PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - A few weeks back the T&T Guardian carried a column by British High Commissioner Arthur Snell about Air Passenger Duty (APD). It defended the tariff and pointed out: 1) statistically there is no evidence to say APD stops tourism to the Caribbean; 2) the main problem with...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar last night announced she had “accepted the offer of resignation” of embattled Minister of National Security Jack Warner. Persad-Bissessar named Emmanuel George as the new National Security Minister. George’s Works and ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - That there was violence and protest in the four years between Mr Mandela’s release and the general elections in 1994 is a matter of record, but measured against the tensions between the polarised races, it’s clear that Mr Mandela’s calming influence was a ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Government has asked former cabinet minister Jack Warner to return his diplomatic passport. The Express was told by a high-ranking Government official that the United States authorities have been pressuring the Government to withdraw Warner’s diplomatic passport which...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Integrity Commission chairman Ken Gordon took in front yesterday and removed himself from any e-mail probe. The Attorney General and the Prime Minister’s attorney, however, want him to resign. Period. Gordon had recused himself from the e-mail investigation at the ver...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Deputy Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), Joan Honore-Paul, has described as “shockingly irresponsible and grossly reckless” statements made by Acting Police Commissioner that documents presented in the Parliament indicating that members of the...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Four consecutive quarters—one year—of economic growth for Trinidad and Tobago. This was disclosed by Finance Minister Larry Howai at yesterday’s post-Cabinet news briefing at the Prime Minister’s St Clair office. He also said Trinidad and Tobago had ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - We couldn’t agree more with the Prime Minister’s call for an investigation into Jack Warner’s soliciting of funds from private businesses while in the Cabinet. Where we completely disagree with her, however, is in her attempt to present Mr Warner’s a...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Cash-strapped Caribbean Airlines (CAL) has cut the number of flights of its Air Jamaica subsidiary by 50 per cent in a bid to stem multi-million-dollar losses at the national airline. CAL has reduced the flight frequencies of Air Jamaica’s core schedule services...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago (MATT) Monday said that members of the executive had resigned as the fallout continues over conflicting reports that the impasse involving management and journalists at the Trinidad Guardian newspapers had been resolve...