Provides the latest RSS feeds for Trinidad News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Trinidad News.Net http://www.trinidadnews.net/ en-us Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:45:50 -0400 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:45:50 -0400 30 Residents of the Caribbean Turks and Caicos islands began surveying damage Sunday following the devastating impact of Hurricane Ike, as the 'extremely dangerous' category 4 storm continued on its path toward the Bahamas and Florida Keys. http://www.trinidadnews.net/story/403594 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:00:45 -0400 Trinidad News.Net http://www.trinidadnews.net/story/403594 Hurricane Ike has lashed the Turks and Caicos Islands and threatened to unleash its fury on the Bahamas, Cuba and the US Gulf Coast, as Tropical Storm Hanna continued to batter the US east coast. Ike... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17559308&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:05:40 -0400 ABC Australia http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17559308&cat=f7da47955ef03229 NASSAU, Bahamas - Hurricane Ike has roared across low-lying Caribbean islands as a Category 4, destroying homes, sweeping away boats and bringing more rain and misery to already waterlogged communitie... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17558807&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 19:03:55 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17558807&cat=f7da47955ef03229 BOGOTA, COLOMBIA -- The Venezuelan government announced today that four Russian naval vessels will participate in joint exercises in the Caribbean this year, a move that could heighten already strain... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17559052&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:54:59 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17559052&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Caracas: Several Russian ships and 1,000 soldiers will take part in joint naval manoeuvres with Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea later this year - exercises likely to increase diplomatic tensions with W... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17559054&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:50:25 -0400 Gulf News http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17559054&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Washington - Residents of the Caribbean Turks and Caicos islands began surveying damage on Sunday following the devastating impact of Hurricane Ike, as the "extremely dangerous" category 4 storm conti... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17555483&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:27:15 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17555483&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Washington - Residents of the Caribbean Turks and Caicos islands began surveying damage on Sunday following the devastating impact of Hurricane Ike, as the "extremely dangerous" category 4 storm conti... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17553889&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:04:35 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17553889&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Hurricane Ike has reached Caribbean islands just days after Tropical Storm Hanna caused havoc in the region. The eye of the storm is 'near or over' the Turks and Caicos islands. The hurricane is exp... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17550564&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:43:11 -0400 RTE http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17550564&cat=f7da47955ef03229 A 48-year-old security guard attached to Sentinel security was beaten to death with a piece of iron early yesterday. The body of Arnold Boodoosingh, was discovered in an empty lot of land behind Repub... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17550936&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:06:23 -0400 Newsday http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17550936&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Ag Police Commissioner James Philbert is putting in place certain measures and initiatives aimed at restoring public confidence in the Police Service. http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17550937&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:06:22 -0400 Newsday http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17550937&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Samdaye Hanooman and her sister Savitri Pandeosingh were travelling in an ambulance taking her cancer-stricken daughter, Sharda, to the Chaguanas District Hospital for treatment. They never made it. E... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17550938&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:06:21 -0400 Newsday http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17550938&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Powerful Hurricane Ike rolled down an uncertain path Sunday that may lead to the US Gulf Coast late this week, forcing emergency officials to pay attention and leaving millions of people from Florida ... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17548183&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:13:30 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17548183&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Parts of the Caribbean are braced for another battering. After weakening yesterday, Hurricane Ike has been upgraded to a Category Four storm.It is due to hit the US on Wednesday.Cuba, still recoverin... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17548077&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 04:02:13 -0400 Belfast Telegraph http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17548077&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Turks and Caicos , is home to about 3,000 people. The US National Hurricane Centre said Ike's eye was passing over the Turks and Caicos early on Sunday. The centre's website showed hurricane force w... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17548102&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:59:16 -0400 Sky News http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17548102&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Flying high: Veteran Trinidad and Tobago star Dwight Yorke, right, shows he still has a spring in his step as he eludes this tackle by a Guatemala defender during yesterday's CONCACAF World Cup qualif... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17546542&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:18:52 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17546542&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Hasely Crawford, men's 100 metres, Montreal 1976, is still this country's only Olympic gold medalist. I would not confidently place a bet on this fact changing for another 32 years or more, despite th... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17546549&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:18:46 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17546549&cat=f7da47955ef03229 AFTER the unedifying distractions of who stumped up the cash to spruce up the president's office and the latest, inevitably costly row over sponsorship, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) shocked us... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17546546&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:18:47 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17546546&cat=f7da47955ef03229 The T&T PRO League league leaders San Juan Jabloteh versus struggling newcomers Ma Pau: seems a perfect setting for either a big score or an upset. Ma Pau's recent signing of several Brazilian play... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17546544&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:18:51 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17546544&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Much has been said in recent weeks about political vanity. I am indebted to two fellow Express columnists, Messrs Lucie-Smith and Allan Harris, for their contributions on the subject (Express, August ... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17546547&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:18:45 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17546547&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Former top junior golfer Christian de Meillac shot a one over par 73 to lead the 2008 Coca Cola St Andrew's Club Championships by two strokes over Robert Llanos on the first day of the two-day competi... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17546543&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:18:50 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17546543&cat=f7da47955ef03229 THE world is virtually under siege with problems, caused in the main by man's misuse and abuse of Earth's resources. Three hurricanes in the Caribbean at one time; flooding in parts India, the worst i... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17546548&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:18:44 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17546548&cat=f7da47955ef03229 It was with evident pleasure that Leader of Government Business Colm Imbert announced on Friday that the Government could answer 21 questions from the Opposition. This figure was less impressive wh... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17546550&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:18:44 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17546550&cat=f7da47955ef03229 FIFA President Sepp Blatter placed the advancement of the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (TTFF) in perspective for his audience at the Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence on Friday evening. A... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17546545&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sun, 07 Sep 2008 01:18:49 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17546545&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Carlo Gallardo Najera's injury time goal gave Guatemala a 1-1 draw with Trinidad and Tobago in CONCACAF qualifying for the World Cup on Saturday.Keon Daniel looked to have won the match for the Soca W... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17544478&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:20:34 -0400 eTaiwan News http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17544478&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Caribbean nations are bracing for another major storm, Hurricane Ike, coming just days after Tropical Storm Hanna passed through the region. Ike has regained strength after weakening, with winds in e... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17538546&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 15:34:54 -0400 BBC http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17538546&cat=f7da47955ef03229 A girl sits in her damaged home after Hurricane Gustav hit the area in La Palma, Cuba. Former President Fidel Castro said in an essay that repair efforts could cost billions, and require more than $35... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17534807&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:04:06 -0400 Miami Herald http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17534807&cat=f7da47955ef03229 QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - Sept. 6, 2008) - The Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation announced today that Canada is providing $600,000 to assist people affected by... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17534806&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 13:03:51 -0400 Market Wire http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17534806&cat=f7da47955ef03229 By Sir Ronald Sanders A national consultation in Guyana on September 5th to which I was invited to participate as a panellist with representatives of the European Union (EU) and the Caribbean Regional... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17534798&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:57:32 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17534798&cat=f7da47955ef03229 MOU SIGNING: FIFA President Sepp Blatter and UWI Vice Chancellor E Nigel Harris signing the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) at the principal's offi... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17535657&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 12:24:36 -0400 Newsday http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17535657&cat=f7da47955ef03229 The 12 students who attend the school have therefore been forced to remain at home since most parents are unable to afford sending their children to schools in the Sangre Grande or Manzanilla area.A c... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17532098&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:16:44 -0400 Newsday http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17532098&cat=f7da47955ef03229 PRIME MINISTER Patrick Manning and Opposition Chief Whip Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj yesterday held a meeting over the possible re-instatement of Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday. http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17532097&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:16:43 -0400 Newsday http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17532097&cat=f7da47955ef03229 GOVERNMENT Ministers, on the first day of resumption after the month-long parliamentary break, yesterday replied to 21 out of 34 questions listed on the order paper of the House of Representatives. http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17532102&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:16:42 -0400 Newsday http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17532102&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Acting Police Commissioner James Philbert yesterday sent out a stern warning to criminals bent on lawlessness in the country that the police are going after them to reclaim the society and restore pea... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17532095&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:16:45 -0400 Newsday http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17532095&cat=f7da47955ef03229 A BEEFED-UP team of experts will meet today to begin work on ironing out details of a proposed political union between several south-eastern Caribbean countries as moves to ensure regional integration... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17532096&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:16:43 -0400 Newsday http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17532096&cat=f7da47955ef03229 FIVE months after the launch of the new appointment system for the machine-readable passports people are still complaining of not being able to get an appointment. http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17532101&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:16:41 -0400 Newsday http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17532101&cat=f7da47955ef03229 The three students who were forced to cut short their studies while attending the Tbilisi State Medical University in the Republic of Georgia in eastern Europe are due to return for the start of the n... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17532099&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:16:40 -0400 Newsday http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17532099&cat=f7da47955ef03229 A 13-YEAR-OLD boy remains warded serious condition at Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex (EWMSC) in Mount Hope after he was beaten with a length of wood by a teenaged male relative. http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17532103&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 05:16:37 -0400 Newsday http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17532103&cat=f7da47955ef03229 New York, Sep 6 : The United Nations has said it was rushing relief assistance to some of the worst-hit Caribbean islands, with Haiti and Cuba heading the list, while damage and threats to residents w... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529208&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:15:27 -0400 New Kerala http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529208&cat=f7da47955ef03229 DAVID LOREGNARD, Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority's (TTRA) secretary has been "loaned" to the Arima Race Club (ARC) to help them in an advisory capacity. Andre Cornelis, ARC's chief executive o... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529531&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:43:42 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529531&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Getting away: St Mary's College midfielder Chad Appoo successfully evades two St Anthony's College opponents on St Mary's ground yesterday during their BG T&T Secondary Schools Football League North ... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529536&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:43:46 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529536&cat=f7da47955ef03229 THE 2008 West Indies one-day cricket tournament is unlikely to take place in Florida as originally planned. The effects of hurricane related weather have severely hampered preparations at the purpo... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529530&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:43:47 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529530&cat=f7da47955ef03229 THE SHOWCASE 1,100-metre Allowance on the turf today at Santa Rosa Park will be reduced to eight runners if the race remains on the turf. The speedy importation Sweet Alex and Ready Set Jet hold ma... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529537&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:43:41 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529537&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Colombian head-coach Francisco Maturana wants all the points against Guatemala today at home, before his "Soca Warriors" face potentially their toughest test in the CONCACAF World Cup qualifying serie... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529529&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:43:48 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529529&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Trinidad and Tobago were officially announced as hosts of the 2010 FIFA Women's Under-17 Football World Cup yesterday by Joseph Sepp Blatter, the president of FIFA, the governing body for world footba... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529535&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:43:44 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529535&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Today, Trinidad and Tobago plays its second match in the semi-final stage of the qualifying rounds for the FIFA World Cup finals and we expect a good crowd to be present at the National Stadium now ma... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529528&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:43:40 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529528&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Trinidad and Tobago and Brazil will play their crucial 2011 Rugby World Cup first leg qualifier at the QRC ground in Port of Spain. Trinidad and Tobago Rugby Football Union (TTRFU) president Lesli... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529532&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:43:43 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529532&cat=f7da47955ef03229 DR JOAO HAVELANGE must have seen almost everything in his 24 years at the helm of FIFA, the governing body for world football. But the former FIFA president would have expected a crowd to turn out ... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529533&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:43:45 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529533&cat=f7da47955ef03229 PARTS of Port of Spain were left without electricity when a repair job at the Trinidad and Tobago Electricity Commission's Abattoir Road, Port of Spain, sub-station went wrong yesterday. T&TEC gene... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529525&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:43:37 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529525&cat=f7da47955ef03229 The Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission has officially admitted Dehring Bunting and Golding Trinidad (DBGT) Ltd to the membership of the Exchange. The company is now licensed to ... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529526&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:43:36 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529526&cat=f7da47955ef03229 back in business: Barataria/San Juan MP Joseph Ross, right, cuts a symbolic ribbon at yesterday's re-opening of the Courts Mega Store in San Juan. Assisting him, from left, are branch manager Anjani R... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529527&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 02:43:34 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17529527&cat=f7da47955ef03229 kevin@caribbeannetnews.com GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Some Canadians are still pondering on how they can return home, following last week's abrupt shutdown of Anglo-Canadian carrier, Zoom Airlines, reports i... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17526578&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:27:55 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17526578&cat=f7da47955ef03229 oscar@caribbeannetnews.com PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: A no confidence motion brought by the Opposition Chief Whip Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj against Trinidad Prime Minister Patrick Manning will be debated ... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17527313&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:27:48 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17527313&cat=f7da47955ef03229 oscar@caribbeannetnews.com PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Trinidad and Tobago plans to have four days of celebration for the "landmark achievement" of their Olympic team. The foursome will arrive ... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17527314&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:27:46 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17527314&cat=f7da47955ef03229 The United Nations top humanitarian official says recent floods and storms have created grave humanitarian situations in the Caribbean, South Asia, and West Africa. Various U.N. agencies are stepping ... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17523969&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:06:21 -0400 VOA http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17523969&cat=f7da47955ef03229 The United Nations is providing assistance to a number of countries in the Caribbean that have been badly affected by recent severe weather, particularly Haiti which has been the worst hit, the world ... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17520203&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:07:41 -0400 UN News Centre http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17520203&cat=f7da47955ef03229 frobles@MiamiHerald.com Water-weary residents in the Caribbean waited Friday to see which direction Ike would take.Having already gone through Tropical Storm Hanna, many hoped the mighty Category... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17516075&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:57:39 -0400 Miami Herald http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17516075&cat=f7da47955ef03229 A Regina man working in the Caribbean has ridden out one storm only to be facing another. Jon Piett has been working as a diving instructor on the Turks and Caicos islands. When he learned that he wa... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17516060&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:40:59 -0400 CBC News http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17516060&cat=f7da47955ef03229 TROPICAL Storm Hanna is closing in on the US east coast after leaving 136 dead in Haiti, as powerful Hurricane Ike threatens Caribbean islands and the US. Hanna churned through the Bahamas en route t... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17516068&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:34:56 -0400 The Courier Mail http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17516068&cat=f7da47955ef03229 A POWERFUL hurricane and two tropical storms yesterday threatened to wreak more destruction in the northeastern Caribbean and the US as the death toll in Haiti from Tropical Storm Hanna rose to 136. http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17510484&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:25:12 -0400 The Australian http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17510484&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Haiti's third largest city, Gonaives, is under water and so is its port, putting all shipments to this major commercial hub on hold.''There's no way to send a shipment right now,'' said Munir Mourra, ... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17506031&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:55:01 -0400 Miami Herald http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17506031&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Family support: Relatives console Dexter Copper, centre, after his wife Margaret Constantine was found dead in the Charuma forest in Tabaquite yesterd... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17507967&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:13:55 -0400 Newsday http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17507967&cat=f7da47955ef03229 GOVERNMENT yesterday admitted that its construction drive has contributed to recent instances of flash flooding and has unveiled an accelerated, inter-ministerial programme of river dredging to start ... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17507971&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:13:53 -0400 Newsday http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17507971&cat=f7da47955ef03229 CABINET yesterday appointed engineer Kenneth Sirju, economist Desmond Thornhill, and attorney Israel Khan SC as the final three members of the four member Commission of Inquiry into the Urban Developm... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17507970&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:13:52 -0400 Newsday http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17507970&cat=f7da47955ef03229 FRUSTRATED John John, Laventille residents claim that more then 20 families have been left without electrical power since Saturday night, after an electricity pole caught fire. http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17507969&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 09:13:50 -0400 Newsday http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17507969&cat=f7da47955ef03229 tess@caribbeannetnews.com GRAND TURK, Turks and Caicos Islands: Tropical Storm Hanna is finally moving out of the Bahamas as it heads northward towards the United States, leaving behind a trail of dea... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17496749&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:52:27 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17496749&cat=f7da47955ef03229 oscar@caribbeannetnews.com ROAD TOWN, BVI: The British Virgin Islands will observe the first Caribbean Wellness Day on September 13 with several activities, including a healthy walk, which will be led... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17496756&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:52:18 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17496756&cat=f7da47955ef03229 oscar@caribbeannetnews.com GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Efforts are being made for closer ties between the Caribbean and Africa, South Africa High Commissioner to the Caribbean, Faith Radebe, disclosed when sh... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17496686&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:52:22 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17496686&cat=f7da47955ef03229 THE Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 football team got their 2009 World Youth Cup campaign off to a tame start on Wednesday night after a goalless draw against El Salvador at the Hasely Crawford ... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17497219&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:26:41 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17497219&cat=f7da47955ef03229 LONDON, England: As Hurricane Hanna devastates the Caribbean, and with Hurricane Ike poised to do the same, the British Red Cross has launched an appeal to support thousands forced to flee their homes... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17496750&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:52:26 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17496750&cat=f7da47955ef03229 CURRENT champions Detour Shak Attack and Sportworld Straker Nets will meet in a re-match of last year's North Zone Basketball Commission (NZBC)  final in the second affair of a double-header at the J... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17497218&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:26:40 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17497218&cat=f7da47955ef03229 LONDON, England: The world’s first and only multi-nation catastrophe risk fund, the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF), won the Re/Insurance Initiative of the Year award at Th... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17496258&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:52:16 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17496258&cat=f7da47955ef03229 When will this current state of madness stop? Look at every valley of the Northern Range over the past 15 years. Every one is scarred through quarrying, logging and clearing for housing developments. ... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17497215&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:26:40 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17497215&cat=f7da47955ef03229 "Somehow I sense that this is a propitious moment. Keith Smith once wrote a series of articles in the Tapia newspaper about Bertie Marshall which he called "Pan Is Mih Gyul." They were delightful p... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17497214&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:26:39 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17497214&cat=f7da47955ef03229 GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Cable & Wireless Caribbean and Research In Motion (RIM) on Thursday announced that the feature-rich BlackBerry Bold smartphone will be available in C&W’s mar... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17496345&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:52:28 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17496345&cat=f7da47955ef03229 TIDAL Wave Aquatics Club of Trinidad and Tobago dominated the competition to win the Annual Rodney Heights Aquatics Centre (RHAC) Summer Splash Swim Meet in St Lucia last weekend. The club, led by ... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17497217&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:26:40 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17497217&cat=f7da47955ef03229 DEFENDING champions Stag Trinidad Northern surged into first place with an emphatic 101- 22 win over Top Guns (Police) as action in the Toyota Championship division rugby competition continued over th... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17497216&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:26:39 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17497216&cat=f7da47955ef03229 NOMINATION FEES, totalling $143,650, were paid after the fourth nomination stage for the 2,000-metre Royal Oak Derby which will be run off on September 24 at Santa Rosa Park, Arima. At the fourth n... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17497220&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:26:38 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17497220&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Airlines operating to several destinations across the Caribbean are set to raise their ticket costs as a result of this year's increase in global oil prices, say industry insiders. Officials at loc... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17497212&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:26:38 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17497212&cat=f7da47955ef03229 PRESIDENT of the Seamen and Waterfront Workers Trade Union Michael Annisette has called on the Government to repeal a legal notice that gives foreigners the right to come to Trinidad and Tobago to wor... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17497213&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:26:37 -0400 Trinidad Express http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17497213&cat=f7da47955ef03229 The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) has provided Transmax Taxi Association with the assistance needed to import 24 new Marcopolo Brazilian buses in order to meet the increasing demand for safe and prof... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17493903&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:40:11 -0400 Tobago News http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17493903&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Despite what anyone says to the contrary, Trinidad and Tobago is not prepared for a disaster. I say this in light of the recent flooding in Claxton Bay. This letter was written on the morning of Se... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17493907&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:40:10 -0400 Tobago News http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17493907&cat=f7da47955ef03229 THERE has been much talk concerning the 52 prisoners who have been removed from Death Row. First let me say that I have a problem with a person been sentenced to "life" for committing "death"; and ... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17493905&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:40:09 -0400 Tobago News http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17493905&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Life operates on certain irrefutable facts. It is just what takes place in life. You do not have to agree with it nor does life try to justify it. It just is. Gravity pulls objects towards the eart... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17493909&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:40:08 -0400 Tobago News http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17493909&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday celebrated 46 years of Independence from British colonial rule. In 1961, the then Premier of Trinidad and Tobago Dr. Eric Williams and Opposition Leader Dr. Rudranath Cap... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17493904&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:40:08 -0400 Tobago News http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17493904&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Tobago's home-grown Olympian Semoy 'Moyo' Hackett has heaped high praise on the Chinese officials for their efficient organisation of the just-concluded Olympic Games. The 19-year-old sprinter who ... http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17493908&cat=f7da47955ef03229 Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:40:07 -0400 Tobago News http://feeds.trinidadnews.net/?rid=17493908&cat=f7da47955ef03229