Category Archives: Business

Unenergetic approach to green energy

Business Newsday Reporter Yesterday Solar panels mounted on the roof of the NP service station in Preysal, Couva. Former energy minister Kevin Ramnarine says TT’s migration towards electricity generation from renewables is not happening fast enough. – Photo by Lincoln Holder As the final hours of COP26 are upon us, it is clear there remain […]

Tourism officials’ verdict on business travel

by Marlon Madden Some regional tourism officials are predicting a recovery of the sector by 2023 with a slow but steady growth in business travel. President of Paulson Puerto Rico Hotels Peter Hopgood said while experts did not expect business travel to go back to 2019 levels just yet, it has been showing signs of […]

Precision Global’s ‘Only Coconut’ brand gearing for overseas market push

Located at Marudi Creek on the Soesdyke/Linden Highway, Precision Global Incorporated, a US$8 million real estate and haulage investment company owned by Ontario-based Guyanese Vishnu Ramdeen has embarked on an agro-processing venture that can not only further enhance the value of the country’s coconut industry but can also significantly further expand its agro-processing sector. Commissioned […]

Trinidad and Tobago ‘wars’ that we must remember

Business Diana Mahabir-Wyatt 24 Hrs Ago Police officers recover the body of Kezia Jeneka Guerra in a forested area in Maracas St Joseph on November 5. Guerra was reported missing on October 31. FILE PHOTO – With all the uncomfortable socio/politico/economic changes we are going through, November 11 is celebrated throughout the Commonwealth by those […]

Free zone coming to Barbados

Barbados will soon have laws that allow for the establishment of a free zone on the island. Prime Minister Mia Mottley recently gave this indication as she pointed to the need for greater direct foreign investment in a range of industries and sectors in the Barbados economy. “The Government will shortly bring to Parliament, legislation […]

Don’t lose your (school) work! Putting a UPS to work in your home office

Business Mark Lyndersay 17 Hrs Ago Unconnected to a load, the UPS registers a ten-hour capacity. The greater the power draw, the faster the battery will drain, but being able to monitor and balance loads against runtime is an important feature. – Photo by Mark Lyndersay It’s possible that you don’t have an uninterruptible power […]

Some revenue risks to the region, IDB warns

As some regional Governments seek to transition to carbon-neutral economies by 2030, an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) publication is urging countries to put measures in place to mitigate some economic risks that will accompany the move. In a recent IDB paper titled Fiscal Policy and Climate Change, the multilateral financial institution spoke to many of the […]