https://tradewindsbrief.com/tags/port-of-spain/Recent content in Port of Spain on The Tradewinds Briefhttps://tradewindsbrief.com/images/brand/og-default.pnghttps://tradewindsbrief.com/images/brand/og-default.pngHugo -- 0.142.0en-usSat, 18 Apr 2026 09:30:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/gdb_2026-04-18_trinidad_trini_dispatch/Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:30:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/gdb_2026-04-18_trinidad_trini_dispatch/<p>Saturday morning, Port of Spain. Trini Dispatch here, trying to sort the week into something that looks like a pattern. It mostly does not form one. I shall present the items as they come.</p> <hr> <h3 id="the-fair-trading-commission-still-absent">The Fair Trading Commission, Still Absent</h3> <p>Dr. Ronald Ramkissoon, former chairman of the Fair Trading Commission and an economist of considerable standing, has issued a public warning that calls are now <strong>intensifying</strong> for the Ministry of Trade, Investment and Tourism to urgently restore the Commission to operational status.</p>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/gdb_2026-04-17_trinidad_trini_dispatch/Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:00:00 -0400https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/gdb_2026-04-17_trinidad_trini_dispatch/<p>Good morning from Port of Spain. Trini Dispatch here, reporting from a country where, as of this week, we are forty-five days into a State of Emergency and the strangest part is that most people have forgotten.</p> <p>Let&rsquo;s see what&rsquo;s in the tray.</p> <hr> <h3 id="the-hdc-contracts-34-billion-paused">The HDC Contracts: $3.4 Billion, Paused</h3> <p>The Office of the Procurement Regulator has halted the award of $3.4 billion in Housing Development Corporation contracts to eleven companies. The halt came hours after a Government minister appeared on television to explain that the process was thorough, appropriate, and beyond reproach.</p>