Business/World Affairs

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. August 15th, 2022 -- A lot is happening economically in Trinidad and Tobago despite ongoing challenges in the world around us. To some, economic pitfalls are mere springboards to future goals, deemed attainable with the right team and strategy. Trinidad and Tobago’s Bacchus Wines Limited is one such company that is preparing to introduce locals to the delight of wine savoring. Currently, it is strengthening its business model by implementing simple marketing strategies.

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. July 30th, 2022 -- Trinidad and Tobago will soon be introduced to a wine culture it’s never been truly exposed to. A local company, Bacchus Wines Limited, masterfully being steered by Risa Balbosa, is primed and ready to deliver red, white and bubbly wines to people across Trinidad and Tobago.

Miami Carnival, Joy's Roti Delight, GENx Mas Band, and the community of South Florida join efforts to collect needed supplies for those impacted on the island of St. Vincent; as a result of the La Soufrière volcano which first erupted this past Friday, blanketing the island in a layer of ash and forcing some 20,000 people to evacuate their homes. Scientists say that they expect the eruptions to ...

Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. April 8th, 2021 -- There’s often one person whose ambitions, as herculean as they may seem to the naked eye, is necessary and humbling to those looking on from a distance. In Trinidad and Tobago, a female Primary school teacher is proving that service goes beyond the portfolio that comes when one chooses a particular career path; she’s proving that true service is heartfelt and ...

P.O.S. Trinidad (Sonique Solutions) – Popular Television host and educator Kezel Jackson is partnering with The Firearms Training Institute Ltd directors Towfeek Ali and Nyree Alfonso to promote public education regarding the safe use and handling of firearms.

PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD (March 27, 2021) – March 22, 2021 ushered in the 23rd anniversary of the inauguration of The Eric Williams Memorial Collection Research Library, Archives & Museum (EWMC), at The University of the West Indies (UWI) in Trinidad and Tobago, by former US Secretary of State, Colin L. Powell. Powell heralded the country’s first Prime Minister, who died in office 40 years ago on March 29, 1981: “No one was a greater fighter for justice and equality. No one was a greater leader.”

The University of the West Indies has left a legacy of excellence and has been producing the cream of the crop in the Caribbean and the Western Hemisphere. On the 21st of February 2021 the American Foundation of the University of the West Indies (AFUWI) celebrates persons of Caribbean Heritage whose contributions of excellence help to make the world a better place.

(Washington, D.C.) — Today, Cassandra Selvon announced that votecaribbean.org and Carifesta USA will be participating in the national Memorial to Lives Lost to COVID-19 by launching a digital campaign with several strategic and community partners from the Caribbean-American community.

CaribPR Wire, NEW YORK, NY, Sat. Jan 16, 2021: U.S. VP-Elect Kamala Harris will deliver a special message to Caribbean Americans and Caribbean people globally tomorrow Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021 at a star-studded Global Caribbean Inauguration celebration in her honor.

Comcast is now accepting applications for the next phase of Comcast RISE with expanded eligibility to include Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and Hispanic-owned small businesses.