Skip to content
HeyJared

Melissa Maynard

Reporter

Indexed articles, last 90 days
20
Latest publication
Sep 28, 2026
Audience
Checking…
Earliest in this view
Jul 6, 2026

Latest articles

  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Melissa Maynard

    No 10% wage offer was ever made (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    Public Utilities Minister Barry Padarath has again rejected the Communication Workers’ Union’s (CWU) claim that TSTT offered a 10% wage increase. He said Government will not be “bullied” by what he described as the union’s “theatrics” as the dispute over the company’s wage negotiations continues. Speaking on State-owned TV station TTT on Saturday morning, Padarath reiterated that no 10% wage offer was ever placed on the table, following a protest at TSTT on Friday during which CW

  2. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Melissa Maynard

    TSTT workers march: Pay 10% hike (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    The Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) is not optimistic that the Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) will return to wage negotiations in good faith and fears workers could be “weaponised” as the dispute over outstanding wages intensifies. CWU secretary general Joanne Ogeer yesterday renewed her call for Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar to intervene in the stalled negotiation. She made the comments following a lunchtime protest by TSTT workers during which the un

  3. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Melissa Maynard

    ODA: Where is the gas subsidy going? (opens the original)

    Excerpt · English

    Read excerpt

    Government’S decision to absorb an additional $318 million in fuel subsidy costs to keep Super gasoline at $5.97 per litre has prompted questions from the Owner Dealers Association (ODA) about how the subsidy is calculated and accounted for. Minister of Planning and Development Kennedy Swaratsingh, who is also a Minister in the Ministry of Finance, made the disclosure in the Senate on Tuesday, saying rising international fuel prices had increased the State’s subsidy liability, but the Govern

  4. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Melissa Maynard

    Farley: Autonomy push not a rejection of T&T (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Neutral tone · English

    Read excerpt

    TOBAGO’S push for greater autonomy is not a rejection of Trinidad and Tobago, but a move towards strengthening the country, Tobago House of Assembly Chief Secretary Farley Augustine said on Monday. Speaking at the Tobago House of Assembly’s Toast to the Nation 2026 on Independence Day, Augustine said Tobago’s aspirations must not be viewed as a threat to the union between the two islands. “Independence must actually ask us something. It must ask whether we are prepared to take responsibi

  5. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Melissa Maynard

    Ignatius Ferreira: A Life of Duty, Faith and Service (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Neutral tone · English

    Read excerpt

    TO the business community, Ignatius S Ferreira was a titan, a statesman and an industry pioneer. But behind the titles, awards and corporate stature was a humble man of faith who treated an office boy with the same respect as a visiting ambassador. That is how his son, Patrick Ferreira, remembers the Furness Group chairman emeritus, who died peacefully on August 20 at the age of 97. Speaking to the Express Business on Monday, Patrick said that behind his father's formidable business reputation w

Publishing over time

Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.

Recurring subjects

Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.

Audience

No verified audience measurement yet.

About this data

Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.

Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.

See coverage about Melissa Maynard