Wilson repeats as regional singles champion
T&T’s Aaron Wilson repeated as champion of the Junior Boys Singles competition when the curtain came down on the 21st Caribbean Region Table Tennis Federation (CRTTF) Cadet and Junior event hosted...
View ArticleWilliam to finally conquer
Minding shortened dramatically for the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket next month following a notable success at the famous Cambridgeshire course last week; Athra stormed home to land the group three Nell...
View ArticleGuyana gets CPL finals as T&T loses out
After much speculation as to where the finals of the 2016 Hero Caribbean Premier League T20 tournament will take place, news coming to hand is that it will go South to Guyana this time around.Guardian...
View ArticleNew Boxing Board ready for responsibility
The newly appointed T&T Boxing Board of Control including chairman Barry Ishmael were all confident of contributing to the success of boxing in T&T.At a press conference held at the Ministry of...
View ArticleTTOC has the final say as Dick creates history
A new element has surfaced concerning the controversy over T&T’s qualifying spot in gymnastics in the upcoming Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, which runs from August 5-21.On Sunday, Marisa...
View Article190 workers left stunned
In the first step of an effort to cut jobs, Spanish energy firm Repsol E&P T&T Ltd yesterday offered 190 employees Voluntary Separation of Employment (VSEP) packages.The company did so in an...
View ArticleBaby burnt in arson attack dies
The investigation into an arson attack at a home in Santa Flora is now a homicide case as one of two children burnt in the fire, nine-month-old Kyle Jacob, has died.Baby Kyle, who suffered third degree...
View ArticleFormer National Security minister: Crime surges noted in hot spots since 2013
Security sectors have since 2013 noted crime surges in “hot spots” in the East/West Corridor and Central Trinidad where some gangs have used religion and religious organisations as a “front,” former...
View ArticleImam’s family not returning to T&T
Five family members of Imam Nazim Mohammed who travelled last year to war-torn Syria, where the Isis terror group operates, would not be returning to Trinidad.Confirmation came yesterday from...
View ArticleCar firm ordered to refund buyer for Benz
Automobile dealer Sterling Services Limited has been ordered to pay almost $400,000 in compensation to a customer to whom it sold a defective Mercedes Benz to in 2013. Danley Maharaj received the...
View ArticleTwo plead guilty to 11-year-old murder
Two men pleaded guilty yesterday to murdering Nigel Allen who was choked, stabbed with a fork and buried in a shallow grave in Claxton Bay almost 11 years ago.Nigel Roderique, 40, aka Ryan and Cat, and...
View ArticleMinister: Govt to consider specific programme to help prevent Isis recruitment
Government will consider implementing a specific programme to prevent possible recruitment of students by the terrorist group Islamic State in Syria (Isis). So said Minister in the Ministry of...
View ArticleEx-boxer charged with Brit’s murder
A former amateur boxer appeared in court yesterday charged with the murder of 22-year-old United Kingdom national Adrian St John who was shot dead during a robbery at Mt D’Or on April 10.Maldon...
View ArticleAspiring dancer cops Miss Siparia Fete Queen
Aspiring professional dancer Ariel Thomas, 21, was adjudged the 2016 Miss Siparia Fete Queen in a competition on Friday.Six contestants participated in the competition, which is part of the annual...
View ArticleAll children of fallen officers should benefit
Former minister in the Ministry of National Security Subhas Panday is advising all women who have children for officers in the protective services to get paternity tests done immediately, so they can...
View ArticleRating fight over Petrotrin
Rating agency Standard & Poors (S&Ps) has affirmed its BB ratings on the state-owned, integrated oil company Petrotrin, citing the maintenance of the stable outlook on the assumption that there...
View ArticleHosein to Imbert: Be honest and clear about downgrade
Economist Dr Roger Hosein is calling on Finance Minister Colm Imbert to be honest and clear about the real reason why international rating agency Moody’s Investor Services downgraded T&T last...
View ArticleOil likely to rise on lower US supply
LONDON—The failure by oil-rich nations to agree to freeze production weighed on crude prices yesterday. But analysts say oil is likely to rise in the longer-term as many companies, particularly in the...
View ArticleBanning use of Rienzi car park small-minded
On Sunday, our cricket team left Munroe Road to go down to Exchange cricket ground (immediately north of Rienzi Complex) to play a cricket match. There was no parking at the ground so we entered Rienzi...
View ArticleT&T crying out for justice
Our beautiful islands at present are in a weeping and mourning mode. This has been going on for quite some time and we are faced with the harsh reality that there is no guarantee that this may change...
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