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Holders of degrees receiving food cards
After two successive governments spent more than $20 billion in social programmes over the past decade, Local Government and Rural Development Minister Franklin Khan says T&T’s poverty level...
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$630.4 m profit for First Citizens
First Citizens Group CEO Karen Darbasie was praised yesterday for steering the bank through the controversy surrounding its initial public offering (IPO).The praises came from chairman Anthony Smart as...
View ArticleIMF’s Lagarde wants stronger tax co-operation
Managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde, yesterday called for much stronger international tax co-operation, in the context of growing global alarm over the inequity...
View ArticleECA: Tone set for T&T to take new course
Measures articulated by Finance Minister Colm Imbert in his mid-term budget review set the tone for T&T to take responsibility in charting a new course in this period of structural adjustment, the...
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Strategy expert Sull: Red tape barrier to T&T market
The amount of red tape involved in doing business in T&T prevents the country and local companies from going global, said Professor Donald Sull, an expert on strategy and execution in turbulent...
View ArticleProperty Tax should be an ‘environmental tax’
There continues to be controversy in respect of the Property Tax much of which, in my view, has its origin in a misconception of the purposes which taxes as these ought to serve within the context of...
View ArticleTraffic wardens committing traffic offences
Traffic wardens attached to the Gasparillo area are committing traffic offences. Legal Notice 21 of 2016 prohibits vehicles from making a right turn from Bonne Aventure Road onto Harmony Hall Road from...
View ArticleWater wasting for years
I have tried many ways of highlighting this total waste of water 24/7, over many years. I have tried posting messages on the gate at the sub-station in Cascade, sending emails to WASA and posting on...
View ArticleTime to stamp out indiscipline in schools
Because of the easy access to education now there are those without ambition who do not appreciate that this is the way to succeed in life’s journey to maintain a family and themselves in time to come....
View ArticlePoliticians too, contribute to crime
Why is Dr Rowley blaming the heads of the nine police divisions now? This is nothing new. Crime took off on this island after our independence when the PNM took control of this nation, and ever since...
View ArticleLink police salary increases to productivity
I fully agree with PM Rowley in his speech at a recent meeting about the police, that “there is no accountability in the system and the people who should be in charge are hiding in the shadows.”This is...
View ArticleWe are too touchy
Permit me to offer my two cents on this Dwyane Bravo Adidas issue. Being a graphic artist for more than 30 years, I can tell you that a caricature is my favourite thing to do.For those of you who may...
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Police investigate two murders in Marabella & Valencia
Police are investigating two murders today.In the latest incident, a man was shot dead in Marabella in what appears to be a drive-by killing.Residents of Centeno Street, said they heard a gunshot...
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Schoolboy among three charged with murder
Two men and a teenager with alleged links to gang activity in Chaguanas, have been charged with the October 17, 2015 murder of Amos Dick, according to a statement from the police.The accused Junior...
View ArticleWoman's body wrapped in plastic found floating in Manzanilla river
The decomposing body of a woman was found by Forestry workers, floating by in the Mitan River, Manzanilla on Friday morning. Reports indicate that Forestry employee Mohan Kemraj and a gang of workers...
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Cops hunt for close friend
The body of another missing woman has been found dumped in the Mitan River.The latest victim has been identified as Felicia Persad, who was found in a leather bag which had been tied to the root of a...
View ArticleSuspect in UK cricketer’s killing charged
One of two suspects detained for the murder of British national Adrian St John was last night charged.Director of Public Prosecutions Roger Gaspard last night gave police the instructions to charge...
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AG details Emrith’s OAS, Nidco deals
One-time United National Congress official Ken Emrith whose name has been mentioned in connection with the leaked “Panama Papers” scandal, was employed as a marketing consultant at the National...
View ArticleWitness opts not to testify in Moruga case
The State’s case against six police officers charged with the murder of three civilians from Moruga in July 2011 appears to be in jeopardy as its main witness has decided that she will no longer...
View ArticleNo race in SSA sackings—Dillon
National Security Minister Edmund Dillon says there is no move to get rid of East Indians in the Strategic Services Agency (SSA).Dillon said that in an interview with reporters during yesterday's House...
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