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Ahye runs in record time 7.09 seconds
T&T sprinter Michelle-Lee Ahye set a new national record of 7.09 seconds to make it into the semi-finals of the women’s 60 metres at the IAAF World Indoor Championships at the Oregon Convention...
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Windies, Sri Lanka Grudge Clash
A confident West Indies captain Darren Sammy is speaking of destruction going into his team’s second clash of the ICC World T20 against Sri Lanka at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore India.The...
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Mom of murdered boy: I begged police for help
Forced to go into hiding after witnessing a contraband deal, 14-year-old Darian Nedd finally met his death yesterday, after two men chopped off his limbs with a cutlass and then set fire to his home,...
View ArticleRetrenched Repsol workers plan legal action
Spanish energy giant Repsol may be taken to the Industrial Court for unfair dismissal by former employees, who were retrenched following a decision by the parent company in October 2015 to lay off...
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Cops probe beating at PoS nightclub
Yet another attack on a young partygoer at a nightclub in Port-of-Spain has left 22-year-old Nicholas Grillet badly wounded and in excruciating pain. He was allegedly beaten by bouncers attached to the...
View ArticleMP calls on House Clerk: Clarify hiring of staff
Calling: the Clerk of the House of Representatives!Amid moves by Fixin T&T to get the Integrity Commission and Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to examine several Opposition MPs’ hiring of...
View ArticleMinister: 21 students to be removed from El Do Sec
Twenty one students are to be removed from the El Dorado East Secondary School and sent to the Couva Learning Enhancement Centre by the end of this week. Education Minister Anthony Garcia confirmed...
View ArticleChag North students first to be extracted
This new method of removing students to be rehabilitated external to the school was first employed on February 22, at the Chaguanas North Secondary School. Approximately 24 students were removed less...
View ArticleStillborn baby incinerated unknown to parents
Two senior nurses at the Women’s Hospital in Mount Hope are currently under investigation and are expected to face disciplinary action in connection with the body of a premature baby that went...
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Mittal worker tells of life after retrenchment
When Desiree Blackman, 32, of Embacadere, San Fernando, lost her job as an administration clerk at ArcelorMittal, her 70-year-old father, Horace, became the family’s sole breadwinner. And this is what...
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RC Archbishop at Palm Sunday service: Govt corruption is crucifixion
Archbishop Joseph Harris has spoken out against government corruption, pleading with the public not to commit “serious sin.” Speaking at Our Lady of Perpetual Help RC Church at Harris Promenade, San...
View ArticleSexual harassment in the workplace
Riyana S Gibson Student, Hugh Wooding Law School Sexual harassment is a very real and often traumatic experience for many people in T&T and it often manifests itself in the work environment.Sexual...
View ArticleWitco warning on illegal tobacco
Although the West Indian Tobacco Company Limited (Witco) achieved profit for 2015 of $515.5 million—an increase of 5.4 per cent over the previous year—chairman Anthony E Phillip said the trading...
View ArticleTrinity to refinance after $20m sale fails
Independent oil and gas company Trinity Exploration and Production has started talks with refinancing advisers after its US$20 million asset sale fell through.According to a report in industry...
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ACCA praises Caribbean associates
As the Association of Chartered and Certified Accountants (ACCA) moves to fine-tune its approach to teaching and learning among emerging professionals, its global chief executive officer Helen J Brand...
View ArticleSiparee Mai—image and murti
Fr Martin Sirju Parish Priest, SipariaLa Divina Pastora as an example of popular religiosity comes to the fore once again on Holy Thursday/Good Friday in Siparia. Many Catholics do not know the...
View ArticleKamla set the precedent
Imagine, in the first six months of governance, the PNM has had its first firing and Cabinet reshuffle. What were they saying about Persad-Bissessar again?The PM was clearly pressured into removing...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana on US stock exchange
Recently we saw police handcuff and drag to jail Ms Michaeline Wall, a young mother with a physical disability who was fined $2,500 for marijuana possession, which she said she uses medicinally to ease...
View ArticleOne hand cannot clap, Mr Duke
Our most vocal, 15 minutes of fame personality in T&T, Mr Watson Duke, head of the Public Services Association, is readying his troops to assault our senses. Like the Grand old Duke of York, he...
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Windies storm past Sri Lanka
They lined outside the stadium from as early as three hours before the start of the match to see their hero Chris Gayle. But the “World Boss” suffered a hamstring twinge, much to the disappointment of...
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