunny on Wednesday with a forecast high reaching 5 degrees...

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....

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...

Finding Direction in Dipolog: Notes from a Journey of Pleasant Surprises

There are trips you plan down to the minute—and there are trips that unfold like an unscripted story. My recent visit to Dipolog City, Zamboanga del Norte, courtesy of the Department of Tourism – Zamboanga Peninsula, was the latter. Dipolog...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...