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Retired jurist sworn in as T&T’s first female head of state

(CMC) — Retired jurist Paula-Mae Weekes was sworn in Monday as Trinidad and Tobago's first female head of state and called on citizens not...

Body of missing T&T woman found floating in river

Trinidad and Tobago - The search for missing Felecia Persad, who disappeared on April 2 in Sangre Grande, ended today with the discovery of...

Brazilian teen speaks out about brutal gang rape

Rio de Janeiro (CNN) The Brazilian teenage girl who says she was brutally gang raped in a Rio de Janeiro slum is speaking out about...

Ganja-smoking men have poor quality sperm

Jamaica Observer - Research coming out of the University of the West Indies isn’t spelling good news for men who smoke marijuana. A research paper,...

ExxonMobil discovers more oil offshore Guyana

IRVING, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ExxonMobil announced today positive results from its Payara-1 well offshore Guyana. Payara is ExxonMobil’s second oil discovery on the Stabroek Block and...

Venezuela and Russia agree US$14B ‘oil deal’

- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday that he had reached an agreement with Russia's top oil producer Rosneft to invest $14bn...

CARICOM leaders prepare for hurricanes amid COVID-19 pandemic

Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have received proposals for dealing with the possibility of responding to a hurricane within the COVID-19...

Caribbean finance ministers discuss economic problems facing the region

(CMC) A senior official of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Wednesday that the current global financial environment with low interest rates provides a...

T&T expert believes Guyana can expect better oil deal next round

By Samuel Sukhnandan A Caribbean expert in the oil and gas industry believes Guyana has the opportunity to get a better deal when finalising a...

West Indies eye final berth, surge in ODI rankings

Sri Lanka v West Indies, tri-series, Bulawayo Despite West Indies' big win in Harare, on paper, these are two well-matched teams with plenty to play...

Recent Articles

Lusignan prison escapee spotted in Parika, GPS offers reward for his arrest

Days after Jose Awad escaped from the Lusignan Prison, East Coast Demerara, he was reportedly spotted in the vicinity of Parika, East Bank Essequibo. ...

QC teacher sent on leave after allegedly beating students

An investigation has been launched into the beating of some 10 students of Queens College. According to reports, the incident occurred around 10:15h on Thursday...

Essequibo shopkeeper busted with cocaine, ganja

A 47-year-old shopkeeper of Dartmouth Village Essequibo Coast, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was on Wednesday taken into custody following the discovery of a quantity of...

Guyanese among 2 killed in Upstate NY head-on collision

A Guyanese woman was among two killed in a head-on crash in White Creek, upstate New York. Dead are 39-year-old Shumeka Burgan-Mentor formerly of Timehri,...

Taxi driver busted with 22kg ganja gets 4 years, fined $19.8M

Fifty-three-year-old Eusi Wilson, a taxi driver who was interception with 22 kilograms of cannabis in his motorcar on April 21, 2024, along High Street,...

2-year-old-old among 3 injured after lorry crashes into concrete bridge

A two-year-old was among three persons injured after the motor lorry in which they were travelling crashed into a concrete bridge along the Glasgow...

8 illegal structures halt major infrastructural works in Linden – CH&PA

The Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Sherwyn Greaves, on Wednesday morning, went with a team on a fact-finding mission...

T&T Govt denies blocking importation of milk from Guyana

claims importer returned goods to DDL   The Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Ministry had very strong words for Trinidad and Tobago’s (T&T) decision to...

Conciliation talks: Govt rejects GTU’s 20% across-the-board increase ultimatum

…says demand shocked Ministry, unreasonable The sudden ultimatum by the Guyana Teachers’ Union (GTU) to demand that the Government pay all teachers a 20 per...

Fmr. PNC General Secretary, Oscar Clarke passes

Former General Secretary (GS) of the People's National Congress (PNC) reportedly died on Wednesday after complaining of feeling unwell. He died at a private...