Regional News
Constitution bid inflames deadly Venezuela crisis
Barricades of rubbish and bins blocked streets in Venezuela yesterday in big protests against President Nicolas Maduro that threaten to intensify after he called...
Trinidadian woman who claimed she was kidnapped charged with wasting police time
A 30-year-old woman in Trinidad, who claimed that she had been abducted for three days and kept in a car trunk, has been charged...
Security officials to conduct probe in TT nationals deported from Turkey
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi says the Trinidadians who were deported from Turkey on Friday will be closely monitored by security officials there.
Twelve Trinidadians who...
Antigua worried at new plans to fund Mexico/US wall
A senior Antigua government minister says CARICOM countries will along with countries in Latin America speak with one voice opposing plans by the United...
Venezuela to withdraw from OAS as deadly protests continue
Venezuela says it will withdraw from the Organization of American States (OAS), accusing the US-based grouping of meddling in its internal affairs.
The government made...
British Virgin Islands to introduce e-Visas
The government has announced plans to introduce electronic visas (e-Visas), in an effort to make the British Virgin Islands (BVI) more accessible to persons...
Too much unnecessary sick leave in Dominica Prime Minister Skerrit says
Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, has expressed concern over the level of productivity in Dominica, saying there are too many unnecessary sick leave papers from...
US$220 million price tag for new international airport in Dominica
The construction of a new international airport in Dominica is expected to cost an estimated US$220 million.
Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit made the disclosure on...
Barbados objects to being labelled money laundering country
The Barbados government yesterday described as “misleading” the decision by the United States to list the island as a major for money laundering.
Attorney General...
Probe ordered into latest oil spill in Trinidad
Trinidad and Tobago’s Energy Minister Franklin Khan said an investigation will be launched into the circumstances surrounding an oil spill that the state-owned oil...
