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This Trinidad Beach Has Golden Sand, Green Hills, and the Country’s Most Famous Sandwich

Golden sand. Beach shacks and cold beer. Perfect street food.  Maracas Beach isn’t just the best beach on the island of Trinidad. It’s the best place on the whole island. The sand is perfect, a coastline edged by Trinidad’s verdant green […]

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Caribbean Airlines Operations “Normal” Amid Trinidad and Tobago Pilot Wage Talks 
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Trinidad and Tobago Removes Travel Application Requirement 
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The 2021 Caribbean Journal Holiday Gift Guide
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Why We Bought a One-Way Ticket to Anguilla
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Caribbean Hotels Open 2020 With Declines
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Trinidad Has Big Tourism Plans
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Trinidad and Tobago Wins Caribbean's Top Culinary Competition
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Editor's Note: The Caribbean, After Irma
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Caribbean305, Miami's Major New Caribbean Food Festival
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Haiti Defeats Trinidad and Tobago, 2-0, in Miami Gold Cup Match
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Israel Seeking to Strengthen Ties With Trinidad and Tobago
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Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia to Hold Talks on Enhanced Air Links

Above: Port of Spain (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago and Colombia will hold talks in May on the issue of enhancing air links in the Caribbean and South America, Acting Trinidad Prime Minister Winston Dookeran […]

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Jamaicans Dominate CARIFTA Games

Above: the Thomas A Robinson stadium (file photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff For a few short days this weekend, Nassau looked a lot like London. Jamaica’s young athletes dominated the CARIFTA games at the Thomas A Robinson national stadium […]

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Olympic Sprinting Legend Michael Johnson Visits Trinidad and Tobago

Above: Michael Johnson By the Caribbean Journal staff Four-time Olympic gold medalist Michael Johnson visited Trinidad and Tobago last week. The American sports legend presented on a series of training programmes offered by his Michael Johnson Performance company, along with […]

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Haiti Receives Ambassadors from India, Nigeria and Trinidad

Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly and Trinidad Ambassador Iva Gloudon By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti President Michel Martelly accepted the credentials Friday of three new Ambassadors to the country from India, Nigeria and Trinidad and Tobago. Dr Iva Camille […]

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 […]

Inflation Rises in Trinidad and Tobago

Above: Port of Spain By the Caribbean Journal staff Headline inflation in Trinidad rose to 9.4 percent in October, according to data released by the country’s Central Statistical Office. That represented a 1.7-percentage-point increase compared to a rate of 7.7 […]

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Trinidad and Tobago Economy Contracts 3.6 Percent: Report

Above: Port of Spain By the Caribbean Journal staff The economy of Trinidad and Tobago contracted by 3.6 percent on a year-to-year basis to June 2012, according do the Central Bank’s Summary of Economic Indicators. Output in the country’s energy […]

Trinidad Sees Rise in Unemployment

Above: Port of Spain, Trinidad By the Caribbean Journal staff The unemployment rate in Trinidad and Tobago rose to 5.4 percent in the first quarter of 2012, according to data released this week from Trinidad’s Central Statistical Office. That represented […]

OAS Set to Launch Drug Treatment Court in Trinidad and Tobago

Above: OAS Headquarters in Washington (OAS Photo/Juan Manuel Herrera) By the Caribbean Journal staff The ORganization of America State’s Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission will launch Trinidad’s first pilot Drug Treatment Court this week. The courts are an alternative to […]

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Jurists from Jamaica, Trinidad to Probe Shootings in Guyana's Linden

Above: Jamaican attorney KD Knight By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana has named a list of three international members of a commission of inquiry that will investigate the shootings of three people in the area of Linden in July, according […]

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 […]

Trinidad and Tobago PM Persad-Bissessar Revokes Appointment of Minister

Above: Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has revoked the appointment of Minister Collin Partap as Minister in the Ministry of National Security, she announced Monday. The revocation came […]