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Windies arrive Down Under for tough tour
BRISBANE—West Indies made a quiet arrival in the picturesque east coast city here yesterday, to begin preparation for their three-Test series against Australia staring next month.The squad, led by...
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Homicide Bureau takes over case
Homicide officers have taken over the investigation into the death of Moruga resident Brian Smith, who was found floating off Chaguaramas on Sunday.His family claims soldiers beat Smith unconscious and...
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Real and imminent cyber security threat
Along with Russian and Chinese hackers, jihadists like Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) are the major perpetrators of cybercrime in the world today, says American cyber security expert Dr Darren...
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Accident victim dies eight months later
After nursing her son back from the doorway of death, Princes Town mother Mohenee Rampersad was left heart-broken on Wednesday night when she learned of his death as she sat sewing a pillow case for...
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Sewer problem shuts down another school
Another 600 children have been sent home as yet another primary school has been closed because of sewer problems.Officials at the Ragoonanan Road Government Primary School began sending its students...
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School principal: We are in need of teachers
Consider teaching as a profession to contribute value to society.This was the advice given by principal of Presentation College, Chaguanas, Gary Ribeiro as he spoke to students who recently sat...
View ArticleFAO: Challenge to feed increasing population
Lisa Martinez, the programme associate of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations country office in T&T and Suriname, says the world is facing a major challenge to feed...
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Speed guns can save lives, says Arrive Alive
Concerns are being raised by president of Arrive Alive Sharon Inglefield that neither the speed guns nor the new Motor Vehicle Authority have been put into use, especially as the carnage on the...
View ArticleNatuc threatens fallout over absence of social dialogue
There are rumblings in the trade union movement, with a warning coming from the National Trade Union Centre (Natuc) of an impending fallout if decisions concerning workers continue to be made without...
View Article‘Foreign policy’ is really crimes against humanity
In response to an article written by Ryan Hadeed on November 25, I am most happy that he was cognisant of the fact that there are two sides to the violence that takes place in the Middle East and he...
View ArticleThe line of least resistance
What a difference a month or two or even a week makes.On either side of a general election and “regime change,” the perspectives on issues change; or so we are supposed to believe.Last weekend, on his...
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Husband seeks answer as mom, baby die at Mt Hope
A series of events, starting with excessive bleeding that led to shock and cardiac arrest, may have led to the death of mother Candace Santo and her baby at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex,...
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Desperate mom pleads for help
OTTO CARRINGTON and MICHAEL RAMSINGHA mother is now pleading for the public’s help to get her family out of the abject poverty in which they now live. With Christmas approaching and a new baby on the...
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Contractors hurt by delays
Delay in Government’s Development Programme will compound negative effects on local contractors who are already owed over $1 billion by the state, according to T&T Contractors’ Association (TTCA)...
View ArticleANSA McAL increases offer for BHL
The directors of Banks Holdings Limited (BHL) have recommended that shareholders accept the latest offer from ANSA McAL of Bds$7 to takeover the Barbados beverage manufacturer.In a circular this week,...
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Deyalsingh: Doctors still misbehaving
Dr Varma Deyalsingh, treasurer of the Medical Board of T&T (MBTT), says while doctors in T&T have come a long way, some are still being accused of having sex with their patients, creating drug...
View ArticleKamla slams PNM on foreign reserves
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is warning that the PNM dipping into the country’s foreign reserves is a dangerous precedent. She was speaking at a town meeting at the Charlieville...
View ArticleUNC will abide by court’s ruling
At 10.30 am tomorrow, the Appeal Court will decide if the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) was within its legal remit to extend the voting time by one hour on the evening of the September 7...
View ArticleSIS, NGC silent on Beetham project
There are more questions than answers after last week’s shut down of the billion-dollar Beetham Wastewater Project by Super Industrial Services Ltd (SIS).Now both state-owned National Gas Company (NGC)...
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UNC wracked by internal strife
Fresh internal conflict is threatening to break the United National Congress (UNC) apart in the build up to internal elections. With just days to go before the party elects its leader, the mostly clean...
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