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Trinidad PM outlines plan to fight climate change (Caribbean 360)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:31:04 GMT

Trinidad's Prime Minister Patrick Manning has recommended a four-pronged attack on the problem of climate change, as he urged that there be a focus on climate change at next year's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Port of Spain.

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Trinidad & Tobago: Poetic Port of Spain (Global Voices Online)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:25:50 GMT

Trinidadian blogger Sweetlime dips into the newly published Echo of Basho. He discovers that even though haiku and Port of Spain are as distinct as “oil and water”, authors Alec de Verteuil and Dwan Glashier have melded them beautifully.

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BP blames high oil prices on tight production (Reuters UK)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:16:17 GMT

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Today's high energy prices stem from a failure to invest in production capacity and not from a lack of resources, and there are enough oil reserves to meet world demand for years, a BP executive said in Trinidad on Thursday.

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JFK airport plot suspects extradited from Trinidad (OTB News)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:46:51 GMT

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Three men suspected of plotting to blow up New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport were extradited to the United States from Trinidad, the Ministry of National Security said on Wednesday. Share This

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JFK airport plot suspects extradited from Trinidad (Reuters)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:46:16 GMT

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Three men suspected of plotting to blow up New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport were extradited to the United States from Trinidad, the Ministry of National Security said on Wednesday.

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Trinidad OKs extradition of JFK suspects (OTB News)

Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:44:03 GMT

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — A judge has upheld the extradition of three men charged with plotting to attack New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport…. Share This

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Trinidad & Tobago: Glass Towers (Global Voices Online)

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:50:27 GMT

A Trinidadian blogger fears that what sets the island apart is being lost among the tall buildings going up in Port of Spain. Why does the glass have to be half empty or half full? asks why do “we deny our people the right to our waterfront? Where is the boardwalk and the local restaurants'”

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Powell names Bolt not Gay as his main Olympic rival (Reuters)

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 11:52:28 GMT

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Reuters) - Former world 100 meters world record holder Asafa Powell is looking no further than this weekend's Jamaican national championships to find his biggest challenger for Olympic gold.

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Powell clocks sub 10 on return (Daily Star)

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:46:18 GMT

Asafa Powell clocked 9.96 seconds in Port of Spain on Saturday as the former 100 metres world record holder returned to action after injury at the Trinidad national championships.

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Powell clocks sub 10 on return (Liverpool Echo.co.uk )

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:15:15 GMT

Asafa Powell clocked 9.96 seconds in Port of Spain on Saturday as the former 100 metres world record holder returned to action after injury at the Trinidad national championships.

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National Sport: Powell clocks sub 10 on return (Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk )

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 07:15:15 GMT

Asafa Powell clocked 9.96 seconds in Port of Spain on Saturday as the former 100 metres world record holder returned to action after injury at the Trinidad national championships.

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Bachchan’s Unforgettable Tour set to mesmerise Trinidad and Tobago (Thaindian News)

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:44:43 GMT

By Paras Ramoutar Port-of-Spain, June 22 (IANS) It’s billed as ‘The Unforgettable Tour’. Indian Hindi film icon Amitabh Bachchan, his son and beautiful daughter-in-law along with a bevy of other Bollywood actors are to perform in Trinidad and Tobago next month - a show that everyone here is looking forward to. The Unforgettable Tour assembles for [...]

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ONGC Mittal Energy gets permit to drill for oil in Trinidad (Thaindian News)

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:40:47 GMT

By Paras Ramoutar Port-of-Spain, June 22 (IANS) ONGC-Mittal Energy Ltd (OMEL) has become the first Indian energy company to be involved in oil exploration in Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Energy, Senator Conrad Enill said this at a press conference here. “Oil and energy exploration has been traditionally dominated by European and more recently [...]

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Powell runs impressive 9.96 in 100m return (Reuters)

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:13:54 GMT

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Reuters) - Former 100 meters world record holder Asafa Powell ran an impressive 9.96 seconds on his return to competition from a shoulder injury at the Trinidad national championships on Saturday.

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Trinidad & Tobago: Life and Death (Global Voices Online)

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:18:13 GMT

Notes from Port of Spain shares his thoughts on death.

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FSC stamps its approval on CariCris - But says not a guarantee of ratings quality (Jamaica Gleaner :: Business)

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 07:40:09 GMT

CariCris, the Port of Spain-based Caribbean credit-rating agency, has received formal recognition from Jamaica's Financial Services Commission (FSC), but the FSC says that the seal does not imply its guarantee of the quality rating CariCris applies to instruments or institutions...

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Spirit adds new Caribbean route (Today In the Sky)

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:18:18 GMT

Spirit Airlines began nonstop service between its Fort Lauderdale hub and Port of Spain, the capital of the Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. The carrier flies one daily round-trip flight. The southbound flight leaves Fort Lauderdale at 8:55...

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Trinidad, IDB sign agreement ahead of summit (Caribbean 360)

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:38:16 GMT

The Trinidad and Tobago government and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have signed a US$300,000 technical cooperation agreement in support of the Fifth Summit of the Americas to be hosted in Port of Spain next year - the first time in a Caribbean country.

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FIFA to take no action against England (Games Play Prattle)

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:30:00 GMT

FIFA has confirmed it will not downgrade England’s friendly against Trinidad & Tobago from a full international despite a row concerning the number of substitutes used. Reports had suggested the four players who made their debuts in the 3-0 win at Port of Spain - Dean Ashton, Joe Hart, Phil Jagielka and Stephen Warnock - could [...]

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David Beckham is Bandaged (Just Jared)

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:58:06 GMT

Sporting a bandaged right wrist, David Beckham takes wife Victoria for an afternoon out and about in New York City on Monday. Becks, 33, just came from the Port of Spain, where he battled for the soccer ball with a group of children during a soccer clinic held at Marvin Lee stadium. 10+ pictures inside of bandaged [...]

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