- 28 August, 2025
GUYANA FACES MILITARY ACTION FROM VENEZUELA
UNITED States and British authorities have jumped into action after a new massing of Venezuelan military power near the disputed border with Guyana.
FLORIDA MOVES TO SCRAP PROPERTY TAX
FLORIDA, the American state closest to Trinidad and Tobago, is moving to scrap property tax.
The state’s legislature is undertaking a study to determine the financial impact of eliminating the tax.
US FED UP OF LACK OF ANTI-DRUG ACTION FROM ROWLEY
THE American authorities asked for last week’s meetings in Washington because the Keith Rowley Government is doing nothing to counter organised crime.
MORE VENE REFUGEES FOR T&T
President Nicholas Maduro’s decision to block free and fair presidential election and the re-imposition of American economic sanctions would lead to more hardship in troubled Venezuela.
HAITI, ANYONE?
“Gangs have taken over entire neighbourhoods in Haiti’s capital, and killings have more than doubled in the past year, but for the organisers of the Port-au-Prince Jazz Festival, the show simply had to go on.”
COLLAPSE OF DRAGON GAS AND THE WHOLE BLINKING MARKET
The Venezuelan Supreme Court, which Maduro controls, has blocked opposition presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado from contesting the election, which is due this year.
US ANXIOUS OVER CHINESE PROJECT IN T&T
THE United States authorities are reacting with deep concern to the launch of the China-funded Phoenix Park Industrial Estate.
A report is being prepared for US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the likely impact of the commissioning of the 145-acre industrial park, financed with a Chinese loan of almost $700 million.
MORE BUCKS FOR PROFIT-RICH STARBUCKS
THE local franchise holder for Starbucks made a stunning 75 per cent increased profit in its most recent fiscal year.
Seventy five per cent!
‘SCROOGE’ IMBERT RUINS CHRISTMAS FOR IMPORTERS
Blame is being heaped on Finance Minister Colm Imbert, who has ministerial responsibility for the division and who was alerted several weeks ago about the worsening problem.
SHIP TALK FROM TOURISM AGENCY
THE 21,000 cruise ship arrivals in Trinidad and Tobago this year is a mere drop in the bucket of 19.2 million such tourists in the Caribbean.
Trinidad Tourism Ltd., the State agency, said the arrivals were 81 per cent higher than that last year.
