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This Caribbean Floating Bar Has World-Class Tacos — And You Can Only Get There by Boat

You come in by boat, cut the engine, and drift into Lindbergh Bay with a floating taco bar ahead of you. The water here is clear enough to see sand patches under the surface as you slow down. Small boats move through the bay. People sit in float seats with drinks in hand. Others climb […]

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Trinidad and Tobago Leads Caribbean in Exports of Goods to EU

Above: Port of Spain By the Caribbean Journal staff The European Union imports more goods from Trinidad and Tobago than any other country in the Caribbean, according to data released by the EU. The numbers were released to coincide with the CELAC-EU Summit in Santiago this week. The EU’s 27 member states imported 1.16 billion […]

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People's National Movement Wins Tobago Election in Landslide

Above: Tobago By the Caribbean Journal staff The People’s National Movement won a landslide victory in elections for Tobago’s House of Assembly this week, with Orville London leading a sweep of all 12 seats in the legislative body. London has been the Chief Secretary of Tobago’s House of Assembly for 12 years. Antigua Prime Minister […]

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Talking Trinidad Tourism With the TDC’s Cornell Buckradee

Above: Cornell Buckradee (CJ Photo) By Alexander Britell PARADISE ISLAND — Trinidad began to see growth out of the downturn in 2011, with 2012 showing similar improvement. But the Caribbean tourism market faces challenges to return to its pre-2008 levels. To learn more about the state of the sector in Trinidad, Caribbean Journal talked to […]

People's National Movement Wins Tobago Election in Landslide

Above: Sir Richard Branson By Alexander Britell PARADISE ISLAND – Sir Richard Branson’s Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship will be expanding in the Caribbean, Virgin has announced. The Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship — Caribbean first opened in Montego Bay by Virgin Holidays in partnership with Virgin Unite in September 2011. Virgin Holidays pledged $3.5 million to […]

Trinidad Receives $150 Million Loan from China for Hospital Project

Above: Trinidad By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago has received a $149.6 million concessional loan from China to build the Children’s Hospital in Preysal. The hospital will reportedly be outfitted with “state-of-the-art medical equipments for diagnosis and treatment.” It will be a “priority healthcare facility,” according to Acting Foreign Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal. […]

Trinidad Central Bank "Cautiously Optimistic" on 2.5 Percent Growth in 2013

Above: Port of Spain By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran is “cautiously optimistic” about a 2.5 percent growth rate for the country’s economy in 2013, he said Tuesday. At the same time, Rambarran said Trinidad’s economy was fragile, with weak growth prospects. “Weak growth domestic-wise and in the […]

Trinidad's Energy Ministry Awards Pair of Oil Exploration Licences to Petrotrin

Above: Port of Spain By the Caribbean Journal Trinidad’s Ministry of Energy and Energy Affairs has signed two oil exploration and production licences with state-owned Petrotrin. The licences cover the Trinidad Northern Areas Block and the North Marine Block. The award of the licences follows several months of negotiations between Petrotrin and the Ministry. Both […]

Trinidad and Tobago's Sport Fishing Season in High Gear

Above: the TTGFA Marlin Madness Tournament in 2011 (Photo: Trinidad and Tobago Game Fishing Association) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago’s latest push to reel in visitors to the country involves a push to highlight the country’s sport fishing niche. And the twin-island state’s season is now in full swing, lasting until June, […]

Caribbean Public Health Agency to Launch Operations in 2013

Above: CARICOM Secretariat in Guyana By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean Public Health Agency will formally launch operations in January, the organization announced this week. Dr Carl Hospedales, a native of Trinidad and Tobago, has been named CARPHA’s new executive director, according to Jamaica Health Minister Dr Fenton Ferguson, the Chair of CARPHA’s Executive […]

Trinidad and Tobago is the Fifth-Happiest Country in the World: Survey

Above: carnival in Trinidad By the Caribbean Journal staff Residents of Trinidad and Tobago are the fifth most positive people in the world, according to a poll released by Gallup Thursday. Trinidad and Tobago was one of eight countries in the Latin American region among the world’s 10 most positive countries. In Trinidad, 83 percent […]

Trinidad Receives $246.5 Million IDB Loan for Environmental Conditions

By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad will be receiving a $246.5 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank for a programme to improve the country’s environmental conditions. The loan will finance the first phase of a $546.5 million, three-phase programme that seeks to reduce uncontrolled discharge of wastewater. The first phase will focus on the […]

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