Pearce Robinson

Editorial brief · 03

Governance and political accountability

Decisions taken in public office and the records behind them.

Whether ministries, agencies and office-holders give a full and timely account of what they decided and why.

Established fact is kept separate from claim and from open question.

Reporting

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Prime Minister A.N.R. Robinson addresses the 45th session of the UN General Assembly, New York, 4 October 1990 — the speech in which he said no free world could endure without safeguards for the rule of law.

Foreign Affairs · Analysis · NOV. 3, 2026

We helped build the International Criminal Court. Now we are tearing at the fabric of our own legacy

Trinidad and Tobago did not merely endorse the International Criminal Court. Through Arthur N. R. Robinson, it helped bring the Court into existence. The abstention of 2 November is therefore more than a diplomatic vote: it asks whether the country is retreating from principles it helped establish.

From the archive2026

Governance · Cartographic Investigation · OCT. 5, 2026

Trinidad’s municipal map is about to be redrawn

From the archive2026

Foreign Affairs · Strategic Analysis · OCT. 5, 2026

The plan to make Trinidad and Tobago Israel's primary Caribbean partner — and Port of Spain a Jewish centre

Illustrative image: identification checked at a bar counter. Not a photograph of a specific Trinidad and Tobago venue.

Governance · Explainer · SEP. 30, 2026

Beyond the drinking age: what the 2026 alcohol, cannabis, gambling and tobacco Bill really changes

Delegates leave the United Nations General Assembly hall as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses UNGA81 on 24 September 2026.

Foreign Affairs · Investigation · SEP. 27, 2026

T&T stayed for Netanyahu's UN speech as ties with Israel grew more active

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar in Washington in September 2025.

Governance · Commentary · SEP. 26, 2026

Calling senators ‘satanic’ is not an argument. It is an attack on the constitutional check they represent.

Beverly S. Khan, Chairman and Procurement Regulator of Trinidad and Tobago's Office of Procurement Regulation.

Public Money · Investigation · SEP. 26, 2026

The watchdog may still investigate. The Procurement Bill would stop it from biting.

The Red House, seat of Parliament, Port of Spain, where two consequential debates on State power unfolded in September 2026.

Governance · Analysis · SEP. 26, 2026

Trinidad and Tobago is giving the State more power. Trust is the harder question.

Members of the Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard at the Coast Guard port, Port of Spain.

Government · JUN. 25, 2026

Government source: “The foundations are about to be shaken”

The Red House, seat of Parliament, Port of Spain.

Governance · FEB. 6, 2025

From accounting error to political scandal: the $2.6 billion controversy explained

From the archive2024

Caribbean Affairs · MAY 3, 2024

Trinidad and Tobago recognises the State of Palestine

From the archive2021

Governance · OCT. 12, 2021

Safe zones: public policy set by press conference

From the archive2020

Governance · JUL. 14, 2020

Coming home by exemption: a system with no published rules

From the archive2020

Governance · MAR. 22, 2020

Borders close at midnight, and nationals abroad are told to wait