Accountability5 April 20269 min
38 Ministers for 1.4 Million: The Largest Cabinet Ever
More ministers than Rowley ever had. Three with active legal issues. A gender ratio of 18%. And a cost the government has not disclosed.
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Revisiting what was promised and comparing it to what was delivered. Where public commitments meet public data.
Accountability5 April 20269 min
16,000 Fired. 220 Replaced. The Drains Remain.
CEPEP and URP were patronage programmes. They were also the only thing standing between communities and flooding, overgrown lots, and uncollected dead animals.
Read the analysisAccountability5 April 20269 min
The Accountability Ledger: Both Parties, Zero Convictions
UNC scandals involve criminal charges. PNM scandals involve cost overruns. The Integrity Commission has zero prosecutions in 37 years.
Read the analysisAccountability5 April 202610 min
Before Tancoo Speaks: What the Numbers Already Show
The mid-year review has not been presented. But the IMF, both rating agencies, and the Central Bank already tell the story.
Read the analysisAccountability5 April 202610 min
Who Built What: Every Energy Project Traces to the PNM
Cypre, Manatee, Ginger, Coconut, ExxonMobil, Brechin Castle - all PNM-initiated. The UNC has not conceived a single new upstream project.
Read the analysisAccountability5 April 20269 min
The Finance Minister and the Numbers That Don't Add Up
He told Parliament a $1.1 billion asset was worth $2 billion. Both rating agencies shifted to negative under his watch. The oil price peg is $12 above reality.
Read the analysisAccountability5 April 202610 min
The UNC Manifesto: Populist Wins, Structural Gaps
The giveaways were delivered. The structural reforms were not. A systematic check of what the UNC promised versus what it did.
Read the analysisAccountability5 April 20269 min
The UNC's First Year: What Was Delivered, What Was Not
Murder rate down 42%. Three SoEs declared. 16,000 workers fired. Every energy project inherited. A one-year report card.
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The Union-to-Cabinet Pipeline: Who Oversees Whom?
Three union officials sit in ministries overseeing their former sectors. One signed loan documents for a refinery bid he now oversees.
Read the analysisAccountability31 March 202611 min
Budget 2026 at the Halfway Mark: What Was Promised, What Was Delivered
The Finance Minister used the word 'will' 296 times in the budget. Six months later, we check the receipts.
Read the analysisAccountability31 March 20268 min
The POSGH Central Block: $1.3 Billion, Nine Years, and a Broken Pipe
The March deadline has passed. The Health Minister says UDeCOTT's 90% claim doesn't match what he saw. The question nobody is asking: who will staff 540 new beds?
Read the analysisAccountability30 March 202610 min
The Guaracara Refinery's US$50 Million Question
An Italian engineering firm announced a US$50 million refinery study before any government did. The company paying for it is brand new. Nobody will say who is financing it.
Read the analysisAccountability28 March 20269 min
108 Marines, One Radar, and Four Different Explanations
US troops are gone. The radar is dismantled. The road was never finished. And the government's story changed four times.
Read the analysisAccountability27 March 20268 min
TSTT Spent $436,000 on a Three-Day Retreat While Reporting $82 Million in Losses
Eleven executives. Three days in Tobago. A King Suite at $1,961 a night. A boat tour to No Man's Land. And workers still on 2013 salaries.
Read the analysisAccountability26 March 202612 min
The SoE's Quiet Threat to Your Group Chat
The Emergency Powers Regulations never mention social media. That is precisely what makes them dangerous.
Read the analysisAccountability23 March 202610 min
NGC Cut Off Nutrien's Gas. Now 500 Workers and the Country's CO2 Supply Are in Limbo.
A dispute over $28 million in port fees and gas pricing has shut down one of Point Lisas's largest plants. The fallout reaches hospitals, food production, and the forex pipeline.
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CAL's Numbers Still Don't Add Up
Caribbean Airlines has not published audited financial statements in over eight years. The 2026 budget tripled its loan allocation. The new board says change is coming. We have heard this before.
Read the analysisAccountability19 March 20269 min
The Minister Who Keeps Saying 'I Didn't Know'
Three times the HDC chairman announced a policy. Three times the Housing Minister said he was not aware. At some point, someone has to be in charge.
Read the analysisAccountability17 March 20268 min
Every PNM Corporation Got Less. Every UNC Corporation Got More.
Port of Spain's development funding was cut 79%. Chaguanas got a 116% increase. The PM told opposition areas to stop complaining.
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Hilton Is Leaving Trinidad. The Government Spent Three Years Doing Nothing About It.
The brand withdrawal was preventable. UDeCOTT issued an RFP in 2023 and then did nothing. The budget allocated $163 million, then quietly slashed it to $3.6 million.
Read the analysisAccountability9 March 20268 min
1,000 Body Cameras Bought. 180 Work. Nobody Knows Why.
The police halted the licensing contract that makes the cameras function. The PCA has never received footage in eight years. And the Senate made cameras a condition of supporting ZOSO.
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110,000 Applied for 20,000 Jobs. How Many Were Hired?
The government eliminated CEPEP and URP, promised 20,000 permanent positions, and received 110,000 applications. In Port of Spain, 500 workers became 12.
Read the analysisAccountability23 February 20267 min
The Bus Route Pass 'Reset' That Changed Nothing
A year after the PM condemned the pass system and ordered a recall, the Guardian found the distribution patterns largely unchanged. Only 360 of 650 passes were returned.
Read the analysisAccountability3 February 202610 min
17 Years, Zero Accountability: The CL Financial Case Is Over
The AG called the 17-year investigation 'a joke.' The bailout cost taxpayers up to $32 billion. Duprey died at 89 without facing a courtroom. And CLICO is now profitable.
Read the analysisAccountability30 January 20267 min
The Auditor General Published a Report. Nobody Read It.
A disclaimer of opinion for the second consecutive year. $1.75 billion in loans missing from the debt figure. A ministry that blocked auditors entirely. And the media covered none of it.
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