Trinidad and Tobago Extends State of Emergency Amid Escalating Violence

Trinidad and Tobago Extends State of Emergency Amid Escalating Violence

By Natricia Duncan and Kejan Haynes, The Guardian  Escalating violence in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) has caused the country’s government to extend emergency security measures declared in December, after a week of bloody gang warfare that left at least six dead. Late on Monday evening, the T&T parliament unanimously agreed on a three-month extension of a state […]

Trinidad and Tobago’s Streets are a Bloodbath. Yet all our Politicians offer are Platitudes

Trinidad and Tobago’s Streets are a Bloodbath. Yet all our Politicians offer are Platitudes

By Kenneth Mohammed, THE GUARDIAN  A state of emergency has been declared amid unprecedented gun violence, but no one in our stagnating government is taking responsibility. Just before the new year, Trinidad and Tobago’s government declared a state of emergency after a weekend of gun violence. Trinidad and Tobago, a country of about 1.5 million people and once the […]