PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The cross-Caribbean hearings of the Shanique Myrie case have given the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) much-needed and well-deserved prominence as a forum where the average Caricom citizen can seek legal protection and redress. While the CCJ has had some impact on the life...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago is calling for a united approach towards developing the region’s tourism industry as it prepares to host the 14th Sustainable Tourism Conference (STC) here on Monday. The three day event is being held under the theme “Keeping the ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A senior international tourism official has warned that increased taxes on air transportation and tourism will damage economies and reduce travel to destinations such as the Caribbean. Addressing the 24th annual Caribbean Conference on Sustainable Tourism Develop...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Caribbean Airlines (CAL) will not be filing for bankruptcy and is not another BWIA in the making, Finance Minister Larry Howai assured yesterday. “There is no such thought at this stage. The thing is the airline industry is a very difficult industry to manage. Through...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The Court of Appeal yesterday granted a stay stopping the decision of a High Court judgment which ordered that almost 250 Clico policyholders be repaid their full investments in the failed insurance giant. The stay was granted by Appeal Court judge Alice Yorke Soo Hon durin...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Visiting Moroccan tertiary education expert Dr Jamil Salmi says UWI should reach out to its French and Spanish speaking neighbours like Haiti, Dominican Republic and Cuba to truly establish the academic institution’s reputation as a regional and international giant. S...

industry PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - T&T is looking to the diaspora market and to the Caricom market to boost its tourism industry, says Tourism Minister Stephen Cadiz. He said T&T has lost 60 per cent of the Caricom market. Cadiz was addressing members of the local, regional and international...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Florida-born rap artist Rick Ross packed maybe 10,000 fans into the Andre Kamperveen stadium in Paramaribo last Saturday. Bearded, bald-headed and big-bellied, he looks a bit like the prison officer he once was. He shares his name with the former drug trafficker Rick &ldquo...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is to deliver remarks today at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. She will speak at the thematic debate on “The UN and Global Economic Governance”, a news release from the Office of the Prime Minister said. The&nbs...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Within a month T&T will open its embassy in Bejing, China, more than 30 years after China established its embassy here in T&T. On June 20, 1974 China established diplomatic relations with T&T and in April of 1975 the embassy was established. Foreign Affairs Mini...