Trinidad and Tobago
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Crime costing $200m a year
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago loses more than $200 million in tourism revenue a year because of crime, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday. Persad-Bissessar made the statement as she opened discussions at Caricom's Inter-Sessional meeting on strengthening the regional crime and security agenda and architecture in Haiti. Persad-Bissessar is responsible for Crime and Security in the…
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Crime, airlift challenges for Caribbean tourism
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Tourism, a mainstay for the majority of Caribbean economies for their foreign exchange and jobs, continues to be hit by major challenges, prompting the industry to issue an urgent call on governments to convene a summit by June to tackle key issues and ensure its long-term sustainable growth. In a resolution approved last month, the…
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Economist: T&T $$ in no danger of devaluation
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian -T&T is not in danger of a devaluation of its currency as just happened in Venezuela because the two foreign exchange regimes are different, a University of Trinidad and Tobago (UTT) economist and International Relations lecturer, who asked not to be named, told the T&T Guardian yesterday. The lecturer explained that Venezuela has…
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WI’s women ‘success’ no overnight achievement
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian – Beating Australia at any form of cricket is always a major triumph and West Indies’ women conquered that particular challenge wonderfully well in the International Cricket Council’s Women’s World Cup semifinal to earn a berth in Sunday’s final. In praising her team for the success during the Super 6 matches, captain Merissa…
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TRINIDAD-DEVELOPMENT-Government and environment on collusion path again
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government and environmentalist Dr. Wayne Kublalsingh appear headed for another confrontation after Works and Infrastructure Minister Emmanuel George described as “good news” an unsigned report by an independent committee on the controversial seven billion (One TT dollar = US$0.37 cents) highway south of here. But Kublalsingh, who staged a 21…
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Caricom’s elusive transport agenda
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Express- NOW THAT Carnival 2013 is over Trinidad and Tobago may well give some thought to last weekend's statement by Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines that this country is breaching Caricom's Revised Treaty in providing fuel subsidy support to state-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL). Gonsalves currently wears two hats pertaining…
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URGENT – TOBAGO-ACCIDENT-Five killed in early morning vehicular accident
SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, CMC – Five people were killed in a two car smash up along the Claude Noel Highway during the early hours of Sunday morning, police said. They have identified those killed as Alloy Duke, Fernando Stewart, Christian Stewart, Anesha Hamilton and Stephen Winchester, but gave no further details on the accident which has marred the 2013 Carnival celebrations…
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CDB president warns 7 nations on rising debt
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Express- PRESIDENT OF the Caribbean Development (CDB) Dr Warren Smith yesterday warned member countries of the regional institution to avoid facing their own “fiscal cliff”-as happened to the United States-by moving vigorously to reduce their “mounting” debt stock. At least seven borrowing countries currently confront this economic challenge. They range from the Caribbean Community's sole energy-based…
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CARIBBEAN-EARTHQUAKE-Trinidad, Grenada and Jamaica rattled by earthquake
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.9 and depth of 110 km rattled sections of Trinidad early Sunday morning. It’s reported that the tremor was also felt in Grenada. The Trinidad-based Seismic Research Centre at the University of the West Indies (UWI) said the quake occurred at 1:27 (local time) . It said the…
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Caribbean’s first sextuplets due next month
(Trinidad Express) A 28-year-old Central woman will create history in Trinidad and Tobago and the region when she delivers the Caribbean’s first sextuplets. And, just yesterday, another woman was admitted to Mt Hope Women’s Hospital with quadruplets. The young woman who will deliver the six babies was all smiles yesterday at Mt Hope where, in a brief interview with the…
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