11 Trinidad and Tobago Words Just Entered the Oxford English Dictionary
Trinidad and Tobago’s way of talking has just been given a formal seal of approval. In its September 2026 update, the Oxford English Dictionary added eleven new words and phrases rooted in Caribbean English, and most of them come straight out of Trinbagonian speech: Carnival history, folk spirits, food, and the everyday sayings that get […]
Trinidad and Tobago Independence Day: The History and the Journey to 31 August 1962
From Banwari Trace to 31 August 1962: the full, fact-checked history of Trinidad and Tobago’s journey from colonisation to independence, and where the country stands on its 64th anniversary.
The Birth of Carlsen Field: From Sugar Estate to Trinidad’s Busiest WW2 Airbase
Before it was Trinidad’s busiest WW2 airbase, Carlsen Field was the Robinson family’s Edinburgh sugar estate. The renaming, the squadrons, and the families who were displaced to build it.
The Road to Emancipation in Trinidad and Tobago: From Slave Registers to Freedom
Trinidad and Tobago’s Emancipation Day marks the culmination of a decades-long process, beginning with Trinidad’s pioneering 1812 slave registry, one of the earliest in the British Caribbean.
The Banwari Man: Trinidad and Tobago’s Oldest Known Resident
Long before Columbus, before sugar and colonisation, before the names we know today were ever spoken across these islands, someone lived here. They fished the mangrove edges, ground their food on flat stone, and buried their dead with quiet ceremony on a hilltop in what we now call San Francique. Roughly seven thousand years later, […]
Plants with Medical Value from Trinidad and Tobago
Medical plants initiated from the first inhabitants of our islands, from the enslaved Africans to later the indentured labourers from India. Even the European explorers, all used these indigenous treatments. From the beginning of life, people looked to the land for food, healing, even cultural identity and survival. The dawn of prescription drugs has grown, […]
Labour Day in Trinidad and Tobago
Imagine if you had to work for more than 15 hours a day. There was no such thing as paid vacation. No Gratuity or Pension. Or something as simple as a Weekend. Thank you to the extraordinary men that fought for the 8 hour work day and 40 hour work week. #Happy #Labour Day #Trinidad […]
History of Public Transport in Trinidad and Tobago
Public transport in Trinidad and Tobago began with the establishment of the Trinidad Railway Company in 1846. The Trinidad Government Railway existed between 1876 and 28 December 1968. Originally built to connect Port of Spain with Arima, the railway was extended to Couva in 1880, San Fernando in 1882, Cunapo (now Sangre Grande) in 1897, Tabaquite in 1898, Siparia […]