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Warwick quits as bball president
RACHAEL KINGTwo years into his leadership of the National Basketball Federation of T&T (NBFTT), president Garvin Warwick has stepped down from the post. Warwick submitted his resignation letter on...
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T&T’s $34.4b petroleum subsidy bill
Over the last 15 years, petroleum subsidies have cost T&T $34.4 billion. That figure was revealed yesterday by former Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine when he spoke at a breakfast seminar on The...
View ArticleCompany registries going online
Caricom Secretariat, Guyana—Company registries within the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) are set to go online this year. This development stems from an ongoing project funded by the 10th...
View ArticleOil prices boosted by hopes of output cuts
West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude, the benchmark for the light sweet crudes produced in T&T, 85 cents, or 2.7 per cent, to US$32.33 yesterday—its highest price since January 8. Prices, which had...
View ArticleNGL shares close at $19.99
Overall market activity resulted from trading in 13 securities of which two advanced, four declined and seven traded firm.Trading activity on the First Tier Market registered a volume of 537,879 shares...
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New CEO at TTCSI
The T&T Coalition of Service Industries (TTCSI) has a new CEO, she is Radha Permanand whose appointment took effect on January 25.In making the announcement, TTCSI president Angela Lee Loy said the...
View ArticleCross culture learning bears fruit
Cross-cultural learning principles are continuously employed by the University of the Southern Caribbean(USC) across the broad spectrum of their graduate and under-graduate programmes. This approach...
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Questions for a queen
Though not yet 30, Amrika Mutroo can be regarded as a veteran in the calypso business. Mutroo is a 27-year-old Theatre Arts teacher who has been performing for the past 22 years in the field of...
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Out of the pan into the firing line
I’ve never been to Korea, neither south nor north. It’s not on my life’s itinerary which as ever begins with Cuba (Santiago de, to be precise) and then heads to world roof Tibet, San Basilio de...
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Leave CAC Alone Part 3
Part 3I continue the defence of CAC in SEA because of the inherent merits in this system of assessment. It is significantly superior to the previous forms of testing and assessment of Standard Five...
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Look out for pan-jazz concerts
The Ethnic Jazz Club presents two distinct salon concerts for Carnival 2016 on January 29 and 31 at The Jazz Studio, 51 Cornelio Street, Woodbrook. The first will feature Duvonne Stewart, a leader in...
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Celebrating MacFarlane’s ‘theatre mas’
Celebrated Carnival designer Brian MacFarlane will be the centre of attraction at a special showing at the Art Society of T&T (where he is also one of three patrons).From January 28 to February 16,...
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Too much hype about ISIS
Kevin Baldeosingh“Far too much is written about terrorism. Even worse, most of it is sensational claptrap,” writes internationally syndicated columnist and military historian Gwynne Dyer in the...
View ArticleChildren ‘overwhelmed and zoning out’ over SEA
As a parent of a current SEA student, I wish to express my dismay with the new format of the SEA examination. Much of it is based on subjectivity and not meritocracy, and should not be assessed at this...
View ArticleThe shame or lack of shame in social media
In the modern ethics of today’s world, self-promoting publicity is acceptable and the notion of privacy and the line of discretion between what is private and what is public is fast disappearing.Gone...
View ArticlePrice hikes for bakery products a good thing
As if we didn’t already know it, a WHO report out of Geneva stated that “child obesity is an exploding nightmare.” But instead of facing the reasons square on, the report makes waffling statements...
View ArticleHow would CCJ have ruled on Sect 34 matter?
Three courts have now ruled that the Government’s repealing of the controversial Section 34 was legal. These courts were the T&T’s High Court, T&T’s Court of Appeal and the London-based Privy...
View ArticleThe write of retreating
The Atlantic unruffles itself along the wide sweep of Grand Riviere’s beach, hammering the sand with Shango percussion. Stark the dog is on paws, oblivious in the shade of Mt Plaisir Estate’s al fresco...
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Changing a life
Have you ever thought of yourself as someone who could change the life of another human being? Do you possess any life-changing skill that you can share with others? You do! You can read! While this is...
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T&T DJs to represent in International Soca DJ competition
A new competition was added to the landscape of competitive events in the short 2016 Carnival season. The first International Soca DJ competition (ISDJ) was launched last week to the media as a...
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