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Sheron finally gets bail
Relatives of Central car dealer Sheron Sukhdeo were yesterday successful in their third attempt at securing bail for him.Sukhdeo was released from prison shortly before midday after the paperwork for...
View ArticleFerry workers avert danger
Passengers on board the T&T Express yesterday thanked God they were able to arrive at the Scarborough Port in Tobago safely, after one of the vehicles on the car deck caught afire.The incident...
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Widespread fear among 17,000 pregnant women
There may be widespread fear about the Zika virus among some 17,000 pregnant women in T&T who may be at risk due to the virus, now in T&T, Opposition MP Dr Tim Gopeesingh said in Parliament...
View ArticleAG proposes $3,500 dirty premises fine
Government is moving to amend legislation to impose stiffer fines and longer imprisonment time against citizens guilty of non-compliance with required protocols for Zika and other health issues.This is...
View ArticleMoonilal calls on PSC to examine police TV role
The Police Service Commission (PSC) should examine the role of police officers undertaking multimedia presentations since this has serious consequences regarding discipline in the conduct of police...
View ArticleService stations compliant with laws
Although they have been operating without formal paper retail marketing licences since 2010, service station operators are compliant with the laws of T&T.This is the position of the T&T...
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Mother and son tested for Zika
Samples from two other people, a mother and son, have been taken to determine if they are also carriers of the Zika virus.The results are expected to be known by next Monday.The announcement was made...
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Ramadhar: ‘Blame me for COP’s crash’
Giving himself a performance rating of seven out of ten, Congress of the People (COP) leader Prakash Ramadhar says he will take to his grave the public perceptions that under his leadership the party...
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Al-Rawi: Sando election promises to be fulfilled
Although T&T continues to suffer low quarterly revenues, San Fernando West MP Faris Al-Rawi has signalled his intention to ensure that “San Fernando gets its turn at the table.”Addressing the...
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Trade Ministry: Used car licences being prepared
The Trade Ministry has assured foreign used car dealers that they will be getting their import licenses soon. In response to questions from the T&T Guardian yesterday, the ministry said the...
View ArticleHostile export environment
President of the T&T Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) Dr Rolph Balgobin says the institutional environment for exporting goods is stacked against local manufacturers making the process of...
View ArticleRepsol workers challenge retrenchments
Workers dismissed by Spanish energy giant Repsol are fighting back. The 11 workers, accompanied by a representative from the Bankers Insurance and General Workers Union (BIGWU), met on Thursday with...
View ArticleTHRTA head elected to regional group
Brian Frontin, CEO of the Trinidad Hotels, Restaurant and Tourism Association (THRTA) has been elected treasurer of the Caribbean Society of Hotel Association Executives (CSHAE). The elections took...
View ArticleThe ethnic of Carnival
We must not agree that Carnival is debauched, or that it is going to die. Here is why.Who would have thought that we could devise a war, a stage, a gayelle, sans stick, sans knife, sans guns? Just sans...
View ArticleSoca dealt death blow to calypso
I disagree completely with the idea that Calypso Fiesta is responsible for killing the calypso artform. It is dying from lack of sustenance.A good calypso requires a certain amount of intelligence to...
View ArticleDiego Martin river a mosquito breeding ground
In a letter to the editor of February 8 concerning to the control of mosquitoes, I did mention that what was required was a cleansing of the river in Diego Martin which empties into the sea. This is...
View ArticleHalf loaf better than none
I think that it is insensitive and cruel for the Government and private companies to send workers home because of the economic situation. Instead of sending workers home why not cut salaries by ten per...
View ArticlePass the Beverage Container Bill
This is an open letter to those in authority to fast track the long overdue beverage container legislation. By putting a price on plastics the landscape will become a different place overnight as well...
View ArticleDiversification, why so hard to do?
Since 1956 successive governments have faced the issue of diversification yet none has been able to lead us there, far less to keep us there. As John Lennon said, “It’s like trying to shovel smoke with...
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Minister seeks quick resolution
President of the Pharmacy Board of T&T Andrew Rahaman claims the National Insurance Property Development Company Ltd (Nipdec) is owing 290 pharmacies millions of dollars for services rendered...
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