Trinidad and Tobago news

PM praises Soca Princesses

Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:24:13 GMT

The Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, has sent a congratulatory message to the victorious Trinidad and Tobago team on their historic 2-1 victory against Chile i...

Trinidad and Tobago project designed to protect Buccoo Reef

Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:22:51 GMT

Canadian experience in water and wastewater engineering is portable. The engineers at IBI-MAAK Inc.

T&T Celebrates 48 Years of Independence

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 08:38:39 GMT

September 2, 2010 Trinidad & Tobago : Trinidad and Tobago celebrated 48 years of independence on Tuesday August 31, 2010.

The hanging debate

Sat, 28 Aug 2010 01:17:26 GMT

The recent spate of murders in Trinidad and Tobago has reignited the death penalty debate.

Embracing a new culture

Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:31:58 GMT

The phrase "open sepulchre'' does double duty when used to describe the ease with which arms enter Trinidad and Tobago.

Business groups urge PM to diversify in budget

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:58:50 GMT

Diversification of the economy was the main area of focus at the pre-budget consultations yesterday as various stakeholders met with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Finance Minister Winston Dookeran.

Labour laws main issue for trade unions

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:48:38 GMT

Labour Minister Errol Mc Leod, right, shares a laugh yesterday with from left Senator David Abdulah and president of the Oilfields Workers Trade Union Ancel Roget at the ministry’s national stakehol...

A-Level student dies from dengue

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:48:37 GMT

Andrew Siewlall Relatives of an A-Level student, who died from dengue haemorrhagic fever have accused the two medical institutions that treated him of negligence. Siewlall Anirudh complained that ...

Karamath, wife on $3m bail

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:48:35 GMT

Led by their attorney Om Lalla, right, Khalil Karamath, centre, 22, son of deceased construction mogul Hafeez Karamath, and his wife, Sabeerah Mohammed, 23, leave the Port-of-Spain Magistrates’ Cour...

PM gets budget wish lists

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:48:34 GMT

Representatives of ten special-interest groups yesterday presented Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar their respective 2010/11 budget wish lists. The discussions took place at the Prime Minister’...

120 days jail for AWOL soldier

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:48:32 GMT

A solider was sentenced to 120 days in a military jail for going on sick leave without the necessary permission from his immediate superiors. A release from the Defence Force yesterday said Private Al...

Flag-burning suspect sent back to Venezuela

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:48:29 GMT

The Venezuelan national suspected of burning his country’s national flag has been sent back home. In a telephone interview yesterday, Venezuelan Ambassador Maria Eugenia Marcano said the man who als...

‘Busy’ driver fined $2,400

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:48:28 GMT

A Santa Flora man was fined $2,400 after pleading guilty to two traffic offences. Ronald James Jeffery was almost arrested, however, for failing to attend court yesterday. Senior Magistrate Rajendra R...

Parade in Savannah on Tuesday

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:48:27 GMT

The Independence Day Parade will begin at 7.30 am at the old Grand Stand site at the Queen’s Park Savannah on Tuesday, according to Defence Force public relations officer Captain Al Alexander. In a ...

Three held as cops seize ammo, ganja

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:48:26 GMT

Southern Division police have seized some 602 rounds of high-powered ammunition, including AK47 and M16 bullets, during an exercise on Monday. Thirteen packets of compressed marijuana, were also recov...

Ramadhar seeks new office for Registrar General

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:48:24 GMT

Minister of Legal Affairs Prakash Ramadhar, left, looks a the view from one of the buildings on Harris Street San Fernando that has been earmarked to house the Ministry of Legal Affairs. Photo Rishi R...

Defeated PP candidate plans peace walk

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:48:23 GMT

Ralph Maximin Belmont resident Ralph Maximin and members of the Belmont North West Team will be staging a peace walk through the streets of Belmont on Independence Day. Maximin, who contested the ...

Is T&T ready to host the women’s U-17 W Cup

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:48:22 GMT

Jack Warner, centre, Works and Transport Minister, Anil Roberts, right, Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs and Oliver Camps, TTFF president talk about the upcoming Fifa Under-17 Women’s World Cup ...

Raw sewage flows in Tarouba

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:48:20 GMT

Lisa Forde points to the hole on Ian Atherly Drive at Tarouba Heights in Marabella. PHOTOs: RISHI RAGOONATH Raw sewage is flowing from an open hole on Ian Atherly Drive,Tarouba Heights in Marabell...

$3M bail granted to Karamath couple

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:18:58 GMT

KHALIL KARAMATH, held hands with his wife Sabeera Mohammed as they left Port-of- Spain Magistrates Court after securing bail of $1.5 million each yesterday.

Unipet wants CNG subsidised

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:18:55 GMT

The United Independent Petroleum Marketing Company Limited (UNIPET) is hoping Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) subsidies and crime are some of the issues that would be addressed in the upcoming Budget for...

PSA holds first meeting with CPO

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 06:18:54 GMT

The Public Services Association (PSA) yesterday afternoon held its first meeting with the Chief Personnel Officer (CPO) at the Office of the Minister of Public Administration on Abercromby Street, Por...

Jazz is alive at the Hilton

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:59:17 GMT

Head of the Jazz Alliance of Trinidad and Tobago Sean Thomas is considered one of the most accomplished jazz drummers in the country.

Upgrades coming for Crown Point, Scarborough

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:36:45 GMT

Tobago is soon to get a new Licensing Office as well as upgrades at the Crown Point International Airport and the Scarborough port facilities. The decisions were the outcome of a meeting with the Toba...

Minimum wage won’t go up to $20 says Mc Leod

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:36:42 GMT

Minister of Labour, Small and Micro Enterprises Errol Mc Leod says the minimum wage will not be increased to $20 an hour. He was speaking yesterday at a press briefing after the ministry’s consultat...

I begged him not to join Police Service

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:36:41 GMT

Grace Thomas, the mother of slain police constable Jason Thomas, at the Forensic Science Centre yesterday. The mother of Police Constable Jason Thomas, the officer who was killed by carjackers on M...

Hip hop star to launch ‘Localize Itt’

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:36:40 GMT

Nikki Minaj One of the world’s biggest female hip hop artistes, Nikki Minaj, is coming to Trinidad. Minaj, 25, who has Trinidadian parentage, will be the headline act at a concert to officially ...

Caribbean financier indicted in US in fraud case

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:08:55 GMT

A Jamaican financier accused of defrauding thousands of investors with an alleged multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme has been indicted in a Florida court on fraud and money laundering charges, officials...

Girls in green ready for Samba sisters

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 02:32:43 GMT

The girls in green earned their historic place in the sun by finishing runners-up in the European Championship finals, only losing out to Spain in a penalty shoot-out in the final. And, as he announce...

Papa Reu - Put It In The Air

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:50:26 GMT

Papa Reu has been a fixture in the Houston rap scene for awhile now. A Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, he's known for blending island sounds with southern rap.

BBC Caribbean News in Brief

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 22:22:30 GMT

But he has told BBC Caribbean that there are some questions that need to be addressed including what he claims are inconsistencies in the vetting process.

Miss T&T fails to qualify

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:35:50 GMT

MISS TRINIDAD and Tobago, Latoya Woods, failed to qualify as one of the top 15 contestants at last night's Miss Universe Pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

Spectrum for T&T reprocessing gig

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:45:29 GMT

Spectrum will reprocess 2D data covering the eastern coasts of Trinidad & Tobago under a 20 August 2010 deal. Spectrum said under the deal it it signed with the Ministry of Energ...

Kamla in top ten female leaders

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:25:38 GMT

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday played down being named by Time magazine as one of the top 10 female world leaders.

Kamla begins budget talks with interest groups today

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:14:33 GMT

PORT OF SPAIN - In preparation for the 2010/2011 national budget, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will hold several meetings with various stakeholders starting today. Persad-Bissessar, on her...

Study launched to educate women on cervical cancer

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:06:28 GMT

Professor K Ashing-Giwa chats with chairman of the T&T Cancer Society Dr George Laquis at the launch of CCAREa s awareness campaign and research study yesterday at the Carlton Savannah, Cascade.

Help trickles in for Couva family

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:42:29 GMT

Radesh Dijindra, 28, Angela Mahabir, 26, Sonjay Mangaroo, 13, and Angela’s five-year-old son at their home. Photo: Innis Francis Help has come for a mentally challenged family whose life of squa...

Venezuelan quizzed on embassy ‘attack’

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:42:28 GMT

AC Maria Eugenia Marcano. Photo: Shirley Bahadur Employees of the Venezuelan Embassy were left confused yesterday, after their country’s national flag was discovered burnt and the embassy’s c...

Sando gets disaster warehouse

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:42:28 GMT

Lester Mattadeen, left, helps Marvelle John into his new wheelchair held by Minister of Local Government Chandresh Sharma yesterday.The wheelchair was part of the relief supplies. Photo: Tony Howell ...

Karamath’s son denied bail

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:42:27 GMT

Khalil Karamath, son of deceased millionaire Hafeez Karamath, in the carpark of the Port-of-Spain Magistrates’ Court during a viewing of the illegal items allegedly found at the family’s home last...

Disorderly mom gets reprimand

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:42:26 GMT

Frustrated by the outcome of her son’s case, Patricia Watt also found herself in trouble with the law after she began to shout in the corridor of the San Fernando Magistrates’ Court yesterday. Mo...

Man hangs self 14 years after parents’ murder-suicide

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:42:25 GMT

Fourteen years after his father killed his mother and then committed suicide, a 28-year-old construction worker also ended his life on Sunday. Police said Suresh Balgobin of North Road, Robert Villag...

No dengue deaths in Tobago

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 08:42:25 GMT

Tobago House of Assembly Secretary of Health and Social Service Albert Pilgrim has confirmed there are no dengue related deaths on the island to date. Pilgrim said there had been 507 screenings of pe...

Rock: Extradition decision puzzling

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:51:51 GMT

Now, let me get this straight. Federal authorities will not seek to extradite the former principal of Winterville Elementary School accused of stealing thousands of dollars from an after-school activities fund at the school, but that former principal, 64-year-old Yvonne John-Daniels, faces arrest and prosecution if she ever returns to the United ...

Car thief shot dead by cop

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:38:40 GMT

A robber, who was caught red-handed by police as he broke into a car at San Fernando on Sunday night, was shot dead by an officer. Alysta Tannis, of Blitz Village, Pleasantville, died around 10.50 pm...

Kamla in top ten female leaders

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:38:39 GMT

Kamla Persad-Bissessar Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday played down being named by Time magazine as one of the top 10 female world leaders. “Please let me know when they have lis...

Soon Haiti will no longer be beggar

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:38:38 GMT

Feature speaker Prof Emeka Nwabueze, left, Chief Servant Makandal Daaga and his wife, Liseli, at the National Action Cultural Committee and Caribbean Historical Society's 28th annual emancipation dinn...

Study launched to educate women on cervical cancer

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:38:36 GMT

Professor K Ashing-Giwa chats with chairman of the T&T Cancer Society Dr George Laquis at the launch of CCARE’s awareness campaign and research study yesterday at the Carlton Savannah, Cascade. ...

Granville residents call for widespread spraying after dengue outbreak

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:38:35 GMT

Granville residents are calling on the Health Ministry to begin immediate spraying in the region after three residents contracted dengue fever. President of the Granville Village Council Shankar Teel...

Shooting spree victim discharged from hospital

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:38:35 GMT

Bevon Drakes, one of four people who escaped death in a shooting spree at Tarodale Gardens, Ste Madeleine, on Thursday night, has been discharged from the San Fernando General Hospital. Up to late ye...

Warner, London to meet on Tobago issues today

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 06:38:34 GMT

Works and Transport Minister Jack Warner and Chief Secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Orville London will discuss the continuation of subsidies on the air and sea bridge at Mt Irvine Bay ...

Trinidad and Tobago Anti-Corruption raid: Seized computers, documents and banking records could point to Barbados politicians

Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:40:57 GMT

Anti-Corruption Investigation Bureau raids home of fired Barbados Government contractor Hafeez Karamath: drug lab, casino, machine guns and… company documents & computers!!! Trinidad and Tobago police just raided the home and offices of deceased millionaire contractor Hafeez Karamath as part of the ongoing probe of corruption at the Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago [...]

Types of criminal offences

Mon, 16 Aug 2010 05:40:23 GMT

There are three main types of criminal offences in Trinidad and Tobago: 1.Summary offences; 2.Indictable offences; and 3.Triable either way offences.

Farmers cry foul.

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:23:04 GMT

And farmers say it is time to end the losses they incur every time there is bad weather in Trinidad and Tobago.

Two suspended UDeCOTT managers reinstated

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:08:22 GMT

Two suspended managers at the Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago have been reinstated.

Pay us our $1.5b

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:50:18 GMT

THE Government owes $1.5 billion to the local construction industry, Mikey Joseph, president of the Trinidad and Tobago Contractors Association , said yesterday.

Commission Takes a Hard Look at Free-for-All Migration

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:44:00 GMT

At 35, Daniel James has his mind set on leaving Trinidad and Tobago "for greener pastures".

End of an era for Tasmanian shipyard

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:02:52 GMT

Catamarans for Trinidad and Tobago were the last ships to be built at the Margate yard.

Let's talk about office dress

Thu, 05 Aug 2010 14:50:02 GMT

In Trinidad and Tobago most employers have introduced dress codes as office wear has started to reflect pop culture.DeniseD'Abadie, Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago in a quandary over death penalty

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:44:43 GMT

A surveillance airship in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, added to crimefighting resources ito reduce record levels of murder. Photograph: Shirley Bahadur/AP

Trinidad and Tobago in a quandary over death penalty

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:44:43 GMT

A surveillance airship in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, added to crimefighting resources ito reduce record levels of murder. Photograph: Shirley Bahadur/AP

We were lucky says injured T&TEC man

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 06:13:58 GMT

Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) sub- station crew foreman Gerald Simmons recuperates at the St Clair Medical Centre. Photo: Michelle Loubon Trinidad and Tobago Electricity ...

Sorting out SAUTT

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:11:03 GMT

In the last seven years, the Special Anti-Crime Unit of Trinidad and Tobago has been given nearly $1.6 billion to fight crime.

Mango mania

Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:42:33 GMT

Mangoes reigned last Sunday, at the Trinidad and Tobago Mango Festival. In its second year running, the Trinidad and Tobago Mango Festival, under the auspices of the Network of Rural Women Producers of Trinidad and Tobago and co-organised by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture , not only focussed on promoting the use of ...

Hannah returns.

Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:31:29 GMT

The ten year old girl who went to Argentina for a life saving liver transplant is back in Trinidad and Tobago.

Barath raring to go

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:09:23 GMT

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO batsman Adrian Barath is eagerly looking forward to the West Indies Cricket Board’s Caribbean Twenty20 tournament.

Uganda: Trinidad And Tobago to Set Up Oil School

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 07:58:59 GMT

A TRINIDAD and Tobago-registered organisation has incorporated a local institution that will train Ugandans in soft skills required for the oil and gas industry.

Poverty Facts and Fiction

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 14:41:06 GMT

EVERY time I hear someone parrot poverty numbers in my Trinidad and Tobago, I wince.

Kamla's clampdown

Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:42:02 GMT

Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister warns "each time there is a shortfall, we cannot continue like Trinidad and Tobago is an ATM card."

Trinidad and Tobago Hangingfest 2010

Sun, 11 Jul 2010 06:47:55 GMT

And soon they bound to done with that. a ' Caruso But first we have to "hold" them.

$14 mn temple to be built in Trinidad and Tobago

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:01:48 GMT

Bahamas News.Net Friday 9th July, 2010 An Indian born seer has announced the construction of a $14 million temple at Trinidad and Tobago's Freeport city.

14 million dollars temple to be built in Trinidad and Tobago

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:53:29 GMT

By Paras Ramoutar,Port-of-Spain, July 9 : An Indian born seer has announced the construction of a 14 million dollars temple at Trinidad and Tobago's Freeport city.

$14 mn temple to be built in Trinidad and Tobago

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:10:05 GMT

An Indian born seer has announced the construction of a $14 million temple at Trinidad and Tobago's Freeport city.

$14 mn temple to be built in Trinidad and Tobago

Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:10:05 GMT

An Indian born seer has announced the construction of a $14 million temple at Trinidad and Tobago's Freeport city.

ONGC exits Trinidad and Tobago gas block

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 13:13:06 GMT

Trinidad and Tobago after its partner, Lakshmi N Mittal, walked out of the project.

ONGC exits Trinidad and Tobago gas block

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:23:47 GMT

Oil and Natural Gas Corp has been forced to exit a gas block in Trinidad and Tobago after its partner, Lakshmi N Mittal, walked out of the project.

Govt, UN plan better urban are ...

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:41:17 GMT

In partnership with Government, the UN-Habitat has begun consultations to improve urban areas in Trinidad and Tobago.

Country profile: Trinidad and Tobago

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 07:10:07 GMT

Trinidad and Tobago is one of the wealthiest countries in the Caribbean, thanks to its large reserves of oil and gas, the exploitation of which dominates its economy.

T&T maintains stable credit rating --

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 05:08:27 GMT

Regional credit rating agency CariCRIS has reaffirmed Trinidad and Tobago’s financially stable AAA credit rating.

Ramesar gets international coaching certificate --

Sun, 27 Jun 2010 04:06:33 GMT

Trinidad and Tobago archery coach Edward Ramesar received his international coaching certificate from the International Coaching Enrichment Certification Programme (ICECP).

Food prices drive inflation higher again --

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 05:15:59 GMT

Food prices have pushed the rate of inflation in Trinidad and Tobago up again.

Gordon turns pro, signs with HSI --

Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:30:59 GMT

Jehue Gordon is turning professional. The 18-year-old Trinidad and Tobago hurdler will be represented by HSInternational (HSI).

Strategy expert advises T&T managers: Change the game --

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 01:17:44 GMT

’The world is changing. We need to position Trinidad and Tobago and position each company in Trinidad and Tobago for success.’

Davis Cup players head to Panama --

Sun, 20 Jun 2010 04:12:52 GMT

THE Trinidad and Tobago team will travel to Panama today for American Zone Group IV of the Davis Cup.

Chinese want T&T oil --

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 06:06:16 GMT

A Chinese consortium has come to Trinidad and Tobago in search of oil.

Ganga new SPORTT executive director --

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 05:21:16 GMT

Trinidad and Tobago cricket captain Daren Ganga will assume the position of executive director of development at the Sport Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SPORTT), effective July 1.

Ganga new SPORTT executive director

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:46:09 GMT

Trinidad and Tobago cricket captain Daren Ganga will assume the position of executive director of development at the Sport Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SPORTT), effective July 1. The 31-year-old...

Filipinos celebrate their own 'arrival' --

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:27:40 GMT

Four and a half decades of continuous professional and social services to Trinidad and Tobago.

Breaking the oil and gas cycle --

Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:10:19 GMT

Trinidad and Tobago has depended on oil and gas to fuel its economy for decades.