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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s attorney, Israel Khan SC, yesterday called on police to wrap up the now 49-day-long e-mail investigation before the July 29 by-election. In a telephone interview, Khan said he was frustrated that the police investigations into ...
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Storm brings showers to T&T

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - TROPICAL Storm Chantal, which churned its way through the Caribbean yesterday, brought  brief but heavy showers to Trinidad and Tobago. Both islands were relatively event-free on Monday night while yesterday morning the rains began as a drizzle which then turned into ...
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CARICOM needs fresh air

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian - It is 40 years since the founding fathers, the enigmatic Eric Eustace Williams, the autocratic Lincoln Forbes Burnham, the congenial “Skipper” Errol Walton Barrow, and the charismatic Michael Norman Manley signed the Caribbean community and Common Mark...
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T&T makes strides against money laundering, terrorism

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian - Trinidad and Tobago has obtained further endorsement and recognition for its fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism by its entry on July 3 into the Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs), a release from Finance and the Economy M...
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T&T to develop mango industry

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian - Although there were challenges in developing the mango industry and by extension food production, T&T has the potential to develop it into a viable industry said Dr Mario Fortune, chief technical officer, Ministry of Food Production. “The mango industry,...
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CARICOM-SUMMIT-CARICOM celebrates 40th birthday

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Thursday marked its 40th anniversary boasting of being the longest surviving integration grouping among developing countries. In a message to mark the occasion, CARICOM Secretary General Irwin la Rocque said that 15-member groupi...
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CARICOM-SUMMIT-Regional leaders re-enact treaty

Trinidad, CMC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders Thursday paid glowing tribute to the founding fathers of the regional integration movement insisting that CARICOM has a major role to play in the socio-economic development of the region. Jamaica’s Prime Minister Portia Simpson Mille...
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