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AFETT and Digicel take steps to success
The Digicel Foundation and the Association of Female Executives of T&T (AFETT) joined forces to launch the professional development seminar, Six Steps for Success, at the Digicel Hospitality Suite....
View ArticlePlant the land
The agriculture sector in T&T has been in relative decline for several decades and the seriousness of this is now becoming a problem in 2016. The decline has been attributed to external factors...
View ArticleA completely-preventable tragedy
Keith Campbell, of the St Joseph Forestry Division, reportedly died at hospital from burns he sustained while being trapped and overcome by the flames he was fighting yesterday on Lady Chancellor Road....
View ArticleBe judicious in use of Internet
The Internet has become a double-edged sword. How so? Well, even though it is a very useful tool in accessing information, the quality of my education is often compromised by social media. I am sure...
View ArticleTackle economy issues differently
In retrospection to the current issues facing the economy and the current cost of living, it may be wise for the Government to review its current course of action for getting out of this financial...
View ArticleObsolete offences clogging criminal justice system
The Criminal Justice System of T&T is suffering under the burden of enforcing obsolete laws that contribute little to the welfare and safety of our nation. While murder and violence paint our...
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Gopee-Scoon: Money on Lara stadium not wasted
Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon is confirming that the much maligned Brian Lara Stadium in Tarouba will be completed.However, she was unable to give a similar commitment to questions...
View ArticleCuffie on UNC election lawsuit: I was validly elected on September 7
Public Administration and Communications Minister Maxie Cuffie is claiming victory in the election petition case brought against him by the United National Congress following the September 7 general...
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Credit unions join forces with ACCA
President of the Co-operative Credit Union League of T&T (CCULTT) Joseph Remy has described the recent signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Association of Chartered and Certified...
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Southern Sales unveils new Sportage
To help stimulate the T&T economy, Southern Sales and Service Limited is moving ahead with infrastructure plan to boost employment, says it chief executive Imtiaz Ahamad.Delivering remarks at the...
View ArticleUpdated ‘My Digicel’ app released
Digicel has announced the release of the latest version (v5.34) of its ‘My Digicel’ app for Android smartphones, an interactive and user-friendly tool that allows customers to manage their overall...
View ArticleTrade facilitation committee appointed
Norris Herbert, acting Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Trade and Ammar Samaroo, the Comptroller of Customs and Excise Division, will co-chair the newly appointed National Trade Facilitation...
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Enable youth to find themselves in the world
Bukka RennieOn Thursday March 24, my good friend Lloyd Taylor said in his column “At the rendezvous of public virtue”, that when Lincoln Myers proposed a discussion document for a National Service...
View ArticleIs T&T on brink of a humanitarian crisis?
With T&T in a state of an economic recession, survival necessities such as food and medicine have seen significant increases in prices and thousands of workers now placed on the bread line as...
View ArticleDiversification via business/process innovation
For decades I have been advocating that we need to diversify our economy. Further that we have to use the savings from the rents we earn from the energy sector via governments’ interventions since...
View ArticleTRINIDAD’S BURNING BUSH MOMENT
To state that murder, mayhem and social malady have become commonplace in Trinidad is the equivalent to stating that fishes can swim. Trinidadians have become comfortable with the daily slaughter,...
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A celebration of World Down Syndrome Day
The Down Syndrome Family Network of T&T (DSFN) hosted a panyard lime at the CAL Invaders Panyard, 147 Tragarete Road, Woodbrook on March 23.This event, sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism and the...
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Women to Jazz-up Fiesta Plaza, Movietowne
The Women in Jazz series is back at The Fiesta Plaza, MovieTowne, Port-of-Spain. The month of April has been for the last six years a showcase of the best of T&T’s female jazz artistes and this...
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Earl Rodney’s big wish
Winning arranger of four out of eight attempts at Panorama (a 50 per cent winning achievement with second and third places thrown into the mix) is not too bad of a record for a “country-boy come to...
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The Backup Sermon
It seems oddly relevant, on the Tuesday after one of the most sacred weekends on the Christian calendar, to be talking about backup. It’s a text I return to occasionally, sometimes preaching from a...
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