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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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 analysisPatterns5 April 20269 min
Fines Doubled, Demerit Points Gutted
The government removed demerit points for 63 of 69 offences, then doubled 60 fines on Christmas Day. The PM had promised to reduce fines.
Read the analysisPerspective5 April 202611 min
Same Areas, Same Floods, Same Budgets: Why Nothing Changes
Budget 2026 allocates $30 million for flood mitigation. The same communities flooded last year. And the year before. The drain workers are gone.
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 analysisPerspective5 April 202612 min
The PNM's Lost Decade: Economic Decline by the Numbers
GDP per capita fell 10.8%. Reserves dropped 54%. Moody's downgraded to junk. No HSF deposits in a decade.
Read the analysisPatterns5 April 20269 min
Stand Your Ground and the Former AG in the Room
T&T became the first CARICOM state with castle doctrine legislation. Consultations were held only in UNC constituencies.
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.
Read the analysisAccountability5 April 20269 min
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 analysisPatterns5 April 202610 min
Reform or Retribution? A Pattern Pointing One Way
A retroactive pension bill. Security details removed. Board purges. And a corruption co-accused appointed NGC Chairman.
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 analysisPerspective31 March 202611 min
29,276 Registered. Cards Expire in Nine Months. There Is No Plan for What Comes Next.
Trinidad and Tobago's expanded Migrant Registration Framework closed with nearly 30,000 applications - more than 16,000 of them children. The $700-per-person exercise produced a database, not a policy. And the cards expire on December 31.
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 analysisAccountability22 March 20269 min
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.
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.
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 analysisPerspective15 February 202611 min
Tobago's 15-0 Sweep and the Autonomy Bill That Keeps Stalling
The Tobago People's Party won every seat. Chief Secretary Augustine made autonomy his first priority. A narrow amendment passed 38-0. The constitutional bill failed. Now the real question is whether Port of Spain will ever let Tobago govern itself.
Read the analysisPerspective5 February 202610 min
What Years on the EU Blacklist Actually Cost Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago was removed from the EU's non-cooperative tax list in February 2026 - after eight years. The delisting was a genuine win. But the damage from years on the list - eroded banking relationships, higher transaction costs, lost investment - does not reverse overnight. And the reforms that got the country off could have happened years earlier.
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 analysisPatterns1 February 202611 min
Millions Tax-Free While the Watersheds Burn
Only nine companies hold full quarrying licences. At least 90 sites operate without them. One illegal operation in Guanapo earned over a million dollars a week. The sector owes the government an estimated $800 million in unpaid taxes - and it is fuelling gang violence.
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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