Archive for December 14th, 2011

Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) is working towards self-sufficiency without a fuel subsidy by the end of next year.

With new projects on stream including new routes and the introduction of a “Jet-Pack” courier service, CAL chairman George Nicholas said the drive toward more profitability will continue into the next fiscal year.

Nicholas was speaking at the launch of its direct flights between Barbados and Guyana and the introduction of a St Lucia service at the company’s head office in Piarco yesterday.

Nicholas, who ...

The Trinidad and Tobago’s Manufacturer’s Association (TTMA) is viewing the current impasse between the Government and labour that led to the shutdown of the port operations as an issue which requires immediate and urgent resolve. Around 1,000 workers stayed away from work for three and a half days to protest the Port Authority’s failure to meet and discuss a new collective agreement. In a release to the media yesterday the TTMA said the Supermarkets Association of Trinidad and Tobago, the ...