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Edwin Carrington Named Trinidad's Ambassador to CARICOM
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The Cayman Islands Is Buzzing This Fall With Luxury Deals, All-Inclusive Offers, and Free Nights

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The Cayman Islands are calling — and this season, the deals are as warm as the Caribbean sun. Imagine stepping off the plane and heading straight to Seven Mile Beach, knowing you’ve unlocked free nights, resort credits, and even last-minute savings that make paradise surprisingly affordable. These aren’t just discounts; they’re invitations to linger longer […]

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Caribbean Football Officials Warned

Following the suspension of Trinidad’s Jack Warner, CONCACAF General Secretary Chuck Blazer has warned that any Caribbean officials involved in a controversial meeting in Trinidad to pay back cash allegedly given at the time. An investigation has been launched into allegations that Warner, along with FIFA executive committee member Mohammed Bin Hammam, arranged for $1 […]

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Winston Dookeran Steps Down as Head of Trinidad's Congress of the People

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 […]

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Trinidad's Warner Suspended by FIFA

Source: FIFA Trinidad’s Minister of Transport and Works and FIFA Vice President Jack Warner is among two FIFA officials suspended by football’s governing body ahead of an ethics probe. Warner, along with Qatar’s Mohammed bin Hammam, the head of Asia’s soccer confederation, will face a full inquiry. Bin Hammam, who had been a candidate for […]

Winston Dookeran Steps Down as Head of Trinidad's Congress of the People

 Source: FIFA Trinidad and Tobago’s Jack Warner is involved in a bribery probe by officials of FIFA, football’s global governing body. Warner, the president of the CONCACAF federation, a FIFA vice president and Trinidad’s Minister of Works and Transport, has been called the most powerful man in Caribbean football. According to a file including sworn […]

REDjet Nears Trinidad Clearance

 New air carrier REDjet is close to securing final clearance for flights in and out of Trinidad, after a week that saw a great deal of controversy over barriers for the company in Jamaica and Trinidad. According to Ramesh Lutchmedial, the director of civil aviation in Trinidad, REDjet’s application was being considered “favorably at this […]

Trinidad's Ruling People's Partnership Marks One Year in Office

 Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar Trinidad’s ruling People’s Partnership marked one year in office, after winning 29 seats compared to the People’s National Movement’s 12 seats a year ago. The popularity of Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, however, has fallen in polls, with a 14 percent drop, according to Market Facts and Opinion. The government went through […]

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. […]

Bahamas Petroleum Company, in Survey, Finds Supergiant Structures

 By the Caribbean Journal staff The Bahamas Petroleum Company, which has offshore license permits in the Bahamas, said it had found structures similar to the so-called supergiant structures of the Gulf of Mexico and the Middle East. “What is most exciting is the scale and size of the structures we have been able to map […]

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]

New Airline REDjet Lobbies for Flights to Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago

 New low-fare Caribbean air carrier REDjet is unable to fly to Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, and is asking politicians in the two countries to change their current policy. “REDjet is extremely disappointed for its passengers in Trinidad and Jamaica as the airline has yet to receive word from the two countries as to when […]

Trinidad Minister Removed from Office

 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 […]