TRINIDAD and Tobago was among 59 nations (such as Brazil, India, Nigeria, Ghana, Argentina and South Africa) which abstained on Thursday on a United Nations (UN) General Assembly vote on Syria, said a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Winston Dookeran, said Caricom is not getting involved in the political dispute in Venezuela where the Opposition has queried the legitimacy of the Government’s win in the recent presidential elections but would work with whoever is in office.

THE INCREASED level of drilling locally is having a positive impact on demand for energy services and will arrest the decline in oil production and ensure deliverability of natural gas in the coming years.