The Latest Breaking News from Trinidad

The twin island state of Trinidad and Tobago lies between the South American coast of Venezuela and the West Indies. Home to roughly 1.5 million inhabitants of African and Indian descent, the tiny Caribbean nation has one of the world’s highest volunteer rates for the Islamic State (IS) group. Between…

It is seen as the joyous, rum-soaked music of the carnival, but it is so much more than that – as One Hand Don’t Clap shows. We talk to the film’s star, the astonishing Calypso Rose, still thrilling crowds

From Trinidad and Tobago, anchor previously worked in Richmond

Recently-widowed Janet Purkess was on a Caribbean cruise hoping to fulfil her dream of visiting a friend in Trinidad when an unlicensed driver reversed into her in Barbados

After 13 years of being shut out of the workplace due to documentation problems, Joseph Mowlah-Baksh was denied benefits – and left unaware of assistance programmes

During Covid, the Caribbean republic shut its borders, stranding citizens overseas; now it has left children vulnerable to illness, death and IS recruitment

The focus is often on rich countries when it comes to corruption initiatives but the situation is so embedded in these islands that it demands greater attention

European imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) rose by 63 % in 2022, to compensate for the interruption of supplies through Russian gas pipelines. LNG imported by Europe increased by 66 bcm, according to a recent report by the International Energy Agency (IEA). While the US supplied approximately two-thirds (43…

The spectres of war and social injustice hang over a community battling the inexorable forces of change

Once Europe’s most expensive living painter, Doig is feverishly trying to finish 10 new works that will hang alongside some old masters. No wonder he isn’t getting any sleep

The teacher and writer on a golden age for Caribbean writers, editing in bed, and his encounter with VS Naipaul