Trinidad and Tobago
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UPDATE-TRINIDAD-MIGRATION- Fleeing members of Canadian Orthodox Jewish sect could be sent home
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Immigration authorities in Trinidad and Tobago say they have been advised to pursue the decision of having members of an othordox Hasdic Jewish group, Lev Tahor, returned to Canada instead of allowing them to fly on to Guatemala. A statement issued by the Ministry of National Security Thursday, said that the group which includes…
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TRINIDAD-MIGRATION-High Court dismisses application filed on behalf of orthodox Jewish group
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The High Court has dismissed an application for a habeas corpus writ to have nine members of a Canadian ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect released from detention in Trinidad and Tobago. Justice Vashiest Kokaram denied the writ after indicating that there were a number of procedural defects in the application. On Thursday, Immigration authorities said they…
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TRINIDAD-COURT-Warner given extra time to file defence to lawsuit
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A High Court judge has given former national security minister Austin Jack Warner until March 19 to file a defence to a lawsuit brought against him by his one time Cabinet colleague and Attorney General Anaand Ramlogan. Warner had sought a three week extension, but Justice Robin Mohammed also warned Warner, the interim leader…
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GUYANA-POLITICS-Opposition against Trinidadian attorney on Commission of Inquiry
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The opposition grouping, A partnership for National Unity (APNU), is questioning the appointment of a senior counsel from Trinidad and Tobago to serve on a Commission of Inquiry into the killing of noted Guyanese academic and political activist, Dr. Walter Rodney in 1980. The APNU said that the Seenauth Jairam had been retained by the ruling…
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TRINIDAD-CARNIVAL-Michael Jackson former personal physician in Trinidad for Carnival celebrations
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Mar 3, CMC – Dr. Conrad Murray, the cardiologist, who was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of pop icon Michael Jackson, has arrived here to participate in the annual Carnival celebrations. Dr. Murray, accompanied by his son Che, daughter Chanel and fiancee Nicole was met on arrival by close friends, Garreth and Karla…
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Caribbean Climate Innovation Center launches in Trinidad
The Caribbean Climate Innovation Center (CCIC)—a hub designed to help clean technology ventures transform the region to a low-carbon economy and create green jobs—launched yesterday in Freeport, Trinidad & Tobago. The CCIC will offer financing, training, mentorship, and other services to a growing network of innovators in the areas of solar power, energy efficiency, water management, resource use efficiency, and…
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Trinidad Opens Embassy in China
Trinidad and Tobago has officially opened an Embassy in China. The new Embassy opened in Beijing on Wednesday, inaugurated by Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar during her official visit to China this week. The opening of the embassy was first announced in June 2013, in the context of the visit to the country by Chinese President Xi Jinping.…
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Eight Caribbean countries to strengthen HIV programmes – UNAIDS
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, Tuesday February 25, 2014, CMC – UNAIDS Caribbean said Monday that eight regional countries have finalised specific strategies aimed at strengthening their HIV programmes by making them more responsive to human rights. It said that the representatives from Barbados, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Lucia, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago met her last week for a…
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CARICOM strengthens commitment to persons with disabilities in the Caribbean
The Thirty-fourth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government which was held in July 2013 in Trinidad and Tobago, agreed to set up National Committees on Reparations, to establish the moral, ethical and legal case for the payment of reparations by the former colonial European countries, to the nations and people of the Caribbean Community, for native genocide, the…
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CARICOM, UNFPA and Government of Trinidad and Tobago Unite to tackle Adolescent Pregnancy in the Caribbean
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ambassador John W. Ashe, President of the 68th Session of the General Assembly, and Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund will lead a high level delegation to Trinidad and Tobago for a regional consultation on adolescent pregnancy. The purpose of the consultation is to explore the opportunities and challenges…
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