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Hilton Just Opened a New Dual-Branded Hotel in Mexico

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Hilton just opened a new dual-brand property in Saltillo, the capital of the Mexican state of Coahuila and one of the country’s fastest-growing industrial hubs, Caribbean Journal has learned. The new Tru by Hilton Saltillo and Homewood Suites by Hilton Saltillo, owned by American Hotels Group, are designed to cater to both business and leisure […]

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Former Trinidad PM Patrick Manning Suspended for Contempt

Hilton just opened a new dual-brand property in Saltillo, the capital of the Mexican state of Coahuila and one of the country’s fastest-growing industrial hubs, Caribbean Journal has learned. The new Tru by Hilton Saltillo and Homewood Suites by Hilton Saltillo, owned by American Hotels Group, are designed to cater to both business and leisure […]

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BHP Billiton Starts Drilling in Caribbean

Hilton just opened a new dual-brand property in Saltillo, the capital of the Mexican state of Coahuila and one of the country’s fastest-growing industrial hubs, Caribbean Journal has learned. The new Tru by Hilton Saltillo and Homewood Suites by Hilton Saltillo, owned by American Hotels Group, are designed to cater to both business and leisure […]

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UWI Pro Vice-Chancellor Replaces Mary King in Trinidad Cabinet

Hilton just opened a new dual-brand property in Saltillo, the capital of the Mexican state of Coahuila and one of the country’s fastest-growing industrial hubs, Caribbean Journal has learned. The new Tru by Hilton Saltillo and Homewood Suites by Hilton Saltillo, owned by American Hotels Group, are designed to cater to both business and leisure […]

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 […]