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February 20, 2026

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Trinidad and Tobago is seeking stronger energy partnerships with Guyana as part of strategic measures to restart its shuttered state-owned Petrotrin oil refinery. Speaking at the ongoing Energy Conference and Supply Chain Expo at the Marriott Hotel on Wednesday, Energy Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal said the twin-island nation is also prepared to leverage its multi-billion-dollar […]

December 1, 2025

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Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says there is no need for citizens to be on edge over the radar system installed by the United States military in Tobago, as the system will make both the sister island and Trinidad safer. The Express contacted the Prime Minister yesterday for comment on the controversy the US radar system […]

October 28, 2025

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AMID the Venezuelan government’s proposal on October 27 to suspend all gas ties with Trinidad and Tobago, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has defiantly declared that TT does not need Venezuelan gas, and never did. “Our future does not depend on Venezuela and never has,” she told Newsday via WhatsApp. “We have our plans and projects […]

September 17, 2025

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“We do not respond well to threats at all.” This was the defiant stance taken by Foreign and Caricom Affairs Minister Sean Sobers during a telephone interview with Guardian Media, making it clear that this country would not be intimidated. His comments came after Venezuelan Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino López said Trinidad and Tobago, along […]

July 22, 2025

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ExxonMobil has begun negotiations with the Trinidad and Tobago government to explore for oil and gas in up to seven deepwater blocks off the East Coast of the Caribbean country, which the top US oil producer left more than two decades ago, two sources close to the talks told Reuters. The areas Exxon is interested […]

July 5, 2025

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Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) strengthened its grip on the lead in the 2025 CARICOM Classic Team Chess Tournament, pulling ahead of Jamaica after Round Five played on Friday, 4 July 2025, at the Pegasus Hotel. Jamaica had trailed their Trinidadian opponents by a slim margin after Round Four on Wednesday. Trinidad now has an accumulated […]

June 13, 2025

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An agent for the owner of the Guyanese cargo ship Hein, which was run aground on June 10 to prevent it from capsizing, said the vessel had been repacked, was afloat, and was waiting on the bad weather to end before anchoring in Port of Spain. He spoke to Newsday on June 12 via telephone […]

June 10, 2025

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St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves has urged both Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela to exercise restraint and resolve their differences peacefully and in line with international law, the Trinidad Guardian reports. “All I would like to do is to urge both neighbours to continue to act peacefully in accordance with international […]

June 6, 2025

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Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has sent a message to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro yesterday: stay out of Trinidad and Tobago territory as any unidentified vessel entering T&T’s waters will be met with deadly force. She also warned T&T citizens—drug and human smugglers who are “masquerading as fishermen”—that if they are caught by […]

June 4, 2025

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Trinidad and Tobago’s Ministry of Defence has said it is aware of recent reports concerning a claim made by the President of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, alleging the infiltration by Colombian paramilitary groups into eastern Venezuela through Trinidad and Tobago. In response to these claims, the Ministry of Defence says it has initiated a comprehensive investigation. […]

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T&T seeks Guyana’s support as it looks to restart refinery

PM Persad-Bissessar: No worry, T&T safer with US radar

T&T Prime Minister: ‘We don’t need Venezuelan gas’

T&T pushes back against Venezuela

Exxon in talks with Trinidad for seven deepwater blocks, sources say

Trinidad & Tobago holds lead after faceoff with Jamaica

Guyanese vessel in T&T waiting for bad weather to stop

St Vincent PM urges calm in Venezuela-T&T row

T&T Prime Minister warns Venezuela of deadly force

T&T says no evidence to support Maduro’s paramilitary claims

Onions to be cultivated on large scale following successful pilot

World Bank joins Guyana-led Global Biodiversity Alliance

Two walk free in Mobil Gas Station bombing; one committed to trial

Onions to be cultivated on large scale following successful pilot

World Bank joins Guyana-led Global Biodiversity Alliance

Two walk free in Mobil Gas Station bombing; one committed to trial