The following is a press statement from the British High Commission in Port of Spain and a response from the Trinidad and Tobago Government, via Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs, Dr Amery Browne: The UK Government has announced today (12 March 2025) that with immediate effect, all nationals of …
Read More »Jaric Titans leave 11-year-old boy in London; High Commission arranging travel docs
Jaric Titans managing director and head coach Brian Browne finally led his travelling party of roughly 90 persons back to Tobago from the Manchester International Easter Cup today, via a flight from the London Gatwick Airport. But they will be short of one child when they hit the tarmac at …
Read More »Ministry of Foreign Affairs ‘refutes erroneous and libellous statements by Watson Duke’ against PM
“[…] Mr Watson Duke may wish to withdraw his statement about investigation of the Prime Minister, which is erroneous, libellous and no doubt seeps from a well of ignorance of the interaction to which he referred and of matters of international engagement. “[…] Mr Duke’s understanding of the situation and …
Read More »Daly Bread: Accountability without insult—can minister Browne be the ‘new normal’
The reported threat posed to Trinidad and Tobago by the floating storage offshore vessel, the Nabarima, moored in nearby Venezuelan waters has been of concern for nearly two months. The Nabarima contains over one million barrels of crude oil, in storage on it. The vessels’ condition was reported on internationally …
Read More »China donates second tranche of PPE to Foreign Affairs, to aid in Covid fight
The Ministry of Health was gifted a second tranche of Personal Protective Equipment on Tuesday 8 September from the People’s Republic of China, in keeping with a commitment offered to Trinidad and Tobago on 11 May 2020. The PPE includes protective suits, disposable isolation gowns and shoe covers, and will …
Read More »Daly Bread: Doh look dong or behind; T&T politicians at sea
I am using the vernacular “doh look dong” instead of “do not look down” in order to keep real the dangerous nature of the predicament of the passengers transferred at sea from the water taxi Trini Flash to the larger vessel, Cabo Star. As readers will recall the Trini Flash …
Read More »CARICOM divided: The myth of Caribbean free movement
The furore over Trinidad and Tobago’s deportation of Jamaican nationals points to an ongoing issue rather than a new one. It originates out of a clear misunderstanding of who qualifies for consideration under Articles 45 and 46 of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas 2001 for “Free Movement of People.” Both …
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