Trinidad and Tobago News

London - The Commonwealth said on Sunday it would send a ministerial mission to the Maldives to investigate the circumstances of the ousting of president Mohamed Nasheed.

The International Monetary Fund has said the Trinidad and Tobago economy is emerging from the global economic challenges and should grow this year.

World football governing body FIFA has said it is withholding the pension of its former vice president and Trinidad and Tobago Works Minister Jack Warner.

When Jamaica's negotiations to secure supplies of natural gas from Trinidad and Tobago were torpedoed in 2006, it came as a big blow to the country's economic prospects.

Majority of Jamaicans say justice system is corrupt -UNDP Tyrone Reid, Senior Staff Reporter Jamaicans believe that local politicians and criminals are still in bed despite vehement protestations and denials from the Jamaica Labour Party and People's National Party.

The Press Association of Jamaica is standing with the members of the Association of Caribbean Media Workers and the Media Association of Trinidad and Tobago in strongly condemning the police raid on the offices of the Newsday newspaper and the home of Trinidadian journalist, Andre Bagoo.

Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago general manager Colin Lucas yesterday called for harsher methods to deal with port workers after another shutdown of the Port of Port of Spain yesterday.

Jack Warner former special adviser of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation , has declared that he offered a TT$15 million settlement to 13 former T&T World Cup footballers to have a dispute over World Cup revenues settled, but the offer was rejected.

An International Monetary Fund team visited Trinidad and Tobago during February 1-10, 2012 to conduct the 2011 Article IV consultation.

The prompt response by police on Thursday led to the apprehension of suspects in robberies in Sangre Grande and Cunupia.

It was a cold and dreary New Jersey February in 1985, when I flew down to sunny Trinidad and Tobago to visit my customer and personal friend Everard Scott.

Rudd Gonzales was one of several patrons who came in for some rough treatment at the hands of members of the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service at last Sunday's Panorama semi finals at the Queen's Park Savannah, in Port of Spain.

THE European Union handed over a cheque for 16.585 million euros to the Government yesterday to aid in restructuring the country's sugar industry.

Malacca has become the first state outside India to recognize the ancient folk dance of Kolattam in its annual tourism calendar.

Levy action was taken against the TTFF yesterday on behalf of 13 former and current national footballers who are seeking to recoup money owed to them.

Showing off their state of the art acoustic sound panels and performing on elevated ramps, pannists of Republic Bank Exodus execute Pelham Goddard's arrangement of Aunty Pat.

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar, left, and Helen Clark, under-secretary of the United Nations and United Nations United Nations Development Programme pose for a photograph at the launch of the Caribbean Human Development Report 2012 at the National Academy for the Performing Arts, Queen's Park West, Port-of-Spain, yesterday.

Grammy Award nominee and jazz great, the scintillating Monty Alexander , is set to take one of New York's premier jazz venues by storm later this month as he marks the 50th year of his musical career with a multiple genre celebration.

The Central Bank is advising people to be aware of counterfeit bills when they conduct cash transactions during the busy Carnival season.

An increasing crime rate is threatening economies and livelihoods in Caribbean countries, states a new United Nations report that calls for the right mix of policies and programmes to tackle the problem.