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GPS jamming affecting flights at Piarco. GPS disruptions have been affecting flights in and around Piarco International Airport, according to reporting by The New York Times over the weekend. Pilots from Caribbean Airlines and Copa Airlines have told air traffic controllers that their navigation systems were being jammed, prompting guidance from radar to ensure safe landings. “A pilot of a […More]

Venezuelan navy escorts oil tankers in direct challenge to Trump blockade. Venezuela’s navy has escorted commercial oil tankers to Asia in direct defiance of a US military blockade targeting the country’s oil industry. Three ships carrying urea, petroleum coke and other oil-based products sailed on Tuesday and Wednesday and were accompanied by naval escorts ordered by President Nicolas Maduro, according […More]

Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar continues to assist Trump in his fight against his war on drugs in a very consequential manner.   The prime minister recently announced that she has given greater access to America to use Trinidad & Tobago as a transshipment hub for military purposes & logistic supplies. THE Government has granted permission for United States military aircraft […More]

Venezuela cancels all energy deals with Trinidad and Tobago. Venezuela on Monday said it has with “immediate effect” terminated any existing contract, agreement or negotiation with Trinidad and Tobago after accusing Port of Spain of being complicit in the decision of the United States to seize a Venezuela oil tanker last week. Caracas had in the past regarded the seizure […More]

920 THA workers to get Xmas back pay. Nine hundred and twenty employees of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) are entitled to their back pay on, or before December 23. This was confirmed by THA Secretary of Finance and the Economy Petal-Ann Roberts who, on December 11, said workers on the permanent list stand to benefit, and the payments […More]

Government to launch program to clean public spaces, insists it’s not Cepep. Minister of Rural Development and Local Government Khadijah Ameen has confirmed that a pilot program for the upkeep of public spaces is about to be launched in a few days, but she insisted it is not a Cepep replacement. A leaked Cabinet note on December 11 revealed that […More]

Telecoms Showing Strong Recovery – Minister Vaz Energy, Telecommunications and Transport Minister, Hon. Daryl Vaz, says telecommunications companies Digicel and Flow continue to show strong and sustained recovery. In his address at Wednesday’s (December 10) post-Cabinet press briefing on Hurricane Melissa recovery activities at Jamaica House, Mr. Vaz said that as of December 5, Digicel had brought 749 of its […More]

Foreigners allowed to travel to the US without a visa could soon face new social media screening. Foreigners who are allowed to come to the United States without a visa could soon be required to submit information about their social media, email accounts and extensive family history to the Department of Homeland Security before being approved for travel. The notice […More]

Putin tells Maduro, “I’ve got your back”. Vladimir Putin has pledged his support for Nicolás Maduro in a phone call after the US seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. The Russian president “expressed solidarity with the Venezuelan people” during Thursday’s call with Mr Maduro, the Kremlin said. Mr Putin also “confirmed his support for the Maduro government’s […More]

The US has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday December 10th, a move that raised oil prices and is likely to further inflame tensions between Washington and Caracas. “We’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, large tanker, very large, largest one ever, actually, and other things are happening,” […More]