Trinidad and Tobago
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Better in the Bahamas? Not if you’re Haitian
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – His home in flames last Monday night, top priority for 74-year-old Lucien Janise was to snatch up his passport. “Everything burn, everything gone… The only thing I could save was my documents, that’s it. No clothes, no nothing.” Perhaps 50 mainly wooden houses burnt down on one night in a Haitian shanty town in the…
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Cost of living rises in June
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -The latest data from the Central Statistical Office indicates that headline inflation in Trinidad and Tobago accelerated in June even though core inflation remained low and stable, the Central Bank said yesterday. Headline inflation rose to 6.8 per cent in June compared to 5.6 per cent in May. Core inflation, which excludes food prices, slowed to…
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Ministers sue former colleague
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Local Government Minister Surij Rambachan has said he is taking legal action former national security minister Austin “Jack” Warner as the campaign winds down for Monday’s by-election in Trinidad and Tobago. Rambachan said that Warner, who, according to the only published opinion poll here, is leading in the Changuanas West constituency, has been motivated…
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Top Cop denies statements
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Acting Police Commissioner Stephen Williams Wednesday denied making statements that the emails purporting to show that members of the Trinidad and Tobago government were engaged in efforts to undermine the judiciary, the DPP and the media, were false. Williams told a news conference that he was “actually astonished by such a publication because there…
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Rowley wants ‘transparent’ deal on CL Financial assets
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley yesterday warned Government against any “under the table” deals in any disposal of assets within the CL Financial portfolio. “Such disposal should be done openly and transparently, getting the best price on the open market,” he said. “It must stand full public scrutiny,” he declared. “We are aware that there…
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ACS secretary general Alfonso Múnera on: Linking Colombia and T&T
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Caribbean Airlines and Colombia’s Avianca are in talks that could result in direct flights between Colombia and T&T. This would facilitate easier business and trade between the two countries, said Alfonso Múnera, secretary general, Association of Caribbean States (ACS). Múnera spoke about a meeting between T&T’s Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Dookeran and Colombia’s Foreign Affairs…
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CARDI –CTA Launches the 3rd Regional Excellence in Agricultural Journalism Awards Recognition for Regional Journalists Reporting on Agriculture
Port of Spain, July 19th 2013 – The Caribbean Research Development Institute (CARDI) and the Technical Centre for Agriculture and Rural Co-operation (CTA) have launched their third Regional Excellence in Agricultural Journalism Awards this time under the theme “Achieving Food Security through Regional Cooperation”. Journalists from across the Caribbean are invited to participate, by submitting their best entries. The inaugural…
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Prime Minister and Attorney General threaten legal action in “emailgate” scandal
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC –Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar and her Attorney General Anand Ramlogan have filed pre-action protocol letters against Opposition leader Dr. Keith Rowley as the fall out continues over the “emailgate” scandal in Trinidad and Tobago. Attorney Donna Prowell in the letter bars Rowley from repeating the statements or making “any similar defamatory statements,” failing which…
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Opposition, activist call for re-thinking formula for selling FCB shares
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The main opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) Monday called on the Trinidad and Tobago government to reconsider the formula used for privatising the state-owned First Citizens Bank (FCB). The FCB launched its initial public offering (IPO) of more than 48 million ordinary shares earlier this month in a move the bank says will be…
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Caribbean Needs More Local Digital Content Online
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Producing more local digital content remains one of the most effective means of increasing internet penetration in any market. Local content production can also create significant opportunities and positively impact both social and economic development. This was the view expressed by Rhea Yaw Ching, corporate vice president sales and marketing at Columbus Communications, at the…
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