Trinidad and Tobago

Britain's Queen Elizabeth tours Bermuda, Trinidad and Tobago

Monsters and Critics (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

London - Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip flew to Bermuda Tuesday to join in three days of celebrations

Foreign-based players lead Trinidad and Tobago to Mexico --

Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | yesterday

Six foreign-based players have been named in a 20-member Trinidad and Tobago Women’s Under-17 squad scheduled to leave Tuesday for Mexico to contest two friendly matches against the hosts.

Zambia: Vice President Arrives in Trinidad and Tobago

All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday

VICE-PRESIDENT George Kunda has arrived in Port of Spain, the capital city of Trinidad and Tobago to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) which officially opens this Friday.

WiMax launched in Trinidad and Tobago

Going Wimax (Free subscription) | yesterday

Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago announced it has launched a WiMax network Trinidad and Tobago. This comes ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting next week. “It contributes to making Trinidad and Tobago a more desirable place for investors and ensures local businesses, regardless of the size, have access to communications tools that give [...] Visit Going WiMax...

PM Lee to attend CHOGM in Trinidad and Tobago

Chanel News Asia (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

SINGAPORE: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will attend the three-day Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago from Friday.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth tours Bermuda, Trinidad and Tobago

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

London- Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip flew to Bermuda Tuesday to join in three days of celebrations marking the 400th anniversary of the island's settlement by the British, Buckingham Palace said. The royal couple would attend cultural events ...

Le Commonwealth

Benedict Brogan (Free subscription) | yesterday

Gordon Brown is off to Trinidad and Tobago tomorrow night for the Commonwealth summit, which promises to be, to quote Douglas Adams, mostly harmless. But it is worth noting a promising coincidence. The meeting is likely to approve Rwanda’s membership application, which would make it the latest in a small wave of countries with no [...]

Royal succession law outdated, Gordon Brown tells MPs

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

• PM plans to raise issue at Commonwealth meeting • Boost to campaign to abolish ban on Catholics The abolition of "outdated" laws that ban Catholics from marrying into the royal family will be raised by Gordon Brown at the Commonwealth heads of government meeting that opens in Trinidad and Tobago on Friday. In a boost to the campaign to scrap the ban, which dates from the 18th...

Trinidad & Tobago: Waste of Time?

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | yesterday

“Most citizens still think CHOGM is a few-hundred-million dollar joke and will not benefit citizens in any way”: Trinidad and Tobago's This Beach Called Life weighs in on the upcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

Uganda, Canada and Gay rights (and wrongs)

Morton's Musings (Free subscription) | yesterday

Amazing how different the Commonwealth states are. Of course, homosexual conduct was illegal in Canada until Trudeau's revisions of the Criminal Code in the late 1960's. So it's not that long ago Canada was onside with Uganda's pending legal bigotry. Uganda's anti-gay bill causes Commonwealth uproar Proposed law that would impose life imprisonment on homosexuals has the potential to divide leaders...

South Africa: Zuma to Depart for Commonwealth Meeting

All Africa (Free subscription) | yesterday

President Jacob Zuma is expected to depart for the Port of Spain, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

• J Zuma to attend Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, 27 to 29 Nov - New Government Speeches

Bloodletting among our young --

Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | yesterday

Whenever a schoolchild is killed by another schoolchild the national reaction is shock bordering on despair. And in Trinidad and Tobago it seems to be a recurring tragedy with two schoolboys recently being knifed to death within days of each other, one 18 and the other 13, their ages giving a lie to the easy sop that ’their time had come’. Moreover there have been others before with the...

TSTT launches 'plug and play' Net service --

Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | yesterday

Majority State-owned company, Telecommunications Services of Trinidad and Tobago (TSTT), has moved to set up the country’s first 4G wireless broadband network, and some of the first people to stake their claim to the plug and play Internet technology will be the Heads of Government touching down later this week for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).

CHOGM & energy --

Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | yesterday

We take this opportunity to welcome our guests to this lovely land of Trinidad and Tobago.

T&T seeks carbon capture project --

Trinidad Express (Free subscription) | yesterday

In a bid to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), Trinidad and Tobago wants to embark on a carbon-capture-and-storage project but is looking for investors to get onboard.