Regional News
Barbados Chamber of Commerce and Industry seeks waiver of some customs charges
Businesses in Barbados that felt the fallout from the recent go-slow by Customs’ officers are hoping for a waiver of some of charges due...
Trinidad & Tobago’s PM wants to give $5,000 mercy grant to 200 jobless employees
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will today take to Cabinet a proposal to issue a “one-off, $5,000 grant” to some 200 employees left jobless.
The workers...
LIAT releases strong network performance figures
LIAT has announced strong network performance figures, in terms of passenger numbers, revenue and yield, when comparing figures for July 2015 versus the same...
1,300 child abuse reports in three months
The Children’s Authority of Trinidad and Tobago (CA) is once again appealing to the public to report cases of child abuse by calling its...
200 workers who are now on the breadline after TNT fire
The management of Hearty Foods Supermarket in Arima are now looking to see how best they could assist over 200 workers who are now...
132 candidates, are contesting the September 7 general election in TNT
Seventeen political parties, plus five Independents, amounting to 132 candidates, are contesting the September 7 general election, according to information released Tuesday by the...
Fire destroyed 4 story building in TNT
A four storey building has been destroyed in Trinidad as Fire fighters battling a blaze at Hearty Foods Supermarket at Queen Street, Arima which...
Trinidad’s Prime Minister tells supporters it’s too far to turn back now
Trinidad & Tobago’s Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has told her party supporters that it is too far to turn back now.
At a Political Rally...
Antigua to begin consultations on plans to join CCJ
Consultations are to begin in Antigua to change that country's constitution to make the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) the country’s final appellate court.
According...
New Cuban vaccine developed against chronic hepatitis B
The new Cuban vaccine for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B is currently undergoing clinical trials in Cuba and eight Asian countries, with the...
