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Optimism over new TT/Caricom/US relations Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs senator Amery Browne - Jeff Mayers THE inauguration of Joe Biden as the United States' 46th president opens the possibility for new relations between TT, Caricom and the US. Foreign and Caricom Affairs Minister Dr Amery Browne, former foreign affairs minister Winston Dookeran and political analyst Dr Winford James expressed this optimism on Thursday.. Browne said, "The Government of TT wishes the best for the people of the United States of America and was pleased with the advent of a peaceful and orderly presid...

[UPDATED] TT STILL BLAMED FOR TRAGEDY Tuesday 5 January 2021 FLASHBACK: Venezuelans arrive at Los Iros via pirogue last November. In December, a boat believed destined for TT sank off the coast of Guiria with at least 33 people drowning. FILE PHOTO - A MONTH after the tragic drowning deaths of at least 33 people in the sea off Guiria in Venezuela, this country is still being blamed for that incident with the government calling out the Organization of American States (OAS) on Tuesday for what it described as a deliberate dissemination of wrong information aimed at sullying and tarnishing TT�...

55 gunned down by the law in 2020 Sunday 27 December 2020 FILE PHOTO: Police subdue a protester during unrest in East Port of Spain on June 30 over the police-involved killings of three men in Morvant three days earlier. - Jeff Mayers The 74-year-old mother of Noel Diamond, who did not wish to  be named, spent most of last week crying for her dead 46-year-old son. She told Newsday they lived together, and he would do everything for her especially during Christmas time. But last week she had to clean her empty house on her own with no one to keep her company, save for a picture on a table in ...

Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs senator Amery Browne - Jeff Mayers FOREIGN Affairs Minister Dr Amery Browne on Wednesday admitted the competition for the election of one of six judges to the International Criminal Court (ICC) this time around was difficult. In a post on his Facebook page, Dr Browne said, “The process was much more difficult this time around, and the competition from some much larger countries was intense. But due to the strength of our candidate, and due to the negotiating skill of some of our nation's best Foreign Service diplomats, we were able to prevail.” On ...

Judge blanks plea by Venezuelan mother, child, 4, to stop deportation Hall of Justice, in Port of Spain. - Jeff Mayers AN appeal is expected to be filed against a judge’s decision to deny a Venezuelan mother and her four-year-old daughter a temporary reprieve from deportation until their constitutional claim is determined. On Wednesday Justice Robin Mohammed dismissed the injunction application of the mother, her daughter and the mother’s partner, a Trinidadian. He held that neither the mother nor the child will suffer any prejudice in the constitutional motion if they are deported. The a...