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BP earnings plunge 91%
LONDON—T&T’s biggest single foreign exchange earner, BP, yesterday announced that its fourth-quarter earnings plunged 91 per cent, even as it said it would sack 3,000 more employees and sell US$5...
View Article498 steel workers fired
Two weeks after retrenched ArcelorMittal workers resumed duties at the Point Lisas plant, the company has sent home 498 employees from today with no pay.The latest dismissals by the international steel...
View ArticleTCL falls $0.20 to close at $3.69
Overall Market activity resulted from trading in seven securities of which two advanced, two declined and three traded firm.Trading activity on the first tier market registered a volume of 302,691...
View ArticlePolice ‘their own worst enemy’
The biggest obstacle to support for the police by the public is the police themselves. For every step forward they take, they take two or more backwards.They are their own worst enemy. The feeling of...
View ArticleCancer no longer a death sentence
How many of us have lost someone to the ravages of cancer? I have.What is cancer? Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of...
View ArticleToilet paper behaviour not part of my culture
I am over 70 years of age, I love calypso and have been following the art form and various shows over the many years. However, while listening to a live broadcast by two ladies on radio station Power...
View ArticleThat’s the way to do it, people
Swift response from citizens and security guards helped Indra Lutchmedial to medical emergency services mid-morning yesterday, when she collapsed and hit her head on the pavement of lower Chacon...
View ArticleLosing our moral groundings
Many of our middle-aged and responsible citizens in positions of authority apparently are lacking in moral conscience and compassion. This attitude has been adapted over the last 50 years and in some...
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It was a family affair
This year’s Carnival Kings and Queens Competition was a family affair with two clans with long-standing history in the individual mas tournaments coping the top prizes. At the end of the...
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Oil price jumps 8%
Oil prices jumped eight per cent higher on yesterday, snapping a two-day rout, after investors took advantage of a weaker U.S. dollar and shrugged off data showing an unexpected large surge in US crude...
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Inglefield to chair IOM
Former ANSA McAL executive David Inglefield has been appointed as the chairman of Inglefield/Ogilvy & Mather (IOM) Caribbean, the local full-service communications company.In a statement yesterday,...
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Hart elected to international EITI board
Victor Hart, Chair of the Trinidad and Tobago Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (TTEITI), has been elected to the EITI International board of directors for the Americas and Europe. Hart’s...
View ArticleGuardian Holdings Ltd adds $0.05
Overall market activity resulted from trading in 11 securities of which four advanced, three declined and four traded firm.JMMB was the volume leader with 301,724 shares changing hands for a value of...
View ArticleThe ‘must have a boyfriend’ syndrome
Like domestic violence, the belief by some women that they are lesser mortals and cannot face the world without having a boyfriend, is not unique to T&T. But we have to admit that Trinbagonian...
View ArticleCAC benefits the child
In the week after Carnival a great consultation on education with all stakeholders will be conducted by the Minister of Education to determine the way forward in education.One topic for discussion is...
View ArticleFrustrated with Continuous Assessment programme
As a parent of a standard four pupil, I am totally frustrated with this new CAC curriculum. Every time my child has a music session in school, she comes home crying because she did not get the high and...
View ArticleSolution is not to disband but to re-engineer
There have been mixed emotions and reactions to the CAC of the SEA examinations. The Minister of Education has categorically stated that he wanted it scrapped. Not surprisingly, he was supported by the...
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Narine reunites with T&T for CPL
BASSETERRE—Off-spinner Sunil Narine has switched allegiance to reigning Caribbean Premier League champions Trinidad and Tobago Red Force in a move that will see him reunited with Indian Premier League...
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Aguilleira says Windies capable of lifting T20 trophy
BRIDGETOWN—Former West Indies Women captain Merissa Aguilleira says she believes the regional side is capable of securing championship honours in the forthcoming T20 World Cup starting next month in...
View ArticleChanderpaul says batting stance not to be imitated
DUBAI—Recently retired batting star Shiv Chanderpaul has advised young batsmen not to imitate his batting stance, though it served him well throughout a stellar career.For most of his 22-years in...
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