TTFF must get their act together
I feel compelled to express my disgust with the manner in which the T&T managed the entry and exit of thousands of ardent football fans at our recent World Cup qualifier against the United States,...
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PM to citizens: Be vigilant
Shortly before he departed yesterday for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference (CHOGM) which begins in Malta on Friday, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley called on T&T’s security forces to...
View ArticleRambharat visits farms to decide on $831m budget
Agriculture Minister Clarence Rambharat is visiting farmers across the country to decide how his ministry’s $831 million budgetary allocation will be spent. The minister, who met with farmers in South...
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THA investing in business development
The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) has spent close half-a-billion dollars over the past 13 years to stimulate and nurture business development on the island, says Chief Secretary Orville London.He said...
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Archbishop appeals to RC schools: Send students to seminary
Roman Catholic Archbishop Joseph Harris says the shortage of priests in T&T has been compounded by the local church’s inability to recruit young men for the seminary. “I look at our Catholic...
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Enill: Lowering HDC ceiling not illegal
Former government minister Conrad Enill says the decision by the new PNM administration to reduce the qualifying income for nationals seeking Housing Development Corporation (HDC) homes is appropriate...
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Griffith: Government can revoke SSA appointment
Heads of strategic security agencies are appointed by governments and if an administration changes, those appointments can be revoked. Those posts can include the National Operations Centre (NOC), the...
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Missing lecturer remembered at Costaatt graduation
Graduation day was bittersweet for staff and students of the College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of T&T (Costaatt), who paid a moving tribute to missing lecturer, Glenda Charles-Harris,...
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West Indian Philosopher
My name is Gerry Anthony Williams and I am a West Indian philosopher and Renaissance man.Does one need to be a PhD to be able to formulate philosophy? I don’t think so. I attended the University of...
View ArticleConsent, children and related offences
Jean-Marc Morris Student, Hugh Wooding Law SchoolWith the proclamation of the Children’s Act No 12 of 2012 (“the Act”) on 18th May 2015, several changes followed. A “child” is now defined as “a person...
View ArticleSo much love among us
Pan Trinbago’s Pan in D Country Side 2015 was fantastic. All participants and patrons agreed that it was one of the best. In this, the last such event for 2015, a number of steelbands volunteered to...
View ArticleEnd violence against women now
On Wednesday, November 25, the World will observe International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. “Everyone has a responsibility to prevent and end violence against women and girls,...
View ArticleLondon concerned about quality of Tobago jobs
According to 2014 data from the Central Statistical Office (CSO), the unemployment rate in Tobago is currently four per cent. However, Chief Secretary in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Orville...
View ArticleLee steps down as CHTA president
MIAMI—Emil Lee has stepped down as president of the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association (CHTA) and handed over to first vice president Karolin Troubetzkoy eight months earlier than initially...
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TTSEC hosts training for regulators
The Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission (TTSEC) in collaboration with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (USSEC) recently hosted its seventh training programme on...
View ArticleNo ID parade; cops still in custody
A police inspector and constable held for allegedly accepting a $15,000 bribe from a Central drug dealer spent another night in custody last night as investigators reportedly could not find eight other...
View ArticleThe future has arrived
The environment in which national sport organisations and governing bodies operate have evolved far beyond the traditional methods and thinking. Exceptional service is not a luxury. It is what...
View ArticleBattle Pride napped again
Battle Pride is napped again for the Novice Stakes over seven furlongs of Southwell fibresand today because Richard Hannon’s charge will be re-united with stable jockey Sean Levey and is in a different...
View ArticleT&T hockey men tackle Brazil
Notre Dame’s Darren Cowie will lead a youthful T&T senior men’s hockey team into battle against host Brazil from 3 pm today in Rio de Janiero, Brazil when the four-team Olympic Test Event flicks...
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Campbell inspires Scorpions victory
A fine all-round display by John Campbell took the Jamaica Scorpions to a six-wicket victory over the T&T Red Force in their third round PCL four-day clash at the Queen’s Park Oval yesterday. The...
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