A grow­ing gov­er­nance con­tro­ver­sy at Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions Ser­vices of Trinidad and To­ba­go (TSTT) has placed the ma­jor­i­ty state-owned com­pa­ny un­der in­tense scruti­ny, over­shad­ow­ing its strongest fi­nan­cial per­for­mance in 17 years.

While the com­pa­ny re­port­ed prof­it af­ter tax of TT$214 mil­lion for the year end­ed March 31, 2026, more than dou­ble the pre­vi­ous year’s re­sult, the fi­nan­cial turn­around has done lit­tle to quell con­cerns about man­age­ment prac­tices and over­sight.

The re­sults have been ac­com­pa­nied by board­room tur­moil and re­newed ques­tions over cor­po­rate gov­er­nance.