PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - AS the saying goes, in party politics “all things are possible”—including, of course, success and defeat at free and fair elections and, by extension, related court rulings. Within the past two days, two opposition parties—one in Dominica, the other in Antigua and Barbuda—had to contend with this reality based on separate court decisions.
(Trinidad Guardian) Vasant Bharath, Minister of Trade, Industry and Investment and Minister in the Ministry of Finance and the Economy, received a courtesy call from his Costa Rican counterparts, Anabelle Gonzalez, Minister of Trade and Fernando Ocampo, Vice-Minister of Trade, on Friday at his Port of Spain offices.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prof John Arnott Spence, who died on Wednesday night at 83, will be remembered for his sterling service to T&T and the region as a scientist, academician and spokesman for agriculture. As a UWI lecturer, public servant and independent senator, even in his retirement years his vast knowledge added value and inspired positive developments, not only in his area of expertise—agriculture—but in many other matters of national importance.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Former academic and legislator, Professor John Spence has died. He was 83.
Relatives said that he died of a heart attack late Wednesday.
Spence was a Professor of Botany and also Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at the St. Augustine campus of the University of the West Indies (UWI) and served as an Independent Senator from 1987 to 2000. He was also awarded the Chaconia Medal Gold in 1980.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will be in Venezuela today to attend the funeral of president Hugo Chavez. Persad-Bissessar left Trinidad at 4.30 p.m. yesterday for Caracas and is scheduled to return home later today. Chavez's funeral is scheduled to take place at 10 a.m. today.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - With the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez 17 Caribbean countries face a heightened period of economic uncertainty, Sir Ronald Sanders, a business executive and former Caribbean diplomat, said in an opinion piece published yesterday.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - THIS year’s International Women’s Day finds women enjoying more prosperity and privileges than at any other time in human history. Yet this is also the first time in history that there have been so few women in the world relative to men.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Caribbean only two women heads of government Friday pledged to end violence and discrimination against women in their respective countries as they joined the global community in observing International Women’s Day. Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar and her Jamaican counterpart, Portia Simpson Miller said the theme to observe the occasion is timely and resonates not only for women but every sector of their countries.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - As at December 2011, the market capitalisation of shares on the Guyana Stock market (GASCI) was G$89.48 billion. This valuation improved to G$123.41 billion as at December 2012, or by a margin of almost 38 per cent. Briefly, as at the end of October 2012, the valuation was even higher at G$125.84 billion.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - A broadband fibre optic network called C@ribNET has been launched to connect tertiary institutions, schools, hospitals and other educational establishments to knowledge development and research platforms, paving the way for enhanced interconnectivity and collaboration among Caribbean states.
The historic launch took place at the National Academy for the Performing Arts Centre (NAPA), Port-of-Spain, on February 26 under the theme, Collaboration, Co-operation, Community.