Trinidad and Tobago
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US lobby group to regulator: Don’t allow CAL to expand Georgetown route
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian – A US aviation lobby group is urging the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to reject an application by majority state-owned Caribbean Airlines to fly directly between Georgetown, Guyana and New York. A report on the Caribbean News Now Web site on Friday indicated that Airlines for America (A4A) wants the DOT to oppose the…
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CARICOM Finance Ministers tackle growth and development
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Finance Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) reviewed a range of economic and financial issues at the Fifteenth Meeting of CARICOM’s Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday. The Council paid particular attention to the state of regional economies and addressed implementation issues relating…
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Couva Hospital on quake zone
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian – Construction of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s prized $1.5 billion Couva Children’s Hospital is in jeopardy as seismic and structural experts have called for all work there to be aborted. This is because the hospital and multi-training facility is being built near the Central Range earthquake fault line, which experts say is in danger of…
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T&T gov’t seeking advice on deferring local gov’t polls
(Trinidad Express) Government is seeking legal advice on the possibility of postponing the local government elections, sources said yesterday. If the government moves for a postponement this would be a complete reversal of the Prime Minister’s earlier pledges of her People’s Partnership Government to hold elections when they are constitutionally due by October 26. The fundamental rethink has come in…
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TRINIDAD-ENVIRONMENT-Meeting between PM and environmental group ends on a sour note
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Aug 9, CMC – A meeting late Thursday between Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar and an environment group opposed to a section of the multi-billion dollar highway south of here, ended with both parties giving contrasting viewpoints on its outcome. The Highway Re-route Movement (HRM), led by environmentalist Dr. Wayne Kublalsingh had requested the meeting in…
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TRINIDAD-ENVIRONMENT-Environmentalist staging another protest outside Prime Minister office
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Less than a year after he staged a 21-day hunger strike to force the Trinidad and Tobago government to halt the construction of a multi-billion dollar highway, south of here, environmentalist Dr. Wayne Kublalsingh is back staging another protest action outside the office of Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar. Kublalsingh said while he would…
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Finance ministers meet in Trinidad and Tobago
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Finance Ministers will meet on Wednesday 7 August in Trinidad and Tobago within the framework of the Fifteenth Meeting of the Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP). High on the agenda is a follow-up discussion seeking to chart a framework for growth and development in CARICOM which engaged the Heads of…
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Benefits of raising T&T flag in Beijing
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Express – China’s Ambassador to T&T, Huang Xingyuan, has updated Beijing’s upbeat prospects for relations with the Caribbean, with T&T identified as the centrepiece of related arrangements. It was this country that Chinese President Xin Xinping chose for an historic state visit involving meetings here with Caribbean leaders. In last week’s Business Express, Ambassador Xingyuan characterised…
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GEORGE, JAMAL OUT
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Express – National Security Minister Emmanuel George and Communication Minister Jamal Mohammed are expected to lose their Cabinet portfolios when Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar reshuffles her deck of ministers. Senior Government sources told the Express the reshuffle will take place on Thursday. The Express learnt that Dr Surujrattan Rambachan, who holds two Ministerial portfolios—the Ministry of…
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Republic gains majority stake in Ghana bank
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian – Republic Bank Ltd has acquired a majority stake in Ghana’s HFC Bank Ltd and is prepared to make an offer for all the remaining shares in the bank if it is mandated to do so. “Republic Bank continues at this time to engage in discussions with the SEC and the Bank of Ghana (BoG)…
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