More pain than gain!
Posted: Saturday, October 18, 2025

More pain than gain!
Opposition Leader rips into Tancoo's Budget; says it's a declaration of war on poor and will spell financial disaster for T&T

Penny sent to Privileges over 'Speaker biased' claim

Employees to pay 23% more in NIS contributions in 2026

US Southcom Commander to resign
Amid concern that two Trinidadian fishermen are believed to be among six killed in the US' fifth lethal boat-strike on vessels in the Caribbean Sea earlier this week, head of the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Admiral Alvin Holsey has announced that he will soon depart from the job.

Trump: Maduro offered 'everything'
Trump, who was participating in a bilateral lunch with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, responded, “He has offered everything, you are right, you know why? Because he does not want to f*** around with the United States."

Last week the New York Times reported that Venezuelan officials had offered the Trump administration a stake in its oil and mineral wealth, in a month's long appeal, even as the US increased its military buildup in the southern Caribbean and carried out lethal boat strikes on alleged drug carrying vessels coming out of Venezuela.

U.S. takes survivors after strike on suspected drug boat near Venezuela
The U.S. has seized survivors after a military strike Thursday on a suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean, the first since President Donald Trump began launching deadly attacks in the region last month, a defense official and another person familiar with the matter said Friday.

Minister says no evidence yet of T&T men killed in US strike
Alexander to relatives of 'strike victims':

Family of Trini allegedly killed in US strike: Authorities have deserted us

Two Yellow Alerts issued by the Met Service today

Ministry of Finance reveals list of VAT-free items
Effective October 17, over 16 items have seen a removal of Value Added Tax (VAT).

Opposition leader: UNC silent on refinery

Honouring culture at the Divali Nagar

Schoolboy dies days after mass shooting that killed friend
Darius was shot in the hip and leg and underwent emergency surgery on Wednesday. Cole said her son never regained consciousness and she was praying for his recovery. This is the second son Cole had lost to gun violence in the past year.


Send page by E-Mail

• Let's talk Sex and Relationships
  Thinking Africans Allowed invites you to an open discussion about Sex, Sexuality and Relationships
  
• Dr Tye Salandy: T&T's Political Culture Affects COVID-19 Response
  
• Aileen Alexis: Candles, tears and selected outrage
  
• A. Hotep: Sorry, Not Sorry: The Business of Racism in T&T
  
• A. Hotep: Brute Force, Blame and Bigotry: Police Killings in Morvant
  
• Dr Tye Salandy: Protests and State Violence: Leaders Must Stop Dodging Responsibility
  
• A. Hotep: Road Map To Recovery Team Needs Rethinking
  
• Dr Tye Salandy: Public Enquiry needed into the Education System
  
• Dr Tye Salandy: Sedition and other Nonsensical Colonial Laws
  
• Professor Sir Hilary Beckles: Britain's Perfect Caribbean Crime: Ignored Genocide, Faked Emancipation, Insincere Independence, and No Reparations