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| PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: Former Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke has been named Trinidad and Tobago's 2006 Player of the Year for the second successive year. Yorke played a major role in the Soca Warriors' success in qualifying for the World Cup for the first time. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister, Patrick Manning has admitted that cross-border talks have broken down, after the signing of the PetroCaribe agreement last July involving Venezuela and other countries in the region. read more.. |
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KINGSTON, Jamaica:  At a press conference last week Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Patrick Manning, gave his commitment to fulfill his country's obligations under the liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, which was reached with the Jamaican government some two years ago. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Reuters): BP Trinidad and Tobago plans to drill 10 wells over a decade when it resumes oil and gas exploration in the Caribbean twin island state in 2008 after a one-year break, a company official said. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Some 53 officers from the Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force were on Wednesday part of the first batch in a series of training programmes on HIV/AIDS Awareness involving the US military. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Trinidad and Tobago Government is moving to provide increased protection for witnesses and persons who are required to give evidence in criminal court proceedings. It is also seeking to make hearsay evidence admissible in court. read more.. |
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| MUNICH, Germany (AFP): German engineering conglomerate MAN said Tuesday that it has secured a contract worth 1.1 billion dollars to build a petrochemicals complex in Trinidad and Tobago. read more.. |
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| NEW YORK, USA: Trinidad and Tobago's Sheridan Kirk has said that his win in the men's 800-metres at the Millrose Games in New York on Friday was a thrilling moment for him. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: A 27-member trade mission from Nova Scotia, Canada is now on a visit to Trinidad and Tobago to pursue business and investment opportunities. The undertaking is being described as one of the largest trade missions to the country. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Reuters): Sixty European tourists, mainly British nationals, fell ill with gastroenteritis at a hotel in Tobago and health authorities are considering closing its kitchen, a senior medical official said on Thursday. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Fire is reported to have damaged the official residence of the Trinidad and Tobago High Commissioner in Jamaica. The residence is located in the Jack's Hill neighbourhood of Kingston, where a number of heads of missions reside. read more.. |
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| PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: The people of Trinidad and Tobago are now living in terror and President George Maxwell Richards must now step forward and take leadership in restoring law and order, Congress of the People political leader, Winston Dookeran has said. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce, the largest private sector organisation representing businesses throughout the country, has delivered a strong worded message to the Patrick Manning-led administration and all parliamentarians. read more.. |
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| CHAGUANAS, Trinidad: The arrest of broadcaster, Inshan Ishmael was politically motivated and in fact, directly related to the wishes of the Government, Congress of the People political leader, Winston Dookeran has said. read more.. |
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| MOSCOW, Russia: Former Trinidad and Tobago champion Fana Ashby will make her professional career debut at the 2007 Russian Winter, an IAAF Permit Indoor meeting on Sunday January 28, in the Russian capital of Moscow. read more.. |
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| The Hindu Students Council wishes to express its firm disapproval over the arrest of broadcaster and businessman, Inshan Ishmael. The circumstances surrounding the arrest of Mr Ishmael are extremely worrying. read more.. |
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| PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: Owner and broadcaster of Trinidad and Tobago's lone Islamic television station, Ishan Ishmael, has been released after being arrested for allegedly attempting to lead an illegal demonstration against the state. read more.. |
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| It is time for the people of Trinidad and Tobago to wake up and connect the dots. Yesterday it was me, today it is Inshan Ishmael, tomorrow it could very well be you. read more.. |
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| COUVA, Trinidad: A superb five-wicket haul from Amit Jaggernauth led Trinidad and Tobago to an easy 185-run win over the Leeward Islands on the fourth and final day of the third round of the Carib Beer Series at Couva on Tuesday. read more.. |
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| BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Negotiations on a bilateral fishing agreement between Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago have resumed. After a break of over three years, officials from the two countries met in Port-of-Spain this week for talks aimed at settling the dispute. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago's embattled Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma, Prime Minister Patrick Manning, Attorney General John Jeremie, as well as Acting Chief Justice Roger Hamel-Smith, are all set to take the witness stand in court. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN , Trinidad: After the toughest route to the final, playing more qualification games than any other team, Haiti lifted the Digicel Caribbean Cup after defeating Trinidad & Tobago 2-1 in a thrilling final. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: One of Trinidad and Tobago's best-known criminologists, independent Senator Professor Ramesh Deosaran, has made a call for strong and immediate action against persons who he said are bent on terrorising society. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago showed just why they were the Caribbean’s favourite side this past summer when they overcame a very strong Cuban side to reach the Digicel Caribbean Cup Final, where they will play Haiti for the right to be crowned champions. read more.. |
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| SCARBOROUGH, Tobago: Superstars Mary J. Blige, Diana Ross, and Sean Paul will be featured at the 3rd Annual Plymouth Jazz Festival in Tobago, which takes place from April 27 - 29, 2007. read more.. |
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| PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: A sparkling half-century from teenager Kieron Pollard guided Trinidad and Tobago to an easy five-wicket victory over defending champions Guyana, as the second round of the West Indies limited-overs KFC Cup got underway on Wednesday. read more.. |
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad:  At a seminar this week held in Trinidad, Prime Minister Patrick Manning said he believes his country can learn some good economic lessons from the Republic of Ireland, measures that have been used by the Irish government to stimulate economic growth. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago showed why they are the perceived the no 1 team in the Caribbean when they produced a professional display to defeat Martinique 5-1 in the Digicel Caribbean Cup Group Sedely Joseph in the Hasely Crawford stadium. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Immigration Division of the Ministry of National Security in Trinidad and Tobago will be implementing on January 24, 2007 a new Machine Readable Passport and Integrated Border Management System. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: After a spectacular opening ceremony unveiled the Digicel Caribbean Cup Finals in Trinidad, the home side kicked off the finals tournament with an extremely entertaining game of football. read more.. |
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad:  West Indies captain and batting maestro, Brain Lara, launched a cancer treatment centre in his name during a media conference in the Kapok Hotel in Port of Spain, Trinidad, on Wednesday. Lara said the launching was a bittersweet moment for him. read more.. |
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| BASSETERRE, St Kitts: The Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, Dr Denzil Douglas and his counterpart of Trinidad and Tobago, Patrick Manning, played critical roles in ensuring the deepening of the regional integration process last year. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The President of Trinidad and Tobago's Senate, Dr Linda Baboolal, has spoken out in favour of making all Members of Parliament in Trinidad and Tobago full-time. Currently some members are serving part time. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Protesting doctors at the public health institutions in Trinidad and Tobago are back on the job after withholding their services and threatening mass resignations. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England (Bloomberg): BG Group Plc, the UK's third-biggest oil and gas producer, has agreed to supply natural gas to Trinidad & Tobago for 15 years from 2009, as the supplier expands its operations outside Britain. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Public Services Association of Trinidad and Tobago, the recognised bargaining body for the country's public servants, met Wednesday with a representative group of protesting doctors. read more.. |
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PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad:  American crime fighter, and crime consultant, Bernard Kerik, has arrived in Trinidad for talks with local officials on ways of curtailing the country's spiraling crime wave. The country has experienced at least three killings for the year 2007. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Protesting doctors at the nation's public health institutions in Trinidad are threatening mass resignations. The action comes following an injunction filed by government to prevent them from abandoning their jobs. read more.. |
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| PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: The latest data released by the Central Statistical Office in Trinidad indicate that headline inflation measured 9.6 percent for November, compared with 10 percent in the previous month. read more.. |
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| PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: The Communications, Transport and General Workers Trade Union in Trinidad and Irenia Patterson, BWIA's acting area manager for Jamaica, through the industrial court in Trinidad, have blocked the management of the national airline from disposing of its assets. read more.. |
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| CHICAGO, USA (Bloomberg): Alcoa Inc. has said that Trinidad's government approached it about building an aluminum smelter in an alternative location to that planned on the island's Cap-de-Ville, denying a report that the project was cancelled. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: As the December 31 date draws closer for shutting down operations at Trinidad and Tobago national airline BWIA, another airline, the recently established Caribbean Airlines, has now appointed a new team aimed at making a smooth transition from BWIA when it makes its first official flight on January 1, 2007. read more.. |
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| SEOUL, South Korea (Bloomberg): Samsung Engineering Co., a South Korean construction company, has said it received a $176 million order to build a refinery for Petrotrin, the state oil company of Trinidad and Tobago. read more.. |
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| LONDON, England (Reuters): An illegal Trinidadian immigrant who shot a trainee policewoman was jailed for 30 years last week for her attempted murder. Trevon Thomas, 24, shot Pc Rachael Bown as he ran away from police investigating a burglary. read more.. |
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| Some special interest groups are determined that Trinidad should serve as a site for ALCOA aluminium-smelting. This is extremely unwise and short-sighted in a small country with a quickly-growing population. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: The final qualification Group J of the Digicel Caribbean Cup has had to be moved from the originally proposed venue of Bermuda from December 12 -16 to now being held in Trinidad from January 5-7, 2007. read more.. |
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| ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP): FIFA's executive committee on Wednesday reprimanded its vice-president Jack Warner, but decided not to impose any sanctions following the illicit resale of tickets at the 2006 World Cup. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: A major aluminum smelter symposium has begun in Port of Spain, Trinidad. This comes at the same time as a raging debate over the setting up of smelter plants in the country announced by Prime Minister Patrick Manning. read more.. |
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| KINGSTON, Jamaica: Following their convincing 2-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago in the first leg of their CONCACAF Under-20 qualifiers in Kingston on Sunday, Jamaica left the island full of confidence going into Wednesday's return leg in the twin islands. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Preparations are underway in Trinidad and Tobago for the staging of two major world conferences to be hosted by the Trinidad and Tobago government in 2009. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Bank of Nova Scotia Trinidad and Tobago Limited and the Bank of Nova Scotia Jamaica Limited have stated that the offer to purchase shares in Dehring Bunting and Golding (DB&G) was declared unconditional on November 27, 2006. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Reuters): BP Trinidad and Tobago will take a one-year break from its exploration programme in 2007 after failing to find new hydrocarbons in the deepest well ever drilled in the Caribbean country, the company's chief executive said on Monday. read more.. |
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad:  Leader of the Jamaat-Al- Muslimeen in Trinidad, Yasin Abu Bakr, has been freed of all charges of conspiracy to murder two expelled members of his organisation. The judgment was handed down on Monday by Justice Mustapha Ibrimam. read more.. |
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| PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AFP): Trinidad and Tobago's Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma can be arrested and prosecuted on charges he attempted to influence the trial of a former prime minister, Britain's Privy Council ruled Thursday. read more.. |
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| I was not the least bit surprised yesterday by the news, which spread like wildfire throughout the Caribbean, that the Privy Council in London had ruled, unanimously, against Trinidad and Tobago Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Trinidad and Tobago Local Organizing Committee (LOC) for ICC World Cup Cricket 2007 announced on Wednesday that Phase 2 ticketing comes to a close on November 30, 2006. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Officials of the United States Embassy in Port of Spain, Trinidad, will observe World AIDS Day on December 1, at the island's Queen's Park Health Counselling Center. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Caribbean Airlines, the new air carrier to replace Trinidad and Tobago's national airline BWIA, unveiled its first aircraft in Port of Spain on Monday. The aircraft is a Boeing 737 with a seating capacity for 150 persons. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Reuters): The rate of annual inflation in Trinidad reached double digits in October, rising to 10 percent from 9.6 percent the previous month, the fastest pace of price rises in 12 years, the central bank said. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidadian national, 28-year-old Rashim Ibrahim De Silva, is one of two persons missing following the disappearance of an aircraft between Bequia and St Vincent & the Grenadines. read more.. |
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| HAVANA, Cuba: Candice Scott, the Trinidad and Tobago World Championships and Olympic Hammer Throw finalist, said she is already looking forward to the challenge of meeting the performance standards for the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. read more.. |
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| PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: With its massive masquerade bands, astounding costumes, pulsating music and unparalleled stamina for partying, Trinidad & Tobago Carnival is often referred to as the world’s greatest street festival. read more.. |
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| SUNDERLAND, England: Trinidad and Tobago international Dwight Yorke has once again dismissed talks of ending his career following a number of reports suggesting that he may soon call it a day. read more.. |
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| CHAGUANAS, Trinidad: Congress of the People political leader, Winston Dookeran, has slammed Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning, who has said he intends to create mixed communities using Caroni lands. read more.. |
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| SCARBOROUGH, Tobago: Musical icon Sir Elton John, recording legend Al Green, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Gladys Knight, and Grammy winner LL Cool J are scheduled to perform at the 3rd Annual Plymouth Jazz Festival in Tobago. read more.. |
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| PETALUMA, USA: Calix announced on Wednesday that Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT) has selected solutions from Calix to upgrade access lines spread over 125 locations on two islands. read more.. |
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