The Governments of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and the Cooperative Republic of Guyana on 1 March 2013 signed a Memorandum of Understanding between both countries that seeks to promote greater cooperation in energy and energy related matters over the next two years.
Under the MoU, both parties will meet annually (or sooner, as mutually agreed) to review the status of the cooperation executed under the MOU, which includes support for the following areas_
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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - A Miami-Dade police department bomb squad was called out to check a suspicious package yesterday afternoon outside the gate of a Caribbean Airlines (CAL) flight at Miami International Airport. Miami Airport and US aviation authorities grounded and searched CAL flight 483 after a ticking noise was reportedly heard coming from luggage aboard the aircraft, CAL chairman Rabindra Moonan said yesterday.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - One of the inescapable incidents of manâs inhumanity to man is the need for reflection on events which some of us would rather forget.
Slavery, in our case, and the Holocaust, in the case of the Jews, are two examples of such atrocities, but modern-day ethnic cleansing and the whole colonial experience also come to mind.
Two recent news items brought us face to face with this need to reflect, if only to ensure that we honour the contribution of our forbears.
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Accompanied by their spouses, political figures, a present and former state enterprise chairman, two directors and a television personality are among the passengers who were upgraded from economy to first class on directives from vice-chairman of Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) Mohan Jaikaran.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - The placement of Barbados on a United States watchlist of intellectual property rights violators is being seen as a double-edged sword.
Barbados was put on the list this month, with the Office of the United States Trade Representative citing the ârefusalâ of local television and radio broadcasters to pay American entertainers for public performances of their music.
The CEO of the management of the Copyright Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Inc.
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC â Haiti is welcoming plans by the US-based carrier, JetBlue Airways to begin offering daily non-stop flights to the impoverished French-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country.
Haiti's consul general in New York in a statement noted that JetBlue's service will help the local economy and give Haitian-Americans more opportunities to visit their homeland.
The airline says destinations in Latin America and the Caribbean make up nearly a third of its routes. It flies to more than 10 countries, including the Dominican Republic, Aruba, Barbados and the Bahamas.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide emerged from months of seclusion for a second straight day and took several swipes at the current government.
Speaking to a small group of mostly Haitian reporters and The Associated Press at his home in the capital Thursday, Aristide covered topics ranging from his shock at seeing the devastation caused by the 2010 earthquake to his political party's strength as the country heads to legislative and local elections.
He also thanked the thousands of supporters who cheered his motorcade Wednesday during a rare outing to ans
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC â Former Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide on Wednesday held a three-hour, closed-door audience with a Haitian investigative judge, as part of the ongoing murder investigation into the unsolved assassination of agronomist-turned-journalist Jean LĂ©opold Dominique.
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC â Dominica has launched a scathing attack on countries and companies seeking to destroy the local banana industry as the European Union launched an EC$54 million (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) banana support package to help the island adjust to the new trading arrangements for bananas.
âThey are the ones who challenge us at the WTO (World Trade Organization) conscious of the ramifications. They are the ones who manufacture the inputs and sell them to us at exorbitant and prohibitive prices.
âSimply put, dear friends, we canât buy so get out.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados - IN the context of what he says is increasing unemployment and poverty in Barbados; high incidences of non-communicable diseases; the current contracting of the economy; and a decrease in tourism arrivals and spend, the all-encompassing aspects of agriculture must play a greater role in the economic and social empowerment policies of this island.
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