Colin Phillip Martin

DBA, husband, father, sunday school teacher, movie lover

[Kejan Haynes @KejanHaynes]

Sigh not good

[Kejan Haynes @KejanHaynes]

In last year's budget the price of alcohol was doubled and it was projected to account for ~80% of this year's projected revenue.
It will be interesting to see if we hit that target And how much of a hit it would take if thousands of potential customers are aged out of the market

[Kejan Haynes @KejanHaynes]

Saturday's Guardian editorial

[Nyssa @kneezurr]

HELLO HELLO!!!!! 🍉🍉🍉🍉

[Kejan Haynes @KejanHaynes]

"We will put pause to anyone within or outside our great party who seeks to diminish or destroy us.

"Power is something you take, no one can give you power and you must know how to use power for the greater good when you have it."

PM on Republic Day to her supporters

[CNC3TV @CNC3TV]

Customers in parts of Central and South Trinidad can expect disruptions to their water supply when the Point Lisas Desalination Plant undergoes its annual planned maintenance shutdown.

Read more:
https://t.co/KzJKwJmLPU

[T&T Guardian @GuardianTT]

Trinidad and Tobago has been placed under a Yellow-Level Hot Spell Alert as temperatures are expected to climb over the coming weeks, with “feels-like” temperatures potentially reaching as high as 44°C in some areas.

Read more:
https://t.co/DrQn4uXRKM

[CNC3TV @CNC3TV]

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar met with Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez in New York on Wednesday on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly.
The meeting comes amid ongoing discussions between Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela on security, energy and bilateral relation.

Photos Courtesy Kamla Persad Bissessar social media pages

[Kejan Haynes @KejanHaynes]

Young: This is Section 34 on steroids. They gut the OPR in the dead of night. They come to find areas to assist their financiers. Every accusation is a confession
Moonilal: It's not dead of night it's midday.
If not for the OPR we would've restarted the refinery

[CNC3TV @CNC3TV]

A major fire occurred last night along Picadilly Street in Port of Spain. The cause of the fire, as well as what was destroyed, is not yet known.

Video courtesy Denique Hunte.

[CNC3TV @CNC3TV]

A specialist doctor has scored a legal victory over being found liable for a man being born with cerebral palsy after he (the doctor) delivered him over two decades ago.
In a judgment delivered yesterday, five Law Lords of the United Kingdom-based Privy Council upheld Dr Marwan Abdulla’s appeal over being found negligent for the condition developed by 24-year-old Aeden Balwah at birth.

For more…
https://t.co/HtQVZ9nkUd

[The Associated Press @AP]

At least 47 people were killed and over 50 kidnapped after armed men raided the community of Kenscoff, Haiti, late Sunday.

[Kejan Haynes @KejanHaynes]

Omg

[CCN TV6 @tv6tnt]

Businesses and residents in Downtown Port of Spain are currently without water following the discovery of a major underground leak on Independence Square North, near Richmond Street.

WASA has shut off the supply while excavation works are carried out.

[Nyssa @kneezurr]

Woowww Jamaica this bad.

Just last week they told Trinis we experiencing a drought too. I wonder what the dams looking like. YIKES!

also perfect time to say .....NO DATA CENTRES IN THE REGION EVER PLEASE AND THANKS

[T&T Guardian @GuardianTT]

Massy Holdings Ltd yesterday declared after-tax profit attributable t0 the owners of the parent of $322.26 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2026, a 35.6 per cent decline compared to the $500.47 million the group earned for the prior period.

For more…
https://t.co/oohnbhcsrH

[CNC3TV @CNC3TV]

The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has spent nearly six months deciding whether to grant a Freedom of Information request for records showing how many overseas trips the Prime Minister took, who travelled with her and the cost it had on taxpayers.
Last Friday, in response to Guardian Media, the OPM sought a fifth 30-day extension, saying only that the application was “currently receiving attention”.

For more…
https://t.co/ekZp1K4g7C

[Anthony Beach @morganbeach23]

In a social media post, Tunapuna-Piarco regional corporation chairman Josiah Austin stated that the “mobile” concrete foundation built to support a proposed police/regiment post was laid atop an active natural gas pipeline and was in violation of the Corporation’s building codes.

[Kejan Haynes @KejanHaynes]

Throwback to when using that word and attacking the media was frowned upon

Jamal under fire | Local News | https://t.co/gkKwwWaBqe https://t.co/5Mx9d27Hyf

[Jax YW @TriniJax]

1. The leak is deliberate and internal.
2. Any Trini who denies hearing/participating in similar conversations about governments past and present is lying.