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Rad­hi­ca De­Sil­va

As geopo­lit­i­cal ten­sions es­ca­late across the Caribbean, busi­ness lead­ers are urg­ing vig­i­lance, with a call for com­pa­nies and em­ploy­ees to stay alert and proac­tive in the months ahead. The mes­sage came from Caribbean Safe­ty Prod­ucts Lim­it­ed CEO Shaun Manocha, who ad­dressed staff dur­ing the com­pa­ny’s an­nu­al Christ­mas din­ner and awards cer­e­mo­ny at the Roy­al Ho­tel in San Fer­nan­do.

Manocha said the re­gion is fac­ing in­creas­ing un­cer­tain­ty and point­ed to ris­ing fric­tion be­tween Venezuela and the Unit­ed States and the po­ten­tial im­pli­ca­tions for Trinidad and To­ba­go, par­tic­u­lar­ly in the en­er­gy sec­tor.