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Trinidad opposition plans to blank parliamentary investigation into British consulting firm

PORT OF SPAIN – The main opposition United National Congress (UNC) says it will not participate in the parliamentary probe to determine whether or not the British based political consulting firm, Cambridge Analytica (CA), had undertaken a project in Trinidad and Tobago involving harvesting the data of this country’s population
Government gives commitment to dealing with fake goods

KINGSTON – The Jamaica government says it remains in protecting consumers from the influx of substandard goods in the marketplace. Newly appointed Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Audley Shaw, said that while it is estimated that 80 per cent of global trade is affected by standards and technical regulations, Jamaica still has to be alert in order to ensure that “our local market is not being abused by the importation of illicit goods” that fall way below international standards.
LIAT CEO: Taxes on flights too high

Caribbean governments are being encouraged to revisit the level of taxation on airline tickets. The issue came up earlier this week as LIAT, Air Antilles and Winair announced the CaribSKY alliance which will see them using codeshares and interline agreements to make regional travel easier and cheaper. The event was held at La Creole Beach Hotel & Spa in Guadeloupe.
Trinidadian woman sentenced to death by Iraqi court

PORT OF SPAIN – Security officials are in the process of investigating reports that a Trinidadian woman has been sentenced to death by an Iraqi court. The report first surfaced on the news agency Arab News under the headline “Foreign women sentenced to life in prison for joining IS (Islamic State)”. The name of the woman has not been released. According media outlet CNC3, when contacted, Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi said he only learnt of the sentencing and promised to make enquiries
Cuba's new president sworn in

HAVANA – A new era dawned in Cuba on Thursday when 57-year-old Miguel Díaz-Canel was sworn in as the new president of the communist country, replacing Raúl Castro who decided to bring to an end the Castro family’s decades-long rule on the island. Díaz-Canel had been serving as first vice-president for the past five years. The National Assembly, the country’s legislative body, nominated Díaz-Canel even as political observers say Castro will remain in a powerful position staying on as the head of the Communist Party until its next congress in 2021.
Castro nears retirement as Cuban president; successor proposed

HAVANA – Cuba’s Raul Castro moved closer to retiring as president on Wednesday as the country’s parliament proposed Miguel Diaz-Canel to replace him, in a shift that will usher in the island’s first non-Castro leader since the 1959 revolution. Castro, 86, is stepping down after 10 years in office but his departure - which he had announced several years ago - is seen as unlikely to herald major changes in Cuba, at least for a while. The National Assembly was due to vote later in the day on the proposal to replace him with Diaz-Canel, a 57-year-old Communist Party stalwart who is currently first vice president.
Airline alliance promises lower fares, easier travel

Three Caribbean airlines have formed an alliance which promises to make it easier and cheaper for travellers to move between 32 countries. Antigua-based LIAT, Air Antilles of Guadeloupe and St Maarten’s Winair have joined forces under the CaribSKY project which is co-funded by the European Union’s INTERREG Caribbean programme to the tune of 4.7 million euros. The details of the project were revealed on Tuesday during a media conference at La Creole Beach Hotel and Spa in Guadeloupe.

Ex-prison boss: Bring back hanging

19 July 2010

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Former prisons commissioner Cipriani Baptiste, who witnessed the hangings of Dole Chadee and his gang of eight on June 4, Read More

'Poor health care' blamed for dengue

18 July 2010

PORT-OF-SPAIN – The failure of local health care systems is mostly to blame for the annual rise of dengue cases, Read More

T&T joins UN in crime fight

18 July 2010

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said Friday that government was at war with criminals and would partner with the United Nations to crack down on and destroy illegal Read More

Customs workers arrested

18 July 2010

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Detectives are searching for the masterminds of a major criminal ring who have been skilfully depriving Jamaica’s coffers of millions in customs duties. Read More

Purifying waters

17 July 2010

Voodoo pilgrims bathing in a waterfall believed to have purifying powers Read More

St Lucia AG dismissed

17 July 2010

CASTRIES, St Lucia – Prime Minister Stephenson King yesterday dismissed his attorney general and minister for justice Dr Nicholas Frederick. Read More

Barefoot Bandit going home

17 July 2010

MIAMI – Without saying a word, the teenager accused in a two-year string of sometimes shoeless burglaries and other crimes that helped him gain international notoriety Read More

AG to stay on despite suit

17 July 2010

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent – Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves says his attorney general Judith Jones-Morgan will not resign after a state-owned bank won a multimillion-dollar award against her husband. Read More

T&T not used as ATM'

17 July 2010

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Former Jamaican prime minister PJ Patterson distanced his country from remarks by the new Trinidad and Tobago governmen Read More

Guyana under floodwaters

16 July 2010

GEORGETOWN – Heavy rain in Guyana has flooded large swathes of inland areas, cutting off some communities, Read More

HAITI LOVES MESSI.

15 July 2010

Argentine soccer star and UNICEF’s Goodwill Ambassador Lionel Messi, second right, is escorted by bodyguards during a visit to an earthquake refugee camp in Port-au-Prince, yesterday. Haitians mobbed the football icon chanting his name and raising an Argentina flag... Read More

T&T gas reserves dipping

15 July 2010

PORT-OF-SPAIN – A report on Trinidad and Tobago’s natural gas reserves indicates that the country now has ten years of gas left in its proven reserves. Read More

Three visitors drown in St Vincent

15 July 2010

KINGSTOWN, St Vincent – Tragedy struck at Trinity Falls last week Tuesday afternoon claiming the lives of three Czech Republic nationals visiting this country. Read More

More dissidents arrive in Spain

15 July 2010

MADRID – As two more Cuban dissidents flew into Spain, the seven who preceded them rejoiced yesterday in their newfound freedom Read More

President Jagdeo sells property for US$600 000

15 July 2010

GEORGETOWN – President Bharrat Jagdeo has sold his Goedverwagting, East Coast Demerara property to Guyana’s honorary consul to Trinidad and Tobago, Read More

Clampdown on Brits in Anti-Crime Unit

14 July 2010

PORT-OF-SPAIN – Government intends to clamp down on the number of British nationals employed at the Special Anti-Crime Unit Read More

Lawyers in CLICO probe 'not axed'

14 July 2010

PORT-OF-SPAIN – Attorney General Anand Ramlogan said there was need to streamline the investigative efforts in the Clico probe Read More

Drug dealers handed over to US

14 July 2010

CARACAS – Venezuela handed over three major drug trafficking suspects to United States authorities yesterday including an alleged boss of Colombia’s Norte del Valle cartel. Read More

THE RUBBLE in Haiti is 20 times greater than that of the bombed World Trade Centre

13 July 2010

THE RUBBLE in Haiti is 20 times greater than that of the bombed World Trade Centre and it’s going to be a while before the impoverished Caribbean nation is rebuilt -- this is the assessment US Embassy Charge D’Affaires Brent Hardt. Read More