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  • Jamaica gives CAL one-month deadline

    l KINGSTONJamaica has given the new board of Trinidad-based Caribbean Airlines (CAL) a month to indicate how it intends to use the Air Jamaica brand in the future.Jamaica Transport Minister Dr Omar Davies on Tuesday met with a high-level delegation from Trinidad and Tobago that included Trade Minister Vasant Bharath and CAL board members to discuss the airline's Jamaican operations and its ...

  • Why no charges yet in CLICO fiasco

    The Clico Policyholders Group wants to know the status of the criminal investigation into the Clico fiasco and why charges have not yet been laid.In a statement yesterday, chairman of the Policyholders Group Peter Permell said they fully support the strengthening of the legislative and regulatory framework for insurance companies as outlined by Finance Minister Larry Howai, who piloted the ...

  • Former Canada manager Stephen Hart to coach Trinidad and Tobago

    Former Canada manager Stephen Hart has been named as the head coach of the senior men's soccer team in his native Trinidad and Tobago. Hart, a former Trinidad and Tobago international in his playing days, will lead his home nation into the CONCACAF Gold Cup championship next month. Hart stepped down as Canada's manager in October, after Canada failed to make the last round of ...

  • Venezuela Wreckage of plane that disappeared in 2008 located off Caribbean archipelago

    CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan authorities say the undersea wreckage of a small plane that disappeared five years ago with 14 people aboard has been found. Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz is announcing via Twitter the discovery of the aircraft with the ID code YV2081. The plane went missing Jan. 4, 2008. Aboard were five Venezuelans including the pilot and copilot, eight Italians and one ...

  • Mango Festival in Trinidad and Tobago pays homage to the kings of tropical fruit

    The dual-island Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago is known for its superb cuisine and spectacular street food, but on July 4 and 7, the nation of foodies will pay homage to the king of tropical fruit. Sweet, juicy and versatile, delicious mangoes of every size and type will be the focus of Trinidad and Tobago's fourth annual Mango Festival which will be held on July 7. Featuring a ...


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88 Minutes

88 Minutes

88 Minutes is an absurd, immediately forgettable real-time thriller with too many red herrings and a preposterous ending that tosses whatever credibility the story had left right over the edge (above which a potential victim appropriately dangles). In the midst of it all is Al Pacino ... ...

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  • Two U.S. Navy landing craft up for auction each seats 200 and a tank

    Two Vietnam-era vessels docked at the Naval Station Great Lakes north of Chicago, landing craft that can hold 200 people each, are for sale, the U.S. Navy said. An auction of the two LCM-8s, capable of plowing through surf onto a beach, opening a ramp and unleashing an amphibious assault, began Tuesday and ends Thursday afternoon on the govliquidation.com website, the Chicago Tribune reported ...

  • Villa Clara Will Represent Cuba in Caribbean Baseball Series

    Havana, June 19 (PL) Cuban fans celebrate today the victory of Villa Clara in the national baseball championship,becoming the first team that will represent this island in the Caribbean series,after 43 years of absence. Of course, the biggest joy is appreciated in the central Cuban province that gives its name to the champion, known as the orange team. The team mentor, Ramon More, attributed ...

  • China and Cuba seek greater cooperation

    Xi Jinping said his country would like to work more closely with Cuba on international and regional issues. Xi told Cuba's visiting first vice president, Miguel Diaz-Canel, that China would like to forge a good partnership with Latin American and Caribbean nations, the official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. The Chinese leader called for stronger cooperation between China and Latin ...

  • Hoteliers get access to tourism $$

    signing ceremony: Director of Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Commerce Reyaz Ahamad, from left; Chamber chairman Diane Hadad, Eximbank chief executive Brian Awang; Tourism Secretary Tracey Davidson-Celestine; Tourism Minister Stephen Cadiz; and chairman of the Tourism Development Company Brian Frontin at the Mt Irvine Bay Hotel in Tobago yesterday during the signing ceremony for the Tobago ...

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