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Nicki Minaj Deactivates Her Instagram Amid Album Anticipation
Nicki Minaj, the renowned Trinidadian rapper and singer, has deactivated her Instagram account, which had amassed 230 million followers. The deactivation has sparked widespread reactions among her fans, known as the Barbz, who shared screenshots...
Something Everywhere focuses on local architecture of Trinidad and Tobago
Features 29 Minutes Ago Wyatt Gallery - HASSAN ALI Architecture can be iconic, especially in a world of smartphones wherein visual information about other nations flows into the palms of our hands seamlessly and unrelentingly. Buildings, statues,...
Suffer the little children
Primary schools' football begins next week. This is a national competition that flies almost completely below the public radar and has little or no sponsorship, but it is the one national tournament for children of primary...
I will work hard, walk humbly
Justice Ronnie Boodoosingh is Trinidad and Tobago’s new Chief Justice. However, his appointment, which came swiftly and unexpectedly yesterday, was not without controversy. Acting President Wade Mark exercised his constitutional powers to...
Ministers order urgent review of LPG regulations after deadly explosions
Sascha Wilson Senior Reporter [email protected] Energy and Energy Industries Ministers Dr Roodal Moonilal and Ernesto Kesar have ordered an urgent review of regulations governing Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) following a series of deadly...
Mass deportations ensnare immigrant service members, veterans and families
PHOENIX – In the months leading up to the 2024 presidential election, U.S. Army veteran Sae Joon Park kept in mind a warning from an immigration officer: If Donald Trump were elected, he would likely be at risk for deportation. Park was just 7...
World News | Trinidad and Tobago PM Unveils Viksit Bharat Run T-shirt at Jaipur Foot USA Event
New York [US], September 28 (ANI): Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, and Prem Bhandari, Chairman of Jaipur Foot USA, on Saturday (local time) unveiled the Viksit Bharat Run t-shirt at an event organised...
Is Trinidad and Tobago an innovative nation? Computer says no
Commentary Arthur Dash Just Now - THIS COLUMN loves a global index. The World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has obliged with its annual Global Innovation Index, ranking 139 global economies to identify which countries are most...
‘PM Modi has contributed significantly to the world’: Trinidad and Tobago PM praises India’s humanitarian diplomacy
New York [US], September 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar of Trinidad and Tobago was given a vibrant Indian welcome in New York City on Saturday on the sidelines of UNGA 80, complete with traditional dhol drums and Bhojpuri folk...
Warships, fighter jets and the CIA - what is Trump's endgame in Venezuela?
ShareSave Ione Wells,South America correspondent and Joshua Cheetham,BBC Verify For two months, the US military has been building up a force of warships, fighter jets, bombers, marines, drones and spy planes in the Caribbean Sea. It is the largest...
PM Modi’s visit provided opportunity to deepen cooperation, reinforce strategic partnership: Trinidad & Tobago PM
New York [US], September 28 (ANI): Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, reflected on PM Modi's visit to the country earlier this year and how it laid the groundwork for significant cooperation between the two...
World News | 'PM Modi Has Contributed Significantly to the World': Trinidad and Tobago PM Praises India's Humanitarian Diplomacy
By Reena Bhardwaj New York [US], September 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar of Trinidad and Tobago was given a vibrant Indian welcome in New York City on Saturday on the sidelines of UNGA 80, complete with traditional dhol drums and...
GBF shortlist 20 ahead of FIBA Women’s Caribbean Championship
Sep 28, 2025 Sports Brooklyn McDavid is the latest addition to Guyana basketball Kaieteur Sports – With the FIBA Women’s Caribbean Championship set for the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, November 9 – 17, the Guyana Basketball Federation (GBF) has...
It is not the young that degenerate
“It is not the young people that degenerate. They are not spoilt till those of mature age are already sunk into corruption.” (Baron de Montesquieu, 18th-century French philosopher). I thought long and hard before writing this...
Clash over Trinidad company getting Tobago contract
Tobago Corey Connelly 2 Hrs Ago THA Minority Leader Kelvon Morris. - File photo Is there any policy under the Farley Augustine-led THA administration to ensure Tobagonians are given priority for major projects on the island? Minority Leader Kelvon...
Richard D. Wolff, Michael Hudson, Nima Alkhorshid – Managed Democracy?
16 Ocotber 2025 NIMA ALKHORSHID: Hi, everybody. Today is Thursday, October 16, 2025, and our friends, Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson, join us today. Welcome, Richard and Michael. MICHAEL HUDSON: Good to be here. RICHARD WOLFF: Hello. NIMA...
Clay County Scanner for Oct. 24, 2025
County Jail 71 people were recently lodged at the Clay County Justice Center. Oct. 16 Radule Bojovic, 25, was lodged at the jail on an immigration hold Jose Ceballos-Ortiz, 27, was lodged at the jail on an immigration hold Guojun Li, 40, was...
UAE, Trinidad and Tobago agree on mutual visa exemptions
H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, has met with Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, on the sidelines of the 80th session of the UN General...
How can Trinidad and Tobago combat terrorism financing?
News Newsday Reporter 2 Hrs Ago Participants at an executive breakfast meeting by the Office of the Attorney General at the Trinidad Hilton, Port of Spain. PHOTO COURTESY OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL - Office of the AG The LexisNexis Risk...
Louisville school holds Global Homecoming parade celebrating different cultures of students
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Jefferson County Public Schools academy held a celebration of culture Friday afternoon. Flags, traditional clothing and songs filled the halls of Newcomer Academy as part of a Global Homecoming Parade. The parade...