Editorial brief · 02

Public money and procurement

Contracts, spending, audit findings and the rules that protect public funds.

Following the money from tender to delivery: who won, what was paid, what arrived, and whether the rules were followed.

Figures come from regulators, auditors and published accounts, and are set against what the public was told.

Reporting

8 pieces

From the archive2026

Public Money · Visual Analysis · OCT. 14, 2026

Budget 2027: what’s going up?

Digital subscriptions, high-use electricity bills and selected imports face new charges. Business taxes and compliance fees add another layer. Follow the measures, the rates and their proposed start dates.

The Ministry of Finance’s Review of the Economy 2026, published alongside Budget 2027. Official publication cover; photographs credited within the government publication.

Public Money · Investigative Economic Analysis · OCT. 13, 2026

Behind Budget 2027: a contracting economy and the geography of public money

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.

Three of the TRHA's new ambulances, registrations PEH 3370 and PEH 1334 among them, parked outside a health facility.

Public Finance · SEP. 22, 2026

Twelve ambulances, $17 million, and a regulator still investigating

The Port of Spain waterfront and the International Waterfront Centre.

Public Finance · SEP. 12, 2026

The $16 billion year: what the Procurement Regulator could not count

The Port of Point Lisas, the heart of Trinidad’s gas-based industry.

Public Finance · AUG. 6, 2026

Dragon: the country's biggest energy bet, and nobody will publish the terms

From the archive2021

Caribbean Affairs · APR. 2, 2021