Being denied from hosting your Independence Day Parade in Brooklyn, New York, like Jamaica. Still congratulations and Big Up to Trinidad and Tobago on your 64th year of independence.

Indeed, nuff blessings TnT!!!!

Watch out for the expansionist agenda up north.

Happy Independence...Warriors gon party with yall later😀

@ray wrote:

Happy Independence...Warriors gon party with yall later😀

TKR is only getting what they surely deserved,they refused to use players who would have served them better.James,Pierre Jangoo and Pooran would have served them better.TKR have always shown a disgusting attitude to their own players,mek dem tek wah dey get now.I see the Oilers tekking this Crown.

Happy Birthday, Tits...

@Slipfeeler wrote:

Being denied from hosting your Independence Day Parade in Brooklyn, New York, like Jamaica. Still congratulations and Big Up to Trinidad and Tobago on your 64th year of independence.

I can't help but notice not many are interested in TTs Independence,many would be happy to see worse than celebrations,they will never see that.

@Slipfeeler wrote:

Being denied from hosting your Independence Day Parade in Brooklyn, New York, like Jamaica. Still congratulations and Big Up to Trinidad and Tobago on your 64th year of independence.

Not one of us is independent. Many of our leaders are willing tools who would sell their ma and children fi a US visa.

Unfortunately, Kamala’s kissing up to the Republican led federal government may have angered many in the Democratic led New York City local government.

@granite wrote:

I can't help but notice not many are interested in TTs Independence,many would be happy to see worse than celebrations,they will never see that.

Granite....

Celebrating Independence Day in Trinidad and Tobago feels impossible when the state faces near-bankruptcy, driven by a previous administration that borrowed over $60 billion simply to balance budgets. Compounding this fiscal crisis is a complete lack of transparency; the nation's massive debt to China remains entirely hidden from its citizens behind strict Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs).

While the general public is locked out of these secrets, a massive financial disparity exists between the governing elite and the population. A former government secretary secured over $30 million in contracts, and state lawyers received over $250 million. Defeated MPs enjoy lavish pensions, and the Prime Minister commands over $1 million annually, despite a 30-year parliamentary career yielding few meaningful achievements beyond a self-proclaimed expertise in "crushed gravel."

In stark contrast, ordinary citizens face a brutal survival crisis. The maximum Senior Citizens’ Pension of $3,500 monthly cannot cover basic bills, food, or medication. Driving through the countryside reveals deep structural poverty, characterized by dilapidated plywood and galvanized homes. This widespread deprivation directly breeds the nation's high crime rates. This crisis of state dependency was engineered over 50 years ago by Eric Williams’ regime through short-term "10-day" work cycles, trapping generations in a cycle of government reliance.

Consequently, official state celebrations offer nothing to rejoice over. True patriotism and hope for future prosperity lie exclusively in bypassing state corruption to fund private NDAs and charities, directly educating underprivileged children so that a new generation of leaders can eventually rescue the nation.

In May 1961, Dr Eric Williams, Premier of T&T, in a lecture at Queen’s Hall in Port-of-Spain, said “The world is tired of our political clowning with independence, so even that is becoming tiresome.” When we reflect on the past 64 years, it appears that our nation is still ‘political clowning’.

Sarge

Here are some suggestions to alleviate Trinidad and Tobago economic problems:

Trinidad and Tobago can ease its economic problems by diversifying away from oil and gas, cutting government spending, and fixing local business rules. 

The country faces challenges like natural gas shortages, foreign exchange gaps, and a heavy reliance on energy exports. Experts and organizations like the International Monetary Fund suggest several key steps.

Grow New Industries (Diversification)

• Boost agriculture: Change programs like CEPEP to put workers into farming. This helps lower food import costs. Make it easier and faster for farmers to get loans.

• Expand tourism: Build up cruise ports in Tobago and northern Trinidad. Open direct international flights and finish the new airport terminal in Tobago to bring in more visitors. 

• Support manufacturing: Help local factories sell more goods inside the Caribbean region and beyond.

Fix Government Money (Fiscal Reform)

• Broaden taxes: Remove extra value-added tax (VAT) exemptions to make the tax system fairer and wider.

• Cut wasteful spending: Stop unneeded utility subsidies while still helping poor families.

• Streamline state companies: Make state-owned businesses run better so they do not drain national funds. 

Make Business Easier in Tobago

• Cut red tape: Speed up planning approvals for new projects.
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• Create a single window: Let investors handle all government paperwork through one simple office.
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• Open a direct port: Build a dedicated port in Scarborough so goods from other countries go straight to Tobago instead of stopping in Trinidad first. 

Protect Foreign Money and Energy

• Revive energy projects: Push forward with natural gas fields, like the Manatee field, to bring in steady revenue.

• Save for the future: Keep using the Heritage and Stabilisation Fund as a financial safety net during hard times

@Slipfeeler wrote:

Slippy

The country has no money, when the new government was installed they were left with 5 billion needed asap.

It went to USA to borrow from the Goldman Sachs etc.

It just borrowed another 900 million US for the Petrotrin debt that was due. The debt started at approx. 600 million, the previous government over ten years borrowed to pay back principal plus interest.

11 years ago HSF was approx. 12 billion, today its down to approx. 6 billion, previous government used

6 billion., to prop up its budget deficits.

11 years ago the debt was 80 billion , when government changed it was 138 billion.

Today its over 140 billion.

Gas and oil will take 5 to ten years .

Now unless you want to lend T&T some money...😂