Tag Archives: Trinidad and Tobago

What vaccine sceptics and potential buyers have in common

Business giselleh Yesterday Protesters against covid19 vaccine and mask mandates demonstrate near the state capitol on August 20 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. – AP PHOTO Business owners have always been frustrated with potential clients. Why can’t they just see, or hear our advertisement, pick up the phone, call us, and order? Oh if it […]

How vaccination debate changes the workplace environment

Business Diana Mahabir-Wyatt Yesterday Employees in the manufacturing sector register to receive the Sinopharm covid19 vaccine at Divali Nagar, Chaguanas on July 18. – Photo by Ayanna Kinsale There is a not unreasonable assumption in the conduct of business that there is an advantage in “taking in front before in front takes you.” As the […]

Trinidad and Tobago businessman teams up with Bob Marley group

Business Marshelle Haseley 16 Hrs Ago Silo Wellness Inc CEO Douglas Gordon speaking at the CanEx Psychedelics Summit in Montego Bay last month. – Photo coutesy CanEx Trinidad and Tobago-born businessman Douglas Gordon – the founder of cannabis company CanEx Jamaica and CEO of leading psychedelics company, Toronto-based Silo Wellness Inc – has joined forces […]

Cultural stakeholders on PM’s diversification call: ‘We leading the way already’

The Prime Minister’s statement last week, that Trinidad and Tobago should not wait for funding from oil and gas revenues, may have left a bad taste in the mouths of some, but for several industries it was like preaching to the choir. Industries in the cultural sector – music, film and mas – have for […]

Diverse views on diversification

Business Newsday Reporter Just Now Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley during his address at the sod-turning for the new Desperadoes Pan Theatre, Nelson Street, Port of Spain on August 17. – Photo by Jeff Mayers The Prime Minister’s recent call for citizens to play a direct role in diversifying the economy is notable for how […]

Becoming king again: developing the cassava industry

Business Newsday Reporter Thursday 19 August 2021 A woman shops for cassava at a stall on Charlotte Street, Port of Spain. Families turned to the tuber as a cheap source of carbohydrate. FILE PHOTO/ANGELO MARCELLE – The first sunbeams begin to streak across the morning sky, as the mist lazily dissolves into the clean, crisp […]

Water supply, feed challenges, rising costs worry pig farmers

Business Ryan Hamilton-Davis Thursday 19 August 2021 Pigs drink water at the Wallerfield farm of Brian Maturine. Water is extremely important for raising healthy pigs, but a steady supply of water is a worry for small scale farmers. – Photo by Angelo Marcelle Elizabeth Buchan, a pig farmer for over 30 years, grabs firmly onto […]

Trinidad and Tobago, Chile to expand bilateral trade

News Zainab Kamara Thursday 19 August 2021 Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon, from left, Foreign and Caricom Affairs Minister Dr Amery Browne, and Chilean Ambassador Juan Anibal Barria Garcia, at the signing of the general framework for the partial scope trade agreement between the Trinidad and Tobago and Chile at the Foreign and Caricom […]

Climate change drove merger of BHP/Woodside

News Yvonne Webb 2 Days Ago BHP TT’s terminal facility in Guayaguayare. Photo courtesy BHP – TWO former ministers of energy are contending that climate-change policy is what would have driven the merger between the BHP Group and Woodside Petroleum Ltd. Kevin Ramnarine and Carolyn Seepersad-Bachan, responding to the announcement by the two Australian outfits, […]

TSTT revenue declines 18% to $2b

News Ryan Hamilton-Davis 11 Hrs Ago Customers wait to enter a bmobile outlet on South Quay, Port of Spain on May 4, 2020. bmobile falls under the TSTT Group. File photo/Ayanna Kinsale – TSTT, for another year, experienced a decline in revenue as it recorded an 18 per cent decrease from $2.49 billion in 2020 […]