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British teacher taken hostage at gunpoint in Trinidad – before managing to escape by jumping out of the trunk of kidnapper’s car

PORT OF SPAIN — A British teacher was taken hostage at gunpoint in the Caribbean before managing to jump out of the kidnapper's car boot and make an escape. Zaheer…

John McCarthy April 14, 2025

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US licenses for Trinidad-Venezuela gas projects revoked, Trinidad says

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States has revoked two licenses it had granted in recent years for the development of offshore natural gas projects between Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela,…

John McCarthy April 9, 2025

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A day after becoming prime minister, Trinidad’s Stuart Young calls for new elections

PORT OF SPAIN — A day after taking over as prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago in a historic transition, Stuart Young is calling for elections. A statement from the…

John McCarthy March 19, 2025

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Defiant Caribbean leaders dismiss trafficking accusations as US targets Cuba’s doctor diplomacy

HAVANA (Reuters) — Caribbean leaders this week rejected U.S. accusations of Cuban labor exploitation after the United States announced it will restrict the visas of officials tied to a Cuban…

John McCarthy March 14, 2025

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Activists in Trinidad and Tobago push to include women’s occupations on Hindu marriage act

PORT OF SPAIN (AP) — The government of Trinidad and Tobago is considering amending the local Hindu marriage act to include women’s occupations on certificates as demanded by activists. Nearly…

John McCarthy March 9, 2025

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Police in Trinidad and Tobago seize $6 million worth of drugs from a boat

PORT OF SPAIN (AP) — Police in Trinidad and Tobago said they have confiscated more than $6 million worth of drugs, one of the biggest seizures in the history of…

John McCarthy December 14, 2024

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Managers of a state fuel company in Trinidad are charged in the 2022 deaths of four divers

PORT OF SPAIN (AP) — Managers of a state-owned fuel trading company in Trinidad and Tobago are facing 15 charges linked to the 2022 deaths of four divers who became…

John McCarthy September 12, 2024

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Trinidad is redrawing its coat of arms to remove Columbus’ three famous ships

PORT OF SPAIN (AP) — Officials in Trinidad and Tobago are redrawing the island’s coat of arms for the first time since its creation in 1962 to remove references to…

John McCarthy September 10, 2024

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Trinidad and Tobago reckons with colonialism in a debate on statues, signs and monuments of its past

PORT OF SPAIN (AP) — In a small auditorium in the seaside capital of Trinidad and Tobago, Christopher Columbus and other colonial-era figures came under scrutiny late Wednesday in a…

John McCarthy September 4, 2024

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Justice Clarence Thomas took undisclosed 2010 trip with GOP megadonor, Democratic senator finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to publicly disclose additional travel on GOP megadonor Harlan Crow’s private jet, a top Democratic senator who is backing an election-year push to…

John McCarthy August 22, 2024