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Caribbean immigration advocates welcome US court ruling on ICE ban

Caribbean immigration advocates have welcomed a United States federal judge’s ruling in favour of a New York ban on local law enforcement officers working with Trump immigration agents, such...

PM Mitchell leads NDC to historic victory

Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell led his ruling National Democratic  Congress (NDC) to an historic electoral victory here on...

Trinidad to face scrutiny over emergency powers, detention in UN review

 Trinidad and Tobago’s human rights record will come under scrutiny at the United Nations next week, with submissions...

UN remains focus on securing peace in Haiti

UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations says it remains focused on supporting efforts to restore security and stability...

CRC chairman welcomes the leaders of Britain “to the “ancestral site” of slavery

The chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Reparations Commission (CRC), Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, has described as “a...

Rowley wants govt to make public its crime plan

PORT OF SPAIN – Former prime minister Dr Keith Rowley recently accused the Trinidad and Tobago government of seeking to downplay the crime situation...

Brace for heat, drought, region urged

Caribbean governments, businesses, farmers and other stakeholders are being urged to prepare themselves for potentially severe climate extremes as a developing El Niño is...

CAL and pilots sign collective agreement

The state-owned Caribbean Airlines Limited (CAL) says it has signed a collective agreement with the Trinidad and Tobago Airline Pilots Association (TTALPA)  covering the...

Warning for tourism-dependent countries

The Director of the Western Hemisphere Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Nigel Chalk, says the Washington is “very concerned that tourism-dependent Caribbean...

Bodies of 50 infants found in mass grave in Cumuto

The Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS) has launched an urgent investigation following the discovery of multiple human remains at the Cumuto Cemetery earlier...

France gives green light to Martinique to join CARICOM as Associate Member

France on Friday said it will continue to work alongside its overseas communities to support their regional integration after Paris gave the green light...