TT: Pay us our $1.5b

Date:8/10/2010  By:Trinidad Express

THE Government owes $1.5 billion to the local construction industry, Mikey Joseph, president of the Trinidad and Tobago Contractors Association (TTCA), said yesterday.

TT: Massive CLICO headache

Date:7/4/2010  By:Camini Marajh - Trinidad Express

In the 17 months since its bailout, the financially-stricken insurance giant, CLICO, has sucked up more than $5 billion in taxpayers money, is facing a slew of policy-holder lawsuits stemming from its inability to pay claims,

Air Jamaica deal in danger

Date:6/11/2010  By:Jamaica Gleaner

Local officials appeared stunned by news out of Port-of-Spain yesterday that the new Trinidad government, led by Kamla Persad-Bissessar, could be having second thoughts about the takeover of Air Jamaica by the state-owned Caribbean Airlines Limited.

TT in Jamaica’s busine$$

Date:2/25/2010  By:Newsday

There are specific examples found in the Jamaica Observer about a few of the Jamaican companies snapped up by TT

Sales slow, city vendors complain

Date:2/17/2010  By:Trinidad Express

’This year was real hard,’ said 31-year-old Donna, who said Carnival 2010 was her third year on the road as a vendor.

The price of palancing, Trinidad Carnival

Date:2/11/2010  By:TT Newsday

THOUSANDS are captivated each year by its beauty and creativity, but mas men and women are facing the ugly truth of rising costs in creating costumes and producing mas which threatens to shorten the lifespan of the Carnival bands they play mas with every year.

Winter season off with a bang, says gleeful Bartlett

Date:1/4/2010  By:Jamaica Observer

CLOSE to 100,000 visitors, escaping the icy chill of the North, have arrived here since the start of the winter tourist season, which began on December 15 and ends in April 2010.

Mixed fortunes for Caribbean economies in 2009,

Date:12/30/2009  By:Caribbean Net News

The Caribbean Economic Performance Report 2009, compiled by the Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance, recently projected the member states to end this year with mixed fortunes, as some will see growth while others will be in deficit.

Fire at Jamaica's Wray & Nephew,

Date:12/2/2009  By:Jamaica (JIS)

Despite the size of the fire it did not affect the operations, or rum storage at the plant, as it was restricted to a warehouse used to store barrels.

China, IDB, to finance $500 million Guyana hydro project.

Date:11/16/2009  By:Reuters

Two international development banks are to finance a $500 million hydro electricity projects in Guyana, aimed at bringing down energy costs in the poor South American nation.