CORPORATION CASH CRUNCH
Posted: Monday, April 6, 2026

CORPORATION CASH CRUNCH
Starving regional bodies hope for mid-year budget relief; under pressure to pay new salaries, NIS contributions

Blessed are our nurses

A first-year performance review
What does the electorate think about their one-year-old UNC Government, I wonder? Is the "honeymoon" over? Will this Government have to spend their entire term reversing the damage done by their predecessor? Have all members of Government been able to change their "Opposition" mindset to one of "country first" Government? Will next year's local government elections provide a clear indication of our citizenry's appreciation of our Government's delivery?

Did a shell game help bury Petrotrin?
Were billions in State petroleum assets allowed to slip away while the national company collapsed?

Industry experts warn of ripple effects as National Quarries losses spark audit calls

Reckless food import bill
Cabinet must confront the brutal reality that Trinidad and Tobago is sleepwalking into a full-scale food security crisis. An import bill exploding from $5 billion to over $7.3 billion, with over 96% of what we eat coming from abroad, is not just unsustainable—it is reckless economic management.

Fyzabad stages a comeback
The town that helped power the nation's economy and gave birth to the labour movement has long been in decline. It is still remembered for the oil boom years and for the 1937 labour riots led by Tubal Uriah Butler, whose role is commemorated every year at Charlie King Junction.

Butler would likely be disappointed by what much of Fyzabad has become.

FSA Wants Stronger Enforcement Of Fire Prevention Laws
It said firefighters have responded to an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 bushfire-related calls since 2023.

It warned the annual figure for 2026 could exceed the yearly average of 3,500.

Woman killed as rain causes crashes across Trinidad
The rainfall that brought relief from the dangerous bush fires that had been sweeping across parts of Trinidad and Tobago for weeks, also created hazardous road conditions that contributed to several crashes across the country, including one fatal accident in Couva.

A family's heartbreak
...stops teen's treatment after years of fighting leukaemia

Alexander again begs public to help police stop criminals
... unhappy murders continuing apace despite SoE

Guerra implicated in multiple murders
A file containing "evidence" linking Danny Guerra to the deaths of at least four individuals involved in the quarrying business once existed at the now-defunct Criminal Gang Intelligence Unit (CGIU) office in Port of Spain.

Inside the expansive business holdings
Danny Guerra not only owned DG Homes Company Ltd, but five other companies in which he held direct ownership and 10% or more of the shares or membership interest.

Woman bites off bandit's finger in attempted robbery
Police said the 57-year-old woman was walking on the El Socorro Road at around 3.40 pm when a man approached her and tried to snatch her gold chain .

The woman grabbed the man's hand and bit his finger hard enough that part of his fingernail and skin were severed.

One dead, three wounded after bar attack
An argument outside a Barataria bar early on Saturday morning led to a stabbing where one man was killed and three others wounded.

Extortionists threaten to sodomise man with drill
Police are investigating reports that a man was beaten, doused with chemicals, assaulted with a drill and threatened with sodomy unless he paid money to extortionists in Tunapuna.


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