“We reiterate our commitment to continue deepening the bonds of Caribbean brotherhood, mutual respect and solidarity that unite us,” the Nicaraguan authorities said. The President of Nicaragua, Commander Daniel Ortega Saavedra, together with Vice President Rosario Murillo, sent a message of congratulations to Her Excellency Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister-elect of Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday. […]

Persad-Bissessar’s victory could signal a shift in the foreign policy that the People’s National Movement pursued since 2015. After a decade in opposition, former Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar (2010-2015) will once again assume leadership of Trinidad and Tobago. RELATED: United National Congress Wins Election in Trinidad and Tobago The victory of her party, the United […]

Over one million people went to the polls in a parliamentary election that took place in complete order. On Monday, the opposition party United National Congress (UNC) won the parliamentary elections held in Trinidad and Tobago, making its leader, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the virtual prime minister-elect. RELATED: Trinidad & Tobago Goes to the Polls Amid a […]

Seventeen parties and 161 candidates are contesting these elections, having conducted an intense political campaign. On Monday, Trinidad and Tobago, a two-island republic with 1.4 million inhabitants, heads to the polls to choose between Prime Minister Stuart Young of the People’s National Movement (PNM) and his main rival, former Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar (2010–2015). RELATED: […]

We’ll harness our strength, diversity, and aspirations to build a future where every citizen has the opportunity to thrive, he said. On Monday, Stuart Young, 50, was sworn in as the eighth prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago, just months before voters in the two-island republic head to the polls to elect a new government. […]

Tridad and Tobago’s authorities informed that they will replace the three Columbus’s ships, which are shown on the lower part of the shield and symbolize the Trinidad island, from the national coat of arms. RELATED: Trinidad and Tobago: Lawsuit Filed Over Deaths of 7 Infants The Prime Minister of the Caribbean nation, Keith Rowley, said at […]

On Monday, official media reported that the parents of seven neonates who died in a Trinidad and Tobago hospital are suing health authorities because negligence, incompetence and poor medical care led to the deaths of their children. RELATED: Trinidad and Tobago: Worst Drought in Years, WASA According to the 664 Connect Media website, the legal […]

Trinidad and Tobago’s economy is based on the energy industry. The Caribbean country has a tradition as one of the oldest hydrocarbon producers in the region, with more than a century of experience as an oil economy. RELATED: Venezuela and Trinidad & Tobago to Cooperate in Hydrocarbons Back in the nineties of the last century, […]

Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Keith Rowley visited areas affected by a recent oil spill this Sunday, even as the Tobago Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) said it is deploying barriers to contain the damage. RELATED: Energy Firms Spill Large Quantities of Wastewater in Texas Although Trinidad and Tobago celebrated this weekend its carnival, considered one […]