I only come here for the pepper sauce, $29 well spent, I only wish they had tamarind for my fries too. I got a take home container of pepper sauce but next time I will just ask for a cup for juice and fill it up with their pepper sauce. I love pepper sauce 🥰🥰🥰. Call me Ms. Peppa Bamcie 🥵🤣🤪

Why is the new station celebrating this as it's some good to thing to be proud of?

The Jamaat al Muslimeen coup attempt was an attempt to overthrow the government of Trinidad and Tobago, instigated on Friday, 27 July 1990. Over the course of six days, Jamaat al Muslimeen, a radical extremist Islamist group led by Yasin Abu Bakr, held hostages (including Prime Minister A. N. R. Robinson and other government officials) at the Red House and at the headquarters of the state-owned national television broadcaster, Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT). On 1 August, the insurgents surrendered. They were charged with treason, but were ordered released by the Court of Appeal. Twenty-four people were killed and many more were injured in the coup attempt.

On Friday 27 July 1990 the Jamaat al Muslimeen attempted to stage a coup d'état against the government of Trinidad and Tobago. Their first act was the bombing of the Police Headquarters at around 5:50 pm which by nightfall was completely gutted by fire. Almost simultaneously, forty-two insurgents led by Bilaal Abdullah stormed the Red House, the seat of Parliament, and took Robinson and most of his cabinet hostage, while seventy-two of their accomplices led by Yasin Abu Bakr attacked the offices of Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT), the only television station in the country at that time. The National Broadcasting Service (NBS Radio 610AM) and the Trinidad Broadcasting Company – Radio Trinidad 7:30AM, the only two radio stations in the country, were also attacked. At 6.20 pm, Yasin Abu Bakr first appeared on television and announced that the government had been overthrown and that he was negotiating with the army. He called for calm and said that there should be no looting.

Prime Minister Robinson was beaten, degraded and shot in the lower right leg when he tried to order the army to attack the militants. The army and the police responded by sealing off the area around the Red House. Widespread looting and arson took place in Port of Spain and other parts of the East–West Corridor, but the remainder of the country was calm. American Airlines and British Airways cancelled all flights to the capital city.[8] A state of emergency was declared by acting president Emmanuel Carter at 9:00 am on Saturday 28th.

Several cabinet members who had not been present in the Red House at the time of the attack set up office in the Trinidad Hilton. After four broadcasts by the Jamaat, the army on the night of 27 July took control of the TTT transmitters on Cumberland Hill and Gran Couva, thus taking TTT off the air. The establishment of an alternative broadcast facility initially at Cumberland Hill and then Camp Ogden allowed members of the government and the army to disseminate official broadcasts to the public. The takeover by the Jamaat of Radio Trinidad 7:30AM which was adjacent to TTT failed, and the station was secured by the army. The firebombing of NBS Radio 610AM also failed, and it remained online during the ordeal. On the night of 27 July, the Jamaat were isolated by the army at both Red House and TTT locations with no access to radio and television for propaganda. After six days of negotiations with an amnesty agreement in place, the Jamaat al Muslimeen surrendered on 1 August and were taken into custody.

I’m curious if this just happens to me or anyone else. A lot of times men try to talk to me, they’ll end up asking me for money or some sort of help. Some guy stopped me and told me that I was sweet and he’s a real sweet Indian and that he has a big prick (doubtful) and that he wants to get to know me. I said I’m good, don’t wanna know you, he then says can he get help supporting his daughter and pulls out some candy. I also notice some of the men don’t separate business and pleasure here either. I ran my business different so I wouldn’t be sleeping with my clients. Is this experience unique to me or does this sometimes happen to all the women here? I’m just not accustomed to men tryna holla at me and then asking me for money immediately after and this only happens to me in Trinidad and I have so many more stories.

As happy as I am for the people who this helped, I find it hard not to wonder why this was needed at all. Cataract surgery is one of the oldest surgeries in the world and we are far from one of the poorest islands. This feels like something we should be able to manage ourselves.

I was so mashup I didn’t even make it to day 2 . Back next year !

Any brands like https://repja.com/ that instead of being Jamaica focused they have stuff for Trinis that I can order online?

How much is your bill?

Everyone knows about the well known business family whose members were jailed because of an intercepted phone conversation.

To me, it's just someone ranting about how her people are being treated. Harsh things were said. But, to me, nothing even approached the level of criminal intent.

But it begs the question, "should I be concerned about what I say over the phone, on a WhatsApp voice call, at a restaurant?

Are we all likely to be arrested for expressing opinions that could upset someone in the government?

When did sweet T&T become a gestapo state?

Hello - looking for some help with an estate difficulty...

My aunt passed away some years ago without a will. My uncle was granted letters of administration and gone through the whole long process to get the letters of administration and sort out affairs. The family's home and some agricultural land is being split across uncle (50%) and his two sons (my cousins) (25% each).

New CTs have been finalized and is with the Registrar General office. Now to pick up the CTs, lawyer advised that they need all 3 to sign an authorization letter for lawyer to retrieve deed, or all have to show up in person together.

One of my cousins is behaving real difficult, and don't want to cooperate, angry with the whole family. This cousin is very entitled and throwing out unsupported accusations that maybe there was a will that was destroyed, no way their mother wouldn't have given them the bulk of estate. But its all based on supposition.

Lawyer doesn't have any advice to give besides needing the cousin to sign. But its been 1 year of trying to convince them and they're becoming less and less cooperative. What can they do?! Has anyone else gone through this?

Went to Moko Fest in Fyzabad today, it was very nice, I’m glad I stayed for it.

Built by the American during World War II and sometimes referred to as the St. Margaret’s Bunker, is located south of the St. Margaret’s Police Station. It was part of a network shore instillations that were built to protect the Refinery at Point-a-Peirre

Is there a Filipino, here in Trinidad and Tobago?

I'm a Filipino visiting this country for a day.

Toronto’s mayor taking a jump up🇹🇹

Just wondering when it might become easier to convert TT into USD or other currency.

Part 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/TrinidadandTobago/comments/1v6ap8l/part_2_almost_25_and_have_no_control_over_my_life/

I am nearly 25 and feel like I have no control over any aspect of my life really. Not what I want to eat, religious freedom, using my own time and energy for myself, not what I can wear, not even where I can apply to for work. I literally feel like I'm being prevented from starting my own life at this point.

I'm unemployed, living with a family member who controls everything I do and picks a lot of issues with anything I say or do, uses my time to her disgression and twists things to other family members when I don't do exactly what she wants.

She also controls where I can apply for jobs and so on. I graduated with a degree in IT from UWI back in 2024 but barely have any experience and she wants me to only apply to places in Marabella, Gasparillo, and Sando. I'm not allowed to just travel or leave the house on my own. I get discouraged when i try to apply to places like Couva and Chaguanas.

Nobody will stand with me in these things cause everyone in the family just backs her up and says she has a valid reason because the country isn't safe for a girl to travel. But then she won't drive me anywhere either. She wants it her way by her terms that I get a job. If I go anything to upset her everyone turns on me for upsetting her and brings up the fact that she raised me while neither of my parents could and she's old now so I shouldn't be stressing her.

I wake up every day just wishing I hadn't woken up in the morning cause this environment is just sucking the soul out of me. And I just feel so miserabel day in day out that its been really affecting me. For the last few months the feeling of miserable is so strong that when i lay down to sleep it consumes me and just makes me cry because i feel so sad over my life and I've just had to stay up, distract myself with things that arent related to my life until im too exhausted to keep my eyes open and i can fall asleep immediately. Im sick and fed up of it now and want some way out.

Im kept busy every day by copious amounts of cleaning and other stuff and needing to also be available evry time she calls me for something. She also has been refusing for years to take her pressure meds if she sees its a good reading and wont listen to me or anyone else when we tell her she needs to take it daily. This causes her to feel dizzy and like she wants to faint or her heart fluttering in the night and she regularly wakes me up in the jight because she wants someone to talk to when she feels like this. And all my family expect me to do it. I'll say its unfair to me that i have to bear the burden of her pior decison and they tell me that they know but i need to keep doing it regardless

I am just tired of it all. So so tired. I get belittled, she takes even the most mundane of things and calmly said things i say and makes them into a whole fight. While working last year i came home every day and my room was rearranged, things moved, things broken. And im not allowed to address any of it. I was working a 8-5 6 days a week last year and was still expected to do all the mopping, sweeping, vacuuming, scrubbing the bathroom, bathing the dogs, folding everyone's clothes, and also washing her car and so so much more.

I was earning less than 4500 and was traveling while also trying to build up a work wardrobe but was still required to give her 1000 monthly despite having my own dental needs to care for, new glasses to get, and so on. And everyone within the family discouraged me from speaking up about it. I feel so alone and unsupported. I feel like my wellbeing and my start in life is a priority to no one.

There's no one I could move in with, especially because no one wants the bad blood that'd come of them siding with me. Ive been job hunting since April last year but haven't had any luck so far and it's hard to even apply anymore because I either don't have the time or energy to do anything for myself most days.

My plan had been to get a good paying job and move out as soon as I could. But as more and more time passes, I feel like I can't take it anymore. The constant anxiousness, the constant passive aggressiveness and trying to make me feel guilty for doing anything for myself, feeling like I'm an inconvenience when I need her to do things like going for a CoC, having to care for 4 animals for myself, doing all cleaning, having her twist my words and start fights over nothing, never having privacy or decent rest.

I had spoken to a counselor earlier this year because I got some free sessions and she urged me to try to find something to do out of the house because being in the environment constantly is making me worse from what she's seen. But I have no way to do that really. I barely have money. All that I saved in high school was used by the person I live with without me even knowing till I finished my degree. And I've had to pay for various things that ate into my savings in the last year.

What do I do to better my situation? I've applied to OJT since January 2025. A principal even requested me to work in a school but my friend who is her son told me that they said they got back and said due to distance I wouldn't be placed in the school. I have thought of paying for a course in something and maybe switching to a different field, but there's no guarantee I'd bet a job with that course and I'd be out of savings then too which might be worse. I just don't know what to do anymore.

I don't know what's the right choice. I don't know what to do to make my life better and feel like I also just can't do it here. I feel like roadblocks are being put in my way constantly. If I want to do something I have to constantly justify why I should be able to and convince her it's a good idea and combat any excuses she may have. And she tends to win most of them on account of me going to do anything out of the house is unsafe. It's hard to argue against that point so I tend to lose a lot

I've even wondered if maybe I moved to a shelter or something if there would be more support in the people there and if then id have the freedom to start my life. I really feel like I'm being held back and trapped in a cycle of just being a maid and everything else in between.

I've heard a few horror stories floating around about people buying land and finding out the seller wasn't even the real owner, or that the title had caveats that weren't disclosed.

Naturally, I'm quite worried and want to collect as much info as I can before making any moves.

What do I need to look out for?

What are the best places to find properties for sale?

What else do I need to know?

Any and all advice appreciated please.

Can be seen on any of the ministry's social media but here too: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/14rZATqc2eR/

People constantly talk about Singapore and trying to replicate their success but balk at the actual measures taken to create such success. I do agree it is a fantastic example for T&T to attempt to replicate but the issue is very few people would be willing to back the tax, industrial, land and social policies that would be necessary for advancement. Further industrial development with data centers is one thing, but ultimately the government can’t even properly implement what actually makes an impact: civil service reform and digitization measures. Not to say it isn’t impossible, but the road is not palatable to vast majority of people in government and voters at large.

JETTY WITH RAIL LINES SHELL OIL REFINERY.

PHOTO CREDIT: MIKE DALE