#Windies #Cricket

..a month on from the shocking event it seems to have provided cover for a sprawling retribution drive by the president and Maga world that endangers civil liberties against an array of critics in the media, universities, non-profits & other parts of civil society www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Lies and ever more lies

T&T Transparency International Statement (pre Budget) 🇹🇹

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

😡 Warner's SporTT appointment came despite him waiving indictment in the US on October 25, 2013, and pleading guilty to a three-count information charging him with wire fraud conspiracy, money laundering conspiracy and the structuring of financial transactions. newsday.co.tt/2025/10/08/d...

Maduro, calling the U.S.’ modus operandi “regime change through military threat,” said that Venezuela was willing to engage in dialogue, but Trump is sending more military muscle to the Caribbean.

New Orwellianism just dropped

He fired 17 federal inspectors general overnight, a purge of oversight. Those watchdogs exist so presidents don’t get away with abuse unchecked. He’s tearing down accountability. #PurgeOfWatchdogs #UncheckedPower

“The administration’s close ties to a small but well-followed group of influencers and conspiracy theorists has amplified their voices, and they in turn have encouraged administration efforts to crack down on demonstrators.”

Maybe Global Voices helped you learn something new. Maybe it helped you feel seen. Maybe it sparked your activism. If it moved you, support it now. globalvoices.org/donate/ #KeepGVStrong

It’s #Parang season is on in 🇹🇹 #ClaritaRivas #Paranderos

Friday evening #Kava 🇹🇹

Wall Street's main indexes fell on Friday, erasing earlier gains, after U.S. President Donald Trump said he was weighing a "massive increase" in tariffs on Chinese goods. www.reuters.com/business/us-...

Who’s next? www.muellershewrote.com/p/jim-comey-...

😶 The board of the First Citizens Group Financial Holdings Ltd (FCGFH) has tendered its resignation today, ahead of tomorrow’s special general meeting at which new board members are scheduled to be nominated. www.cnc3.co.tt/first-citize...

Alors que l’ex-candidate à la présidentielle se bat pour restaurer la démocratie dans son pays, Donald Trump porte un sacré coup à la démocratie américaine en brouillant la séparation des pouvoirs et en s’attaquant à ses « ennemis ». www.huffingtonpost.fr/internationa...

Dina Boluarte, 63, is deeply disliked, with approval ratings between 2% and 4%, following accusations she has illicitly profited from her office and is responsible for lethal crackdowns on protests in favor of her predecessor. She denies any wrongdoing reut.rs/3KFcQ6Z

For all big and little sisters (I’m the latter) www.instagram.com/share/BAMMPZ...

I like how they gave the Nobel Prize to someone fighting for democracy in Venezuela, instead of someone sinking fishing boats off their coast.

The French Court don’t play 🙃☺️ 🙌 Gisèle Pelicot told the court in France that she's 'the only victim' www.unilad.com/news/crime/g...

Gavin Newsom: “Masked men. Jumping out of unmarked vehicles. People disappearing. No due process. No oversight. No accountability. People say I’m being hyperbolic. Bullshit. This is happening in America today.”

Your greatest defence isn’t software – it’s AWARENESS! Join us this Saturday! Online or at an ICT Access Centre tinyurl.com/CyberSafetyA... E: [email protected] T: (868) 612-4638 ext. 8011 🇹🇹

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who lives in hiding, won the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for fighting dictatorship in the country, receiving the award despite U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated insistence he deserved it. www.reuters.com/world/nobel-...

The last license was for 2 years That got rescinded This new ‘deal’ is for 6 months - with conditions Not sure who’s winning here 🤔

In the end, he said everything is about balance. When he had time on vacation, he "went into the gym a little longer" and biked more. When he returns home, he jumps back into his workout routine. www.businessinsider.com/arnold-schwa...

Breast Cancer Awareness In #TrinidadandTobago, breast cancer is most common in women 25–59, with a high incidence of cases in women under 50. Studies suggest that here we have aggressive breast cancer, including forms like triple-negative #SelfCheck #GetChecked 🇹🇹 www.self.com/story/early-...

NY Attorney General Letitia James, a longtime foe of President Donald Trump, was indicted for bank fraud, a person familiar with the matter said, as the administration seeks to use government power against those who have pursued investigations into him or publicly resisted his agenda reut.rs/4q0XgCC

The hawk is specially regarded as a sacred being and is the centre of many myths handed down among our First Peoples who report episodes of gui­dance from the spiritual realm…the sound of the hawk led amateur collectors of artefacts to discover a historical site 🇹🇹 trinidadexpress.com/features/loc...

It’s gone past ‘fear’ to fact

ICE smash car window & drag 2 sisters out—in front of elementary school at pick up time. 13 masked agents surround car—while children yelled "It's ICE!" running away in fear. Both Jocelyn and her sister, who was driving, are DACA recipients—and were released after allowed to prove legal status.

“He has precedent to follow and he should do it—not because there is any guilt or innocence, but sometimes as officeholders, we just need to do the honourable thing because the office that we hold is not personal to us trinidadexpress.com/news/local/l...

Confirmed US military plane and Apache helicopters just landed in Piarco Airport.

Why not here? 🇹🇹 ON a busy day in Maishima, Osaka, up to 600 garbage trucks will stream into the whimsical and sprawling building designed by the late Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser located just west of the city…. trinidadexpress.com/news/local/j...

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From FB “Unlike the previous two-year OFAC licence ,for the entire project, the AG stated that this new licence runs until April 2026 and is a tiered process, (its not for the entire Dagon gas project) meaning continued approval will depend on whether certain benchmarks are met with Venezuela..”

The license was rescinded and then re-approved Some one said “alleged drug “…the Government has received the OFAC licence from the United States Treasury Division to pursue the development of gas on the Dragon field” 🇹🇹🇻🇪🇺🇸 www.facebook.com/share/p/14Jp...

Incoming. 🇹🇹🇺🇸🇻🇪

Guess the invasion is real. So much for “drug traffickers” Lord help us all

Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House had more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and it appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records.

These brave men were antifa your wretch

ICE getting tailed like it’s a heist movie. Chicago is turning the tables.

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.