House to review guidelines for MPs after Easter
Parliament’s constituency office guidelines are merely guidelines and there is no sanction for breach of this, Parliament officials said yesterday.Yesterday, the PNM raised questions about UNC MP Barry...
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Cascade man killed near home
The ability to work a PH taxi is being blamed for the death of a 35-year-old Cascade man who was killed not to far from his home on Tuesday night.According to police reports, Colin “Crabby” Harewood of...
View ArticleSampson-Brown on jailing of two men: No end to defying protection orders
The jailing of two men for breach of protection orders may result in very little to stem the tide of domestic violence against women.Head of the Victim and Witness Support Unit Margaret Sampson-Browne,...
View ArticleRoad deaths for year up by 37%
For this year 37 people were killed in road traffic accidents compared to 27 for the same period last year, representing an increase of 37 per cent.And the leading causes have been speeding and drunk...
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PS tells of lapses at Ministry of Tourism
Permanent secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Cecelia Greaves-Smith, yesterday testified before the Public Accounts Committee (PCA) that prior to 2014 there had been lapses in the ministry's...
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On a mission to save lost youths
Despite being threatened with death and amidst increasing reports of school violence and murders, law student Dale Christopher Jones, 27, is not giving up on his mission to save lost youths in high...
View ArticleGML achieves 9.7 per cent growth in income
For the year ended December 31, 2015, Guardian Media Limited achieved income before taxation of $48.9 million. This represented growth of 9.7 per cent over the previous year, chairman Grenfell Kissoon...
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$1.1b profit before tax for Ansa McAL
The ANSA McAL Group recorded a 9.2 per cent increase in profit before tax for 2015. Group chairman and CEO Norman Sabga said the profit before tax was $1.163 billion, up from $1.065 billion for the...
View ArticleWonderful start to Pan in De Countryside
A tsunami of steelpan lovers descended on the little village of Tamana on Saturday, March 19 as Pan Trinbago held the first in its series Pan in De Countryside for 2016. People came as is the custom,...
View ArticlePadarath misses principle behind Parliamentary code
Princes Town MP Barry Padarath has insulted the Parliament and the Clerk of the House by misleading the public into believing he can simply pay back the $10,000 monthly salaries paid to a relative. He...
View ArticleNepotism undermines concept of equality
Nepotism is still nepotism even if the cousin who you employ is twice or three times removed. So what is it about nepotism that is so offensive? That there are people in T&T who clearly think...
View ArticleNot so easy to call SoE, ladies
The Powerful Ladies of Trinidad and Tobago (PLOTT) are behaving like the ladies who fought to get the PNM mayor of Port-of-Spain removed based on his foot-in-the-mouth remarks at the murder of the...
View ArticleThink twice before sending home workers
Recently I read statistics showing an increase in unemployment in T&T over the last couple of months. Due to the present economic climate in our country I must say that, to an extent, this could be...
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Lara says Nanan was visionary
West Indies icon Brian Lara yesterday paid tribute to former T&T and West Indies off spinner Rangy Nanan as a man who was totally devoted to cricket and one whose passion and dedication to the game...
View ArticleWindies eyeing semifinal berth as England call
DHARAMSALA—An upbeat West Indies Women take on one of the tournament favourites, England Women, here today, cognisant of the fact a victory will secure them a berth in the final four of the Women’s...
View ArticleBostock eager for Soca Warriors bow against ‘Vincey Heat’
English-born midfielder John Bostock is anticipating the chance of realizing a childhood dream of playing international football.And this opportunity could be present to him as early as tomorrow when...
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Flinty Fell and Divine Joy to make all the running
Divine Joy might just prove an inspired, speculative, selection for an 'aged' Maiden Stakes over the extended mile of Wolverhampton Tapeta this afternoon; we might just have found good reasons to give...
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True value of chess-in-schools
Some three years ago, a tri-partite agreement was signed aimed at setting up a chess-in-schools programme in the country. The signing took place at the Education Ministry in Port-of-Spain with...
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NP ready to welcome reinstated workers
State-owned gas company National Petroleum (NP) has been ordered to reinstate immediately 68 workers who were fired for engaging in alleged illegal industrial action three years ago. The Court of...
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