Havana, Nov 19 (Prensa Latina) Chinese President Hu Jintao, on a state visit to Cuba apparently to have a close look at the partially reforming new administration under Raul Castro, has said his visit seeks to deepen relations with the Caribbean island...

said it will discontinue its common stock dividend. "We recognize our dividend is important to many of our shareholders," Chairman and CEO Richard D. Fain said. "However, the best way...

ONE man was hospitalised following a freak accident in Tableland yesterday morning in which a truck transporting a tanker filled with flammable gas became detached from its cargo and slammed into...

A $10,000 reward is being offered for any information leading to the whereabouts of geriatric nurse Lena Johnson who went missing on November 8, after leaving her workplace at Roland Street in...

Flood victims from New Settlement, Tarouba and Mahogany Trace, Gasparillo are calling on the San Fernando Regional Corporation and the Ministry of Works to investigate why their communities flood...

COLUMBUS GONE: Workmen clean the fountain at Columbus Square in Duncan Street, Port-of-Spain yesterday. The statue of Christopher Columbus was taken...

Port-of-Spain came to a standstill yesterday as thousands of commuters were stranded while making their way into and out of the capital city because of muddy waters that flooded major...

CREWS from the Ministry of Works and Transport, the Unemployment Relief Programme (URP) and CEPEP were mobilised yesterday to help the thousands of persons who were left stranded in Port-of-Spain and...

An army truck, after taking an hour, got to the Priority Bus Route (PBR) where it transported scores of stranded commuters to waiting buses which were only allowed in the vicinity of the city...

SEVERAL streets in the capital yesterday resembled small tributaries following major flooding which left thousands of pedestrians stranded. City Gate, the main transit hub, remained shut down up to...

AS THOUSANDS of people were stranded by floods which covered all of Port-of-Spain yesterday, Prime Minister Patrick Manning pointedly refused to answer questions from reporters on the...

oscar@caribbeannetnews.com PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised Trinidad and Tobago to slow down its spending and carefully reassess its expenses and hours after...

oscar@caribbeannetnews.com PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Governor of the Central Bank in Trinidad and Tobago Ewart Williams has said the local economy will slow down significantly this year, but that...

Palm Beach, from $206 per room per night The Radisson Aruba Resort, Casino & Spa is having a fall sale. The room rate includes 15 percent off all spa treatments and a $100 voucher per room good...

CARTAGENA, 18 November 2008 (PlusNews) - On the surface, the historic northern city of Cartagena on Colombia's Caribbean coast is an up-market tourist destination, with cruise boat passengers...

England's tour of the Caribbean next January will get underway in St Kitts instead of Barbados, after the West Indies Cricket Board announced a switch in the itinerary for two three-day warm-up...

Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and the Leeward Islands posted wins Monday in the WICB Cup limited-overs tournament.Jamaica beat Canada by nine wickets, racing to victory after dismissing Canada for 104...

SAD MOM: Elma Hinds, distressed mother of Makeda Afiya Joseph, five, at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital yesterday. Her daughter's right eye had to...

FORMER Finance Minister Selby Wilson yesterday said Government could withdraw some of the estimated US$3 billion in the Heritage and Stabilisation Fund (HSF) to keep its social sector programmes...

EYE TRAUMA: Three-year-old Daniel Robinson needs help in removing an abscess from below his right eye. His mother, Zola Purah, is seeking help from...

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: A major initiative taken by the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) in conjunction with the government of Trinidad and Tobago is to address the requirement for...

oscar@caribbeannetnews.com PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: At least two prisoners who were not released on time have successfully filed civil claims against the government and were awarded judgments by...

FORT WORTH, USA: In anticipation of increased holiday travel to and from certain cities in Latin America, Mexico and the Caribbean, American Airlines and American Eagle are implementing their...

WASHINGTON, USA: Light Years IP has been commissioned by the Department of Trade and Tourism of the Organization of American States (OAS), funded through the Canadian International Development Agency...

oscar@caribbeannetnews.com PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The Trinidad and Tobago government has introduced legislation prohibiting smoking in public places, but some members of the public are not in...

An Organization of American States (OAS) study is to be conducted on a range of Caribbean products to determine their real potential for increased export income based on the value of their...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana: President-elect of the United States, Barack Obama has committed the US government to increasing security measures in the Caribbean. "Latin America and islands in the...

oscar@caribbeannetnews.com PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The disagreement between Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning and his former Housing Minister, Dr Keith Rowley is widening. This...

oscar@caribbeannetnews.com PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: The latest Nacta opinion poll, conducted a year since the re-election of the People's National Movement (PNM) in Trinidad and Tobago, reveals...

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados: Representatives of the region's indigenous banks will meet in Barbados from Monday and the global financial crisis will be among the list of items on their agenda. Chairman of...

PORT OF SPAIN - Courtesy of GISDIt has often been said that entrepreneurs are integral to the economic development of Trinidad and Tobago. These enterprising individuals stimulate economic...

West Indies coach John Dyson has criticised the standard of their domestic game after Pakistan completed a 3-0 whitewash of the one-day series in Abu Dhabi. Dyson watched as West Indies let...

Today, The Gleaner presents the views of Hugh M. Dixon, executive director of the Southern Trelawny Environmental Agency, on the positive traits of Jamaica as a...

The three deaths pushed the road fatalities to 203 for the year thus far.In one of the three deaths, unknown persons stole a wallet and jewelry belonging to one of the victims. His family is pleading...

In fact, from next Sunday, several malls will be accommodating shoppers and will open their doors to customers, while others extend their weekday opening hours.Yesterday, while the usual variety...

CANCER RELIEF: From left, Noel and Chevaughn Joseph show one of the JBF bears which are on wards of the JBF Paediatric Specialty Unit, at Mt Hope to...

THE National Training Agency (NTA) will be collaborating with the Caribbean Examination Council (CXC) and the Ministry of Education to provide students with access to the Caribbean Vocational...

The recent media house visitation by the PM, and which has been gamely received by all concerned, is cause for a pause, a count to ten.It is of real concern that within the recent past, a slew of...

The Government appears to be on something of a campaign to reassure the population about public sector spending in light of the fall in oil prices and the international financial...

Thirty police officers from the Homicide Bureau, the Special Anti Crime Unit of Trinidad and Tobago (SAUTT) and officers of the Tobago Division are working round the clock to solve the murders of...

Some 30 Mahagony Avenue, Gasparillo families were marooned after their only access road leading to the village centre was flooded following heavy overnight rains on Friday which continued well into...

LESS than two weeks after the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) repaired a broken pipe at the corner of Dorata Street and Old St Joseph Road in Laventille, the pipe has broken again which may...

TWO WEEKS ago, prominent south businessman Lynne Rawle Sumadh, 83, asked one of his friends to arrange with someone to have his autobiography written. On Thursday, police discovered his partly...

ANCIL HENRY, of the TT Network for People living with Human Immune Deficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Defi-ciency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is calling for a stronger national HIV...

TT COAST Guard Public Relations Officer (Civil/Naval Affairs Unit) Lt Kirk Jean-Baptiste has extended condolences to the family of Ordinary Seaman Kevin Lawrence, 24, who drowned during a routine...

The continued fluctuating dollar value of petroleum and the need for sustainable energy has made agricultural crops such sugarcane, corn and others, realistic and targeted commodities to be used to...

BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CUOPM): An agreement aimed at improving debt management in the countries making up the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) has been signed. The agreement was signed Thursday...