Eye on Dependency

30/03/2026

In this interview with Times journalist David Woode, we learn about the exploitation of children by gangs in the UK. Those most at risk are not the usual suspects.

Do you think the same may be happening here in T&T? fans

"They're going after the kids who are doing well at school, who don't raise any concerns."Drug gangs using social media to recruit middle-class young people ...

29/03/2026

How my addition hurt my children...an apology

Listen to the entire interview with Len 'Boogsie' Sharpe from 2004 on FB or YT

23/03/2026

We were happy to visit Beverly and the women of Serenity Place Empowerment Centre for Women on the weekend, to join in their 30th anniversary celebrations! We missed the party but the conversations were stellar.

Congrats to Beverly and the entire community for making it to 30...here's to 30 more! 🥳

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23/03/2026

A clip from Sunday's show from 2003...an interview with Anna, a former client of Serenity Place Empowerment Centre for Women

22/03/2026

We're live on YouTube!

Click the link below to listen to a flashback programme from 2003 featuring Beverly Morson and Anna from Serenity Place Empowerment Centre for Women which celebrated 30 years yesterday!

In this live, we share an interview from September 2003, while we were broadcasting on Power 102 FM. We speak with Beverly Morson of Serenity Place Empowerme...

14/03/2026

In memory of broadcaster Edison Carr who sadly passed away today at age 80, we share his contribution to our 1990 series as one of the media workers trapped in the Radio Trinidad building during the attempted coup.

In 2012, and alongside the late Holly Thomas, Mr Carr also generously shared his broadcasting expertise, instruction and guidance given to the inaugural group of inmates and officers who worked at Rise Maximum Radio, the country's prison radio station located at Golden Grove.

His warm voice, gentle personality and kind spirit will never be forgotten. RIP 🙏🏾🕊️💔

The full program, which was first broadcast on 20 September 2020, and also featured the late Jones P. Madeira, the late Raoul Pantin and Sookram Ali, can be found on the EOD YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVDRTt6VI68

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14/03/2026

Thanks again to Dianne for having us back on her show to talk more about the prevention and treatment when it comes to addiction in Trinidad and Tobago.

Please give her page a like or follow if you enjoyed this content!

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23/02/2026

Garth St. Clair was invited to appear on CCN TV6 Morning Edition last Thursday to add to the police commissioner's comments about teen drug use, particularly of new psychoactive substances.

One of the key points he made was the urgent need for robust prevention among children and youth, starting in the schools. He also noted that taking Eye on Dependency off the air is a step backward if authorities are serious about reducing the harms associated with drug use. It's one thing to warn parents about their children's drug use and quite another to educate young people themselves about informed decision-making.

Here's the video of the interview with Lance Mottley (not Marlan Hopkinson 😉). Let us know what you think! fans

08/02/2026

Thanks to Dianne for allowing us to share a bit of our journey with your audience!

30/01/2026

"During a Joint Select Committee hearing in March 2021, director of Eye on Dependency Garth St Clair warned that children in both primary and secondary schools were at risk of recruitment by criminals. He noted that students from single-parent households were particularly vulnerable due to financial pressures at home."

Despite Garth's claim being refuted by a police officer in the very next sentence of the article below, we maintain that schools are in fact a lucrative recruitment site for gangs, either by virtue of their vulnerability to (location, socioeconomic status) or accessibility by criminal elements.

Nor do we believe that the arrest of students is anything to boast about. We are more concerned about what happens to these students (and their families) after arrest; are they prepared for a return to formal education or do they languish in a vortex of the legal system? In other words, what are their prospects for the future?

Since of­fi­cers of the School-Ori­ent­ed Polic­ing Unit were as­signed to schools across Trinidad and To­ba­go last Sep­tem­ber, 33 stu­dents have been ar­rest­ed for var­i­ous of­fences, po­lice re­port­ed yes­ter­day.