- 22 June, 2025
Small shops collapse and Govt plans Independence fete as…
PUBLICLY-TRADED companies have begun publishing their first post-pandemic financial reports. And the fiscal records tell a startling story of major corporations earning even larger profits, in the process fattening the pockets of elite shareholders.
CARICOM ELECTS ANOTHER YOUNG LEADER
THERE continues to be a changing of the guards among Caricom leaders. Dr. Terrance Drew, who has just been elected as Prime Minister in the snap general election of St. Kitts-Nevis, is in his early 40s.
THE SADHGURU-FARIS-ANSAMCAL AXIS
GOVERNMENT Minister Faris Al Rawi, who has ambitions of leading the People’s National Movement (PNM), was the action man behind the visit to Trinidad and Tobago of Indian yogi Sadhguru.
FOR SALE: CITY PORT, WITH NO PROCUREMENT LAW
Could Chinese takeover make T&T another Si Lanka?
WITH Parliament in its mid-year recess, the Government is moving ahead with privatisation of the port of Port of Spain, without procurement regulations in place.
A BAD DAY FOR ROWLEY AND THE MEDIA
PRIME Minister Dr. Keith Rowley is too seasoned and elderly to conduct the people’s business with such an unseemly temperament.
THE COMING FOOD CRISIS
The heads of the Group of 7 – the largest economies in the world – this week warned that famine, extreme starvation and hunger are looming in several parts of the world, including possibly the Caribbean.
ROWLEY BACKS A COMMONWEALTH LOSER
Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has openly backed the losing candidate for the post of Secretary-General of the Commonwealth.
WHY MIA MOTTLEY IS SO SPECIAL
The Barbadian heroine has been heralded for speaking truth to power on the climate change crisis at last November’s conference in Glasgow, Scotland.
ONLINE PETITIONS FOR ECONOMISTS
THE launch of an online petition by an economist who had previously protested her political neutrality suggests that these professionals have a lot of time on their hands.
ARE HUAWEI PHONES SPYING ON US?
The Chinese company is also capable of tapping into conversations among businessmen, diplomats, politicians – anyone!
As part of its outreach in T&T, the company has provided scholarships to tertiary students, under a programme titled Seeds for the Future.
