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BUSINESS6d agoExxon hopes to repeat Guyana's oil boom offshore Trinidad and TobagoExxon aims to replicate its successful oil development in Guyana by pursuing similar ventures offshore Trinidad and Tobago. This indicates the company's strategy for expanding oil exploration and production in the region.Seeking Alpha Tech
POLITICSOct 6Outcry in Trinidad and Tobago after passing of police bill that could threaten press freedomJournalists call for urgent amendment to special operations bill, which increases police search and seizure powersJournalists in Trinidad and Tobago have called for an urgent amendment to a sweeping new bill that increases police powers of search and seizure, which they argue threatens the country’s much-vaunted freedom of the press.The government says the special operations bill 2026, passed on 24 September, is designed to tackle alarmingly high crime and murder rates in the Caribbean nation. Continue reading...Guardian World
WORLDSep 27Mighty Sparrow, the Trinidad and Tobago singer known as the ‘calypso king of the world’, dies aged 91Slinger Francisco, who performed as the Mighty Sparrow, died on Sunday surrounded by family in New YorkSlinger Francisco, known on stage as the Mighty Sparrow and dubbed the “calypso king of the world”, has died aged 91.Francisco, who got his breakthrough in calypso music with his 1956 hit song Jean and Dinah, died peacefully surrounded by his family in New York on Sunday, his family said in a statement. Continue reading...Guardian World
POLITICSSep 17Trinidad and Tobago ends state of emergency amid pushback over mass arrestsLawyers criticised mass arrests under emergency powers that allowed authorities to detain people without charge.Al Jazeera [en]