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  • Some notes on monetizing Intellectual Property Rights in Caricom countries.

      Some notes on monetizing Intellectual Property Rights in Caricom countries.   By Abiola Inniss                    As the leading researcher, analyst and writer for a decade and a half in the still emerging field of Caribbean Intellectual Property law and policy, my work has catalogued the laws and policies...

  • Trinidad and Tobago Nationals: Changes to UK Visa Requirements

    In This Article 1. Rising Asylum Claims from Trinidad and Tobago 2. Transition Period and Immediate Impact for Trinidad and Tobago Nationals 3. Diplomatic and Public Reactions: Trinidad and Tobago Government’s Response 4. Visa Application Process and… The post Trinidad and Tobago Nationals: Changes to UK Visa Requirements appeared first on Richmond Chambers.

  • PRESS RELEASE: Immigrant Rights Leader Ravi Ragbir Receives A Presidential Pardon

      On inauguration day, it is important to remember that presidents matter.  I was remined of that fact this morning upon receipt of this press release from a group supporting Ravi Ragbir, an immigrant activist who faced removal.  As described by the Associated Press, “Immigrant rights activist Ravi Ragbir, who was convicted of a nonviolent offence...

  • CAHFSA and IAEA to cooperate on food safety

    The Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA) and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are set to work together in areas including food safety. The two parties signed an agreement in Vienna, Austria last month to cooperate in the use of nuclear science and technology for sustainable agricultural health and food safety in the...

  • Financial information and set-off requirements under the FIDIC Red Book

    The Privy Council’s recent judgment in NH International (Caribbean) Limited v National Insurance Property Development Company Limited (Trinidad and Tobago) provides a rare example of a common law court interpreting specific clauses in a FIDIC construction contract. The judgment underlines two risks to an Employer of contracting under an unamended FIDIC standard form contract: first, the risk of suspension and termination by the Contractor following a failure by the Employer to provide detailed information about its financial arrangements upon request of a Contractor; and second, the risk of forfeiting a right to counter-claim or set-off following a failure by the Employer to promptly notify the Contractor of such counter-claim or set-off in a sufficiently detailed manner.

  • Immigrant of the Day: Stokeley Carmichael (Trinidad and Tobago)

            Stokley Carmichael was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on June 29, 1941 and died in 1998. One of the leading figures in the American civil rights movement of the 1960s, Carmichael rose to prominence as a member and later the chairman of Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), working with...

  • Cruise Job Search Leads to Death In Trinidad

    A number of newspapers in Trinidad are reporting on the death of Michelle Samaroo of Arima, Trinidad and Tobago, who disappeared on April 26th when she traveled to Arouca to obtain a job on a cruise ship.  Ms. Samaroo had responded to an advertisement in a local newspaper and had told her family that she was going to a cruise placement agency.  Ms. Samaroo...