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J’can latest COVID-positive case in Barbados BRIDGETOWN (CMC): A 34-year-old Jamaican woman has tested positive for the coronavirus after landing in Barbados on Sunday. The Barbados Government Information Service (BGIS) yesterday said that the...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
Smythe, John Henry (1915-1996)
Jurist and Royal Air Force (RAF) Flight Lieutenant John “Johnny” Henry Smythe was born on June 30, 1915, in the West African port city of Freetown, Sierra Leone. He received a grammar school education and had worked as a civil servant before joining the Sierra Leone Defence Corps (part
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A look at a Trinidad and Tobago Christmas - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Newsday photographers captured some of these images reflecting the past 24 hours in Trinidad and Tobago. Other photos were submitted by readers like you. If you'd like to be featured in our daily photo galleries, please e-mail us a photo to news@newsday.co.tt with the caption "Photo of the Day
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Guyana, Trinidad Foreign Ministers to meet for formal talks - Stabroek News
Hugh Todd, Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, held informal discussions with Senator, Dr Amery Browne, Minister of Foreign and CARICOM Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago, last
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
BBC: Trinidad and Tobago, other countries running out of covid19 vaccines - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Trinidad and Tobago is one of the countries that has been named as running out of vaccines in a recent BBC article on the Covax initiative. The article, titled “Covid: Vaccines running out in poorer nations, WHO says,” said the Covax initiative initially set a target of providing two billion d
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PNM: We'll bring the change Tobago needs - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
“You don’t have to change political parties to get change.” So said THA Chief Secretary Ancil Dennis, the People’s National Movement’s (PNM) candidate for Buccoo/Mt Pleasant as the battle for the December 6 Tobago House of Assembly (THA) election heats up. On Sunday evening, the party’s Toba
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FIFA to defend itself against TTFA in local court
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – FIFA has signaled it will defend itself against a legal challenge filed by the former executive of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Association (TTFA), by filing an entry of appearance in the High Court here on
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Scotiabank announces sale of operations to Trinidad-based bank - Stabroek News
Canadian-owned Scotia-bank announced yesterday that it has reached an agreement for the sale of its banking operations in Guyana to First Citizens Bank Limited of Trinidad and Tobago, a move that Minister with responsibility for Finance, Dr Ashni Singh labelled as “premature and
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
CARICOM: No good excuse for food security challenges - Stabroek News
The twin factors of climate change and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on labour loss and its implications for the agricultural sector are among the primary factors that now bring the issue of food security in the Caribbean into ever sharper
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Carnival is canceled, but the Caribbean culture lives | New York Carib News
Carnival is canceled, but the Caribbean culture lives on. Roundabout this time every year we would be preparing for this magnificent expression of Caribbean culture...
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Supermarkets, food outlets in Trinidad to open for 24 hours during Christmas period
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Dec. 6, CMC -Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has announced that supermarkets and food supply outlets will be allowed to open on a 24-hour basis starting December 10 until January 3. Rowley, who made the...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Bad weather aftermath: Strong winds did most damage to houses - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Most of the damage done by the recent adverse weather has been by the wind blowing roofs off houses and blowing over trees.

Senior disaster management coordinator for the Ministry of Rural Development and Local Government, Jerry David, told Sunday Newsday over 100 trees fell in th

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Samira Nasr becomes Harper’s Bazaar first top black editor in its 153-year history
Samira Nasr has made history with her appointment as Fashion magazine Harper’s Bazaar
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UNC: PM has failed to address PSC implosion
THE Prime Minister has so far failed to adequately address the Police Service Commission (PSC) implosion after its mishandling of the appointment of an acting police commissioner. Speaking on Sunday at a press conference at the Office of the Opposition Leader in Port of Spain, Opposition Senator
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Source: Trinidad News
T&T- Caribbean Airlines Pilots on Strike
A three-day pilot sickout at Caribbean Airlines Ltd. in August caused thousands of customers' travel schedules to be interrupted. To negotiate a pilots' collective agreement, CAL contacted the Trinidad and Tobago Airline Pilots Association (TTALPA) on September 1, 2015, and ended onAugust
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Greenidge chides ‘inappropriate’ claims of sovereignty - Stabroek News
Foreign Secretary Carl Greenidge has cautioned against the recent invocations of sovereignty by some, including senior government officials, who have sought to reject concerns voiced by the international community and CARICOM over the still to be settled March
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Grave defends CWI treatment of territorial boards | New York Carib News
Chief executive Johnny Grave has defended Cricket West Indies’ treatment of territorial boards, contending the governing body had been “equitable” in its allocation of international fixtures and financial resources.
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Trinidad and Tobago-born, acclaimed Architect Mark Raymond Joins The Dialogue For Development At The Museums Association Of The Caribbean Conference - Sugarcane Magazine ™| Black Art Magazine
As the world continues to grapple with the effects of Covid-19 and countries and industries attempt to pivot, in a bid to regain some semblance of normalcy, the Caribbean region, too, is effectively and strategically embarking on hosting meaningful
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Three Caricom countries register deaths from COVID | New York Carib News
Three Caricom countries registered deaths from the coronavirus over the last 24 hours as regional countries continue to urge citizens to follow the health protocols and guidelines in a bid to curb the spread of the virus.
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Source: The New York Carib News
Kamla questions Rowley’s trip to Glasgow: ‘Climate change conference or vacation?’ - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
SAYING the Prime Minister has ignored major issues caused by climate change in the country, Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has raised eyebrows at his attendance to the COP26 World Leaders Summit of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference at the SEC, Glasgow. During the Unit
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200,000 Sinopharm vaccines on their way to Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
The country’s stock of vaccines will increase by 213,500 this week with more donations from Caricom countries and the first shipment of purchased vaccines from China. On Friday, the Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard posted on Facebook that it transported 8,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines from Gr
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Persad-Bissessar hits Rowley for blaming vigils for spike in covid19 - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Tuesday accused the Prime Minister of "wickedness and lunacy" for blaming the spread of covid19 on nationwide vigils held in February after the kidnapping and murders of Andrea Bharatt, 23, and Ashanti Riley, 18. In debate on the State of Emergency o
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Trinidad PM apologises for vaccine chaos - Stabroek News
(Trinidad Express) - Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has given an unreserved apology to the nation, and in particular the elderly, for the chaos at health facilities between Wednesday and Friday this week. The article Trinidad PM apologises for vaccine chaos appeared first on Stabroek News.
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A look at a Trinidad and Tobago Christmas
The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News Santa Claus with three-month-old Kaylee Kimkeran of Rousillac, at the Gulf City Mall La Romain on Christmas Eve. - Photo by Jeff K. Mayers Newsday photographers captured some of these images reflecting the past 24 hours in
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Economists say region must unite to buy 20 million COVID-19 vaccine doses
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) - Two regional economists have advised Caribbean countries to join forces to buy about 20 million COVID-19 vaccine doses for the entire region or the pandemic will continue to devastate lives and economies for another two years.
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Guyanese man shot dead in Trinidad had lived there for 14 years - Stabroek News
(Trinidad Newsday) A relative of murdered labourer Ramesh Madoo is puzzled by his death and are fearful that nowhere is safe from criminals. The article Guyanese man shot dead in Trinidad had lived there for 14 years appeared first on Stabroek News.
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PM: Tolerance needed to curb crime - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
THE Prime Minister said crime continues to disrupt the nation's harmony and this suggests that people are not adhering to one of the national watchwords, tolerance. The other two watchwords are discipline and production. Dr Rowley appealed to citizens to demonstrate tolerance and work collec
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EPA puts hold on project that saw US$1M payout to PNCR’s Bond - Stabroek News
A Caribbean joint-venture for a chemical storage facility has been shelved amid controversy over the disposal of state lands on the East Bank Demerara (EBD) and a near US$1 million payment to a well-known PNCR
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Black History Month - African American Inventors
Anthony Phills received U.S. patent #5,136,787 on August 11, 1992 for a ruler template for computer
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1992
T&T on track for phased re-opening of borders in July
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Dr Keith Rowley, on Saturday said plans remain on track to have a phased re-opening of the borders by the second week of July as the island is also looking...
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