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Where to Book the 14 Most Romantic Dinners in the Caribbean

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Romance in the Caribbean often starts with the setting. A table close to the water. Low light. A breeze that makes you lean in a little closer. Across the region, there are certain dining rooms and beachside kitchens that couples return to again and again. Some are formal. Some are barefoot. All of them understand […]

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Trinidad Prime Minister Leading Delegation to Panama

Above: Panama City By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar will lead a delegation to Panama on Tuesday. The trip comes in the context of the Americas Competitiveness Forum in Panama City, which lasts from Wednesday to Friday. The government said Panama President Ricardo Martinelli had extended an invitation to […]

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Trinidad's Persad-Bissessar, Grenada's Mitchell Meet in Port of Spain

Above: Trinidad PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar and Grenada PM Keith Mitchell By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar hosted Grenada Prime Minister Keith Mitchell for talks on Thursday in Port of Spain. The visit marked Mitchell’s first overseas visit since taking office in February in a landslide victory by his New National Party. […]

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US Vice President Joe Biden to Visit Trinidad and Tobago

Above: Joe Biden (Photo: OVP) By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Dr Jill Biden, will visit Trinidad and Tobago later this month as part of a hemispheric tour that will include trips to Colombia and Brazil. The tour will begin the week of May 26, the White […]


Trinidad's Persad-Bissessar, Grenada's Mitchell Meet in Port of Spain

Above: Trinidad PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar (centre) in Canada By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar began an official visit to Canada on Wednesday. The trip comes following an invitation by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to make an official visit. Persad-Bissessar’s four-day visit includes a meeting with Harper, a courtesy call on […]

Trinidad Prime Minister Holds Talks With IDB President in Washington

Above: Trinidad PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar at the UN this week (Photo: OPM Trinidad) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar held talks with Inter-American Development Bank Luis Alberto Moreno Wednesday in Washington. The talks focused on “issues relating to Trinidad and Tobago and the Caribbean region,” according to a government […]

Trinidad National Security Minister Jack Warner Resigns

Above: Jack Warner By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago National Security Minister Jack Warner has resigned, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced. The PM said she had officially accepted his resignation in a statement on Monday. “I wish to thank Mr Warner for his service to the government and people of Trinidad and Tobago,” […]

Trinidad Moves to Restore Power After Nationwide Blackout

Above: Trinidad PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar at the Phoenix Park plant on Friday (Photo: OPM Trinidad) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago suffered a nationwide blackout on Friday morning following a malfunction at the Phoenix Park Gas Processors Limited, the government said Friday. It was caused as a result of an emergency shutdown system […]

Trinidad Prime Minister Meets With New Canadian High Commissioner

Above; Trinidad PM Kamla Persadi-Bissessar By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar met Thursday with newly-appointed Canadian High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago Gerard Latulippe, according to a statement from the Office of the Prime Minister. The meeting was attended by Foreign Minister Winston Dookeran. Canada and Trinidad and Tobago have had […]

Trinidad PM Revokes Appointment of Justice Minister

Above: Trinidad PM Kamla Persad-Bissessar By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has asked Acting President Timothy Hamel Smith to revoke the appointment of Justice Minister Herbert Volney. The move came after a controversy over the passing of Section 34 of the Administration of Justice (Indictable Offences) Act, 2011, which was had […]

Trinidad Swears in New Justice Minister

By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago has sworn in attorney Christlyn Moore as the country’s new Justice Minister. Moore is replacing former Justice Minister Herbert Volney, whose appointment was revoked last month following a controversy over the passing of Section 34 of the Administration of Justice (Indictable Offences) Act. As an attorney, her […]

Trinidad at 50: Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar's Independence Address

Above: Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Photo: OPM Trinidad) Trinidad and Tobago marked the 50th anniversary of its independence Friday. The country achieved its independence from the Great Britain on Aug. 31, 1962. The following is the text of Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s address to the nation on the occasion of its […]

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