Edwin Carrington, the former secretary general of CARICOM, has been named Trinidad’s ambassador to the body, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced. Carrington was CARICOM secretary general for 18 years, from August 1992 to December 2010, the longest-serving CARICOM secretary general. [Trinidad Express]
Bahamas Minister of National Security Tommy Turnquest called for renewed cooperation in the international war on drug crime at the first meeting of the Technical Working Group on Maritime and Aerial Domain Awareness Security Cooperation. The meeting was part of a Caribbean Basin Security Initiative aimed at fighting transnational crime, including trafficking of arms and […]
The FIFA corruption scandal has an especially close relationship with Trinidad, as Jack Warner, one of several officials suspended pending a FIFA probe, was not just CONCACAF’s president, but remains Trinidad’s Minister of Works and Transport. But the People’s Partnership government is divided on how the bribery allegations should impact Warner’s standing in the government. […]
Trinidad Finance Minister Winston Dookeran, the political leader of the Congress of the People party in Trinidad, announced he would be stepping down from his role. Dookeran took the top spot in the party in 2006 after leaving the UMC. After a meeting with party members, he said he would not offer himself as a […]
