National Recruitment Drive falls short
Posted: Sunday, February 22, 2026

National Recruitment Drive falls short: 20,000 jobs promised, 1,801 people hired
On October 19, 2025, the Government launched a National Recruitment Drive and promoted a new online hiring platform under the EmployTT domain.

Tickets, taxes and the rising cost of living

Call For Meeting To Discuss Cargo Challenges Between POS And Scarborough

Blue Wave Harmony fails to depart PoS port

More pressure on Tobago business
Ferry delays disrupt supply chain, affect operations...

Dr Teelucksingh: The Wellness industry doesn't want you well—it'd be bad business

From La Brea boy to large band architect
Back-to-back Panorama titles in the large conventional category are not common currency. Only a handful of arrangers have ever managed it. Fewer still have done it with a band as weighed by expectation as Exodus Steel Orchestra.

Making Thrifting Trendy
Montablo herself is somewhat of an outlier within the Trinidadian cultural framework. The daughter of first-generation Filipino immigrants to Trinidad, her childhood in the Philippines was marked by an early relationship with second-hand clothing.

Samaroo and Aboud at odds over 'Chinese' costumes
After 77 years in operation, Samaroo's is openly questioning whether it can continue beyond 2027 unless there is decisive policy intervention to rebalance what its managing director, Steve Samaroo, describes as a lopsided marketplace tilted towards imported, ready-made costumes.

Vendors call for refunds after Carnival losses
Flava Village 'pulled all the people'...

'We'll kill the whole family and Kaia'
Samaroo family fearful amid death threats from man linked to fatal police shooting...

39 shells recovered after double murder in Diego Martin
Two men were gunned down in a brazen ambush outside their workplace in Diego Martin on Friday night, in what police believe may be a gang-related attack.

Two Bagatelle men murdered at garage, shot multiple times
Residents of the Sea Trace, Bagatelle, Diego Martin community—wept openly yesterday as they mourned the murders of two men on Friday night during a drive-by shooting, which has left them shaken and scared.

Woman imprisoned by 'The Boss' during Carnival, whipped and raped
A 29-year-old woman has reported being sexually assaulted and falsely imprisoned in an incident at George Street Plannings, Port of Spain.


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