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161 entrepreneurs emerge from BATT’s Start Up programme
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 19, 2025
News Shweta Sharma 2 Hrs Ago Sonji Pierre-Chase, president of the TT Chamber delivers the feature address at BATT's Start Up programme graduation. Photo courtesy BATT - One hundred and sixty-one budding entrepreneurs have now taken the bold step...
Architect cops 4th Chevening scholarship from Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 19, 2025
News Paula Lindo 39 Minutes Ago Ronald Ammon Chevening Scholar 2025-2026 - Architect Ronald Ammon has been selected as Trinidad and Tobago’s fourth Chevening Scholar for the 2025–2026 academic year. He was initially placed on the reserve list and...
How many students in Henderson County schools were considered economically disadvantaged in 2023-24 school year?
East Central Texas News
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August 19, 2025
Henderson County schools enrolled 7,765 students classified as economically disadvantaged during the 2023-24 school year, according to the Texas Education Agency. Of the 11,096 students enrolled in Henderson County schools, 70% were considered...
Trinidadian entrepreneur Shelly-Ann Aqui Solomon wins Caribbean POSH Excellence Award
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 19, 2025
Trinidadian-born digital strategist, transformational coach, and global business mentor Shelly-Ann Aqui Solomon has been named the winner of the Entrepreneur Excellence Award at the Caribbean POSH Icon Woman Awards 2025. - Advertisement - She was...
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[UPDATED] Sponsorship delays put brakes on 2025 Tobago Cycling Classic
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 18, 2025
Sports Roneil Walcott 18 Hrs Ago Cyclists compete during the 2022 Tobago International Cycling Classic, on Wilson Road, Scarborough, on October 15, 2022. - Photo by David Reid TOBAGO International Cycling Classic (TICC) chairman Jeffrey Charles...
Caribbean Development Bank Awards Over USD400,000 in Growth Grants to Caribbean Women-Led Businesses
Caymanian Times
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Twenty (20) Women-owned and led Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (WMSMEs) from seven (7) Caribbean Development Bank (CDB, the Bank) Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs) have been awarded grants totaling an estimated USD420,000. The Bank’s...
Trinidad Opposition leader criticises Independence Parade cancellation
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 18, 2025
Trinidad and Tobago’s Opposition Leader Pennelope Beckles has called on the Government to provide clarity following the announcement that this year’s Independence Day Military Parade and associated State events, including the national fireworks...
Sponsorship delays put brakes on 2025 Tobago Cycling Classic
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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August 18, 2025
Sports Roneil Walcott 5 Hrs Ago Cyclists compete during the 2022 Tobago International Cycling Classic, on Wilson Road, Scarborough, on October 15, 2022. - Photo by David Reid Tobago International Cycling Classic (TICC) chairman Jeffrey Charles has...
Twelve Venezuelans charged with illegal entry to Trinidad
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 18, 2025
Twelve Venezuelan nationals are expected to appear before a magistrate, facing charges of illegal entry and aiding and abetting following the interception of a vessel off the Icacos coast on August 13 in Trinidad and Tobago. Coast Guard officers...
Trinidad reports TT$35.8M loss following US revocation of Venezuelan gas licences
Caribbean National Weekly
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August 18, 2025
The Trinidad and Tobago NGL (TTNGL) has reported an after-tax loss of TT$35.8 million (US$5.7 million) following the United States government’s revocation of licences related to the exploration of gas fields in Venezuela. - Advertisement -...
Trinidad Gov’t launches new company to handle payments
Stabroek News
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August 17, 2025
(Trinidad Guardian) Government on Friday launched the National Payment and Innovation Company of Trinidad and Tobago, promising that the new company marked an historic step in its journey toward modern, people-centred governance. The new...
This 2001 SOCATA TB-21 Trinidad Is a Fast, Well-Equipped ‘AircraftForSale’ Top Pick
Flying Magazine
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August 18, 2025
Every day, the team at Aircraft For Sale chooses an airplane that catches our attention because it is unique, a good deal, or has other qualities we find interesting. You can read Aircraft For Sale: Today’s Top Pick at FLYINGMag.com daily. Today’s...
BYD announces sponsorship of Republic Bank CPL
I News Guyana
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August 18, 2025
The Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League (CPL) on Monday announced that BYD, the world’s No. 1 new energy vehicle brand by sales, as an official sponsor for the tournament. This landmark partnership brings together the Caribbean’s biggest...
Trinidad's Opposition leader slams cancellation of Independence Day Parade
The Gleaner
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August 17, 2025
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Opposition Leader Penelope Beckles has demanded transparency from the Government following Friday’s announcement that this year’s Independence Day Military Parade and associated State events, including the national...
Bahamas wins
The Tribune (Bahamas)
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August 19, 2025
Bahamas Billie Jean King Cup team after yesterday’s 2-1 win over Trinidad & Tobago. By BRENT STUBBS Chief Sports Editor bstubbs@tribunemedia.net Team Bahamas clinched a 2-1 victory over Trinidad & Tobago to open their Billie Jean King Cup...
De Island Hut's success driven by passion, family, authentic Trinidad food
Press and Sun Bulletin - New York
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With its opening date in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the story of Washington Street's De Island Hut is anything but ordinary. Run by Cindy Pyankaroo and her children, Faith and Reece, De Island Hut is a combination of the family's...
SECURITY OVERRIDES BUSINESS
CCN TV 6
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Chairman of the Tobago arm of the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce, Curtis Williams'', told TV6 News'' that security concerns take precedence over business considerations'' regarding the cancellation of this year's Independence...
Trinidad farmer awaits compensation after infected pig herd destroyed
Stabroek News
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August 17, 2025
(Trinidad Guardian) Five days after his entire herd of pigs was culled and buried due to an outbreak of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS), Wallerfield farmer Brian Maturine says he is still waiting on word from the Ministry of...
Business leaders seeing crime reduction
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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Raphael John-Lall Last week, the United National Congress (UNC) Government celebrated its first 100 days in office. While 100 days is not a long time, senior members of the business community are hoping that the Government’s...
Trinidad PM slams banks
Stabroek News
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August 17, 2025
In a fiery speech last Monday that saw her warning government officials that she will “buss” their heads and fire them as some were already “cavorting” with the same “crooked contractors and lawyers” associated with the former PNM administration,...