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Welcome to The 10/61 Dispatch

My name is David Nanton and I am a former full-time journalist from Trinidad and Tobago. I started my career at the Trinidad Guardian before leaving to help start The Independent in 1996. I also had a brief stint at the Trinidad Express before leaving Trinidad for London, where I now reside, in 1999.

I also worked freelance as a stringer for the Caribbean News Agency, and was the recipient of three awards from the Pan American Health Organisation for Excellence in Health Journalism.

Although my day job is now no longer in media, I still freelance occasionally and maintain a keen interest in affairs back home. I have started this blog to provide a space for critical, independent analysis of the issues shaping Trinidad and Tobago. Free from the constraints of 24-hour news cycles and corporate agendas, my goal is to cut through the noise, examine government accountability, and offer a clear-eyed perspective on national affairs that is often missing from the daily headlines.

Views expressed are entirely my own.

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