Groups welcome police probe in e-mail scandal

Trinidad Express - Friday 24th May, 2013

Business organisations are happy to see an investigation by the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service (TTPS)is being conducted into allegations made in Parliament about controversial e-mails during the debate on the no-confidence motion against the government this week. "The Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce welcomes the news that the TTPS has already begun investigations ...

Methanol Holdings CEO resigns

Trinidad Express - Friday 24th May, 2013

Motilal, an engineer who has been CEO since 1995, was also a director on the MHTL board. The majority of MHTL’s shares are owned by the insurance company ...

SXM first Caribbean airport to receive International Transport Award

eTN - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Simpson Bay, St. Maarten - Princess Juliana International Airport (SXM) became the first Caribbean airport to receive the International Transport Award given by the Global Trade Leaders' Club (GTLC) since the award was established 15 years ago. It was also the only airport to receive the award this year out of a total of 15 awardees. Receiving the award on Monday, May 20, 2013 in Madrid, ...

NOAA forecasts active or extremely active 2013 hurricane season

Middle East Times - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration issued a forecast Thursday for an active or extremely active 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, in its hurricane season outlook, forecast a 70 percent likelihood of 13 to 20 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher) -- of which seven to 11 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including ...

The Caribbean can expect as many as 11 Atlantic hurricanes

Dominican Today - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

College Park, Md.- The Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and other tropical storm-prone areas had better get ready for another busy hurricane season, maybe unusually wild, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecast Thursday, AP reports. NOAA said there'll be 13 to 20 named Atlantic storms, 7 to 11 that strengthen into hurricanes and 3 to 6 that become major hurricanes. It ...

Leni Gas Oil unveils update on Maxim joint venture in Trinidad

General Sources - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

-1.34% LONDON (SHARECAST) - AIM-listed Leni Gas & Oil (LGO) has published an update on its joint venture agreement in Trinidad with Vancouver-based oil and gas production company Maxim Resources, relating to a proposed transaction whereby Maxim and LGO would work together to pursue oilfield development opportunities in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. LGO said that the "TSX ...

Maersk to Hike Rates in Asia-Caribbean Trade

Journal of Commerce - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

From Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia and Taiwan to Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Panama, Colombia and Puerto Rico, the hike will be $980 per 20-foot container and $1,400 per 40-foot and 40-foot high-cube ...

The Caribbean Treasure islands in trouble

The Economist - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

LAST month McKeeva Bush, the ousted premier of the Cayman Islands, appeared in court to contest a string of charges, some stemming from alleged use of his government credit card in American casinos. His next date with the judge is in June. But in a general election on May 22nd voters delivered their own verdict: with most votes counted, it seemed they had re-elected Mr Bush to the West Bay seat ...