PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Agricultural production is up and an additional 4000 acres will be put into cultivation next year, Food Production Minister Devant Maharaj has announced. Speaking at the second ceremonial harvest launch of the Caroni Green Initiative at Orange Valley, Couva, Maharaj said th...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Republic Bank says it now controls 40 per cent of the HFC Bank Ghana, after acquiring an additional 7.98 per cent shareholding in financial institution. In a statement, the Trinidad-based bank said that it purchased 23,638,340 ordinary shares at a price of GHS 0...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The Grenada government took an important forward step last week in announcing its intention to review and make “necessary changes” to legislation that raised fears of potential disadvantage to free expression. In response to criticism by local, regional and inte...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - State carrier Caribbean Airlines has suspended one of its managers as an investigation continues into what has been described as a million-dollar fraud involving the use of bogus credit cards which has already cost CAL more than $12 million in losses. Sources familiar with...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Jamaican writer Rachel Manley has called on Caribbean governments and Central Banks to engage in visionary economic thinking to benefit the region. She was at the time delivering the feature address at the 27th Dr Eric Williams Memorial Lecture, at Central Bank auditorium,...

Hon. John Rahael Minister of Health of Trinidad and Tobago Other Honourable Ministers Honourable Chief Secretary and Other Representatives of the Tobago House of Assembly Ms Carole Ainstey Manager/Director World Bank Other Distinguished Guests Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen: I am ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Environmental activist, Dr. Wayne Kublalsingh has been ordered to return to court on Thursday following his arrest on Wednesday. Kublalsingh has been charged with obstructing a police officer and resisting arrest. The drama unfolded on Wednesday morning when Kub...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The United States is providing Trinidad and Tobago with TT$11.3 million (One TT dollar = US$0.16 cents) for security assistance programmes through the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI). The agreement increases cooperative opportunities between the two g...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - In an apparent shift of emphasis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is advocating that economic growth be placed at the centre of the recovery of Caribbean islands, many of which have been battered by the impact of the global financial crisis. In presenting the luncheo...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The death of T&T scholarship winner Ravindra Ramrattan during the recent terrorist attack at a mall in Kenya was another example of the consequences of the illicit arms flow across borders, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar told the United Nations General Assembly y...