Min­is­ter of For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs Dr. Amery Browne is ex­pect­ing a re­port on al­le­ga­tions sur­round­ing the theft of the Trinidad and To­ba­go sign in Queens, New York.

It is al­leged the sign was be­lieved to have been stolen some time ear­li­er this week.

Browne told the Guardian Me­dia that he in­struct­ed the Con­sulate Gen­er­al of T&T “to ver­i­fy this as­ser­tion, to meet with the May­or of New York as­ap on the mat­ter and to re­quest a for­mal in­ves­ti­ga­tion.”

“I an­tic­i­pate a re­port in the near fu­ture,” Browne added.

On news that the sign was al­leged­ly stolen caused out­rage by Trinida­di­ans liv­ing in New York City, some of whom ex­pressed dis­gust.

Speak­ing with the Guardian Me­dia Sharon Teerath Bachu said she is fed up with this rift al­leged­ly be­tween Guyanese and Trinida­di­ans.

“CPL was sup­posed to unite the Caribbean peo­ple but they have tak­en this ri­val­ry too far, es­pe­cial­ly be­tween Trinidad and Guyana. Re­al­ly dis­gust­ing,” Teerath Bachu said.

Teerath Bachu was re­fer­ring to Sun­day’s CPL fi­nals where the Guyana Ama­zon War­riors won against Trin­ba­go Knight Rid­ers by nine wick­ets.

Just over one month ago a street in New York City was named T&T, how­ev­er, ear­li­er this week it was dis­cov­ered that the street sign went miss­ing, be­lieved to have been stolen.

The street was re­named dur­ing a gala fan fair on Au­gust 20 on the streets of 131st in Rich­mond Hill, Queens it was re­named to Trinidad and To­ba­go Street.

How­ev­er, the re­nam­ing cer­e­mo­ny went ahead de­spite a pe­ti­tion that was start­ed on Au­gust 16, 2023 by some­one called “Trinida­di­an Na­tive.”

The rea­son giv­ing for the pe­ti­tion were stat­ed as fol­lows on change.org: “On this up­com­ing West In­di­an Day La­bor Day pa­rade in Brook­lyn, NY that’s been around since 1947, it’s a slap in the face to re­name 131st in Rich­mond Hill, Queens, NY to Trinidad & To­ba­go (T&T) St. on 08/20/2023. Rich­mond Hill, Queens, NY is called Lit­tle Guyana which has no as­so­ci­a­tion to TNT.”

“The ma­jor­i­ty of TNT im­mi­grants have set­tled in Brook­lyn, NY, which makes TNT im­mi­grants a big part of the year­ly West In­di­an Day Pa­rade. Church Ave (pop­u­lar street for Trinida­di­ans) in Brook­lyn, NY should be named Trinidad @ To­ba­go St. in­stead of 131 St, Rich­mond Hill, Queens, NY., that on­ly came alive in the 1990’s as Lit­tle Guyana due to the in­flux of Guyanese im­mi­grants, which is in no way con­nect­ed to Trinidad & To­ba­go. There’s not even a pa­rade in Queens, NY on La­bor Day com­pared to Brook­lyn, NY. Please sign this pe­ti­tion to stop the re-nam­ing cer­e­mo­ny on 08/20/2023 from 131st Rich­mond Hill, NY to Trinidad & To­ba­go Street. This is for every Trinida­di­an in New York,” the post added.