Prisons officers live in jail dorms for safety
Rosemarie Sant Several prisons officers have chosen to make the prisons dormitory their homes for fear of losing their lives while living on the outside. Prisons officers said they have received death...
View ArticleSeizing guns before entry
National Security Minister Edmund Dillon says the T&T Coast Guard has an integral role to play in the fight against crime. He was speaking during his address at the T&T Coast Guard passing out...
View ArticleOwnership of Real Property in T&T
Anala Mohan Student, Hugh Wooding Law School Under section 4(a) of the Constitution of T&T, each citizen has the right to the enjoyment of property and the right not to be deprived of this right...
View ArticleDismantle church, state partnership
JOEL JULIEN The partnership between the church and the state at our schools must be dismantled as it is detrimental to our country, president of the T&T Unified Teachers’ Association (TTUTA)...
View ArticleAlarm over child sex abuse cases
Chairman of the Couva/Tabaquite/ Talparo Regional Corporation Henry Awong said he was alarmed by the findings of the latest report of the Children’s Authority which has identified his region as being...
View ArticleHotels facing online competition
The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) has told its 32 member associations of a new challenge for the sector from the rapid rise of the online vacation home rental industry and other...
View ArticleGreen Thumb networking event in Diego
As concerns about falling oil prices and increased food prices continue to manifest, many consumers are turning to sustainable agriculture and do-it-yourself endeavours to make ends meet. One couple,...
View ArticlePrison a breeding ground for Islamic radicalisation
The radicalisation process in prisons is not a new phenomenon. Throughout history, prisons have served as schools for criminals and a universities for terrorists. Prison is an ideal place to radicalise...
View ArticleCorporate ‘cannibals’ seeking to devour
As the country continues to feel the pain of falling oil and gas prices, a number of local and international companies are using this opportunity to restructure their organisations. Unfortunately, what...
View ArticleA work ethic to emulate
Sometimes, it is good to publicly celebrate the efforts of employees who, in the ordinary course of their work, deliver customer service excellence that some take for granted and many do not recognise....
View ArticleChildren live what they see
Our schools don’t teach or promote violence. There is nothing on the education syllabus that can or should influence our children in this way. It means therefore, that the violent tendencies of our...
View ArticleAny unfair advantage here?
I was somewhat disturbed to see your headline Saturday morning that a large new car dealer has been given a used car dealer’s license in 2015 and has been selling vehicles.On the national conversation...
View ArticleBorel claims ownership of her Olympic experience
As the T&T Olympic Committee (TTOC) prepares to mark the 100-day count down to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games this August, champion shot putter Cleopatra Borel is clear as to her approach in the run up...
View ArticleAppreciating the bigger picture in Caribbean sport
Dr Daniel Johnson, the Bahamas Minister of Youth, Sport and Culture, in his key note address to open the first ever Commonwealth Games Federation Americas and Caribbean Region meeting in Bahamas, made...
View ArticlePhillip, Joseph rekindle memories
Former top T&T women’s NORCECA representatives Elki Phillip and Nancy Joseph turned back the clock when they topped the second of three women’s T&T Volleyball Federation beach wolleyball...
View ArticleValtrin go after Super League spot
WALTER ALIBEYEastern Football Association (EFA) champions Valtrin will be at home at its Real Spring recreation ground for the team’s final Super League qualifying clash with Valencia in key match from...
View ArticleChannon to score with ‘Tiger!’
Tigerwolf first, the rest nowhere will be the outcome of a 3-y-o Maiden Stakes over seven furlongs of Chelmsford polytrack today, if this Mick Channon-trained Dream Ahead colt runs to anything like his...
View ArticleBassarath says ICC confident of WICB
President of the T&T Cricket Board (TTCB) and director on the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Azim Bassarath says the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) release shows confidence in the...
View ArticlePollard fails to fire but Mumbai win in IPL
MOHAL—Kieron Pollard’s run of poor form continued but Mumbai Indians still produced a strong all-rounder performance to trounce Kings XI Punjab by 25 runs in the Indian Premier League here...
View ArticleCharles wants more TTGF resignations
T&T Gymnastics Federation (TTGF) member Jeffrey Charles III is calling for members of the board to resign, but insists that he will not resign as he wants to help the troubled association.To date,...
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