Trinidad and Tobago
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TRINIDAD-LABOUR-Port workers embark upon industrial action
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Port workers have downed tools as management and trade union officials were meeting on Tuesday in an effort to end the industrial action that has affected operations at the Port of Port of Spain. The workers, some of whom have stayed away from the port, have erected red flags on the main road leading…
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TRINIDAD-POLITICS-PM denies another resignation from her Cabinet
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar has denied reports that Tobago Development Minister Dr. Delmon Baker had resigned from her Cabinet due to allegations of improper conduct. “That is totally untrue. He remains a member of my government,” she told the NEWSDAY newspaper on Wednesday. There had been widespread speculation that Baker, a member of…
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TRINIDAD-CRIME-Police arrest businessman as investigations continue into sex allegation against form
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Police Tuesday said they had arrested a 50-year-old businessman during a sting operation as investigations continued into allegations that sacked government minister Dr. Glen Ramadharsingh had a woman perform sexual acts on him when she went for assistance to fast track an application with the Housing Development Corporation (HDC). The police said that the…
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Robinson has died
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Express- Former President and Prime Minister Arthur NR Robinson has died. Robinson, who had been ailing for several months, passed away at the St Clair medical Centre at around 6 a.m. He was 87. His passing was confirmed by National Security Minister Gary Griffith who said a State funeral was being planned.
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CEBO continues with Training of Trainers Workshop in Trinidad and Tobago
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat led Creativity for Employment and Business Opportunity (CEBO) programme continued with a training of trainers workshop in Trinidad and Tobago on Monday (7 April). The project which is being funded under the CARICOM- Spain Citizen Security project is intended to enhance the capacity for sustainable livelihoods among youth by…
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Trinidad Names New Tourism Minister
Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has appointed Senator Gerry Hadeed as the country’s new Minister of Tourism. Hadeed, who had been serving as the country’s Minister of Communications, succeeds former Tourism Minister Chandresh Sharma, who resigned on Monday after allegations that he had assaulted a woman. Hadeed’s appointment makes him the fourth tourism minister in Trinidad since Persad-Bissessar’s…
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Tobago to get increase of British Airways flights from London
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Express – Tobago will see an increase in British Airways flights from London, Gatwick from one to two per week effective October 2014. Diane Corrie, commercial manager Caribbean British Airways, said yesterday that the increase was in response to “heightened demand in leisure travel from the UK to Tobago”. Noting that Tobago was “growing…
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T&T pushes to lead Caribbean aviation industry
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian – With the signing of a collaboration agreement between US-based Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. and Trinidad and Tobago, the Caribbean nation moved one step closer to becoming a regional leader in the aviation industry. Sikorsky, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., announced the signing during the International Air and Space Fair (FIDAE) in Santiago,…
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Trinis hold marathon talks in Caracas
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Express – The Trinidadian delegation who landed in Venezuela yesterday mor¬ning were locked in a marathon session all day into late yesterday eve¬ning with Venezuelan authorities as they sought answers involving the detention of 19 Trinidadian Muslims. The delegation, headed by Rear Admiral Richard Kelshall, arrived in the capital Caracas on a “fact-finding mission”,…
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Kamla to talk food security at Chogm
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar arrived in Australia yesterday ahead of the 22nd sitting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which takes place from October 28 to 30 in Perth. The Prime Minister, who was accompanied by Foreign Minister Surujrattan Rambachan, left Trinidad last Wednesday. Commonwealth leaders will discuss, among others, issues related to food security, sustainable development and…
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