{"id":2479,"date":"2026-07-13T23:03:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T03:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/?p=2479"},"modified":"2026-07-13T23:03:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T03:03:28","slug":"ainsley-king-secures-second-term-as-tuco-president-echoes-call-for-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/?p=2479","title":{"rendered":"Ainsley King Secures Second Term as TUCO President, Echoes Call for Unity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>During the Trinbago Unified Calypsonians\u2019 Organisation&#8217;s (TUCO) elections held this past Sunday, Ainsley King secured another term as President. King&#8217;s re-election reflects the continued support he received from TUCO&#8217;s membership, thereby earning him another mandate to lead the body representing calypsonians across Trinidad and Tobago.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement following his victory, King expressed his gratitude towards TUCO members and the broader calypso fraternity for their trust, confidence, and continued support. He described the election result as a victory not just for himself, but for everyone committed to the cause of strengthening TUCO.<\/p>\n<p>King called for unity among TUCO members as the organisation embarks on its next chapter. He urged members to remain committed and focused on advancing the organisation&#8217;s interests. Echoing his commitment to the role, King emphatically stated, &#8216;The work continues.&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ainsley King, after securing a second term as TUCO President, advocates unity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-trinidad-and-tobago"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tringlobe.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}