Ostracised by peers
Ostracised by his peers, a Naparima College student who recorded the now controversial discussion one of his teachers engaged in with a Form Five class, has again made a recording, this time confessing...
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State entities warned over late reports
State enterprises accessing public funds cannot be allowed to operate as “rogue entities” and must be made to account for their financial operations.Labeling the lack of compliance as inexcusable and...
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WASA denies reports of mass lay offs
General secretary of the National Union of Government and Federated Workers (NUGFW) Jillian Joy Bartlett-Alleyne claims there are plans by the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) to send home 2,000...
View ArticleTHA Secretary: Tourism in Tobago doing well
Secretary of Tourism and Transportation in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Tracy Davidson-Celestine says things are looking up for Tobago’s tourism sector.She provided statistics to support that...
View ArticleSports in schools a win-win situation
The recent reports of violence and disruptive behaviours in some of our nation’s schools coupled with intolerable actions among youth in communities prompted me to take a closer look at how a focus on...
View ArticleA Holy Week prayer for our nation
Our heavenly Father, in the most holy name of your Son, Jesus Christ, our citizens honour You this day. We come forward to acknowledge that You are the superior being who can rightly lead and guide our...
View ArticleBrokers, insurance companies failing to deliver
For the last three years I have required a CT scan annually to assist with the treatment of severe dental injuries I sustained. Last year I submitted an insurance claim in the amount of $1,000. It was...
View ArticleCaring for water resources is everybody’s business
As a child growing up in the 60s I would have to fill two pig tail buckets with water at the village stand pipe and walk up a flight of steep steps.This resulted in two things. Firstly I understood the...
View ArticleHoping Dr Carson can cure Donald Trump
At first look Ben Carson’s endorsement of Donald Trump seemed incredulous to many—a well educated, elegant, soft-spoken neurosurgeon endorsing the rightwing supremist Trump. The neurosurgeon’s cerebral...
View ArticleVenezuela withdraws from Jr Pan American hockey qualifiers
Venezuela became the third team to withdraw from the Junior Women’s Pan American Hockey Championship to be hosted by the T&T Hockey Board. The tournament will flick off at the National Hockey...
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Yorke: Villa should sack Garde and appoint me
Former Aston Villa striker Dwight Yorke has put his hand up to manage the beleaguered club instead of the “negative” Remi Garde, should the opportunity arise. Villa are all but doomed, with Remi...
View ArticleStewart and James dominate Falcons Games in Tobago
Throwers made full use of competing at home to shine in front of their supporters at the 15th annual Tobago Falcons Games at the Dwight Yorke Stadium, Bacolet, on the weekend. Leading the way was...
View ArticleCentral FC, W Connection play CFU semis in Haiti
Reigning Digicel T&T Pro League champions Central FC and past winners W Connection will head to Haiti next for the semifinal stage of the Caribbean Football Union Club Championship and finals in...
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Minister Young: Let’s invest and revive netball
Encouraging words from member of Parliament for Port-of-Spain North/St Ann’s West, Stuart Young, during the opening ceremony of the Port-of-Spain Netball League (POSNL) helped netballers readied...
View ArticleThe West Indian way with coach Simmons
This week’s column is dedicated to the West Indies coach Phil Simmons as the West Indies battle for a World Cup T20 semi final place. The column is some of Simmons’ ideas to improve West Indies cricket...
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Al Hamd to make the best of today’s run
Al Hamd and Havisham represent a solid ‘professional special each-way double today on another, obligatory, Wednesday-nighter’ which offers racegoers an eight-race programme.Racegoers is somewhat of a...
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Paraplegic murdered on drug block
When paraplegic Mark Ravello was found dead with a gunshot wound to his head yesterday morning, it came as no surprise to his mother Dawn. Standing on the roadside in Marabella, waiting for police to...
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Father of murder victim on gun charge
The father of a man who was murdered in Valencia last month appeared before a Sangre Grande magistrate charged with being in possession of an assault rifle and a quantity of ammunition.Beresford...
View ArticleDuminy ruled out of West Indies clash
JP Duminy has been ruled out of South Africa’s World T20 match against West Indies on Friday after sustaining a hamstring strain in their game against Afghanistan. The exact length for his recovery is...
View ArticleWarriors off to St Vincent for qualifier
T&T Soca Warriors will leave for Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines at 2:45pm today on a Liat charter flight ahead of Friday’s 2018 World Cup qualifiers against the hosts at Arnos Vale.The...
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