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Ambev wins takeover battle for BHL
BRIDGETOWN—The battle for Banks Holdings Limited (BHL) is over and the winner is AB InterBrew’s major Brazilian subsidiary, AmBev.According to a shareholders circular issued by the BHL board on Friday,...
View ArticleT&T Chamber: Governor breached confidentiality
The T&T Chamber of Industry and Commerce said Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran breached confidentiality when he identified by name, companies and businesses deemed to be T&T’s top users of...
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Scotiabank revenue increases to $1,472m
Scotiabank T&T Limited’s net income has increased by $6 million or one per cent to $566 million for the year ended October 31.The bank’s latest quarterly financial results, which were posted on the...
View ArticleClimate Change, Refugees and Migration
When I attended the September 2015 negotiating session in Bonn, Germany in the lead up to the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change which took place in...
View ArticleKamla’s re-election a mistake
This past Saturday, we all witnessed what may have been the single most masterful and classy display of power by a politician in recent history, to the point where I am not even sure that it was...
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Man crushed to death while loading steel truck
A man has been crushed to death this morning while loading steel onto a truck in an accident in Freeport. According to reports, Ryan Maharaj, 31, died on the spot earlier this morning, when a tonne of...
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Police seek help identifying two bodies
Police have yet to identify the bodies of two men found last night and this morning in two separate instances. According to police reports around 7.30 am today police were called to Concord Street San...
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Baroness Scotland: I am a Caribbean woman
Commonwealth Secretary General designate baroness Patricia Scotland says her major objective is to bring the 53-members states closer together during her term. In the process she will be committed to...
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No charges yet in death of toddler
Police were still taking statements yesterday from relatives of 23-month-old Khristha Knutt, who died from head injuries and electrocution in what police believe was a botched attempt to resuscitate...
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Doctors make history
Three local doctors have made medical history. The trio — urologist and lead surgeon Dr Lall R Sawh, general vascular surgeon Dr Steve Budhooram and Dr Peng Ewe, anesthetist and intensivist — removed...
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Worker crushed by tonne of steel
The family of a Cunupia man who died in a work-related accident yesterday is calling on witnesses to come forward and say how he really died.Ryan Maharaj, 31, of Pina Circular, Dyette Estate, Cunupia,...
View ArticleArcellorMittal layoffs slammed
President of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) Joseph Remy has described the laying off of 600 workers from ArcellorMittal, “as a direct and brazen attack on trade unions in T&T.”He also...
View ArticlePolice seek help to ID murder victim
Police are seeking the public’s help to identify the body of a man found yesterday with bullet wounds to the back of the head at Concord Road, San Juan.The latest killing pushed the murder toll to 389...
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Imbert cautious on bank’s recession talk
The Government is awaiting information from the Central Statistical Office (CSO)—expected in a few weeks—on the Central Bank governor’s recent statement that T&T is in a recession, Finance Minister...
View ArticleAct before energy sector dies
The bubble has burst.That’s what the lowest oil price in six years and the laying off of several hundred ArcellorMittal workers means, according to Independent senator Stephen Creese yesterday.He made...
View ArticleTeacher, doubles vendor on $4m fraud charges
Three women, including a secondary school teacher, appeared in court yesterday charged with defrauding the North Central Regional Health Authority of over $4 million.The women—Phern Spencer, 35, Stacy...
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Minister warns of zika virus hitting T&T
It is inevitable the zika virus will hit this country, warned Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh at a workshop to develop a regional network on surveillance and diagnosis of emerging vector-borne...
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UNC will die ‘slow, painful death’
The founder of the United National Congress says the party was now on a path for a “slow and painful death” now that the membership has re-elected Kamla Persad-Bissessar as its leader.Basdeo Panday,...
View ArticleChina steel takes toll on ArcelorMittal
Cheap Chinese steel has driven global prices down and may be the reason behind ArcelorMittal’s shut down and retrenchment of 800 workers. That is the view of Energy Chamber CEO Dr Thackwray Driver who...
View ArticleNow is the time to diversify
Diversification of T&T’s economy seems clichéd but CEO of the Energy Chamber Dr Thackwray Driver says failure to do so by successive governments is one of the causes of the current recession....
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