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TTFA faces another legal battle
The T&T Football Association (TTFA), under new president David John-Williams, is facing another legal battle for money owed to one of its employees. Sources say the John-Williams administration has...
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Red Force looks to continue good run
The T&T Red Force will battle second place Barbados Pride at the National Cricket Centre today as matches in the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Professional Cricket League (PCL), continues. Jason...
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Cee Jay ticks all boxes
Cee Jay ticks enough boxes in an ‘aged’ Maiden stakes over five furlongs of Chelmsford polytrack tonight and should make it make it seventh time lucky, by default!Eleven days ago we ‘swerved’ Cee Jay...
View ArticleWallace slays Dragons in Super League
T&T’s Samantha Wallace was on fire as she scored 51 of 54 attempts as Hertfordshire Mavericks moved to the top spot in the Vitality Netball Super League after defeating Celtic Dragons 67–45 at...
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Pan goes to the market
Pan Trinbago Inc will continue its community outreach initiative by staging its first Pan in De Countryside event for the year in Tamana on March 19. Embellishing this annual series of open-air...
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My family would never do that
“It was not my family that did that.”These were the words of 30-year-old Jocelyn Abidh-Waugh, granddaughter of trade unionist Adrian Cola Rienzi, as she yesterday sought to clear the air on the sale of...
View ArticleNow Cazabon book on auction for US$25,000
After waiting over two years for the Government of T&T to purchase her original copy of Michel Jean Cazabon’s Book of Trinidad 1837, Karen Glubis has put it up for sale on eBay for US$25,000.This...
View Article$150m spent on Red House restoration, but no progress—PM
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said yesterday that more than $150 million was spent on the restoration of the Red House project over the past eight years with nothing to show for it.In a ministerial...
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ArcelorMittal $1.3b in debt
The jubilation that hundreds of steel workers experienced on Thursday when the Industrial Court granted them victory over ArcelorMittal turned to grief yesterday, after the company terminated the...
View ArticleHard times ahead for hurt workers
After working for 35 years at the ArcelorMittal plant, single mother Joanette Pariag is worried that she will no longer be able to support her daughter’s school expenses. Pariag, 54, a former port...
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Enterprise man killed leaving girlfriend’s home
Ian John’s relatives never liked the woman from Cunupia he had been seeing. So when John, 23, a lorryman, was killed as he left her home, the family felt a grim sense of vindication. There is no...
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Thieves steal POA boss’ gun
Thieves yesterday broke into the home of Prisons Officers Association president Ceron Richards and stole his licensed firearm and ammunition.Up to late last night, Richards was at the Barataria Police...
View ArticleNo bail for man accused of raping pregnant woman
A 34-year-old Pleasantville man was denied bail when he appeared in court yesterday charged with raping, robbing and abducting a pregnant woman on January 26.Marvin Lewis, of Sunflower Drive,...
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Real tragedy
Labour Minister Jennifer Baptiste-Primus says the sudden closure of the Point Lisas-based ArcelorMittal is a “real tragedy.”The company announced its closure in T&T yesterday, one day after it was...
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Special team appointed for pregnant women
A special team of medical doctors has been formed to deal with potential cases of pregnant women contracting the Zika virus in T&T.So said Health Minister Dr Terrence Deyalsingh at a press briefing...
View Article137 VAT violations
Between February 4 and March 8, the Consumer Affairs Division of the Ministry of Trade received 137 complaints of violations of the new value added tax (VAT) regime. The new 12.5 per cent rate—which is...
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Jaguar launches latest luxury models
T&T is one of the largest markets in the Caribbean for luxury car maker Jaguar and regional agent for the brand, Interamericana Trading Corporation (ITC), said very aggressive sales targets have...
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Growing interest in CGL’s peppers
Caroni Green Limited’s (CGL) pepper project has attracted interest from the Bahamas. Dr Monica Davis, honorary counsel for the Bahamas in T&T and Ronald Thompson, consultant with the Bahamas...
View ArticleFirstCaribbean revenue up US$8.3m
FirstCaribbean International Bank, a publicly held Caribbean financial services company based in Barbados, has had a significant improvement in performance for the three months ended January 31, 2016,...
View ArticleStudents rehabilitation, a step in right direction
My heart warmed in response to the announcement by the Minister of Education, that the 24 students removed from the Chaguanas North Secondary School were to start a rehabilitation programme from...
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