Trinidad & Tobago News – Caribbean Life

Philip Joseph Pierre, Prime Minister and Minister for Finance, Economic Development and Youth Economy of Saint Lucia, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly's 78th session.

Antigua

U.S. orders St. Lucia to stop sending students to Cuba

By Bert Wilkinson

Lynette Burnley, aunt of Chad Joseph, who family members believe was killed in a U.S. military strike on a boat in the Caribbean, lights a candle at an altar for Joseph in the family home in Las Cuevas, Trinidad and Tobago, Oct. 22, 2025.

Trinidad & Tobago

Trinidadian family sues U.S. for boat strike deaths

By Bert Wilkinson

Judge Lisa S.Ottley.

Courts

Historic rise: Trinidadian-American justice heads to Appellate Division

By Nelson A. King

Prime Minister of Jamaica Andrew Holness

Antigua

PM Holness says Jamaicans must develop the island

By Bert Wilkinson

St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr. Terrance Drew.

Antigua

More visa suspensions for CARICOM nations

By Bert Wilkinson

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kerrie Symmonds.

Antigua

Barbados under pressure

By Bert Wilkinson

Michelle Henry performs.

Music

A voice with purpose: Michelle A. Henry chronicles life through calypso

By Nelson A. King

Masqueraders during an Epic Carnival Experience tour.

Carnival

Epic Carnival Experience prepares for 2026 T&T Carnival

By Nelson A. King

Singer Nicki Minaj presents a creation at the Versace show during Milan Fashion Week Spring 2019 in Milan, Italy, Sept. 21, 2018.

Education

Thousands petition to deport rapper Nicki Minaj to TT

By Vinette K. Pryce

Smoke rises from explosions in Caracas, Venezuela, Jan. 3, 2026, in this screen grab obtained from video obtained by Reuters.

Guyana

Caribbean alarmed as US strikes Venezuela, Maduro captured

By Bert Wilkinson

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

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