UPDATE: Four suspects held in connection to this morning's double murder
Four suspects have been detained in the shooting deaths of PC Russell Ramnarine and UWI engineering student, Avery Keshwar. Ramnarine, 24, and Avery, 22, of College Road, St Augustine, were both...
View ArticleT&T’s gas pains intensify
T&T’s energy sector suffered a double blow yesterday, with both oil and gas prices dropping well below the prices pegged in the 2015/2016 national budget.Natural gas prices plunged to the lowest...
View ArticleChamber president: Cut high imports
President of the Penal/Debe Chamber of Commerce Shiva Roopnarine has appealed for Government intervention to reduce the high level of imports into the country.In brief remarks at the group’s Christmas...
View ArticleMagistrates compelled to act in interest of child
There has been a great deal of public comment and expressed indignation over the magistrate’s suspension of an order which had excluded all contact between an alleged victim of domestic violence and...
View ArticleForgot about whistle-blowers, Mr PM?
Politicians as a group today are perhaps the chief cause of the extent to which the world is steeped in dishonesty and deceit! They tend to clearly see the mote in their opponents’ eyes but fail almost...
View ArticleGovernor’s revelations a national service
What a sad day when the press would print such a headline “Jwala must go” implying that this is a national sentiment rather than an outrageous statement from David Abdulah, who some may describe as a...
View ArticleCentral Bank vs Ministry of Finance financial data
I wish to add my two-cents worth to the issue between the Governor of the Central Bank and the Minister of Finance on two matters—divulging of confidential financial information and the role of the...
View ArticleTime to give Test cricket a rest
It’s about time that the West Indies cricket team stops playing Test cricket.We are a disgrace to the game and ourselves. We should take about a two-year rest and build a Test team from scratch. At...
View ArticleWindies swimming against the tide
Like thousands of fans throughout the Caribbean diaspora, I am absolutely gutted by the massive defeat we suffered at the hands of Australia in the first Test.The once-proud West Indian belly was...
View ArticlePost COP21: A world in transition
DIZZANNE BILLYThe current model we are operating in is crucially unsustainable for the long-term survival of the human race. Impacts of climate change such as droughts, intense storms, and sea level...
View ArticleFootballers, put country before self
I am T&T’s greatest football fan. I passed for football college, Naparima.I still have in my possession a 1989 Strike Squad jersey and a 1999 replica when Dwight Yorke won the treble with Man U. My...
View ArticleFixing MacOSX
All my Windows and Linux readers are going to feel a little left out here, but you might want to hold on to this column should a Mac-toting friend or relative beg for help when things go dark and...
View ArticleWe have It in all of us
I see It everywhere and recognise It behind everything. I have lost all religion while everything has become religious. It was hard to acknowledge at first, but it’s just too obvious to deny. Nature...
View ArticleRocke, Lewis cop Players of the Year hockey titles
Goalkeeper Andrey Rocke of Courts Malvern was named Senior men’s Player of the Year 2015, while Alanna Lewis of Paragon retained the title of Senior women’s Player of the Year honours, at the T&T...
View ArticleHughes brace keeps Guaya on title course
Carlos Hughes scored a goal in each as Guaya United whipped Police FC 3-1 to continue on its path to the CNG Super League Premier Division title at St James Barracks Ground, Long Circular on Sunday.The...
View ArticleW Connection eyes T&T Pro League lead
Having gotten over its slow start to the league season, in-form DirecTV W Connection will have its eyes set on taking over top spot in the Digicel T&T Pro League when it meets Defence Force in a...
View ArticleBajans spike T&T for gold in vball finale
Despite missing out on the gold medal, T&T junior men’s volleyball had their best ever showing at the tenth Caribbean Zonal Volleyball Association (CAZOVA) Under-21 Championship, with a silver...
View ArticleKoylass sends warning at RBC tennis
Victoria Koylass seems determined to lift a singles title on this occasion, easing her way to a comfortable victory when the RBC Junior Tennis tournament continued at the Trinidad Country Club in...
View ArticleCanada blanks Women Soca Warriors
T&T Women Soca Warriors suffered a second straight shut-out loss, 4-0 to Concacaf rivals Canada at the Natal International Women’s Tournament at the Arena das Dunas, Natal, Brazil on Sunday...
View ArticleScandals, oil busts—Sport’s perfect storm
Getting ready for the Rio Olympic Games from August 5-21 next year, is more complicated than it was during the build up to previous Games. The general loss of confidence, in where T&T may be...
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