Trinidad and Tobago Travel News

A worldwide increase in the application fees, from US$131 to US$140, for tourist and business visitor visas to visit the United States is now being proposed by that country's Department of State.

TRINIDAD and Tobago's Newsday yesterday took part in a question and answer session with the United States delegation who are based at the United Nations Climate Change Summit at Copenhagen, Denmark.

STANDING FIRM: Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj at the start of his campaign last week. Following are excerpts of the address on Tuesday December 8 by Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj, who is seeking the post of political leader of the United National Congress in the party's elections scheduled for January 24.

The media had a field day reporting and condemning the travel subsidy for MPs. For weeks on end we had story after story.

The deal Winter may have just begun, but if youa TMre already tired of being cooped up inside due to inclement weather, then you should consider fleeing to Trinidad and Tobago.

In my last article I dealt with our habit, in Trinidad and Tobago, of leaving out the 'd' from the past tense and the past participle and our dichotomous relationship, so to speak, with the letter 's' by adding it erroneously to singular words while at the same time excluding it, erroneously also, in plural forms.

LAST week, a trade mission from Washington DC visited Trinidad and Tobago to explore new opportunities to partner with business persons here.

Foreign Affairs Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon said yesterday that it was too soon to tabulate the final figure of the cost to host the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting .

Unscrupulous businessmen in Trinidad cash in on international event by charging exorbitant prices which leaves the foreign guests with an ugly impression.

Naparima Girls High School pupil Christineil Thompson is going to London where she will see the Queen.

The Queen Arrives Today Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, is due to arrive at Piarco Airport this afternoon, coming from a State visit to Bermuda with her husband, His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh.

Edward Natapei forfeited his seat after missing three consecutive sittings without notifying the speaker, a blunder one analyst called "flabbergasting". To retain his seat, Mr Natapei, who was at a Commonwealth summit in Trinidad and Tobago, needed only to hand in a signed explanation for his absence, reports said.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with Queen Elizabeth. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick PORT-OF-SPAIN - Prime Minister Stephen Harper starts his second day of the Commonwealth summit by visiting a school with a strong Canadian connection.

Canada will not support Sri Lanka's bid to host the next Commonwealth summit. An aide to Stephen Harper emailed the one-line statement to reporters traveling with the prime minister in Trinidad and Tobago, where this year's Commonwealth summit is taking place.

WHILE leaders of Commonwealth nations meet in Port of Spain this week to discuss hot-button issues, including climate change, this country's contribution to global warming seems to be continuing at a pace in the Arima Valley.

The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh have landed in Bermuda for a visit to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the island's settlement by the British.

Monday, 23 November 2009, 4:43 pm Press Release: New Zealand Government 23 November 2009 Media Statement PM to travel to Trinidad and Tobago for CHOGM Prime Minister John Key will leave for Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday for the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting.

RALLYING TOGETHER: US President Barack Obama, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Hu Jintao at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Wednesday.

Nine of the 14 Caricom countries are reeling from the effects of the global economic downturn and recessions of their own, the latest available data on the region is showing.

COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE: MP Fitzgerald Jeffrey and a group of awardees. EDMUND Dillon is the Chief of Defence Staff of Trinidad and Tobago.