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  Caroni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Caroni River (Venezuela), is one of the biggest rivers of the Orinoco basin.
Caroni River, Trinidad and Tobago is the major river on the island of Trinidad.
Caroni Swamp is a major wetland on the west coast of the island of Trinidad.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Caroni   (149 words)

  
 Raffique Shah - Wastage, Politiking, put Caroni In $$ Dilemma
Worse, to threaten closure of the industry because of the mountain of sins committed by both the former government and those responsible for running Caroni between 1992-2002, is indefensible.
Caroni is also responsible for 800-odd persons employed in money losing operations like citrus, rice, dairy and beef production, while 90 are at the distillery, the only division that is capable of making a profit.
Caroni also spent $15 million to upgrade its information systems: when the "upgrade" was completed, it could not function properly, and Caroni had to resort to its old systems.
www.trinicenter.com /Raffique/2002/Jan/272002.htm   (1104 words)

  
 Caroni Lands — Part I
The loss-making State enterprise was closed amidst much comment and concern as to the future of the workers, their communities and of course, the land.
The Caroni estate comprises over 75,000 acres and while some of this has been kept in sugar cultivation, there is still a vast area which has been released for other uses.
Although part of the surplus Caroni lands will no doubt be reserved for agriculture, it is clear that the release of these lands has the potential to have a deep and long-lasting effect on the national real estate market to begin with and much more to follow.
www.raymondandpierre.com /articles/article14.htm   (867 words)

  
 EXOTIC BIRDING tours - Description of birding in Caroni Swamp, Trinidad   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Caroni Swamp is located on the eastern coast of Trinidad not far south of the capital city Port-of-Spain.
Caroni Swamp is a popular tourist destination, in part because large numbers of Scarlet Ibis roost there during non-breeding season with smaller numbers nesting there during breeding season.
The preferred method of birding Caroni is to take a tour specially arranged for bird watching.
www.exoticbirding.com /trinidad-tobago/places/caroni-swamp.html   (151 words)

  
 Paddler Magazine Online : Sea Kayaking Venezuela's Rio Caroni
Two years earlier I was flipping through an old issue of National Geographic and came across an article, "Venezuela's Islands in Time," about a strange land in the country's southeast corner, a vast tropical wilderness with table-topped mountains, rivers and grasslands called sabana.
The logistics were difficult: we had to get two 14-foot Prijon Yukon kayaks and hundreds of pounds of food and gear from our home in Utah, across the country to Miami, on the airplane, through customs and then across Venezuela to the put-in.
We knew there were supposed to be illegal gold miners on the Caroni but we never expected them this far up river.
www.paddlermagazine.com /issues/2000_2/article_14.shtml   (1814 words)

  
 CARONI SWAMP
For the problems that beset Caroni Swamp are a reflection of what is happening throughout Trinidad and Tobago: an ecological and tourism time-bomb born of mismanagement, misguided priorities, over-stretched resources, pollution, poaching, and public ignorance and indifference.
In the week Caroni Swamp was renamed Caroni Lagoon National Park by Prime Minister Panday, who also called for greater national environmental promotion and awareness.
Specifically, he would like to see the Trust manage Caroni Swamp the way he feels it should be managed, the way Asa Wright manage their reserve.
www.nalis.gov.tt /Agri/agri_CaroniSwampwoes.htm   (1993 words)

  
 A taste of Caroni
The first time I got a taste of Caroni (1975) Ltd, I was a student, home for the holidays, avid to see a Trinidad about which I knew nothing.
The Frank Rampersad plan for Caroni was based on a VSEP package for all workers that included an option to lease Caroni lands at market prices strictly for agricultural purposes.
Caroni can set out land leases for companies who wish to lease agricultural land to produce crops for export.
www.iramathur.org /Articles/297_TE23.02.03.htm   (771 words)

  
 IDBAmerica: The flaming trees of Trinidad
Visitors to Caroni Park numbered 16,000 last year, thanks in large part to tours from cruise ships that stop in the nearby capital of Port of Spain.
At the inauguration of the visitor center, Basdeo Panday honored Nanan for his “labor of love…in the protection and promotion of the unique treasures in the Caroni Lagoon.” Nanan was appointed to the park’s 10-member oversight management committee that includes representatives from the government, nongovernmental organizations, and the private sector.
In 1999, he created the Caroni Wetlands Scientific Trust to establish flora, fauna and water quality databases to monitor conditions in the swamp.
www.iadb.org /idbamerica/English/JAN02E/jan02e3.html   (968 words)

  
 River Caroni Basin heavily contaminated with mercury   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The River Caroni Basin is heavily contaminated with mercury from wildcat mining and the Environment and Renewable Resources (MARNR) Ministry and National Guard (GN) are doing absolutely nothing to stop the depredators.
A Caroni Electrification (Edelca) 1991 report estimated that 2 tonnes of mercury per year are being thrown into River Ikabaru.
Useche suggests immediate ordinance laws concerning mining activities on River Caroni and the creation of the River Caroni Conservation, Management and Integral Use Institute to force the Venezuelan Guayana Corporation (CVG), MEM and MARNR to pursue a single policy.
www.vheadline.com /printer_news.asp?id=5451   (243 words)

  
 Caroni S.p.a.
Caroni agricultural machinery can be used with any tractor and on any type of ground for maintenance, tending and cleaning of landscaped areas: from parks to motorway verges, from golf courses to stadiums, from flower-beds to home gardens.
Grass choppers, stalk shredders, front, central, rear and multiple mowers, collecting baskets, rotary tillers for different types of soil, bio-shredders, special applications for tractors; a total of more than ten thousand units produced each year and sold in Italy and abroad, from the USA to Japan.
Close to its Customers wherever they are, Caroni Spa has a far-flung distribution and after-sales network consisting of direct retailers in Europe and of many importers all over the world.
www.caroni-spa.com /inglese/mac_agricoli/welcome.html   (215 words)

  
 Our Rums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
Years of tradition and experience have gone into the making of Caroni rums, dating back to 1627, when the first sugar estates were established in Trinidad and Tobago.
The strongest rum produced in Trinidad and Tobago, Stallion Puncheon is noted for its purity and clean taste.
The famous Felicite bell on the label recalls the gracious plantation hospitality of long ago, and the stamp of quality and pride that first made this estate famous.
www.sputnick.com /rum/ourrums.html   (472 words)

  
 VirtualTourist.com - Martin_S.'s Caroni Things to Do Tips
Near Waterloo on the west coast between Port-au-Spain and San Fernando, just south of the Caroni Swamp there is a Hindu temple that sits on a small spit of land that was hand built by the builders of the temple.
At the time we visited it was low tide and you can see the mud flats where the ocean has receded.
The surrounding area has no homes or buildings and when you come to the parking lot and shut off your car there is a definite "air of quiet and peace" there, if you ask me a perfect place for their temple or for just sitting and watching the sea and sky.
members.virtualtourist.com /m/1b2d9/1a09ed/4   (364 words)

  
 Raffique Shah - Carnival To Caroni, More Madness
If the nation's young doctors locking horns with a bull-headed Minister of Health, there are Caroni employees who seem to have a death-wish, and who intend to take everything and everyone with them down the road to destruction.
And as if to add to the absurd, we now have Carnival bandleaders seeking to have a new law that will make it a criminal offence for anyone who trespasses on their sacred piece-of-pitch on Carnival days.
If only those who are fomenting strife would look critically at government's proposals, make counter-proposals where necessary, and let's move swiftly to restructure Caroni, then the pain of the process would be mitigated.
www.trinicenter.com /Raffique/2003/Jan/192003.htm   (1088 words)

  
 Caroni River --  Encyclopædia Britannica
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It rises near Valencia on the southern edge of the Northern Range uplands and flows roughly west to empty via the saline mangrove channels of the Caroni Swamp into the Gulf of Paria, between Trinidad and Venezuela, a mile or so south of Port of Spain.
They spring from a table mountain, Kukenaam (8,620 feet [2,627 m]), to the northwest of Mount Roraima (9,094 feet) and are the beginning of the Cuquenán River, a tributary of the Caroni River.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9020441?tocId=9020441   (737 words)

  
 The National Birds of Trinidad and Tobago   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The Caroni Swamp includes fifteen thousand acres of marshland, tidal lagoons, and mangrove trees.
Several thousand Scarlet Ibises nest and roost in the sanctuary and are often seen in large numbers during the last two hours of daylight.
Boat tours of the Caroni Swamp are available throughout the year.
users.rcn.com /alana.interport/birds.html   (226 words)

  
 [Jewelry making - Article 00333] - [Orchid] [Gemlab Report] Diamonds from Venezuela
This zone occupies the riverbed and the nearby banks of the Caroni River, which may be divided into three sections, namely: lower, central, and upper Caroni.
The Caroni zone is determined as superior Precambrian.
The upper Caroni section has a morphological formation with three distinct diamondiferous areas, known as: oriental, central, and occidental, with their corresponding mining districts.
www.ganoksin.com /orchid/archive/9711/msg00333.htm   (1930 words)

  
 Caroni Bird Sanctuary | Caroni | Travel Story and Pictures from Trinidad & Tobago
A short drive outside the capital Port of Spain lies the Caroni Swamp, an area of dense vegetation, many little canals and some lakes, and a rich fauna.
He explained that the scarlet ibis spends the day in Venezuela, and flies back home at the end of the afternoon, to spend the night in the Caroni Bird Sanctuary at around 6 pm.
And indeed, in a very punctual way, at around that time flocks of scarlet ibisses were flying in, above the green carpet of trees.
www.traveladventures.org /continents/southamerica/caroni.shtml   (336 words)

  
 Caroni Swamp Bird List   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
The nature guide/boatman guided us through the channels of Caroni Swamp on the western coast of Trinidad and pointed out interesting wildlife.
The list also includes birds we saw at a freshwater marsh on the way to Caroni.
Scarlet ibis -- the famous bird of Caroni
www.spindrift.com /Trinidad/ttcaronb.htm   (75 words)

  
 Trinidad News, Trinidad Newspaper, Trinidad Sports, Trinidad politics, Trinidad and Tobago, Tobago News, Trinidad ...
The second and final part of Wendy Lee Yuen's discussion on the fate of the land of the now defunct Caroni Ltd. The first part, which was published in yesterday's Express, ended with the writer dealing with the allocation of former Caroni land as the site for the proposed $850 million sports facility.
From 90,000 acres back then to less than 80,000 now is a huge chunk and the whittling away continues even as we speak.
This Vesting Bill is not just about Caroni, it is a national issue that will impact on the living standards of every citizen now, and far into the future.
www.trinidadexpress.com /index.pl/article_opinion?id=81512902   (750 words)

  
 Caroni S.p.a.
Grass expulsion is made easier by the use of a rear outlet, which is fitted with a safety deflector.
THE EXCLUSIVE MULCHING AND RECYCLE KIT FROM CARONI MEANS THAT YOU CAN SHRED LEAVES AND GRASS WHILE YOU ARE CUTTING THE LAWN.
THE KIT CAN BE FITTED ON ALL OUR MOWERS SO THAT YOU CAN SAVE TIME AND SPEND LESS ON UNKEEP.
www.caroni-spa.com /inglese/mac_agricoli/tosa_posteriori/welcome.html   (388 words)

  
 From Caroni Gyal To Calcutta Woman
Shortly after "Nana and Nani," he released an entire album of Trinidadian folk songs.
Many of them were sung in Trinidadian creole, such as the ever popular "Caroni Gyal," a ballad about his love for a girl from the village of Caroni, whose parents disapproved of their relationship.
It was these simple messages which had by the mid 1970s, enabled Chutney to become the dominant form of music in the Indo-Caribbean community.
www.saxakali.com /caribbean/Hemchandra1.htm   (3774 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Caroni Swamp, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean (swamp) - Facts and Information
AllRefer.com - Caroni Swamp, Trinidad and Tobago, Caribbean (swamp) - Facts and Information
Caroni Swamp (KA-ro-nee), swamp, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago, SSE of Port of Spain, 10 mi/16 km E of Caroni, 5 mi/8 km bordering Gulf of Paria, W coast.
Low area stretching from San Juan in the N to Waterloo in the S. Extensive mangrove forests, nesting place of white ibis and scarlet ibis, the natl.
reference.allrefer.com /gazetteer/C/C02615-caroni-swamp.html   (162 words)

  
 React County Caroni, 6005. Trinidad, W.I.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
We are a Voluntary Non-Profit Organization that stands ready to assist with 2- way Radio Communications for Natural Disasters in conjunction with NEMA and in addition most Community and National Events within the County of Caroni and our Country.
Trinidad and Tobago will proudly hosts the REACT 2001 International Convention, for more details, clcik on the image at right or follow this link : REACT TNT
Send us e-mail at : REACT County Caroni 6005
www.trinbagoinfo.com /react6005   (83 words)

  
 Caroni tiller blades
We do not carry any other parts for these models.
Blades for Caroni tillers which use "C" type blade.
Distance between holes, center to center: 1.38 inches, or about 1 3/8 inches
www.ptoshafts.com /newpage87.htm   (100 words)

  
 Picture of Canal of Caroni, Trinidad | Caroni | Trinidad & Tobago
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