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Carnival Plans New Ensenada Bay Village Destination in Baja California

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Ensenada’s cruise landscape is set for a major transformation as Carnival Corporation has unveiled plans for Ensenada Bay Village, a new shoreside destination designed around the culture, landscapes and traditions of Baja California. The project is being undertaken together with ITM Group and Hutchison Ports ECV. It was formally presented at the Ensenada Cruise Terminal […]

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Former Trinidad PM Patrick Manning Suspended for Contempt

Former Trinidad Prime Minister Patrick Manning has been suspended following a finding of contempt by the Trinidad Parliament’s Privileges Committee. Manning had been criticizing the government of current PM Kamla Persad Bissessar, claiming that it was undermining anti-drug efforts enacted by his administration. Manning had also made allegations concerning the building of Bissessar’s private residence. […]

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BHP Billiton Starts Drilling in Caribbean

BHP Billiton has begun drilling gas at its Agostura Project off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago. According to CEO Michael Yeager, the platform has a design capacity of 280 million cubic feet of gas per day. BHP has a 45 percent interest in the Greater Angostura Field, along with joint venture partners Total (which […]

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UWI Pro Vice-Chancellor Replaces Mary King in Trinidad Cabinet

Dr Bhoendradatt Tewarie, the pro vice-chancellor at the University of the West Indies, has replaced Sen. Mary King in the Trinidad Cabinet after King was removed from office in a conflict-of-interest government award scandal. [Trinidad Express]


BHP Billiton Starts Drilling in Caribbean

Following increasing pressure over an allegedly improperly awarded government contract, the appointment of Trinidad Sen. Mary King, the Minister of Planning, Restructuring and Gender Affairs will be revoked today. Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar met with the nation’s president today to speak about the evidence against King, in which “new evidence came to light.” According to […]

Trinidad's Energy Minister Meets with Ghanaian Officials on Natural Gas

Ghana’s Energy Minister Dr. Joe Oteng-Adjei and Trinidad’s Minister of Energy Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan By the Caribbean Journal staff Following an agreement that would see Trinidad supply energy for power plants in Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs, Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan, visited Ghana at the end of last month. The minister led a […]

Trinidad Minister in Row over Award of Government Contract

Sen. Mary King Following allegations published over the weekend that Trinidad and Tobago Sen. Mary King participated in the award of a $100,000 contract to a company in which her family had an interest, pressure has mounted on King from both her own party and the opposition. The country’s Sport Minister, Anil Roberts, called for […]

Trinidad House Approves Financial Intelligence Bill in Unanimous Vote

Parliament, Port-of-Spain Trinidad’s government approved amendments to its Financial Intelligence Bill yesterday in a unanimous vote in the House of Representatives. The vote followed what had been a heated debate. Trinidad had faced being blacklisted because of non-implementation of the act, which deals with implementation of money-laundering policy.

Trinidad, Ghana Partner on Natural Gas

Trinidad and Tobago’s state-run National Gas Company has been tapped by the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation to supply energy for power plants in Ghana. “NGC is breaking new ground as it is the first state company to be extending its services and expertise beyond our shores,” said Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan, Trinidad’s energy minister. According to Ghanaian […]

Senator Al-Rawi on Trinidad Protest

By Alexander Britell As attention in the United States focuses on a sometimes-ugly battle by public servants and the government over benefits, public-employee protesters are turning Port-of-Spain into a more civilized version of Madison, Wisconsin. Nearly 150 protestors demonstrated outside the Central Bank of Trinidad & Tobago yesterday, with the tumult loud enough to bring […]