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Friday, July 25, 2025

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Guardian Media’s Ryan Bachoo, right, speaks with Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, at the Arthur Chung Conference in Georgetown, Guyana, where the Global Biodiversity Alliance Summit is taking place.

Guardian Media’s Ryan Bachoo, right, speaks with Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, at the Arthur Chung Conference in Georgetown, Guyana, where the Global Biodiversity Alliance Summit is taking place.

Timothy Chasteau

Guyana: No refinery talks before September election

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Ryan Bachoo
Thu Jul 24 2025
ABOVE: Hundreds of attendees on the second day of the T&T International Trade and Investment Convention 2025 held at the Centre of Excellence in Macoya on July 18.  RIGHT: Minister of Trade, Investment and Tourism, Satykama “Kama” Maharaj, and TTMA President Dale Parson greet representatives from Cubby Cargo and Ramps Logistics during day two of the T&T International Trade and Investment Convention 2025, held at the Centre of Excellence, Macoya, on July 18.

ABOVE: Hundreds of attendees on the second day of the T&T International Trade and Investment Convention 2025 held at the Centre of Excellence in Macoya on July 18. RIGHT: Minister of Trade, Investment and Tourism, Satykama “Kama” Maharaj, and TTMA President Dale Parson greet representatives from Cubby Cargo and Ramps Logistics during day two of the T&T International Trade and Investment Convention 2025, held at the Centre of Excellence, Macoya, on July 18.

ROGER JACOB

TIC previews AI export, shipping solutions

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PETER CHRISTOPHER
Wed Jul 23 2025
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar addresses the audience at the UNC’s Monday Night Report at Clarke Road, Penal on July 7

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar addresses the audience at the UNC’s Monday Night Report at Clarke Road, Penal on July 7

RISHI RAGOONATH

Will Kamla keep pension promise?

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Thu Jul 24 2025
Gina Granado checks out the costume Night Leader from The Lost Tribe’s presentation of the Island Circus at the opening of its showroom on Alberto Street, Port-of-Spain, on July 12.

Gina Granado checks out the costume Night Leader from The Lost Tribe’s presentation of the Island Circus at the opening of its showroom on Alberto Street, Port-of-Spain, on July 12.

ANISTO ALVES

The Lost Tribe takes step towards forex reduction through Carnival Campus

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Thu Jul 24 2025
An aerial view of Brechin Castle Solar Limited’s solar farm.

An aerial view of Brechin Castle Solar Limited’s solar farm.

Courtesy bp

Brechin Solar Farm now sending power to T&TEC

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Wed Jul 23 2025
A drilling ship off the shore of Guyana. Experts are estimating there are billions of barrels of oil mixed with natural gas in the region.

A drilling ship off the shore of Guyana. Experts are estimating there are billions of barrels of oil mixed with natural gas in the region.

Courtesy of ExxonMobil

ExxonMobil in deepwater talks with T&T

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PETER CHRISTOPHER
Wed Jul 23 2025
Mahmood Patel hopes Coco Hill Forest ginger liqueur from Barbados would find entry into the T&T market.

Mahmood Patel hopes Coco Hill Forest ginger liqueur from Barbados would find entry into the T&T market.

GEISHA KOWLESSAR-ALONZO

Local, regional and international booths catch the eye at TIC

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GEISHA KOWLESSAR ALONZO
Sat Jul 19 2025

EU official urges T&T: Ratify EPA, modernise fisheries rules

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Dareece Polo
Sun Jul 20 2025
South African entrepreneur, author, investor, speaker and businessman, Vusi Thembekwayo, speaks during the Trade and Investment Conference, From Local to Global The Blueprint for Scaling- A Business Seminar at NAPA, Port-of-Spain on Thursday.

South African entrepreneur, author, investor, speaker and businessman, Vusi Thembekwayo, speaks during the Trade and Investment Conference, From Local to Global The Blueprint for Scaling- A Business Seminar at NAPA, Port-of-Spain on Thursday.

ANISTO ALVES

'It's not about scaling products, it's about scaling belief'

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PETER CHRISTOPHER
Sat Jul 19 2025
Minister of Planning, Economic Affairs & Development for Trinidad and Tobago, Senator Kennedy Swaratsingh, centre, checks to see if a shirt fits Minister of Trade, Investment & Tourism Satyakama “Kama” Maharaj during day two of the Trinidad & Tobago International Trade and Investment Convention (TIC) 2025 held at the Centre of Excellence in Macoya yesterday.

Minister of Planning, Economic Affairs & Development for Trinidad and Tobago, Senator Kennedy Swaratsingh, centre, checks to see if a shirt fits Minister of Trade, Investment & Tourism Satyakama “Kama” Maharaj during day two of the Trinidad & Tobago International Trade and Investment Convention (TIC) 2025 held at the Centre of Excellence in Macoya yesterday.

ROGER JACOB

SoE will not disrupt business activity, says Swaratsingh

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Geisha Kowlessar-Alonzo
Sat Jul 19 2025
Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs Sean Sobers addresses members of the media during the post-Cabinet press conference at the Red House on July 10.

Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs Sean Sobers addresses members of the media during the post-Cabinet press conference at the Red House on July 10.

ROGER JACOB

Bermuda imposes visa regime on T&T

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Brent Pinheiro
Sat Jul 19 2025
Sheldon Stephen, the founder and head of the Lollabee Group of Companies.

Sheldon Stephen, the founder and head of the Lollabee Group of Companies.

ROGER JACOB

Event planner: TIC can go even bigger

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PETER CHRISTOPHER
Wed Jul 16 2025
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NCBFG chairman Michael Lee Chin

NCBFG chairman Michael Lee Chin

NCBFG mortgages GHL shares for US$300M bond

Ja­maican fi­nan­cial pow­er­house, NCB Fi­nan­cial Group (NCBFG), has agreed to pledge all of the shares of its ma­jor­i­ty-owned sub­sidiary, West­moor­ings-based Guardian Hold­ings Ltd (GHL), as col­lat­er­al for its de­layed US$300 mil­lion bond.

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Thu Jul 24 2025
File: T&T tourists disembark a Rutaca aeroplane in Margarita in April 2023

File: T&T tourists disembark a Rutaca aeroplane in Margarita in April 2023

Trinis reconnecting with Margarita

De­spite the war of words be­tween the Venezuela and T&T Gov­ern­ments over the last few months, at the busi­ness lev­el, re­la­tions con­tin­ue to forge ahead.

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Thu Jul 24 2025
Guardian Media’s Ryan Bachoo, right, speaks with Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, at the Arthur Chung Conference in Georgetown, Guyana, where the Global Biodiversity Alliance Summit is taking place.

Guardian Media’s Ryan Bachoo, right, speaks with Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, at the Arthur Chung Conference in Georgetown, Guyana, where the Global Biodiversity Alliance Summit is taking place.

Timothy Chasteau

Guyana: No refinery talks before September election

Guyana’s Min­is­ter of Nat­ur­al Re­sources, Vick­ram Bhar­rat, says while the coun­try has not closed the door on part­ner­ing with T&T to re­open the Petrotrin Re­fin­ery in Pointe-a-Pierre, there are fac­tors they will have to con­sid­er be­fore mak­ing a de­ci­sion.

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Ryan Bachoo
Thu Jul 24 2025
ABOVE: Hundreds of attendees on the second day of the T&T International Trade and Investment Convention 2025 held at the Centre of Excellence in Macoya on July 18.  RIGHT: Minister of Trade, Investment and Tourism, Satykama “Kama” Maharaj, and TTMA President Dale Parson greet representatives from Cubby Cargo and Ramps Logistics during day two of the T&T International Trade and Investment Convention 2025, held at the Centre of Excellence, Macoya, on July 18.

ABOVE: Hundreds of attendees on the second day of the T&T International Trade and Investment Convention 2025 held at the Centre of Excellence in Macoya on July 18. RIGHT: Minister of Trade, Investment and Tourism, Satykama “Kama” Maharaj, and TTMA President Dale Parson greet representatives from Cubby Cargo and Ramps Logistics during day two of the T&T International Trade and Investment Convention 2025, held at the Centre of Excellence, Macoya, on July 18.

ROGER JACOB

TIC previews AI export, shipping solutions

The evo­lu­tion of ar­ti­fi­cial in­tel­li­gence and its use in the lo­cal mar­ket was brought in­to fo­cus for the ex­port and ship­ping sec­tors at last week’s Trade and In­vest­ment Con­ven­tion.

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PETER CHRISTOPHER
Wed Jul 23 2025
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar addresses the audience at the UNC’s Monday Night Report at Clarke Road, Penal on July 7

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar addresses the audience at the UNC’s Monday Night Report at Clarke Road, Penal on July 7

RISHI RAGOONATH

Will Kamla keep pension promise?

At the Ju­ly 7 Mon­day Night Re­port of rul­ing Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC), Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar made an an­nounce­ment that has the po­ten­tial to be trans­for­ma­tion­al for a sig­nif­i­cant per­cent­age of T&T’s pop­u­la­tion.

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Thu Jul 24 2025
Gina Granado checks out the costume Night Leader from The Lost Tribe’s presentation of the Island Circus at the opening of its showroom on Alberto Street, Port-of-Spain, on July 12.

Gina Granado checks out the costume Night Leader from The Lost Tribe’s presentation of the Island Circus at the opening of its showroom on Alberto Street, Port-of-Spain, on July 12.

ANISTO ALVES

The Lost Tribe takes step towards forex reduction through Carnival Campus

Win­ner of the Car­ni­val Large Band of the Year, 2025, The Lost Tribe, has opened Car­ni­val Cam­pus, a pro­gramme aimed at ed­u­cat­ing young­sters in the busi­ness of Car­ni­val and po­ten­tial­ly re­duc­ing for­eign ex­change use with­in the Car­ni­val sec­tor.

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Thu Jul 24 2025
An aerial view of Brechin Castle Solar Limited’s solar farm.

An aerial view of Brechin Castle Solar Limited’s solar farm.

Courtesy bp

Brechin Solar Farm now sending power to T&TEC

T&T’s first util­i­ty-scale so­lar farm, Brechin Cas­tle So­lar Lim­it­ed, has achieved first elec­trons, bp an­nounced in a me­dia re­lease yes­ter­day.

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Wed Jul 23 2025
A drilling ship off the shore of Guyana. Experts are estimating there are billions of barrels of oil mixed with natural gas in the region.

A drilling ship off the shore of Guyana. Experts are estimating there are billions of barrels of oil mixed with natural gas in the region.

Courtesy of ExxonMobil

ExxonMobil in deepwater talks with T&T

En­er­gy Min­is­ter Dr Roodal Mooni­lal has con­firmed ex­ist­ing talks with ma­jor in­ter­na­tion­al en­er­gy play­ers, amid in­ter­na­tion­al re­ports that Exxon­Mo­bil has be­gun ne­go­ti­a­tions with the gov­ern­ment to ex­plore for oil and gas in up to sev­en deep­wa­ter blocks off the East Coast of the coun­try.

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PETER CHRISTOPHER
Wed Jul 23 2025
Mahmood Patel hopes Coco Hill Forest ginger liqueur from Barbados would find entry into the T&T market.

Mahmood Patel hopes Coco Hill Forest ginger liqueur from Barbados would find entry into the T&T market.

GEISHA KOWLESSAR-ALONZO

Local, regional and international booths catch the eye at TIC

In an era de­fined by re­silience and in­no­va­tion, the 2025 Trade and In­vest­ment Con­ven­tion (TIC) is prov­ing to be more than just a trade show—it’s a launch­pad for small busi­ness­es ready to scale, ex­port, and thrive.

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GEISHA KOWLESSAR ALONZO
Sat Jul 19 2025

EU official urges T&T: Ratify EPA, modernise fisheries rules

John Bazill, an of­fi­cial re­spon­si­ble for trade re­la­tions with the Caribbean in the Eu­ro­pean Com­mis­sion’s Trade De­part­ment, is en­cour­ag­ing T&T to rat­i­fy the long-out­stand­ing Eco­nom­ic Part­ner­ship Agree­ment (EPA) with the Eu­ro­pean Union.

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Dareece Polo
Sun Jul 20 2025
South African entrepreneur, author, investor, speaker and businessman, Vusi Thembekwayo, speaks during the Trade and Investment Conference, From Local to Global The Blueprint for Scaling- A Business Seminar at NAPA, Port-of-Spain on Thursday.

South African entrepreneur, author, investor, speaker and businessman, Vusi Thembekwayo, speaks during the Trade and Investment Conference, From Local to Global The Blueprint for Scaling- A Business Seminar at NAPA, Port-of-Spain on Thursday.

ANISTO ALVES

'It's not about scaling products, it's about scaling belief'

Lo­cal busi­ness own­ers and en­tre­pre­neurs are be­ing urged to re-eval­u­ate the rules by which they gauge their mar­kets.

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PETER CHRISTOPHER
Sat Jul 19 2025
Minister of Planning, Economic Affairs & Development for Trinidad and Tobago, Senator Kennedy Swaratsingh, centre, checks to see if a shirt fits Minister of Trade, Investment & Tourism Satyakama “Kama” Maharaj during day two of the Trinidad & Tobago International Trade and Investment Convention (TIC) 2025 held at the Centre of Excellence in Macoya yesterday.

Minister of Planning, Economic Affairs & Development for Trinidad and Tobago, Senator Kennedy Swaratsingh, centre, checks to see if a shirt fits Minister of Trade, Investment & Tourism Satyakama “Kama” Maharaj during day two of the Trinidad & Tobago International Trade and Investment Convention (TIC) 2025 held at the Centre of Excellence in Macoya yesterday.

ROGER JACOB

SoE will not disrupt business activity, says Swaratsingh

Min­is­ter of Plan­ning, Eco­nom­ic Af­fairs and De­vel­op­ment, Kennedy Swarats­ingh, said the de­c­la­ra­tion of a State of Emer­gency (SoE) yes­ter­day will not dis­rupt busi­ness ac­tiv­i­ty or im­pact in­vestor con­fi­dence whether on the do­mes­tic, re­gion­al or in­ter­na­tion­al lev­el.

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Geisha Kowlessar-Alonzo
Sat Jul 19 2025
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Narendra Ramgulam

Narendra Ramgulam

T&T national appointed CTO Deputy Director, Sustainable Tourism

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Fri Jul 25 2025
Minister of Energy and Energy Industries Dr Roodal Moonilal

Minister of Energy and Energy Industries Dr Roodal Moonilal

OFFICE OF THE PARLIAMENT

Moonilal advocates for wind energy

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Fri Jul 25 2025
Economist Dr Vaalmikki Arjoon

Economist Dr Vaalmikki Arjoon

SHASTRI BOODAN

Economist details financial, logistical burdens of visa requirements

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GEISHA KOWLESSAR ALONZO
Thu Jul 24 2025
NCBFG chairman Michael Lee Chin

NCBFG chairman Michael Lee Chin

NCBFG mortgages GHL shares for US$300M bond

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Thu Jul 24 2025
File: T&T tourists disembark a Rutaca aeroplane in Margarita in April 2023

File: T&T tourists disembark a Rutaca aeroplane in Margarita in April 2023

Trinis reconnecting with Margarita

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Thu Jul 24 2025
Guardian Media’s Ryan Bachoo, right, speaks with Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, at the Arthur Chung Conference in Georgetown, Guyana, where the Global Biodiversity Alliance Summit is taking place.

Guardian Media’s Ryan Bachoo, right, speaks with Guyana’s Minister of Natural Resources, Vickram Bharrat, at the Arthur Chung Conference in Georgetown, Guyana, where the Global Biodiversity Alliance Summit is taking place.

Timothy Chasteau

Guyana: No refinery talks before September election

by

Ryan Bachoo
Thu Jul 24 2025
ABOVE: Hundreds of attendees on the second day of the T&T International Trade and Investment Convention 2025 held at the Centre of Excellence in Macoya on July 18.  RIGHT: Minister of Trade, Investment and Tourism, Satykama “Kama” Maharaj, and TTMA President Dale Parson greet representatives from Cubby Cargo and Ramps Logistics during day two of the T&T International Trade and Investment Convention 2025, held at the Centre of Excellence, Macoya, on July 18.

ABOVE: Hundreds of attendees on the second day of the T&T International Trade and Investment Convention 2025 held at the Centre of Excellence in Macoya on July 18. RIGHT: Minister of Trade, Investment and Tourism, Satykama “Kama” Maharaj, and TTMA President Dale Parson greet representatives from Cubby Cargo and Ramps Logistics during day two of the T&T International Trade and Investment Convention 2025, held at the Centre of Excellence, Macoya, on July 18.

ROGER JACOB

TIC previews AI export, shipping solutions

by

PETER CHRISTOPHER
Wed Jul 23 2025
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar addresses the audience at the UNC’s Monday Night Report at Clarke Road, Penal on July 7

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar addresses the audience at the UNC’s Monday Night Report at Clarke Road, Penal on July 7

RISHI RAGOONATH

Will Kamla keep pension promise?

by

Thu Jul 24 2025
Gina Granado checks out the costume Night Leader from The Lost Tribe’s presentation of the Island Circus at the opening of its showroom on Alberto Street, Port-of-Spain, on July 12.

Gina Granado checks out the costume Night Leader from The Lost Tribe’s presentation of the Island Circus at the opening of its showroom on Alberto Street, Port-of-Spain, on July 12.

ANISTO ALVES

The Lost Tribe takes step towards forex reduction through Carnival Campus

by

Thu Jul 24 2025
An aerial view of Brechin Castle Solar Limited’s solar farm.

An aerial view of Brechin Castle Solar Limited’s solar farm.

Courtesy bp

Brechin Solar Farm now sending power to T&TEC

by

Wed Jul 23 2025
A drilling ship off the shore of Guyana. Experts are estimating there are billions of barrels of oil mixed with natural gas in the region.

A drilling ship off the shore of Guyana. Experts are estimating there are billions of barrels of oil mixed with natural gas in the region.

Courtesy of ExxonMobil

ExxonMobil in deepwater talks with T&T

by

PETER CHRISTOPHER
Wed Jul 23 2025
Mahmood Patel hopes Coco Hill Forest ginger liqueur from Barbados would find entry into the T&T market.

Mahmood Patel hopes Coco Hill Forest ginger liqueur from Barbados would find entry into the T&T market.

GEISHA KOWLESSAR-ALONZO

Local, regional and international booths catch the eye at TIC

by

GEISHA KOWLESSAR ALONZO
Sat Jul 19 2025
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