Venezuela not budging on Dragon
Posted: Thursday, October 2, 2025

Venezuela not budging on Dragon
... adopts wait-and-see approach; suggests T&T, US need to stop insults

Young: They celebrating something they condemned
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced that Rubio confirmed his support for the approval of Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) licences, which are issued by the US Government, in order to begin discussions toward developing cross-border hydrocarbons.

During a news conference at the Opposition Leader's office in Port of Spain, Young said the population had to be mindful that Venezuela owns the Dragon gas field, which is situated completely in Venezuela, and it is Venezuela that has rights to that gas and to the gas field.

Young warns Trinidad and Tobago: Dragon faces uphill battle
"Today is day seven and we weren't successful. Coming out and being among everybody who is looking for him, I get a little closure because I see what they're actually going through to find my brother."

Experts: Trinidad and Tobago-Venezuela relations can be repaired

Imbert blames S&P downgrade on UNC government
Firstly, he said the government's extra expenditure of $3.14 billion in the Mid Year Review had taken TT's total deficit for this fiscal year to $9 billion.

Secondly, Imbert blamed the government's scrapping of two revenue-generating measures proposed by the former administration.

Cops claim $314,000,000 in cocaine, ganja seized
Police are claiming a major blow was dealt to a prominent drug trafficking network operating in the South Western Division as law enforcement officers seized over $292 million worth of illegal drugs during an operation in Palo Seco on Wednesday.

Swaratsingh: Beetham landfill must be closed
PLANNING and Development Minister Kennedy Swaratsingh says Trinidad and Tobago has a climate-change agenda. He also repeated a call made under previous governments to close the Beetham Landfill.

THA health secretary warns of rise in STIs, diabetes

Are trade unions still relevant in 21st-century T&T?

From Survival to Stewardship: Dr Shad Gobinsingh's mission to unearth T&T's past
T&T has more than 150 archaeological sites, but many remain unstudied or undocumented. Sites such as Banwari Trace—home to the oldest known human remains in the Caribbean—are internationally significant yet poorly promoted.

Felicity Ramleela marks 110 years
A family tradition lives on

Two British tourists robbed at knifepoint in St Clair
The victims, a 25-year-old administrator with Mears Group, and a 28-year-old finance officer with local government in London, told police they were attacked around 9 p.m. on Picton Street, Port of Spain, after returning from the Queen's Park Savannah.

Marlon King back in court for third murder trial
A trial date is likely to be set when Marlon King returns to court later this year to face his third trial for the murder of his stepdaughter, Amy Emily Annamunthodo, almost two decades ago.

How did Ria George die?
RIA George, who died after she was severely burned when an LPG cooking gas tank exploded in her home, suffered multiple organ failure due to third-degree burn wounds, a post-mortem found yesterday.


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