Toronto, Ontario (Sonique Solutions) – Vocal Powerhouse Kolette Easy has been touching the masses through her unique gift of song, with shows ranging from intimate venues in her homeland of Canada to lavish performances at several international festivals. The beloved R&B songstress will continue her musical momentum with the release […]
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Busy Signal’s Coming to T&T Armed with Pure Niceness on June 9th
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. June 4th, 2018———–One of dancehall’s leading contemporary artistes is on his way to Trinidad and Tobago for the highly anticipated and much talked about Inferno concert being held on Saturday at the Jean Pierre Complex. Busy Signal’s been creating major waves in the hemisphere and further afield in […]
J’ouvert & Mas returns to DC for Hookie Weekend 2018
Washington, DC (Sonique Solutions) – J’ouvert and Mas are 2 essential elements which have become synonymous with the Caribbean festival experience. The upcoming Hookie Weekend will showcase the unbridled freedom of ‘dutty mas’ along with the excitement and glamour of pretty mas in the forms of the events ‘Lion’s Pride […]
BELIZE BANK NOT YET ABLE TO COMPEL GOV’T TO PAY JUDGMENT DEBT
Port of Spain, Trinidad. The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) today delivered its final judgment settling a trilogy of post-judgment applications between The Belize Bank Ltd. and the Attorney General of Belize. The CCJ previously authorized the Bank to enforce an international arbitration award of over BZ$36.89 million, plus substantial […]
PM Dr Kieth Mitchell Address to Forty-Eighth Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank
Dr. THE Right honourable Keith C. Mitchell, Prime Minister And minister of FINANCE, planning, economic and physical development, Grenada, AND Chairman of the Board of Governors DELIVERED AT THE GRENADA TRADE CENTRE MAY 30TH, 2018 Colleague Heads of Government, fellow Members of the Parliament and Cabinet of Grenada; President […]
CCJ URGES MEDIATION WHICH SETTLES GUYANESE MINING DISPUTE
Port of Spain, Trinidad. The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) today issued an order settling the matter of Bauxite Company of Guyana Inc. v Haresh Narine Sugrim in a dispute valued at nearly US$1 million dollars. The CCJ heard the case on 19 April 2018 and during the hearing the […]
ARE POLICE ADDING TO CRIME IN THE CARIBBEAN?
By Dr. Neals Chitan In a recent Technical Working Group meeting of the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative at the Marriott Hotel in St. Kitts, May 10-11, 2018, the agenda was skillfully manicured to address issues influencing the upsurge in crime and violence which the Caribbean region has been experiencing in […]
Prime Minister Mitchell Congratulates Barbados’ New Prime Minister
ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA, FRIDAY, MAY 25th, 2018 –GIS: In a May 25th letter to the new Prime Minister of Barbados, Honourable Mia Mottley, Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr. Keith Mitchell wrote: “I congratulate you and the Barbados Labour Party on your unprecedented win at the polls, and subsequent assumption to the leadership […]
Capleton’s Free to Travel, Touches Down in Trinidad for Inferno in June
Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. May 15th, 2018: Reggae veteran, Clifton Bailey who’s best known by his stage name, Capleton, has been given the all clear to travel following Monday’s court appearance in Jamaica. He will perform in Trinidad at the INFERNO concert event on June 9th at the Jean Pierre Complex. “We are […]
CCJ AFFIRMS PROFESSOR VENTOSE’S RIGHT TO VOTE IN BARBADOS
Port of Spain, Trinidad. The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) today ordered that St. Lucian, Professor Eddy Ventose, is to be added to the register of voters in Barbados. The Court declared that it was satisfied that the legal and regulatory conditions for his registration have been met. The Court […]
CCJ Restores Jury Verdict in Lusignan Massacre Trial
Port of Spain, Trinidad. The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) today restored the 2013 acquittals of Mr. James Hyles and Mr. Mark Williams for their alleged involvement in what has been dubbed the ‘Lusignan Massacre’, despite substantial procedural errors at trial. On 6 January 2008, gunmen went from house to […]
CCJ REDUCES MANSLAUGHTER SENTENCE FOR PERSAUD
Port of Spain, Trinidad. The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in the case of Teerath Persaud v The Queen, today ordered that Mr. Teerath Persaud’s manslaughter sentence be reduced from 25 years to 18 years. With a discount for time already spent in custody, Mr. Persaud would serve a remaining […]
Sir Dennis Byron to be honoured at a special sitting in Antigua
Port of Spain, Trinidad. The President of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), the Rt. Hon. Sir Dennis Byron, will be honoured with a Special Sitting of the CCJ to be held at the High Court of Antigua and Barbuda on Wednesday, 16 May 2018. Sir Dennis stated, “It is […]
GUYANESE ARCHITECTURE FIRM ALLOWED TO RECOVER GY$15M
Port of Spain, Trinidad. New Building Society Ltd was ordered by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) to pay Rodrigues Architects Ltd for services provided in relation to the construction of New Building Society Ltd’s head office. The CCJ discharged a stay of execution that had been granted in a […]
CCJ’s Educational Arm to Expand Focus as CCJ Academy for Law
Port of Spain, Trinidad. The Caribbean Academy for Law and Court Administration (CALCA), the educational arm of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), is embracing an expanded mandate and has been reconstituted as the CCJ Academy for Law. As a part of this new development, the Academy has been incorporated […]
