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Island innovation: Tobago hosts billionaire-led business retreat
Trinidad Express
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THE International Dining Empire and the Diva Network are putting Tobago on the global stage with their upcoming Mastermind Retreat 2025, set to stream to over 436 million homes worldwide via platforms such as Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Peacock,...
finfluencers: Growing influence on the financial landscape
Trinidad Express
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This article was originally published in the Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission’s (TTSEC) latest bi-annual newsletter. We reproduce it here in the Express Business Magazine for the benefit of our readers. The term...
Perenco completes acquisition of oil and gas fields from Woodside Energy in Trinidad & Tobago
Oilfield Technology
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July 15, 2025
Perenco has announced the completion of the acquisition of the Greater Angostura producing oil and gas assets and associated production facilities from Woodside Energy in Trinidad & Tobago. The finalisation of the deal, combined with Perenco’s...
European parliamentarian:T&T must meet tax rules to unlock trade
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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Dareece Polo Reporting from Brussels, Belgium Trinidad and Tobago and affected territories in the wider Caribbean region are once again being urged to maintain a fair and transparent tax system to unlock deeper trade ties and...
Business Insight – India’s Apollo Targets T&T With Robotic Care
TTT Live Online
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July 14, 2025
A new kind of foreign investment is making waves in Trinidad and Tobago: not in oil or manufacturing, but in medicine. India’s Apollo Hospitals is expanding its robotic-assisted surgery and advanced medical expertise to people who need treatment...
French ambassador: T&T’s trade with Europe unequal
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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French ambassador to T&T, Didier Chabert, is hopeful that a solution to the foreign exchange crisis would be found in the interest of the country’s economy. In an interview with the Sunday Business Guardian, Chabert said...
Research Article – Arthur Lewis revisited: Economic development with a limited supply of labour
The Round Table
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July 15, 2025
[This is an excerpt from an article in The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs and Policy Studies.] Introduction The English-speaking Caribbean has been characterised by sluggish growth, high unemployment, low...
SVG, Trinidad PMs to discuss issues affecting OECS
I Witness News
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July 14, 2025
Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, says that his Trinidad and Tobago counterpart, Kamla Persaud Bissessar, has indicated an interest in meeting to discuss outstanding issues between Port of Spain and the...
Monetising the national Crop Over Festival
Barbados Today
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July 16, 2025
2 For a few weeks every year the orange economy is in full view of locals and visitors alike, as thousands participate in the annual Crop Over Festival. Actual receipts from economic activity are not readily available but researchers project that...
KPREIT raising more capital in another APO
Jamaica Observer
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July 16, 2025
Kingston Properties is planning to raise fresh capital in another equity market offer. Kingston Properties Limited (KPREIT) is moving to raise new equity capital through an additional public offering (APO) as it moves closer to achieving its...
India’s Apollo Hospitals eyes T&T as regional health hub
Trinidad Express
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Medical tourism is not a new concept—it has existed for thousands of years. While Trinidad and Tobago is still developing its position in this space, India has firmly established itself through institutions like Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, which...
Trinidad businessman killed in drive-by shooting
Stabroek News
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July 13, 2025
Suresh Moonsammy (Trinidad Express) A Central Trinidad businessman was shot and killed in a drive-by attack in Freeport on Friday night. Suresh Moonsammy, 40, also known as “Zorro,” was the co-owner of Big Wave Auto Limited in Bamboo Settlement...
Latchu new Massy Motors and Machines CEO
Trinidad Express
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RYAN Latchu, who currently serves as president of Toyota Trinidad and Tobago, has been tapped to lead Massy’s Motors and Machines portfolio as chief executive officer. Latchu’s appointment as Massy’s group executive vice-president and Portfolio...
UDP Criticizes Government Over Unannounced CSME Agreement
Love FM
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July 16, 2025
Another national concern that the UDP’s Parliamentary Caucus brought up this afternoon had to do with the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). As we reported yesterday, Prime Minister John Briceno signed onto an agreement in Jamaica last week...
Expert queries SVG’s grab for TT-run airspace
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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July 16, 2025
News Sean Douglas 6 Hrs Ago Ramesh Lutchmedial, former Civil Aviation Authority director general - FORMER director-general of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) Ramesh Lutchmedial is questioning moves by St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) Prime...
Trinidad man murdered after leaving home to buy a car
Stabroek News
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July 11, 2025
(Trinidad Express) A 35-year-old man who went missing on Tuesday after going to buy a car was found murdered yesterday. Scott Timala Rambaran’s body was found around midday in a bushy area off Mausica Road South, Arima. He was found dead in the...
CIBC Caribbean announces new T&T country manager
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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CIBC Caribbean yesterday announced the appointment of veteran banker, Mahadeo Sebarath as the new head of country for its T&T business. In making the announcement, the bank’s chief country management officer, Donna Wellington,...
Five-Nation Tour: PM Modi arrives in Argentina after Trinidad & Tobago, first bilateral visit by Indian PM in 57 years
Organiser Weekly
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the evening of July 4, marking the first prime ministerial-level bilateral visit from India to Argentina in 57 years. This visit is part of his ongoing five-nation diplomatic tour...
Bamboo businessman killed in drive-by shooting in Freeport
Trinidad Express
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July 12, 2025
A Central Trinidad businessman was shot and killed in a drive-by attack in Freeport on Friday night. Suresh Moonsammy, 40, also known as "Zorro," was the co-owner of Big Wave Auto Limited in Bamboo Settlement No. 2. According to police, around...
Chief Sec applauds young people at Tobago Heritage Festival opening
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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July 12, 2025
Tobago Corey Connelly 3 Days Ago Members of the Tobago Performing Arts Company perform at the official Tobago Heritage Festival opening, Shaw Park Cultural Complex, July 10 - Photos by Visual Styles THA CHIEF SECRETARY Farley Augustine has...