Trinidad and Tobago
-
PM says she knows nothing about minister’s son being investigated in United States
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar says she has no information that the son of a minister in her Cabinet is allegedly being investigated by United States law enforcement officials. Speaking with reporters as she toured several police stations on Tuesday, Prime Minister Persad Bissessar confirmed she had asked the question after media reports surfaced…
Read More » -
Police claim to be more worried following talks with government on precepting soldiers
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Police Social and Welfare Association (PSWA) Tuesday said it is “more worried now” regarding the move by the coalition People’s Partnership government to precept soldiers into the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS). The PSWA met with National Security Minister Austin Jack Warner and the leader of Government Business, Dr. Roodial Moonilal, to…
Read More » -
Opposition, trade unions, NGOs warn of “undeclared state of emergency” in Trinidad
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Opposition politicians, trade unionists and non-government organisations have accused the Kamla Persad Bissessar government of seeking to impose an undeclared state of emergency in Trinidad and Tobago as it battles to deal with the escalating crime situation in the twin island republic. Former attorney general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, speaking at a public meeting organised…
Read More » -
This Antigua political saga
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – AS the saying goes, in party politics “all things are possible”—including, of course, success and defeat at free and fair elections and, by extension, related court rulings. Within the past two days, two opposition parties—one in Dominica, the other in Antigua and Barbuda—had to contend with this reality based on separate court decisions. In the…
Read More » -
T&T, Costa Rica talk trade
(Trinidad Guardian) Vasant Bharath, Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment and Minister in the Ministry of Finance and the Economy, received a courtesy call from his Costa Rican counterparts, Anabelle Gonzalez, Minister of Trade and Fernando Ocampo, Vice-Minister of Trade, on Friday at his Port of Spain offices. Senator Bharath spoke at length about the government’s diversification thrust, with special…
Read More » -
Prof Spence: An outstanding Caribbean citizen
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prof John Arnott Spence, who died on Wednesday night at 83, will be remembered for his sterling service to T&T and the region as a scientist, academician and spokesman for agriculture. As a UWI lecturer, public servant and independent senator, even in his retirement years his vast knowledge added value and inspired positive developments, not…
Read More » -
Former academic and legislator dies
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former academic and legislator, Professor John Spence has died. He was 83. Relatives said that he died of a heart attack late Wednesday. Spence was a Professor of Botany and also Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) and served as an…
Read More » -
Kamla in Caracas to attend funeral today
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will be in Venezuela today to attend the funeral of president Hugo Chavez. Persad-Bissessar left Trinidad at 4.30 p.m. yesterday for Caracas and is scheduled to return home later today. Chavez's funeral is scheduled to take place at 10 a.m. today.
Read More » -
Uncertainty about PetroCaribe after Chavez
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – With the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez 17 Caribbean countries face a heightened period of economic uncertainty, Sir Ronald Sanders, a business executive and former Caribbean diplomat, said in an opinion piece published yesterday. He said these countries have become highly reliant on their oil supplies from Venezuela via PetroCaribe, a part payment-part loan…
Read More » -
Great new challenge for the world’s women
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – THIS year’s International Women’s Day finds women enjoying more prosperity and privileges than at any other time in human history. Yet this is also the first time in history that there have been so few women in the world relative to men. In all Western nations, women are now more educated, earn higher incomes, and…
Read More »