Trinidad and Tobago

TT | Keith Rowley lashes media over US/TT Row – Says Rio Treaty is a Cold War Relic

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, May 29, 20230 – Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has lashed out at media houses in Trinidad and Tobago which he said were fuelling their own agenda by deliberately misrepresenting the Government’s handling of the Venezuelan vice president’s visit in March.

May 29, 2020
Published in Caribbean

Panday and his wife at his 86th birthday celebration in 2019

TRINIDAD | Basdeo Panday turns 87, threatens to 'get back in politics'

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, May 25, 2020 - Former Trinidad and Tobago prime minister Basdeo Panday turned 87 on Monday and promised guests at his birthday party that, not knowing what the government was doing with the economy, “I may have to intervene in the politics myself. I certainly cannot sit down quietly. I am ready and I am at a stage where I can handle anything.”

May 26, 2020
Published in Politics

Minister of Public Utilities Robert Le Hunte, who tendered his resignation on Sunday

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | Robert Le Hunte resigns as Public Service Minister

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, May 18, 2020 - Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has accepted the resignation of Minister of Public Utilities Robert Le Hunte, who tendered his resignation effective on Sunday.

May 18, 2020
Published in Caribbean

TRINIDAD | Young says he has no issues with Barbados

PORT OF SPAIN –April 28, 2020- Trinidad and Tobago’s National Security Minister Stuart Young is maintaining that he has “no issue” with the Barbados governmentas he tries to downplay a potential rift between the two Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states.

April 28, 2020
Published in Caribbean

Girls from Trinidad and Tobago problem-solve during a tech event (Photo via ITU).

CARICOM Girls in ICT Partnership Hosts First Digital Dialogue on International Girls in ICT Day

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Girls in ICT Partnership will host an online regional event to celebrate International Girls in ICT Day on 23 April, 2020.

April 22, 2020
Published in CARICOM

T&T | Trinidad and Tobago closes borders to foreigners for 14 days

MONTEGO BAY, March 16, 2020- The Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Dr. Keith Rowley, says his country will disconnect from the international community for the next 14 days beginning midnight Tuesday, in an effort to combat the COVID-19 Coronavirus.

March 16, 2020
Published in Caribbean

Guyana, Trinidad, Jamaica and Barbados on Alert for Coronavirus

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, January 26, 2020 - The Governments of Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Barbados, have moved to put screening mechasims in place in an effort to spot travellers who may be experiencing “signs and symptoms” of the coronavirus at ports of entry, in the various island states.

January 26, 2020
Published in Health