(Trinidad Guardian) – Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is now requesting evidence to substantiate all Cabinet notes for payment, after the hefty $6.8 million paid to retrieve a fire truck that plunged over a precipice in Blanchisseuse last November.
LONDON (Reuters) – Colombia’s economy faces its greatest risks this year from instability in neighbouring Venezuela and the slump in commodity prices, the country’s finance minister said yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) The local coconut industry is on the verge of collapse.
(Trinidad Express) Staff at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Port of Spain have expressed grave concern that their every move is being monitored and recorded on camera at the Office of the Attorney General.
(Trinidad Express) Carib-bean countries with the best projects will get the opportunity to access US$3 billion in concessional loans from China, says Huang Xingyuan, Chinese Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago.
(Trinidad Express) Twin sisters Khadijah and Khertima Taylor were among three persons killed in a car crash yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) In his statement to the police on the e-mailgate scandal Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has attached reports from two Information Technology (IT) specialists who stated the controversial e-mails were faked.
(Trinidad Express) Twin sisters Khadijah and Khertima Taylor were among three persons killed in a car crash today.
(Trinidad Express) In his statement to the police on the e-mailgate scandal Attorney General Anand Ramlogan has attached reports from two Information Technology (IT) specialists who stated the controversial e-mails were faked.
(Trinidad Express) The largest pig farm in the Caribbean, located in south Trinidad, has been given notice to shut down its operations by June 2014.
(Trinidad Express) Caribbean countries with the best projects will get the opportunity to access US$3.1 billion in concessional loans from China, says Huang Xingyuan, Chinese Ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago.
(Trinidad Express) Three service stations in south Trinidad and as many as 30 boats have been identified as being involved in the multi-million dollar illegal trafficking of diesel fuel, recent investigations by the Ministry of Energy and the National Petroleum Marketing Company of Trinidad and Tobago (NP) have found.
(Jamaica Observer) The Jamaican dollar plunged to its lowest value ever on Friday, trading at an average $100.08 to its US counterpart, a development that is in keeping with a recommendation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
(Jamaica Observer) THE Jamaican dollar plunged to its lowest value ever yesterday, trading at an average $100.08 to its US counterpart, a development that is in keeping with a recommendation of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
(Jamaica Gleaner) Four men were shot and killed by gunmen in Seaview Gardens in South St Andrew last night.
(Trinidad Express) Gary Griffith, national security adviser to Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, yesterday slammed the protocol blunders which occurred during the recent three-day visit of the President of China, Xi Jinping.
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Port Authority of Jamaica is pushing for speedy divestment of the Kingston Container Terminal (KCT) partly because it plans to use the proceeds as financing for dredging the Kingston Harbour.
(Trinidad Express) A police officer was one of three men shot and killed Thursday night in separate attacks in north, east and south Trinidad.
(Trinidad Express) Cabinet on Thursday approved a new policy to lend assistance to all farmers—crops, livestock and fisherfolk—who are affected by natural disasters.
(Trinidad Express) The Auditor General’s report on Trinidad and Tobago’s public accounts for Government’s financial year 2012 (October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012) has revealed that Government ministries paid millions of dollars in overpayments to contract employees.
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