Chief Per­son­nel Of­fi­cer Dr Daryl Din­di­al has con­firmed that the 5% of­fer on salary and Cost of Liv­ing Al­lowance, ex­tend­ed pri­or to the 2025 elec­tions, re­mains in place, de­spite calls from Fire Ser­vice As­so­ci­a­tions for a re­view of ex­ist­ing al­lowances.

Sub­sidy costs and na­tion­al en­er­gy se­cu­ri­ty are un­der the mi­cro­scope as en­er­gy ex­perts An­tho­ny Paul and Car­olyn Seep­er­sad-Bachan warn that the es­ca­lat­ing war in the Mid­dle East—specif­i­cal­ly last week­end’s mil­i­tary strikes by the US and Is­rael against Iran—has placed T&T in a pre­car­i­ous eco­nom­ic po­si­tion.

MAN­AGUA – In a thrilling Group B en­counter of the 2025/26 Con­ca­caf W Qual­i­fiers, Ja­maica ral­lied from an ear­ly deficit to se­cure a hard-fought 3-2 vic­to­ry over Nicaragua at the Es­ta­dio Na­cional in Nicaragua on Tues­day.

Ahead of the Fourth Chi­nese Spring Fes­ti­val in Trinidad and To­ba­go, the Em­bassy of the Peo­ple’s Re­pub­lic of Chi­na host­ed a cul­tur­al evening to ush­er in the Year of the Horse.

What is the op­po­site of two? A lone­ly me, a lone­ly you. — Richard Wilbur, po­et and trans­la­tor (Mar 1, 1921-2017)