(Trinidad Express) Though lacking a GPS system, the 767 aircraft used by Caribbean Airlines to fly to London/Gatwick are suitable because they fulfilled the requirement of having a flight route which ensures the aircraft is no more than 120 minutes away from a suitable airport, Finance Minister Larr...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A pastor with the Seventh Day Adventist Church is claiming that Latin American assassins are operating in Trinidad and Tobago and called for an all out war on crime. “We have Latin American assassins in this country. We have Colombians in this society, hire...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - “IF you are importing $800 million in food, there must be opportunities to produce food; but if you want to eat New Zealand lamb, Idaho potatoes and Texas beef, then we have a problem. We will not survive if we continue importing, we have to produce more of wha...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, Advocate - There needs to be a diversification of the tourism industry, greater job opportunities in the food and beverage sector, a development of our natural resources and wider education of farmers to help them be more marketable and earn more. This challenge was voiced by A...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados health authorities Wednesday said that no meat product containing horsemeat had been imported into the country in light of the controversy currently sweeping Europe. Senior Veterinary Officer in the Ministry of Agriculture, Dr. Mark Trotman, said “ext...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Pressure mounted on Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar Wednesday to dismiss her National Security Minister Austin “Jack” Warner over the existence of “an illegal Flying Squad” operating in Trinidad and Tobago. Former attorney general Ra...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, insisting that he has no intention of closing down a radio station widely regarded as supportive of the opposition New Democratic Party (NDP), has nonetheless instructed his lawyer “to pursue the fruits of my judgement&rdq...

KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC - The chair of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Trust says he will ensure that a complaint made by Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves about two BBC journalists “is properly pursued through the BBC complaints process.” Gonsalves wrote to Lord Chris Pa...

CASTRIES, St.Lucia, Feb. 28, CMC - Opposition Leader Stephenson King wants St.Lucia's Ambassador to the United Nations recalled following what he described as an embarrassing ordeal with the island losing its voting rights as a result of outstanding monies owed to the body. King told a news conf...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – The National Association of Agricultural, Commercial and Industrial Employees (NAACIE), Wednesday warned that its members employed at the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) would remain off the jobs accusing the company of reneging on the collective labour agreement regardi...