PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – President of the Caribbean Congress of Labour (CCL), David Massiah, is calling on regional governments to re-engage the Caribbean trade union movement in a similar fashion as they did in previous years. The CCL along with the main regional private sector group we...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC - Trinidad and Tobago Labour Minister, Errol McLeod, is not giving the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) free movement provisions of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) much of a chance if labour standards are not harmonised in the region. Addressing the opening ses...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The chairman of the Council of LIAT trade unions, Chester Humphrey, has poured cold water on efforts by at least two regional government leaders and a senior aviation official that the aviation industry should also be classified as an essential service, with legi...

(Trinidad Guardian) – Vice President of Operations at Caribbean Airlines (CAL), Captain Jagmohan Singh, has been appointed to run the day-to-day operations of the airline following the sudden resignation of acting CEO Robert Corbie on Friday. In an interview, CAL communications manager Clint W...

(Trinidad Express) A Trinidad and Tobago cargo vessel was shot at on Friday night and forced to leave Guyana after the captain allegedly refused to transport drugs into this country, Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander Kirk Jean-Baptiste said yesterday. According to reports, the Adorra travelled to Guy...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Caribbean labour ministers meet here on Tuesday in the midst of regional concern that tentative economic growth is not being accompanied by increasing employment opportunities. The recently-released International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Global Employme...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – The Trinidad and Tobago Parliament says the human bones unearthed under the “Red House” building during initial excavation work undertaken as part of the restoration of the building date back to between 430 AD and 1390 AD. In a statement, the Parliam...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Guardian - T&T’s stalled southern Caribbean fast ferry proposal and the regional controversy over T&T’s fuel subsidy for Caribbean Airlines are to be discussed at the Caricom leaders’ 34th summit starting Wednesday in Port-of-Spain. “Those iss...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Irwin la Rocque is very passionate about the regional integration movement, CARICOM. He has to be. As Secretary General of the 15-member grouping, he defends it against accusation from certain sections of the region that instead of CARICOM, it should be named &l...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A reporter, who was dismissed in 2009 for refusing to disclose the source of his information for a story, has been awarded TT$600,000 by the Industrial Court for wrongful dismissal. Darryl Heeralal sued the Trinidad Express after he was dismissed for failing to ...