SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, CMC – The main opposition People’s National Movement (PNM) has won a landslide victory in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA), with preliminary results showing that the party has won all 12 seats. Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar, who, along with senior members ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - After a bruising campaign conducted under a canopy of allegations, counter-allegations and legal threats, Tobagonians go to the polls this morning to elect the leaders of the Tobago House of Assembly for the next term. As brutal as this THA election campaign has been, the ...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - As Tobagonians go to the polls today to vote for the party that will lead them for the next four years through the Tobago House of Assembly (THA), Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has called for peace and a clean and fair election. The polls will open at 6 a.m. and clo...

SCARBOROUGH, Tobago, CMC – Voters have started casting their ballots for a new Tobago House of Assembly (THA) following a four week intensive campaign that included Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar and senior members of her coalition People’s Partnership government. The senior Cabi...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - The financial crisis of 2008 and the ensuing economic challenges for many of the major economies have provided a lot of lessons for economists and those interested in political economy. Whilst we may all be aware of the difficulties posed by a recession, what has not been c...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A 23-year-old man charged with threatening to assassinate Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar will re-appear in court on March 19, after the prosecution said it was not prepared to start the case, when it was called for the fourth time on Tuesday. Nicolai Marfa...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - On January 10, Trinidad Cement Ltd (TCL) sent the following response on whether it is concerned that local manufacturers will start to lobby for the removal of the CET on cement: “CARICOM Agreements for Protection of Regional Investment and Manufacturing “The im...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar Wednesday dismissed suggestions that her coalition People’s Partnership government was introducing legislation to grant greater autonomy to Tobago ahead of the January 21 election for control of the Tobago House of Asse...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – A two-day conference of the Caribbean Outreach Working Meet on Drug Problems began here on Wednesday with a senior Organisation of American States (OAS) official warning that the crime situation, which is being fuelled by the drugs trade, has gotten worse. Secre...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - TWO countries of the Caribbean Community—Barbados and Grenada—are expected to be involved in parliamentary elections next month. Barbados is yet to announce its election date—Grenada's will be on February 19. But speculations are in full swing about ...