Mark Lyndersay
@lyndersaydigital.com
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I write and I take photographs.
Swedish Death Cleaning is partly a pre-will allocation and a bit of Marie Kondo style space reorganising blended vigorously with rigorous decluttering.
https://technewstt.com/1ehw
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Digital döstädning
You may not care after you're gone, but a computer desktop littered with file icons is nobody's idea of a good time.
https://technewstt.com/1ehw
about 3 hours ago
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It isn’t clear how a bank’s logo is a defence against digital forgery, since anyone capable of mocking up a fake digital receipt can certainly toss a bank’s logo into that mix.
https://technewstt.com/6mmr
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TSTT's payments problem
Something seems to have collapsed in what should be an efficient, all-digital payment and verification loop.
https://technewstt.com/6mmr
7 days ago
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Senders are getting smarter about using generalised information about individuals and regions to craft emails that are more effective in targeting the unsuspecting.
https://technewstt.com/npyt
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The garbage infesting my in-box
Do not click on links before fully investigating them. Do not call given phone numbers.
https://technewstt.com/npyt
7 days ago
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There are compromises, as you might expect. This is the first Apple laptop to be built around a chip designed for use in an iPhone.
https://technewstt.com/zps1
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Is Apple's Neo the One?
Ease of repair puts a firm hand on the scale in favour of the Neo for parents looking for a laptop suitable for use in education.
https://technewstt.com/zps1
14 days ago
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The government will not only be collecting personally identifiable information (PII) on its citizens, it will be harvesting PII from the citizens of countries visiting Trinidad and Tobago.
https://technewstt.com/7kt9
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Privacy and your travel information
A privacy notice to let individuals understand what data is being collected, the legal reasons, retention period, security to protect data and a contact for any questions should have been a starting point for this data collection process.
https://technewstt.com/7kt9
21 days ago
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"Accelerated by growth in AR/VR hardware, the creator economy, and blockchain rights is driving decentralised media like Web3, XR, and the Metaverse to reshape content creation and interaction."
https://technewstt.com/d0ht
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TATT announces ambitious three-year strategic plan
The authority's two-decade-old arguments for a fee from over-the-top (OTT) providers has consistently drawn a blank, but it remains on the strategic agenda.
https://technewstt.com/d0ht
27 days ago
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If a post, video, or article claiming to be me is not hosted on my official website or verified channels, it is a fabrication. Period. I do not endorse get-rich-quick schemes or "investments."
https://technewstt.com/dukharan-deep-faked/
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Dukharan deepfaked
If a post, video, or article claiming to be me is not hosted on my official website or verified channels, it is a fabrication. Period. I do not endorse get-rich-quick schemes or "investments."
https://technewstt.com/dukharan-deep-faked/
about 1 month ago
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S26 owners with on-device data that requires above average security may not greet these agentic AI advancements with enthusiasm.
https://technewstt.com/v4ar
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Samsung's S26 leans in hard on AI
Some users including those with data that requires above average security, may not greet these agentic AI advancements with enthusiasm.
https://technewstt.com/v4ar
about 1 month ago
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Traditional media houses, who should have stood firm on the only hill available to them, the public’s right to know, simply caved and paid extortionate fees to publish Carnival magazines.
https://technewstt.com/j2gl
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A 2026 manifesto for Carnival
The idea of Carnival, the spark of the individual, rebellious, expressed as boldly inventive creation still catches fire.
https://technewstt.com/j2gl
about 1 month ago
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The other thing I do. In February 2020, I set out to record working calypsonians with a portable studio backstage at their shows. There are now 181 individuals in the collection after adding some new faces on Dimanche Gras, 2026.
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about 1 month ago
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Trigger warning. This week's column discusses sexuality and a woman's right to bodily autonomy from a man's perspective. It is written for men and does not mansplain to women what they already know. Beware of thorns.
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A hiss from a rose
There is likely to be a need for sex re-education to deprogram children who see sex as a wrestling match.
https://technewstt.com/bd1550-a-hiss-from-a-rose/
about 2 months ago
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"Consumers should feel reassured that this Framework was established to ensure their information is secured and consumer interests are protected."
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TATT answers questions about its cybersecurity framework for telcoms, broadcasters
Meaningful cybersecurity incidents are those that result in loss or degradation of services, whether isolated or widespread, due to compromised network element.
https://technewstt.com/uqzj
about 2 months ago
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There is a larger issue at stake here, the fragility of primary source reporting and the skillset that makes it happen. - BitDepth+ will occasionally appear to comment on, offer my rationale for and provide background behind the column that appears each week.
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News is a niche until it's not
The New York Times produced approximately 230 pieces of content per day on average; The Washington Post, more than 500 per day in 2016
https://technewstt.com/k0jl
about 2 months ago
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News producers must prepare to rethink the very definition of news to reach next generation audiences.
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FT's second Next Gen News report offers deeper insights
Successful producers are reversing the journalism process, dismantling the inverted pyramid of news structure
https://technewstt.com/jlty
about 2 months ago
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Mid-tier groups, notably Qilin and Akira, have stepped up their operations after law enforcement efforts disrupted attacks by LockBit and Alphv.
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Ransomware report notes fourth quarter 2025 attack surge
"The year 2026 will likely see continued convergence of criminal innovation and AI capabilities, demanding that defenders adopt equally sophisticated technologies."
https://technewstt.com/x75u
2 months ago
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If you just use Pages, Numbers and Keynote, this is how the Creator Studio works for you if you’re not a subscriber…
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Hands-on with Apple's Creator Studio as a non-subscriber
It’s not hard to imagine someone in a hurry clicking madly along only to find themselves a subscriber through haste.
https://technewstt.com/bdhands-on-with-apples-creator-studio/
2 months ago
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WiPay launched National Payments Company in Jamaica with support for post-hurricane government grants (Video)
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WiPay's NPCJ supports Jamaica rebuilding initiative
The government support project benefits from WiPay's payment solution that enables digital grants offered under the Government of Jamaica.
https://technewstt.com/wipay-supports-jamaica-rebuilding/
2 months ago
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All the productivity apps will remain free to use and any creative app can still be bought with a perpetual license on the App Store.
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Apple flirts with subscription software
Are we all being coaxed and tranquilized into accepting as a norm, the idea that the computing tools we pay for are not things we own anymore?
https://technewstt.com/0msm
2 months ago
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"We are delighted to launch this improvement to our service ensuring that we have full redundancy for our customers in Tobago for Mobile, Home & Entertainment and Business."
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Digicel announces Deep Blue One connection to Tobago
"This investment helps minimise the risk of islandwide disruption and gives Tobagonians greater confidence in the reliability of their connectivity, now and into the future."
https://technewstt.com/v6gn
2 months ago
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OpenAI announces education partnership with TT government
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Open AI announces education partnership with TT
We will work with governments and university consortia to bring AI into education systems to personalize learning, reduce administrative burden, and prepare students for the workforce
https://technewstt.com/0we7
3 months ago
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Monday's @ttnewsday editorial...
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Youth steel on a positive note - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
ON JANUARY 18 and 19, TT's youth advanced, sticks raised, to create music in steelbands featuring both children at primary schools and young adults at secondary schools.
https://newsday.co.tt/2026/01/18/youth-steel-on-a-positive-note/
3 months ago
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Monday's @ttnewsday editorial...
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Youth steel on a positive note - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
ON JANUARY 18 and 19, TT's youth advanced, sticks raised, to create music in steelbands featuring both children at primary schools and young adults at secondary schools.
https://newsday.co.tt/2026/01/18/youth-steel-on-a-positive-note/
3 months ago
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This is the final BitDepth column to appear in @ttNewsday. It is not the final BitDepth column. The column and other technology writing will continue to be published at TechNewsTT. I look forward to continuing to serve your technology information needs. More later.
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So long, and thanks for all the fish
The only way forward for journalism is immersion in the unfamiliar by both journalists and their managers.
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3 months ago
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Monday's @trtnewsday editorial...
newsday.co.tt/2026/01/11/g...
NewsdayTT is publishing its print edition as a PDF on its home page.
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Government's Carnival give and take - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Government's approach to managing Carnival 2026 has bruised egos, scuttled events and left steelbands struggling.
https://newsday.co.tt/2026/01/11/governments-carnival-give-and-take/
3 months ago
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Sunday's @ttnewsday editorial...
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To a better Tobago - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
On Monday, 42 candidates will contest the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) elections, seeking a seat of governance among the 15 available.
https://newsday.co.tt/2026/01/11/to-a-better-tobago/
3 months ago
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The Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago elects a new executive.
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MATT elects new executive - Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago
A slate of candidates for MATT executive leadership swept the elections held today
https://mediatt.org/2026/01/10/matt-new-executive-2026/
3 months ago
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“TSTT’s onboarding as the first live payment-processing client underscores that the platform is not merely conceptual, but fully operational and production-ready." - Dr Nigel Fulchan.
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NPICTT and TSTT announce strategic national partnership for digital payments and eKYC
NPICTT now operates as the national payments infrastructure provider, while its Innovation Centre functions as the entry point for certified digital solutions to be rolled out across the public sector...
https://technewstt.com/pr-tstt-npictt-payments-ekyc/
3 months ago
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The metal finish is a polished aluminum surface available in four colours, but it takes just a hint of grease or sweat to give the ZFlip 7 the traction of wet soap.
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Samsung's ZFlip 7 shows steady improvement
Being able to use a powerful wide-angle lens in what is essentially a next level selfie mode is a big step up for the phone's target market.
https://technewstt.com/bd1544-samsungs-zflip-7-steady-improvement/
3 months ago
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Monday's @ttnewsday editorial...
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Don’t ignore rumblings - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
THE bubbling mud at the Piparo volcano has left residents in the area concerned. Continuing analysis by geological experts from The UWI underlines the reality.
https://newsday.co.tt/2026/01/04/dont-ignore-rumblings/
3 months ago
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Sunday's @ttnewsday editorial...
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Regime change by force in Venezuela - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
At 2 am on Saturday morning, US bombs fell on Venezuela, the first signal that the violent escalation of action ordered by President Trump would become boots on the ground.
https://newsday.co.tt/2026/01/03/regime-change-by-force-in-venezuela/
3 months ago
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Monday's @ttnewsday editorial...
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Increased fines a good first step - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
ON Christmas Day, the government delivered a very special present to the nation, Legal Notice No. 471 which doubles most of the applicable fines under the Ninth Schedule of the Motor Vehicles and Road...
https://newsday.co.tt/2025/12/29/increased-fines-a-good-first-step/
3 months ago
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Your most critical commitment should be to improving password security, which really means working harder to get rid of passwords altogether.
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Digital New Year's resolutions
Every computer and smartphone has a digital calendar system, which means that you have a live appointment book capable of giving you reminders.
https://technewstt.com/bd1543-digital-new-years-resolutions/
3 months ago
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Sunday's@ttnewsday editorial...
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Caricom is a pointless enemy - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
The Prime Minister intensified her broadside attack on Caricom on Monday, describing the regional group as an "unreliable partner" and a "dysfunctional and self-destructive" organisation.
https://newsday.co.tt/2025/12/28/caricom-is-a-pointless-enemy/
3 months ago
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A late obit for the photographer Brian NgFatt. Some are harder to write than others.
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Brian Ng Fatt, photographer, remembered - Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago
His calm, almost somnolent manner led people to overlook him, even forget about him, even as he worked at his craft.
https://mediatt.org/2025/12/25/brian-ng-fatt-photographer-remembered/
3 months ago
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Marlon Rouse's elegaic still lifes are important work.
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‘The light plays tricks on us’: Trinidadian photographer Marlon Rouse’s ‘Sacred Objects, Fruit of the Land’
Rouse’s bold exploration rejects the familiar language of appetite, abundance and hospitality in favour of enquiry and even estrangement. The photos consider the fruit as organism rather than product.
https://globalvoices.org/2025/12/25/the-light-plays-tricks-on-us-trinidadian-photographer-marlon-rouses-sacred-objects-fruit-of-the-land/
3 months ago
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“When a small business finally accepts digital payments, that is dignity. When a public office goes cashless? That is progress.”
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WiPay announces new strategy for services, payments
Are there enough bread and butter customers who need new options for travel, phone service and loan services to make those add-on businesses worth the time of WiPay
https://technewstt.com/bd1542-wipays-new-strategy-for-services-payments/
3 months ago
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Monday's @ttnewsday editorial...
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Teacher integrity, student safety - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
AMONG the tabulations of teacher job abandonment and late-coming in the Teaching Service Commission’s (TSC) 2024 Annual Report is a far more startling statistic: 16 matters brought before the commissi...
https://newsday.co.tt/2025/12/22/teacher-integrity-student-safety/
4 months ago
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Monday's @ttnewsday editorial...
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In war, we're on our own - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
The Insurance Brokers Association of TT issued, on December 11, a formal release warning that damage or destruction resulting from war would not be covered by general insurance.
https://newsday.co.tt/2025/12/15/in-war-were-on-our-own/
4 months ago
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Sunday's @ttnewsday editorial...
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Ferdie Ferreira's legacy - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
WITH the passing of Ferdinand "Ferdie" Ferreira, an era of concerned engagement with Trinidad and Tobago politics has drawn to an unfortunate close.
https://newsday.co.tt/2025/12/14/ferdie-ferreiras-legacy/
4 months ago
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"“In response to a cyber incident, there’s often confusion, knowing who to call, when to call, and who has responsibilities for what. That’s a challenge."
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Regional cybersecurity faces fire
Boards that are being formed now accept that both cybersecurity and Ethics, Compliance and Governance are critical components of their scope of responsibilities.
https://technewstt.com/bd1540-regional-cybersecurity-faces-fire/
4 months ago
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Monday’s @ttnewsday editorial…
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SRPs vs TTPS? - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
THE rowdy meeting between members of the corps of special reserve police (SRP) officers and the management of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) offered warning of the challenges the servic...
https://newsday.co.tt/2025/12/08/srps-vs-ttps/
4 months ago
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Sunday's @ttnewsday editorial...
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Nuanced approach to gaming tax needed - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
The TT Coalition of Bars and Restaurants (TTCOBAR) and the Barkeepers Owners/Operators Association of TT (BOATT) have stepped forward with vigorous complaints about the government’s proposed gaming am...
https://newsday.co.tt/2025/12/07/nuanced-approach-to-gaming-tax-needed/
4 months ago
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She was the same Danielle Dieffenthaller, gracious and mannerly, sharp of tongue, unwavering in her dismissal of foolishness and unwilling to consider anything that demanded less than her best.
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Unfinished symphonies
The market viability of creative projects often can't be realistically assessed until the work is done.
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4 months ago
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The volume of InfoLink business for the third quarter of 2025 continues to be led by Linx with 15,713,044 transactions, electronic funds transfer follows with 3,350,031.
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InfoLink prepares for its next three decades
TechNewsTT reports on technology news from Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean region.
https://technewstt.com/infolink-the-next-three-decades/
4 months ago
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Monday's @ttnewsday editorial...
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Ejecting huddled masses - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
AFTER AN attack on two US National Guard members which resulted in the death of Sarah Beckstrom, US President Donald Trump announced plans to permanently pause migration from all Third World countries...
https://newsday.co.tt/2025/12/01/ejecting-huddled-masses/
4 months ago
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Did you hear the disco version of Comfortably Numb performed by the Bee Gees is a question I never expected to be asked.
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Scissor Sisters - Comfortably Numb
YouTube video by ScissorSistersVEVO
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4 months ago
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Sunday's @ttnewsday editorial...
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What's really happening, PM? - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
THE Prime Minister's silence on critical matters of governance is increasingly a matter of serious concern.
https://newsday.co.tt/2025/11/30/whats-really-happening-pm/
4 months ago
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Bad actors seek teenagers who are digitally vulnerable because of inadequate security measures and offer potential for financial return through blackmail.
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Do you know who your child is talking to?
That gorgeous, soft-spoken Swedish girl who admires your boy-child might a retired Nigerian prince looking for a new revenue stream.
https://technewstt.com/bd1538-do-you-know-who-your-child-is-talking-to/
4 months ago
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Monday's @ttnewsday editorial...
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More RoRo, more problems - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
The government's decision to extend the age of import of used vehicles from three years to eight will have a significant impact on the country. Not all of it will be good.
https://newsday.co.tt/2025/11/24/more-roro-more-problems/
4 months ago
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Sunday's @ttnewsday editorial...
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Brazen crimes of opportunity - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
The shocking video of the robbery of passengers and driver aboard a maxi taxi in the afternoon on November 19 was a reminder of how a quiet drive home can explode into potentially lethal violence in T...
https://newsday.co.tt/2025/11/23/brazen-crimes-of-opportunity/
4 months ago
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