RBL denies forex diversion claims
In the last three years the Central Bank has injected US$5.575 billion into T&T’s foreign exchange system and Republic Bank Limited (RBL) purchased US$1,185.536 million of that amount.The bank...
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Chamber president: No need to panic over recession
The fact that T&T is in a recession is no reason to panic or abandon ship, says Richie Sookhai, president of the Chaguanas Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Sookhai, who was part of forum between...
View ArticleBetter ambulance response needed
Despite the issue of the failure of the ambulance service provider to deliver being raised almost daily, on Monday evening another of our citizens, a 29-year-old woman died waiting for an ambulance...
View ArticleCut with care, Dr Rowley
Recession or no recession, there are certain things that the government should and shouldn't cut. I am reading in the print media that dialysis for patients who once received it in an External Patients...
View ArticleChoosing Kamla
Is the current UNC membership obsessed with its leader? That is the question one has to ask. The members of the United National Congress, who voted for Mrs Kamla Persad-Bissessar, don't seem to care...
View ArticleEat and drink in moderation
The Christmas season is upon us and many people are busy preparing to entertain or be entertained. Corporations, companies, organisations and families are all hosting their end-of-year functions where...
View ArticleQuestions about UNC voting
Mr Rampersad Parasram, Chairman of the UNC Internal elections management committee, has stated that the elections were fair. If this is in fact the case, I would appreciate if Mr Parasram could explain...
View ArticleApologies, Mr Balkaran
On November 10, 2015 an article published in your newspaper headlined: “Leaking sewer closes top performing school,” I was quoted as saying: “Mr Charles Balkaran was a former chairman of the EFCL now...
View ArticleRemembering Kamal
Sometime around 2004, I attended a function and saw Mr Kamaluddin Mohammed. As I approached him, he spoke first: “How are you going, Philip?” This was surprising as this was the very first time we were...
View ArticleTragarete Road Club
It seems that a yellow-coloured club on Tragarete Road has certain liberties. Recently, the Port-of-Spain Mayor and the EMA announced that speakers on the outside of clubs’ premises would be dealt with...
View ArticleCongrats to Baroness Scotland
First impressions sets the tone for one’s receptiveness towards another and that was exactly what she did. The first time we saw her as she visited the Network of Rural Women Producers’ Trinidad and...
View ArticleFour people arrested for drug possession
Four people, including one woman were arrested this morning as Southern Division Police carried out an anti-crime exercise. Two of the men and the woman were held when police raided a building on...
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Massy lawyers put on case
President and chief executive of Massy Group, Gervais Warner, has expressed deep concern about the recent disclosure by Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran of the country’s 18 biggest foreign...
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He’s being hounded out by Govt—Kamla
Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar and the Congress of the People (COP) yesterday accused the Government of attempting to “hound” Central Bank governor Jwala Rambarran out of office.“They are...
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Here to entertain
Nyerere HaynesRodell “Ro’dey” Cumberbatch is here to entertain. Though widely known for his funny Facebook Marry Me and Lessons videos, he prefers not to be called a comedian because he says the title...
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Rum Cyar Done
Despite a hectic weekend I still managed to make it to the Queen’s Park Oval on Sunday to see the T&T Red Force mauled by the Guyana Jaguars on the third day of the fourth round of the WICB...
View ArticleMother to miss baby’s funeral
The mother of 23-month-old Khristha Knutt may not be allowed to attend her daughter’s funeral today as she remains in police custody.The mother and her boyfriend, a member of the Coast Guard, were...
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Beating accused to spend Christmas with ‘victim’
Ricardo Jerome, the man who was charged by police after a viral video of him allegedly beating a woman at an Arima bar, will be allowed to spend Christmas with the woman and her child.Jerome, 36, was...
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Brazil samba girls hammer Women Soca Warriors 11-0
A second string T&T Women Soca Warriors squad suffered an 11-0 defeat to Brazil in their opening matchof the 2015 International Tournament of Natal at Arenas das Dunas in Brazil on Wednesday...
View ArticleT&T youth secure volleyball quarters spot
This country’s junior men’s volleyball team stayed in contention for a medal at the tenth Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) Junior (Under-21) Championships by winning its final two Pool B...
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