Trinidad & Tobago News – Caribbean Life

U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules transport planes sit parked on the tarmac at the former Roosevelt Roads naval base, amid tensions between the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump and the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in Ceiba, Puerto Rico, January 2, 2026.

Welch alarmed by increased US military build-up in the Caribbean

By Nelson A. King

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar replies to the media after being asked about the presence of U.S. military in the southern Caribbean, at the Red House, parliamentary building, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, September 12, 2025.

Grenada

Top stories from the Caribbean in 2025

By Bert Wilkinson

Kenyan police officers disembark in Haiti to join an expanded multinational force with a mandate to fight gangs, at Toussaint Louverture International Airport, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Dece. 8, 2025.

Dominica

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, addresses the general debate of the 68th session of the General Assembly in Sept. 25, 2013.

Antigua

Trinidad’s PM again makes a full-blown attack on CARICOM

By Bert Wilkinson

The aircraft carrying Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine prepares to land ahead of talks with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on regional security and cooperation against transnational crime, at Piarco International Airport, in Piarco, Trinidad and Tobago, November 25, 2025.

Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad to allow US planes to transit the country

By Bert Wilkinson

Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Kamla Persad-Bissessar replies to the media after being asked about the presence of U.S. military in the southern Caribbean, at the Red House, parliamentary building, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, September 12, 2025.

Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidadian officials hail US radar for major drug busts

By Bert Wilkinson

A drone view shows fishers in a boat in Cedros, Trinidad and Tobago, November 17, 2025.

Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago passes Florida-style ‘stand your ground’ law

By Bert Wilkinson

Founder and chairman of the Teaneck, NJ-based Sunshine Awards, Gilman “Gil” T. Figaro, Sr.

People

UTT names Sunshine Awards founder Honorary Distinguished Fellow

By Nelson A. King

Azruddin Mohamed, 38, of the We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) political party in Guyana.

Antigua

Caribbean RoundUp

By Devika Ragoonanan

General John D. Caine, 22nd Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by the U.S. Department of Defense.

Guyana

America’s top general heads to T&T as fears of war with Venezuela loom

By Bert Wilkinson

Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly's 80th session on Sept. 26, 2025.

Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidad mobilizes military as Venezuela tensions spark panic and PM urges calm

By Bert Wilkinson

Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly's 80th session on Sept. 26, 2025.

Barbados

Caribbean leaders want to mediate peace between the US and Venezuela

By Bert Wilkinson

Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly's 80th session on Sept. 26, 2025.

Trinidad & Tobago

CARICOM speaks on US action in the region. T&T begs to differ

By Bert Wilkinson

U.S. strike on alleged drug boat off Venezuela

Trinidad & Tobago

Two Trinidadians killed in US boat strike

By Bert Wilkinson

Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly's 80th session on Sept. 26, 2025.

Trinidad & Tobago

Massive T&T-Venezuela gas deal hangs in balance

By Bert Wilkinson

Self-portrait of Goodwood, Tobago native Shurla Alleyne Tyler, who has lived in Brooklyn for more than a decade.

Acts of Kindness

Brooklyn neighbor spreads hope through essential giving

By Milette Millington

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