Trinis hold marathon talks in Caracas

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Express - The Trinidadian delegation who landed in Venezuela yesterday mor¬ning were locked in a marathon session all day into late yesterday eve¬ning with Venezuelan authorities as they sought answers involving the detention of 19 Trinidadian Muslims. T...
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Kamla to talk food security at Chogm

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar arrived in Australia yesterday ahead of the 22nd sitting of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which takes place from October 28 to 30 in Perth. The Prime Minister, who was accompanied by Foreign Minister Surujrattan Rambachan, left Trinidad l...
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New state of the art recycling plant coming to T&T

(Trinidad Express) In an effort to reduce Trinidad’s carbon footprints, Minister of State in the Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Ramona Ramdial said, Trinidad and Tobago will have a state-of-the art recycling plant very soon. “The recycling plant would cost around $400mT...
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Central Bank: Increase in agriculture supply

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian - Data from the National Agricultural Marketing and Development Corporation (Namdevco) indicates an increase in the availability of selected agricultural commodities at the Norris Deonarine Northern Wholesale Market (NDNWM) for the period July to December...
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US tells T&T: Remove petroleum subsidies

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian -The United States wants countries including T&T to remove its subsidies on petroleum products, according to a high-ranking US State official. In what is called a background briefing at the US State Department here in Washington DC, the high-ranking o...
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Health authority chairman: UWI statement confusing

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Express -The statement issued by The University of the West Indies (UWI) in defence of the doctor and consultant was confusing, says chairman of the North Central Regional Health Authority (NCRHA) Dr Shehenaz Mohammed. “I’m surprised that they can ...
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FCIB sees opportunity in Barbados economic slowdown

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Guardian - In a January 21 address in Trinidad, Barbados Minister of Industry Donville Inniss had expressed strong optimism that Barbados’ economy was on an upward climb. He told business people, including local investors, at the first quarterly business ...
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TRINIDAD-POLITICS-PM receives 1990 attempted coup report

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago government has received a copy of the report of the Commission of Inquiry that probed the events that led to the 1990 attempt by a group of Muslims to overthrow the government of prime minister ANR Robinson. A statement from the Office...
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Talks could lead to real Guyana democracy

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, Express - The governing People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP) and the Opposition parties in Guyana are locked in a unique governance struggle in which two combined opposition parties command the majority in the legislature and can therefore block legislatio...
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