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Trinidad PM commits to reparations plan
Stabroek News
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August 2, 2025
(Trinidad Express) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has unveiled an action plan aimed at deepening cultural recognition, economic empowerment, and reparatory justice for the descendants of enslaved Africans. Delivering the feature address at...
Business chambers raise alarm over 15% tariff
Trinidad Express
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South and Central business chambers have raised an alarm following US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a 15% tariff on all imports originating from Trinidad and Tobago. The increase in the tariff rate, which rose from 10% in April,...
Orlando City Acquires Trinidad & Tobago International Forward Tyrese Spicer from Toronto FC
BVM Sports
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August 1, 2025
Orlando City has strengthened its roster by trading for forward Tyrese Spicer from Toronto FC during the secondary transfer window. In exchange, the Lions sent $225,000 in 2025 General Allocation Money (GAM) and $275,000 in 2026 GAM, with...
Mixed fortunes for Trinidad and Tobago’s U-17 boys, girls at CAZOVA Championships
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 2, 2025
Sports Roneil Walcott 8 Hrs Ago TT's under-17 women's volleyball team huddle during their CAZOVA Championship matchup with Jamaica at the GC Foster College of Physical Education and Sports, St Catherine, Jamaica on July 31. - Photo courtesy CAZOVA...
Trinidad man sentenced to 13 years, in addition with separate LAC six-year sentence, for high-speed chase in Castle Rock, crashing into patrol cars
The Chronicle-News - Colorado
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August 1, 2025
T’Naus Nieto The Chronicle-News Roy Allen Elliott Casaus III was wanted back in 2022 before the Castle Rock incident, for accessory to homicide The 23rd Judicial District announced Tuesday, July 29, that Roy Allen Elliott Casaus, 33, out of...
Trump’s tariff scorecard: 15% on Guyana, Trinidad and Venezuela. 10% on other CARICOM countries and Cuba
Stabroek News
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August 2, 2025
Introduction One day before Guyana observed Emancipation Day, the mercurial universe Boss Donald Trump confirmed his April 2 Liberation Day Executive Order to unilaterally impose tariffs on every country trading with the United States of America....
Reclaiming Trinidad and Tobago leadership
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 2, 2025
Letters to the Editor Newsday 2 Hrs Ago Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi - Jeff K. Mayers THE EDITOR: We must congratulate the government, the High Commission of India, and all others responsible for the successful recent visit of Prime...
President Trump sets 15% tariffs on Guyana and Trinidad
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 2, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump has officially set a 15% tariff on imports from Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago, under a new executive order titled “Further Modifying the Reciprocal Tariff Rates”, released Thursday. The announcement was part of a...
Trump’s Tariffs Hits Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago
News Americas Now
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August 1, 2025
BY NAN Business Editor News Americas, WASHINGTON, D.C., Fri. Aug. 1, 2025: Trump tariffs are back – and this time, two Caribbean nations are feeling the heat. U.S. President Donald Trump announced new 15% tariffs on goods from Guyana and Trinidad...
Minister: The time is now
Trinidad Express
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August 1, 2025
TRADE, Investment and Tourism Minister Satyakama Maharaj says the time has come to move from talk to action by establishing regular air links between Trinidad and Tobago and West Africa, calling it a crucial step toward unlocking a new era of...
Regional bank secures 87% of CNB in ongoing buyout
Cayman News Service
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August 1, 2025
(CNS): Republic Financial Holdings Limited has now acquired more than 87% of Cayman National as the Trinidad-based bank continues its efforts to acquire all of the once Caymanian-owned and managed bank. On 30 May, RFH made a cash offer on the...
Three Trinidad and Tobago nationals cop Chevening scholarships
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 1, 2025
News Kinnesha George An Hour Ago Shawn Melville - THREE TT nationals – Shana Thomas, Clayanne Knott and Shawn Melville – have been awarded fully funded scholarships to pursue their master’s degrees in the UK. The announcement of the 2025 Chevening...
Hackers targeting local financial institutions
The New Today Grenada
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August 1, 2025
A former Grenada banker believes that the local credit unions will have to come together and invest in equipment and technology to prevent international hackers from breaking into their security system and accessing hundreds of thousands of...
First Citizens records $23.6b in customer loans
Trinidad Express
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August 2, 2025
THE First Citizens Group reported $23.6 billion in loans to customers as at June 30, 2025, reflecting an 11.4% increase compared to September 30, 2024. First Citizens also posted an after-tax profit of $719.6 million for the nine-month period...
EnerMech wins two-year deal at BP Trinidad and Tobago
Nautical Voice
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August 1, 2025
EnerMech, a UK-based oilfield services company, has successfully secured a two-year extension for its contract with BP Trinidad and Tobago. This extension will see EnerMech continue its offshore crane operations across 12 platforms in the...
August is Black Business Month in the United States, News In Progress
Savannah Herald - Georgia
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August 1, 2025
Welcome to #BlackBusinessMonth and the sad reality for #WhitePrivilege is that there’s more Black wealth in the middle class than they want to report. Why did they burn down #Tulsa ? Racism. Why did they ban Black students from education? Racism....
Member Milestones 2025: Community Banks Are Here to Stay
Independent Banker - Washington DC
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Imagine, if you can, the United States of America in the year 1825. The Declaration of Independence is only 49 years old, the Civil War is 36 years from starting, there are 24 states in the union and our sixth president, John Quincy Adams, has...
Bajans off to winning start
The Nation Barbados
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August 1, 2025
Barbados made a powerful start to the CAZOVA Under-17 volleyball championship with a straight sets dismissal of arch rivals Trinidad and Tobago boys when the action commenced yesterday morning at the GC Foster College of Physical Education,...
Trump Announces New Global Tariff Rates—As He Pushes Back Start Date Again
Forbes
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Topline President Donald Trump’s so-called reciprocal tariffs on nearly all key U.S. trading partners will go into effect on August 7—a week later than his self-imposed deadline of August 1—as he signed an executive order on Thursday night setting...
Famous Malaga province spa set to reopen after owners settle debt and exit bankruptcy proceedings
SUR in English
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August 1, 2025
The popular Carratraca spa in the north of Malaga province will be able to reopen, even sooner than expected. The facility, which was around at the outset of tourism on the Costa del Sol, will emerge in the coming days from the public bankruptcy...