PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, last Friday The Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard had joined the search and rescue mission for a boat carrying 25 people from Venezuela, which overturned on its way to the twin-island republic. So far, only four of those on board the Venezuelan-registered pirogue have been rescued. The other 21 are unaccounted […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad— Police Commissioner Gary Griffith has apologised to Jamaican reggae artiste Buju Banton, whose hotel room in Port of Spain was raided on Saturday by police – claiming to have a search warrant. Following the incident, in which nothing illegal was found in the entertainer’s room, the meeting was held with the Police Commissioner who […]
La Petite Musicale of Toronto will celebrate its 50th anniversary at its Legacy Alive gala which will be held at the Sts. Peter and Paul Banquet Hall on Milner Avenue in Scarborough on Sunday April 28. The event will showcase Caribbean folk music to honour the legacy of the founder of La Petite Musicale of […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — President of the Yacht Services Association of Trinidad and Tobago (YSATT), Tommy Johnson, has called on yacht owners to travel in “a convoy if possible” after a 55-foot sailboat came under attack from Venezuelan pirates over the last weekend. In a statement posted on the YSATT’s Facebook page, Johnson said […]
On March 12 last, Aaron Weinman of Reuters reported that Trinidad Petroleum Holdings (TPH) was in advanced debt restructuring talks with banks and had secured new loans of up to US$1.4bn based on oil reserves to ease an upcoming US$850m with a 9.75 per cent coupon rate to mature in August 2019. One potential investor […]
Trinidad-born poet is on the shortlist for this year’s Griffin Trust For Excellence in Poetry Prize. There are seven books shortlisted in two categories for the Griffin Poetry Prize – International poetry and Canadian poetry. The two winners, to be announced at the awards ceremony on Thursday, June 6, will each be awarded $65,000 (plus […]
By Stephen Weir David Chariandy’s novel, Brother, is now one of the the most successful Canadian fiction titles in terms of prize purses. The Trinidadian Canadian writer is one of the eight winners of the 2019 Windham Campbell Prize of $165,000 US ($220,000). He was awarded the prize for his 2017 book about two young Trinidadian […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The United States says it is providing US$1.6 million to Trinidad and Tobago to assist Venezuelans fleeing the economic and political situation in that South American country. A statement issued by the US Embassy here said that the funds have been made available through the United States Agency for International […]
Trinidad-born Dylan Chidick, 17, who came to the United States with his mother and twin brothers when he was seven years old and has been in and out of homelessness, has received letters of acceptance from 17 colleges. His family had relocated to New Jersey from Trinidad in search of a better life but fell […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — The State-owned Caribbean Airlines (CAL) Monday said that it had cancelled all flights to Venezuela on Monday following an electricity blackout that has hit the South American country where the Opposition is seeking to force President Nicolas Maduro out of office. In a brief statement, CAL said it had taken […]
