April 11, 2026 • 3 min readTrini Brief
Good morning! Auntie Cheryl calling from Chaguanas, just finished my puja and ready to talk news!
NGC MADE THREE BILLION DOLLARS AND AUNTIE CHERYL IS PLEASED
Three billion, two hundred and eighty-five million dollars profit! Best year in eleven years! Kamla announced it in Parliament yesterday and Auntie Cheryl nearly choked on her sada roti. Stuart Young came out immediately to say it’s not Kamla’s doing — but Stuart, darling, somebody has to be in charge when the numbers look good, and the lady standing at the podium seems to have found that position. Auntie Cheryl will take the win.
Read More → April 11, 2026 • 3 min readTrini Brief
Good morning. Pour some bitters in your cocoa tea and settle in.
PERSAD-BISSESSAR DEMANDS CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL EXIT
Trinidad’s row with its Caribbean neighbours — simmering since the disputes over US drug policy, Venezuela, and the reappointment of the CARICOM Secretary-General — boiled over publicly on Friday. PM Persad-Bissessar is now demanding that the Secretary-General not receive another term past August. The fight is officially no longer subtext. What began as a disagreement about procedures at the Basseterre summit has become a Caribbean diplomatic fracas of the first order. Guyana’s President Ali, notably, had just shaken hands with Persad-Bissessar in Port of Spain hours earlier on the bilateral trade agenda, which means the region is simultaneously having a unity summit and a breakup. This is the Caribbean. Both things fit on the same Friday.
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