Topic: Port of Spain

June 27, 2010 . PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago -- Washington State freshman Shawna Fermin earned a trip to the World Junior Championships next...

Artist Spotlight

Bard of the Chesapeake. . When one hears the phrase "think globally, act locally", there was no better embodiment of that thought than the late Tom...

Special Report: Planes, trains and frontier markets

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Reuters) - Josephine Jimenez has a chunk of money to invest and she is hunting for opportunities in the usual places -- Zimbabwe, Tunisia, Sri Lanka, among others. Jimenez is a specialist in so-called frontier markets. She stacked

Election gamble may backfire on Trinidad's Manning

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning, one of the Caribbean's most enduring political figures, looks highly vulnerable in his bid for a fourth term in general elections on Monday.Recent polls, including one released

Wish we weren't here: postcards to Copenhagen

As world leaders prepare to head to Copenhagen for talks aimed at reaching a deal to slow the pace of climate change, people around the world are experiencing environmental destruction in myriad ways, some subtle, others devastating.Here are just a few ...

Caribbean chafes at climate, tax havens "raw deal"

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Caribbean states feel they are getting a raw deal from former colonial power Britain and other developed countries set to introduce measures to counter climate change and crack down on offshore tax havens.Members of the 15-nation

Despite momentum, no smooth path to climate deal

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Commonwealth states representing a third of the world's people said on Sunday momentum was growing toward a global climate deal, but nagging doubts remained over funding levels and degrees of commitment.Seeking to successfully ti

Commonwealth sees island states on climate frontline

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Commonwealth leaders will put the world's small island states at the frontline of the climate debate when they meet on Friday to press for an effective international pact against global warming.Around half of the 53-nation Common

Caribbean news briefs

US VIRGIN ISLANDS: Diocese loses $2 million for scholarships, reserves in Madoff schemeCHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands (AP) — Roman Catholic schools in the U.S. Virgin Islands will have to turn away parents seeking financial aid for their children b

Alligator hunt

From Pamela de Putron Sir: Dot Wordsworth will be pleased to know that the term 'alligator pear', the English substitution for the Aztec word 'ahuacatl' and Spanish 'avocado' (Mind your language, 31 December), is alive and well in Sri Lanka, where as ...