PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Interim President of the Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (MATT), Suzanne Sheppard, has described as “very frightening” emails read out in parliament purporting to show members of the coalition People’s Partnership government involved in attempts to undermine the judiciary, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the media.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, is to pay a three-day State visit to Trinidad and Tobago, the Office of the Prime Minister has announced.
It said the Chinese leader, who will be accompanied by his wife, Peng Liyuan, will arrive here on May 31.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The Trinidad and Tobago Agri-Business Association (TTABA) is one of the collaborating partners in a regional initiative to boost food security. The project with the University of Wageningenin the Netherlands targets Barbados, Belize, St Kitts/Nevis and T&T and is aimed an ensuring food supplies “over the long term, in the midst of the constantly changing agro-ecological environment and for conserving and utilising the selected germplasm”, project coordinator Norman Gibson said.
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe arrived in Brazil Monday at the start of a week-long visit aimed at deepening ties with Brazil.
A statement from the Office of the Prime Minister said the the visit is also aimed at encouraging private sector investment in Haiti.
It said that the trip is also part of a broader Haitian government effort to aggressively insert Haiti into hemispheric affairs.
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC -- Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves has held talks with a delegation from the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) bank and says the country could receive financial assistance for projects in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Gonsalves said he had held talks with the 11-member delegation on Monday and that he had also met with a team from Cuba.
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – The Caribbean debt crisis will be among matters discussed here this week as the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) holds its annual meeting in St. Lucia.
Vice President of Corporate Services Yvette Lemonias-Sea said the bank, the region’s premier lending agency, will stage a seminar “on debt and on debt sustainability, debt reduction.
ST. JOHN’S, Antigua - What would happen if the over 7,500 Antigua & Barbuda pensioners and others were deprived of the food and utility subsidy currently funded through the PetroCaribe arrangement which the country has with Venezuela?
What would happen to our local airline, LIAT, if the Trinidad & Tobago (T&T) government cut off the substantial fuel subsidies it currently gives to its national carrier Caribbean Airlines (CAL)?
What happens to the oil rich Gulf States if the price of oil continues to trade in the US $80 to US $100 range on the world market?
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Dr Ralph Gonsalves has expressed hope that he can meet with Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar within the next week over the contentious fuel subsidy to State-owned carrier Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) on competing routes with regional airline LIAT.
He expressed hope that he could have a meeting with her before he returns to this country on May 28 for the meeting with US Vice President Joe Biden, but he has not been able to “get a time organised”.
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Last weekend's meeting of Caribbean political and business leaders in the British Virgin Islands was not the type that would normally attract much attention. However, the issues discussed were most important to the survival of this region.
Hosted by Sir Richard Branson, the British billionaire business magnate, on his private Necker Island, the two-day meeting, labelled 'Caribbean Challenge', focused on protecting our coasts and marine life.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - CITIZENS OF our Caribbean Community who keep hope alive, against the odds, for this region’s economic progress and social stability would undoubtedly find encouragement in a just-released World Bank Global Development Report.