Category: News

The news items published under this category are as follows.

News: More Tourists Flocking to Trinidad & Tobago

Saturday, November 06, 2004 - 02:52 PM
Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad & Tobago is increasingly becoming one of the most sought-after Caribbean destinations among travelers from around the world. A recent report issued by the island nations Central Statistics Office informs about double-digits spikes in the number of incoming foreign tourists between January and May, compared to the same span of time a year ago.

News: Caribbean Court of Justice becomes Guyana's final court of appeal

Saturday, November 06, 2004 - 02:49 PM
Guyana

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - Guyana's parliament has decided that the Caribbean Court of Justice will be the nation's highest appellate court when it opens next year.

News: Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago to sign natural gas agreement

Friday, November 05, 2004 - 01:02 PM
Jamaica

Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago have agreed on the broad outlines of a treaty under which Port of Spain will supply Kingston with LNG on a "competitive, predictable" basis - a development that will give impetus to Jamaica's plan for a major energy conversion project for its major industries and the establishment of a liquefied natural gas plant here.

News: Chadee's missing wealth

Friday, November 05, 2004 - 12:57 PM
Trinidad and Tobago

Dole Chadee, one of this country's most notorious crime kingpins, left this life with nothing more than two parcels of land in Piparo to his name.

News: Workers Strike at Guyana Electric Plant

Friday, November 05, 2004 - 04:32 AM
Guyana

Some 700 workers from the state-run Guyana Power and Light Company went on strike Thursday to demand a 10 percent pay increase, prompting the government to call for emergency negotiations to avoid power blackouts.

News: Crime in the Caribbean: Bubba, Bobo, Zambo and Zeeks

Friday, November 05, 2004 - 04:27 AM
Other

After 30 years in the job, Eddie Seaga plans to step down as leader of Jamaica's opposition Labour Party on November 6th. In the 1970s, the Labour Party fought bitterly to unseat Michael Manley's People's National Party, then on the political left. Unwisely, both sides sought allies among the island's criminal gangs.

News: Bermuda Paedophile gets 25 years

Thursday, November 04, 2004 - 01:39 PM
Bermuda

This case cries out for the maximum! With those words a Supreme Court judge yesterday imposed almost the maximum prison term as he concluded a long castigation of a former police officer for 25 years.

News: Trinidad and Tobago signs pact for ammonia-urea-melamine complex

Thursday, November 04, 2004 - 01:35 PM
Trinidad and Tobago

PORT OF SPAIN, Nov. 3 -- Trinidad and Tobago has signed an agreement with a consortium led by Clico Energy LLC for construction of a $700 million ammonia, urea, and melamine complex at the Point Lisas industrial estate.

News: U.S. Could Appeal Internet Gambling Rule

Thursday, November 04, 2004 - 12:48 PM
Antigua and Barbuda

If the World Trade Organization rules in favor of Internet gambling in Antigua and Barbuda, the United States will probably appeal, a U.S. official said Tuesday.

News: Record turnout in Caribbean communities for US Elections 2004

Wednesday, November 03, 2004 - 01:19 PM
Other

The Caribbean communities turned out yesterday in "record and unprecedented numbers" to vote in the United States presidential race, with analysts putting the figure as high as 80 per cent.

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