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T&T entrepreneur setting up battery plant in Ghana
13+ hour, 43+ min ago (979+ words) In the past few years, the Caribbean has been iden'ti'fied as the sixth re'gion of Africa with plans for greater con'nec'tiv'i'ty be'tween the re'gion and the con'ti'nent be'ing cham'pi'oned by nu'mer'ous groups on both sides of the At'lantic. Michael Sealey,…...
Jamaica is special "Sammy fires up WI for crucial Sri Lanka series
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (551+ words) West Indies head coach Daren Sammy spoke after training on Tuesday. KINGSTON, Ja'maica " Speak'ing from his in-tran'sit trav'el in Pana'ma, West In'dies head coach Daren Sam'my di'alled in'to the launch of the up'com'ing ODI and T20 se'ries against Sri Lan'ka, and…...
Penny calls out Kamla on NGC, Landmark TT
6+ day, 22+ hour ago (847+ words) PNM leader Pennelope Beckles with members of Dynasty, from the Barataria-San Juan constituency, at the party's annual Sports and Family Day at Nelson Mandela Park, Port-of-Spain, yesterday. Prime Min'is'ter Kam'la Per'sad-Bisses'sar must clear the air on what the Unit'ed Na'tion'al…...
Adesh Samaroo takes chutney to Holland
1+ week, 2+ day ago (460+ words) For more than two decades, chut'ney star Adesh Sama'roo has re'mained one of the most recog'nis'able voic'es in In'do-Caribbean mu'sic, and this month the en'ter'tain'er is tak'ing his en'er'getic per'for'mances to au'di'ences across the Nether'lands. Speak'ing with Guardian Me'dia, Sama'roo…...
Harpy Eagles, Red Force set for West Indies Championship title showdown
1+ week, 2+ day ago (860+ words) T&T Red Force coach Joshua De Silva, right, with Tevin Imlach, Guyana Harpy Eagles skipper. ST JOHN'S, An'tigua " The 2026 West In'dies Cham'pi'onship fi'nal is set. The teams have earned their spots but on'ly one will lift the tro'phy. The…...
Look south for new tourists, says travel trends report
1+ week, 3+ day ago (915+ words) Tourist enjoying the Nylon Pool in Buccoo Reef Tobago. Re'port'ing from St John's, An'tigua Trinidad and To'ba'go re'mains one of the Caribbean's most avi'a'tion-de'pen'dent tourism mar'kets, with al'most half of all vis'i'tors en'ter'ing the coun'try through con'nect'ing flights rather than…...
Historians, Indigenous leaders divided on Nelson Island rename
1+ week, 5+ day ago (1025+ words) Nelson Island, which is located in the Gulf of Paria off Chaguaramas. The de'bate over re'nam'ing Nel'son Is'land is tak'ing shape as his'to'ri'ans and In'dige'nous lead'ers ad'vance pro'pos'als ahead of na'tion'al con'sul'ta'tions be'ing pre'pared by the Gov'ern'ment. Among those lead'ing…...
Ngidi, Markram lead SA demolition of Windies
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (775+ words) South Africa's captain Aiden Markram, right, and batting partner Quinton de Kock run between the wickets during the T20 World Cup cricket match between South Africa and West Indies in Ahmedabad, India, yesterday. AHMED'ABAD, In'dia, " Lun'gi Ngi'di and cap'tain Aiden Markram…...
Caricom leaders in five-hour caucus on Secretary General impasse
1+ week, 5+ day ago (519+ words) Cari'com lead'ers had a five-hour dis'cus'sion last Fri'day re'gard'ing T&T's con'cerns on the reap'point'ment Cari'com Sec're'tary Gen'er'al Dr Car'la Bar'nett, but lead'ers did not agree to re'do their Feb'ru'ary process and de'ci'sion on Bar'nett's ap'point'ment. And there was no…...
Renaming Nelson Island must be about history, not politics
1+ week, 6+ day ago (263+ words) The pro'pos'al to re'name Nel'son Is'land has ig'nit'ed a na'tion'al de'bate about how our coun'try's com'plex his'to'ry should be re'mem'bered in a mod'ern so'ci'ety grap'pling with the lega'cies of colo'nial'ism, mi'gra'tion and iden'ti'ty. This de'bate ex'tends well be'yond a sim'ple…...