Trinidad and Tobago

  • Making the Family Real

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Caricom Secretary General came to town last week and managed to deliver a lecture distinguished mainly by its silence on two of the most explosive issues in the Caribbean.  Within 24 hours of his lecture, one of them broke wide open. The Caribbean Court of Justice’s decision delivered last Friday in Port of Spain…

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  • Welcome clarity from CCJ

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – As a committed proponent of regional integration we, too, welcome the ruling delivered on Friday by the Caribbean Court of Justice in the Shanique Myrie case. The ruling by Sir Dennis Byron and his panel effectively sends a message to all Immigration authorities throughout the Caricom region that the days of arbitrary denial of access…

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  • Trinidad and Panama trade deal signed

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago and Panama on Thursday signed a Partial Scope Trade Agreement on Thursday which help boost the economies of both countries. The Partial Scope Trade Agreement, provides the preferential treatment that exporters from Trinidad and Tobago will enjoy in the Panamanian market and the reciprocal preferential treatment that Panamanian exporters will receive…

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  • Focus must be on swine flu prevention

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Following confirmation late Wednesday by the Caribbean Public Health Agency (Carpha) of six local cases of Influenza A/H1N1, better known as swine flu, the first response from Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan was that such cases were “nothing new” for T&T. The minister’s biggest concern was avoiding “overreaction and over-treatment,” which he said occurred in…

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  • IT’S SWINE FLU

    FLU PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Two persons who died after exhibiting influenza H1N1 symptoms may possibly be among the six confirmed cases of the swine flu virus, Minister of Health Dr Fuad Khan said yesterday. Speaking at a media conference at the Ministry of Health, Park Street, Port of Spain, Khan who called on citizens not to panic said…

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  • CCJ to deliver ruling on Shanique Myrie case

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is expected to deliver a land mark ruling on Friday in the case against Shanique Myrie, the Jamaican woman who sued the Government of Barbados. Myrie, 25, who was granted leave by the CCJ to file the action, alleged that when she travelled to Barbados on March 14,…

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  • CARICOM concerned over plight of Haitians in Dominican Republic

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General Irwin La Rocque said the 15-member regional integration movement is concerned at a recent ruling by the Constitutional Court in the Dominican Republic that may have an adverse impact on Haitians living in the Spanish-speaking country. La Rocque told the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) that while he is seeking further…

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  • Warning for Caribbean countries

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC –Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries will have to change its modus operandi and the way it thinks about integration in order to deal with a changing global environment, CARICOM Secretary General Irwin La Rocque has said. Delivering the “Distinguished Open Lecture CARICOM Lecture Series” at the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies…

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  • Police probe whether murders linked to Local Government poll

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Police are investigating the murder of two men, including a close relative of a candidate contesting the October 21 Local Government election on a ticket of the coalition People’s Partnership administration. Police Public Information Officer, Acting Inspector Wayne Mystar said the deaths of 21-year old Shiloh Mc Intosh and Kernel Job, 27, were being…

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  • Regional governance institute launches today

    PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Caribbean Corporate Governance Institute (CCGI) will be celebrating its formal launch today from 5 pm–8 pm at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad. The CCGI is a non-profit membership- based organisation dedicated to strengthening principles of good corporate governance across the Caribbean. Headquartered in Port-of-Spain, the CCGI strives to become a regional provider of guidance and…

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