- 1 April, 2025
A CARNIVAL YAM SESSION
NOTHING exposes Trinidad and Tobago’s recent under-development as the yam spectacle.
A land that abandoned a 77,000-acre agro farm (roughly the size of Tobago) has permitted its food import bill to skyrocket by 85 per cent in less than a decade.
FOOD PRODUCTION FALLS
DESPITE Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley’s recent lofty statements on the agricultural sector, local food production has declined.
JUST LIKE CARONI, NO LANDS FOR EX-PETROTRIN WORKERS
This has been confirmed by the Land Settlement Agency (LSA), the State organisation assigned to distribute lands for home construction to ex-workers of the mothballed Pointe-a-Pierre operations.
ADB CHAIR FACES THE SACK
SEKOU Mark, Chairman of the loss-making and scandal-plagued Agricultural Development Bank (ADB), is expected to be replaced at the end of his tenure in February.
NEW FINANCIAL SCANDALS AT ADB
THERE are raging concerns about “questionable payments” of large sums of money and a lack of proper tendering procedures at the Agricultural Development Bank (ADB).
MORE PRESSURE FOR FISHERMEN AS AG FAILS TO UPDATE LAWS
SLOPPINESS by successive Attorneys General Faris Al Rawi and Reginald Armour would bring more pressure on Trinidad and Tobago’s already-suffering fishermen.
$35 M GUAYA FISH FACILITY STILL ABANDONED
THE $35 million Guayaguayare Fishing Landing Facility, completed by the Kamla Persad-Bissessar Administration, remains abandoned while the community is continuing to suffer.
ADB IN TURMOIL
TAXPAYER-OWNED Agricultural Development Bank (ADB) is in turmoil after the forced resignation of its Chief Executive Officer, the absence of directors’ meetings, and questions about million-dollar investments.
SCHOOLS PLANT PROJECT TAKES ROOT
“Let’s Grow Together,” piloted by Member for Parliament Caroni East Dr. Rishad Seecheran, has won acclaim from the school community and others.
EXPOSED: HYPOCRISY IN ROWLEY’S FOOD PLAN
IN what amounts to a blatant act of duplicity, the Rowley Government is determined to move ahead with a housing project on critical farmlands.
