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T&T-Venezuela relations warm — but who gets the gas money?

Trinidad and Tobago’s Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo said on September 3, 2026 that the government intends to negotiate fiscal terms for cross-border natural gas arrangements with Venezuela — covering fields…

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Jamaica presses slavery case at Palace as King Charles stays away in Balmoral

The petition was delivered to Buckingham Palace on Monday, timed deliberately to coincide with the anniversary of the 1781 Zong Massacre, when British enslavers killed 130 enslaved Africans by throwing…

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Chicken shortage hits Trinidad as US avian flu, heat squeeze supply

Trinidad and Tobago’s chicken shortage is a supply crisis — driven by heat-reduced farm placements and a US avian influenza outbreak cutting hatching-egg exports — that has pushed retail prices…

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From Jamaica to Puerto Rico to Trinidad: the Caribbean’s drought is regional, not local

Jamaica’s National Water Commission is expected to issue a water prohibition notice on Wednesday, August 12, with restrictions set to take effect on Monday, August 17, banning non-essential water use…

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T&T joins new US military command — and says nothing about it

The Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere (JTF-WHEM) is a new US Southern Command operational headquarters, activated in 2026, that will synchronise military operations with partner nations across the Western Hemisphere…

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French Guiana joins Caricom — and brings a space launchpad with it

Caricom associate membership is a limited, non-voting affiliation that allows territories to participate in regional programmes and discussions without acquiring full member-state powers, and on 7 July 2026, French Guiana…

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Stephen ‘Franno’ Francis proved Caribbean greatness doesn’t need to leave home

Vincent Stephen ‘Franno’ Francis, co-founder and Technical Director of the MVP Track & Field Club, died late on Saturday 4 July 2026 — just one day after celebrating his 64th…

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Jamaica is taking Britain to court — using Britain’s own laws

Jamaica is preparing to send a formal delegation to the United Kingdom on 6 September 2026 to personally lodge an unprecedented reparations petition with King Charles III — a date…

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Venezuela’s earthquake has reshaped and lifted Trinidad’s coastline

At approximately 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, two massive earthquakes struck Venezuela’s northern Caribbean coast in rapid succession — a magnitude 7.2 foreshock near Morón followed just 39…

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Legendary Jamaican Singer, Ernie Smith OD, Passes Away at 80

Glenroy Anthony Michael Archangelo Smith OD— known to generations of Caribbean music lovers simply as Ernie Smith — died on Thursday, April 16, 2026, at the University of Miami Hospital.…

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