Trinidad
Trinidad, St Lucia Talk ICT Education
January 17, 2012 | 1:25 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Trinidad Education Minister Dr Tim Gopeesingh with laptops that are part of the eCal programme (Photo: MOE) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia Education Minister Dr Robert Lewis and Trinidad and Tobago Education Minister Dr Tim Gopeesingh met today to focus on issues of education in the two countries. The visit took place in Port of Spain at the more...
Trinidad PM Concludes India Visit
January 14, 2012 | 12:38 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Persad-Bissessar on a visit to her family's ancestral village in Bihar (Photo: OPM Trinidad) By the Caribbean Journal staff Concluding her State Visit to India, Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar renewed her call for more economic relations between the two countries during a business seminar in Mumbai. "India has grown to become a trillion more...
Trinidad, India Sign Cooperation Pacts
January 8, 2012 | 11:33 am | 0 Comment
Above: Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar and India External Affairs Minister Shri SM Krishna (Photo: India EAM) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and India have signed five new cooperation agreements on a series of fields, including air transport, culture, education, traditional medicines, agriculture and technical cooperation. The signings more...
India Has “Great Potential” for Trinidad
January 7, 2012 | 7:15 am | 0 Comment
Above: Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissesar with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (Photo: India MEA) By the Caribbean Journal staff Partnering with India offers "great potential for the advancement of key sectors within Trinidad's economy," Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar said yesterday. Persad-Bissessar, who is in India on a State more...
iPhone 4S to Hit Caribbean Next Week
January 4, 2012 | 9:20 am | 0 Comment
Above: the iPhone 4S (Photo courtesy of Apple) By the Caribbean Journal staff Apple's iPhone 4S will be released across the Caribbean on Friday, Jan. 13, the company announced today. The company will begin a rollout in Anguilla, Antigua, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago more...
Anguilla , Antigua , British Virgin Islands , Cayman Islands , Dominica , Grenada , Jamaica , St Vincent and the Grenadines , Trinidad , Turks and Caicos
Trinidad’s Prime Minister Heads to India
January 1, 2012 | 4:32 pm | 0 Comment
By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will travel to India Monday on a state visit as an official guest of the government of India. Persad-Bissessar will pay a courtesy call on Indian President Smt. Partibha Devisingh Patil and Vice President Hamid Ansari. She will also meet with Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to more...
Trinidad, Croatia Establish Diplomatic Ties
December 21, 2011 | 8:42 am | 0 Comment
Above: Ambassadors Rodney Charles and Ranko Vilovic (UN Photo/Ryan Brown) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago has established diplomatic ties with Croatia, following a ceremony last Wednesday. Croatia will soon become the newest member of the European Union. The two sides were enthusiastic about soon appointing honorary consuls to pursue more...
For Large-Scale Earthquake in Eastern Caribbean, a Question of When, Not If
December 20, 2011 | 1:20 pm | 0 Comment
By Alexander Britell Could the Caribbean experience another earthquake like the devastating one in Port-au-Prince in 2010? The answer is yes – and it could be even more powerful, according to Dr Joan Latchman, the director of the Seismic Research Centre at the University of the West Indies. The Eastern Caribbean is a subduction zone, which makes it one of the areas more...
Anguilla , Antigua , News , St Kitts and Nevis , Trinidad
Barbados, Trinidad Talk Natural Gas
December 19, 2011 | 7:28 am | 0 Comment
By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados and Trinidad are currently negotiating a deal that would import natural gas into Barbados, according to Sir Harcourt Lewis, chairman of the country's National Petroleum Corporation. Lewis was speaking at the 30th anniversary luncheon and awards ceremony of the corporation. The gas would be pumped through a pipeline on the more...
Trinidad Signs $130M IDB Loans
December 16, 2011 | 2:39 am | 0 Comment
By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad has signed two loan agreements with the Inter-American Development Bank for a total of $130 million. The loans comprise $80 million in climate change support and $50 million aimed at strengthening the financial sector. The loans are for a 20-year term, with a four-year grace period. The climate change portion of the more...
