US report lists prison woes as major issue
Corruption, police abuse, the slow pace of criminal judicial proceedings in T&T along with the overcrowding issue in the prisons were some of the major issues that were highlighted in the US...
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Abdulah gets hero’s send-off from OWTU
As he was saluted with union flags and serenaded with music, retired general secretary of the Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union, David Abdulah, received the union’s highest award on Friday night for 39...
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Young artist disturbed by racism
When 18-year-old up-and-coming artist Celine Raean Sampson sits in front of her easel in the balcony of her Carenage home, looking out to the Gulf of Paria, it is more than a work of art she’s trying...
View ArticleBusinessman on online shopping: New retail concepts needed
Online shopping will not disappear because of the new seven per cent tax, so local businesses will have to adjust to be competitive. According to Omar Hadeed, director of Sports and Games, many of them...
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Angostura increases global reach
A decision by officials at the House of Angostura to host a biennial Global Cocktail Challenge bolstered both the brand and T&T internationally, says the company’s senior manager for corporate...
View ArticleCasting aspersions on noteworthy institutions can damage, Mr PM
After reading the statement allegedly made by Prime Minister Keith Rowley, which was reported in an article written by Ria Taitt and carried on page 17 of the April 14 issue of the Express newspaper, I...
View ArticleDeclare a judicial crisis
It was so sad to hear the Finance Minister discuss the set-up of the country’s justice system which allows, as he says, “People to have many different and multiple bites of the cherry.” In the case of...
View ArticleLet insurance companies compensate the families
It came as a surprise to me when I heard ministers Stuart Young and Maxie Cuffie making the announcement last week that the UNC government never came up with the necessary legislation to allow the...
View ArticleNorth Eastern district schools get ready for SEA
Every Wednesday morning, promptly at 6 o’clock, T&T Guardian distributors set out to deliver the newspapers which contain the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) Practice Test supplements to 30...
View ArticleCruelty to animals like cruelty to human beings
As I sat on my lunch break under the shady trees of Faculty of Medical Sciences, Mt Hope, enjoying my beef pie, along came a puppy with the cutest begging-eyes anyone could ever imagine. Of course,...
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Burnt body of an unidentified man found in Port-of-Spain
The burnt body of an unidentified man was found early this morning in East Port-of-Spain.According to police reports, around 4am residents reported a body on fire on Parker Street, East Dry River.It is...
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Body of a murdered Central man found at home
Central police are investigating the murder of a private hire taxi driver who was found dead by his family on Sunday morning.According to police reports, Leon Goldman, 43, also known as Peter Ragoobar...
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Body of a murdered Central man found at home
Central police are investigating the murder of a private hire taxi driver who was found dead by his family on Sunday morning.According to police reports, Leon Goldman, 43, also known as Peter Ragoobar...
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Disabled vet makes good on promise to help others
Ten years ago, Dr Kriyaan Singh made a promise to help those most in need. It’s a promise he has continued to keep.Singh, a former Independent senator, was in the headlines recently when he offered to...
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The seven per cent solution
The plan to introduce a seven per cent tax on online purchases probably won’t make much difference in the long run to anyone invested in the process.Finance Minister Colm Imbert, buffeted by an almost...
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Citizens call for Gymnastic board to resign
Support continues to grow for national gymnast Thema Williams as an open letter was sent to the T&T Gymnastics Federation signed by members of the Incensed and Right Thinking Citizens. Among the...
View ArticleThema Tuesday welcome reception
Nikki Crosby, the godmother of national gymnast Thema Williams, along with family and friends are planning a welcome reception for the national gymnast when she returns home tonight at 11.16 pm, in an...
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Central FC aims to end slump
With its once comfortable lead at the top of the Digicel T&T Pro League now down to a mere three points, and losers of three of its last four matches, reigning champions, Central FC will seek to...
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A T&T multibillion sports industry by 2030
A few weeks ago the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee ( TTOC ) pulled together some of the country’s brightest entrepreneurial, business and public sector minds. The hugely positive discussions...
View ArticleDenoon, Daniel dazzle at Hampton Relays
T&T’s Zakiya Denoon and Deandra Daniel simmered at the Hamption Relays in Virginia, USA, on Saturday, taking first place in their respective events, while Mark London was runner-up in his...
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