T&T dollar selling one per cent lower
All of the nation’s 12 authorised dealers of foreign exchange yesterday began selling US dollars to the public at an exchange rate of $6.43 to US$1, the lowest exchange rate since June 12, 2014,...
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Pennywise launches into pharmaceuticals
Pennywise Cosmetics Limited has expanded its product offering to include a wide range of pharmaceuticals. With the opening of its second in-store pharmacy yesterday, the company is now promising...
View ArticleAnsa McAL rejects bankruptcy warning
The battle between Ansa McAL and Brazilian company Ambev for control of Barbados’ largest beverage company, Banks Holdings Ltd (BHL), continues to intensify. Over the weekend, in advertisements in...
View ArticleCrime strategies must be given time to work
Many are familiar with television shows on bank robberies and the famous John Q movie that depicted the ordeal of hostages. How many realise that we, citizens of T&T, are hostages of fear held...
View ArticleSo what were these fire officers in Couva doing?
I am a bit confused. How on earth is it that the Chief Fire Officer did not know that the Couva fire station did not have a fire tender for the past 18 months? He is supposed to be the boss and he do...
View ArticleLamb and jam but stay away from ham
The World Health Organisation has classified red meat as a possible cause for cancer. The Minister of Health has held a media briefing to assure us that “Yes you can eat ham for Christmas.”It amazes me...
View ArticleRoad toll can limit number of cars on streets
The everyday traffic gridlock as outlined in your editorial of November 1, has been a source of anger for many years to the travelling public. Its impact on productivity, absenteeism etc, has been well...
View ArticleWhy UNC keeps losing
The citizens of T&T who form the backbone of the United National Congress need to understand why they keep losing. The UNC is unable to win control of government unless they are aligned to other...
View ArticleCreate a bypass when highway accidents occur
What is the matter with the drivers of those trailer trucks? I have written numerous letters about the upending of those trucks and the consequent chaos that is created. Once again we read and...
View ArticleDon’t defend the indefensible
UNC youth arm chairman, Nicholas Morris has used some weighty arguments in support of his political leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar when claiming that she should not be blamed for the recent loss at the...
View ArticleMore ambulances needed
I don’t know what the health minister had to say about ambulances, but it would have been impossible for me to get my prone husband back home without one. How on earth is a family supposed to get a...
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Carenage man shot dead
A 30-year-old man has become the country’s latest murder victim. Police reports indicate that at about 9.15 pm yesterday, Selby Peters of lamp pole 11, McKenzie Drive, Point Cumana, Carenage was shot...
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Body found near port
The nude body of a man has been found in a shallow drain at the Port of Port-of-Spain.Police are currently on the scene, but are yet to determine the identity of the man or the cause of death. The man,...
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Opposition Leader knocks Rowley’s silence on crime
Opposition leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar has again called out Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley on the crime crisis, querying this in view of the fact the situation “now clearly out of the control of the...
View ArticleAssociation wary of results from meeting
In light of an expected meeting carded today with National Security Minister Edmund Dillon and the Prisons Service, members of the Prisons Officers Association are apprehensive whether any of the...
View ArticleWoman charged with cop’s killing
A 20-year-old woman who re-appeared in court on a gun possession matter yesterday, ended her day facing a murder charge.Khadijah Robertson was supposed to have been told by a State attorney why she was...
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We’re being sacrificed
The lives of prisons officers are daily being “sacrificed” as those in authority have continuously ignored the pleas to improve the Prisons Service.Prisons Commissioner, Sterling Stewart, in an...
View ArticleFarmers told: Beware of your environment
Senior programme co-ordinator of the Agricultural Policy and Value Chains, Juan Cheaz Pelaez, says it is important for farmers to be aware of their environment and the decision-making policies.He was...
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Who will be next TTFA president?
At a time when all over the world, leadership continues to be a major issue in every aspect of life, it is imperative that people find the correct person to lead them, whether it be in politics or in...
View ArticleBig Ride returns to Salybia
Some120 cyclists will participate in the Mike’s Bikes Big Ride to Salybia, which begins at the Keep Moving Family and Fitness Sundays in Diego Martin, at 6.30 am, on Sunday.This annual fun group road...
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