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Sep 27, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Mark Bassant

    $33m in RDC contracts under audit (opens the original)

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    Rural Development Company of Trinidad and Tobago (RDC) chairman Raees Patel says full audits have been launched into roughly $33 million in contracts awarded before the change in government to companies allegedly linked through common owners or directors. Patel said RDC records have identified the contracts as the company’s new leadership looks deeper into procurement and administrative practices inherited from the previous management. He said concerns surrounding some of the corporate relatio

  2. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Mark Bassant

    TSTT rejects Cox misconduct claims (opens the original)

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    Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) has pushed back against allegations raised by former acting chief executive officer Keino Cox, rejecting claims of misconduct and insisting that his temporary appointment carried no entitlement to renewal. In a detailed response to pre-action letters issued by Cox’s attorneys, the company’s attorney, Samantha Singh-Poona, expressed disappointment that the correspondence was widely circulated among staff not directly involved in the ma

  3. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Mark Bassant

    Chinese nationals charged (opens the original)

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    A section of Trinidad and Tobago’s Chinese business community has come under sustained scrutiny from the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) White Collar Division as investigators probe suspected money laundering and illegal gambling activities, according to a senior police source. The officer was responding to questions from the Sunday Express about suspected money laundering and illegal gambling activities involving some Chinese nationals and businesses in Trinidad and Tobago. The seni

  4. Article · Sep 13, 2026 · Mark Bassant

    Chinese-linked crime networks funnelling millions out of T&T (opens the original)

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    Over the past decade, criminal networks with alleged links to China have become increasingly entrenched in Trinidad and Tobago, expanding their reach across drug and human trafficking, money laundering and other illicit activities. These operations have generated vast sums of laundered money, siphoning hundreds of millions of dollars out of the country and funnelling them back to China, according to intelligence sources. Media reports over the years have frequently highlighted the growing influe

  5. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Mark Bassant

    $2.5M Setback (opens the original)

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    The Sports Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SporTT) has formally declined the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association’s (TTFA) request for just over $2.5 million to cover expenses associated with the senior men’s team’s participation in the 2026 Concacaf Nations League. An internal SporTT board note (BD25082026), dated August 26, 2026, obtained by the Express, recommended that the TTFA’s $2,505,650.91 funding request be disallowed, citing an existing embargo on further allocations to the

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