London, Jul 3 : Staff at the luxury Caribbean resort have banned troubled singer Amy Winehouse from swimming in their pool, as she does so after marathon boozing...

ATTORNEY General John Jeremie has instructed State attorneys to join in an appeal of a High Court judgment which quashed the granting of a Certificate of Environmental Clearance (CEC) by the...

PRIME MINISTER Patrick Manning yesterday criticised members of the legal profession in the wake of the Law Association passing a motion of no-confidence on Wednesday against Attorney General John...

A release from the Health Ministry revealed 59 people have since fully recovered and were re-integrated into society while the four remaining patients are still recovering. In its latest update, the...

As the health authorities maintain surveillance of the novel Influenza A H1N1 in the human population to restrict its spread, local veterinary authorities are keeping vigilant so pigs do not acquire...

The programme has been commissioned by a project launch at the Bishops Anstey High School on Thursday The programme exposes students to the exploration, investigation and assimilation of developments...

Michelle Gopaulsingh and the residents of Demeter Lane, Corinth Hills, San Fernando, are thanking Hotline for assisting with getting five streetlights in their...

BG International will exercise its right to buy a 45 per cent stake in a natural gas property off the coast of Trinidad from Canadian Superior Energy Inc., the two companies announced...

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - July 3, 2009) - Maxim Resources Inc. (TSX VENTURE:MXM)(OTCBB:MXMSF)(FRANKFURT:M5H) announces today that negotiations with New Scotland Oil & Gas on the...

"The disparity in the economic position between Trinidad and Tobago and the rest of the Caribbean is sometime that is a source of concern," he told parliament last...

PORT OF SPAIN - CARICOM logoThe Caribbean Community views with grave concern the developments in Honduras which led to the removal by a military intervention of the democratically elected Head of...

PORT OF SPAIN - Courtesy of Central Bank In a keenly contested Final which took place at the Central Bank Auditorium yesterday, Chaguanas Government Primary School bested seven top schools in...

Residents explained, the metallic pole had been rusting for some time, however in April, the metal materials at the bottom of the pole gave way, causing it to lean over the pavement. It was said the...

THE COMEDY My First Time, adapted from a play by Ken Davenport and People Just Like You, takes a hilarious look at people's first sexual experiences. The Trinidad version takes a look at some of our...

By Pascal FletcherBASSETERRE, St Kitts (Reuters) -- The Caribbean's small island states ride out hurricanes year after year, but they are fighting to stay afloat in a global economic storm that is...

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP) -- The United States will provide 420,000 courses of antiviral medication Tamiflu to fight swine flu in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Department of Health and Human...

anselma@caribbeannetnews.com CASTRIES, St Lucia -- Danielle Beaubrun captured the islands second medal at the 26th Central American and Caribbean Championships when she placed second for the silver...

Members of the steel pan ensemble Caribbean Sound are seen performing with the Rockford Symphony Orchestra in Rockford, Ill. In 2005. Caribbean Sound will perform with the East Texas Symphony...

MOVES are afoot to have Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), justice David Hayton relieved of duties for comments made in a newspaper article, sources said yesterday. It is understood that CCJ President...

Paul Ammon of Dass Trace, claimed that residents from nearby streets would dump their garbage indiscriminately by the road.Several reports he said, have been made to the Chaguanas Borough Corporation...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Leaders of the Caribbean Community opened a four-day summit here Thursday to the strains of steel drums and a call for unity as a host of weighty issues threaten to tear apart...

Headline inflation in Tobago was 9.7 per cent, for the 12-month period April 2008 to April 2009, a sharp increase from the 6.6 per cent recorded in March 2009. However, according to Finance and...

"Are we decision makers or instructed takers?" This is the question being posed to the PNM Administration by Minority leader Ashworth Jack. Speaking a media conference Jack questioned what would...

The book, a seminal work , according to Dr Luke chronicles the Tobago movement for autonomy in Trinidad from the late nineteenth century. His thesis posits that the Tobagonian problem in the pre-...

According to the Secretary, the leadership team will meet on a daily basis to review the data and make informed decisions. He also informed the media that the 72 hours period for updates to the...

The Editor: I wish to comment on the presentation put on by the Signal Hill Alumni Choir, on Sunday July 28, in celebration of the group's 25th anniversary. The show entitled "Jubilee! Music that...

It is understood that a number of the calypsonians including Calypso Prince, Joe Tempo and Wendy Garrick have opted not to compete but Prince has written songs for two big name female singers, while...

Tobago's top SEA student Jesse de Montbrun of St Nicholas Private School is contratulated by Education, Youth Affairs and Sport Secretary Claudia Groome-Duke. -Photo Cordell...

Cherilyn Lee is a holistic health practitioner and has been in healthcare for 23 years, her Web site states. Cherilyn Lee, a registered nurse who first met Jackson in January to treat his children...

Chief Secretary Orville London believes that Tobago's economy will take a beating because of the swine flu situation. Tobago's top politician was speaking at the post Executive Council media briefing...

Tobago pupils are enjoying an extra week of school vacation. The school term was brought to an early end as a precautionary measure with regards to the swine flu. Many of the persons infected with...

Congratulations! "Your schooling may be over, but remember that your education still continues." Author Unknown. My dear young men and young women, you have graduated from fifth and sixth forms....

Enter now the Bravo brothers (I get a bit flustered every time the dean of Caribbean cricket writing, Tony Cozier, describes them as "half brothers" which, I suppose, is what, to be accurate, they...

There are some people who think that life owes them things. These people go through life despondent because they have expectations that are often unfulfilled and goals unachieved. They live life from...

- Draft Tourism Plan pg 29: 2000 1st class rooms in Trinidad, 1050 3 star rooms in Trinidad, 1250 1st class rooms in Tobago. Does this reflect a focus on growing Tobago tourism? Can the $15M...

Another talking point is the proposed union between Trinidad and Tobago and some member-nations of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean...

EFFECTIVENESS in resource management, expanded services, and safe, secure communities are some of the perks Trinidad and Tobago can expect from the Local Government bodies as some 400 members of...

CREDO CENTRE: Businessman Clyde Henry, owner of Niceness Restaurant and bar said he was fed up over the problematic situation created by the...

WASHINGTON - (Business Wire) HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that the United States will provide 420,000 treatment courses of Tamiflu (Oseltamavir) to the Pan-American Health...

THE LAW ASSOCIATION yesterday passed a motion of no confidence condemning Attorney General John Jeremie in a heated special general meeting, which saw tempers flare inside and outside the Hall of...

As a result, there is heightened concern among persons seeking medical attention with Influenza A H1N1 virus being detected.However, doctors yesterday said that the illness circulating is not any...

Royal Caribbean Cruises said it will sell $300 million of senior notes due in 2015 and use the proceeds for general corporate purposes, including repaying debt.The notes were priced at 97.4 percent...

Tripoli - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, the head of the African Union, has called on Caribbean nations to join the grouping. "These countries are considered to be African, but they are in the...

Although the school term officially ends on Friday the infants, standard one and a standard two class of Tran-quillity Government Primary got an early start to their vacation last Thursday because of...

JOHN JEREMIE, the Attorney General, has hailed the Family Court as having succeeded as a pilot project since 2004, this as he moved the Family Court Bill 2009 in the Senate yesterday. But the...

PARKED UP: A CL Financial shareholder gets directions from a security guard as he parks his luxury Audi sedan before attending a meeting yesterday at...

PRIME MINISTER Patrick Manning yesterday expressed his confidence that the controversial Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba, will be opened in time for the November Commonwealth Heads of Government...

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter disabled a suspicious high-speed boat with gunfire and the four men aboard were detained after they tossed bales containing $8 million in cash into the Caribbean,...