Tobago Wins CTO Tourism Youth Congress

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Jolé St. John, a 16-year-old Junior Minister of Tourism from Tobago, emerged as the winner of the 2025 Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Regional Tourism Youth Congress, held on October 2 at the Hilton Barbados Resort...

Trinidad Gov’t Gets US Support for Venezuela Joint Natural Gas Project

The Dragon field possesses 4 Tcf of natural gas and Venezuela had granted Shell and NGC a 30-year license to explore it. (Archive) Caracas, October 3, 2025 (venezuelanalysis.com) – The Trinidad and Tobago government has secured Washington’s...

Budget 2026: deficit with a growth plan

Trinidad and Tobago’s economy shrank 2.1% in the first quarter of 2025. Both energy (–4.8%) and non-energy (–1.0%) sectors contracted. Foreign reserves slipped to just over US$4.6 billion and labour force participation dropped to 54.3%, meaning...

Windy start to the weekend with a quick chance of some afternoon showers

Tonight's Forecast: This evening will be very nice and temperatures will stay warm. There might be some stronger gusts, but as the evening goes on they will die down. Overnight lows will be on the warm side in the 40s and 50s. Tomorrow's Forecast:...

Regional central banks accelerate FHC push

More central banks across the region are pushing for consolidated supervision of regulated entities. Central banks across the Caribbean are continuing to push for the creation of financial holding companies (FHCs) to have better oversight over...

IWFTT Honouree Dr Catherine Minto-Bain- decades of service to women

ON Tuesday, September 30, Dr Catherine Minto-Bain was honoured at the Hyatt Regency, Port of Spain as one of the recipients of the International Women’s Forum of Trinidad & Tobago (IWFTT) Inspirational Women Award 2025. Joining her were Maya...

SVG Bar Association law week starts October 5th

The St. Vincent and the Grenadines Bar Association is pleased to announce its calendar of activities for Law Week 2025, which will run from October 5th to October 11, 2025 under the theme “Serving Justice, Building Community.” This year’s...

Barbadian banker among six appointed after CIBC Caribbean training

146 CIBC Caribbean has appointed six young professionals to frontline banking roles across the region, including Barbadian Shamar Shorey, who joins the Platinum Banking team as a relationship manager. The appointments follow the completion of the...

Trinidad and Tobago FA sees life in Concacaf Bigger Academy

Sports Roneil Walcott 19 Minutes Ago Coaches, teachers and students at the Trinidad leg of the Concacaf Bigger Game Academy at the Ato Boldon Stadium, Couva on September 30. Photo by Roneil Walcott - The Trinidad leg of the Concacaf Bigger Game...

PM: Trinidad not seeking any regime change in Venezuela

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is denying claims that her Government is seeking regime change in Venezuela, but stopped short of saying whether she recognises Nicolás Maduro as the country’s President. Speaking at the...

Procope begins swim around Tobago on October 10

Sports Jonathan Ramnanansingh 3 Hrs Ago Long-distance swimmer John Procope. - Visual Styles Long-distance swimmer John Procope is preparing for another record-breaking challenge on October 10, this time, attempting to circumnavigate the island of...

Yorke: Trinidad and Tobago a match away from turnaround

Sports Jelani Beckles 3 Hrs Ago Trinidad and Tobago men's football head coach Dwight Yorke. - (FILE PHOTO) WITH 12 points still up for grabs to determine if TT will qualify directly for the 2026 Fifa World Cup, head coach of the national men’s...

Tobago Agribusiness Development Company (TADCO) Celebrates 5 Years Of Growth

Dania Marcelle-Ferguson, Acting CEO of the Tobago Agribusiness Development Company (TADCO), joined the programme to celebrate TADCO’s 5th anniversary. The interview highlighted the company’s achievements in strengthening Tobago’s agricultural...

Strengthen economic fundamentals to foster sustainable US dollar inflows

Dear Editor, I am writing in response to your recent article, “Gov’t tightening up on foreign exchange access.” While efforts to stabilize the economy are understandable, direct intervention in the foreign exchange market carries significant risks...

Business groups optimistic, but cautious on Dragon

GEISHA KOW­LESSAR-ALON­ZO Se­nior Re­porter geisha.kow­lessar@guardian.co.tt T&T’s pri­vate sec­tor has re­spond­ed to the re­newed US sup­port for the Drag­on Gas deal with a blend of grat­i­tude and firm cau­tion, stress­ing that the pri­ma­ry...

Bank of Nova Scotia in Guyana now Scotiabank Guyana

Canadian-headquartered Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) announced in a release yesterday that it will be transferring its Guyana banking operations to Scotiabank Guyana Inc (SGI) effective November 1, and will henceforth be conducting business as...

Growing resilience: Community farming fortifying T&T against climate change

As Trinidad and To­ba­go com­mem­o­rates World Food Day on Oc­to­ber 16, three UN agen­cies–FAO Trinidad and To­ba­go, GEF SGP Trinidad and To­ba­go and WFP Caribbean–have col­lab­o­rat­ed to ex­plore the ways a re­vival of house­hold and...

Trinidad cops: Teacher reported missing says he was hiding out in hotel after threats

Komal Maharaj (Trinidad Guardian) Police say teacher and financial consultant Komal Maharaj, who was reported missing for a second time last Friday, was hiding out in the Piarco hotel he was found in on Monday. Police reported that Maharaj, 41,...

Why Venezuelan gas matters

IN the world of Caribbean energy politics, the Dragon gas deal is a sharp example of ambition undercut by poor diplomacy. Conceived in 2018 under the Rowley administration, the agreement between Trinidad and Tobago, Shell and Venezuela’s PDVSA...

Augustine: Tobago water shortage not due to mismanagement

Tobago Correspondent Chief Secretary Farley Augustine has assured Tobagonians that the island’s current water shortage is not the result of mismanagement, but rather a combination of reduced rainfall and operational challenges within the Water and...