Police probe launched into Windies Sri Lanka Test
SRI LANKA LOGOCOLOMBO—The Sri Lankan government says it has launched a probe into a bid to bribe members of the national cricket team to under-perform in a recent Test match against West Indies.The...
View ArticleWaugh calls out Samuels
MELBOURNE—Australia Australian selector Mark Waugh has launched a scathing attack on the West Indies cricket team ahead of the second Test match scheduled to start on Boxing Day in Melbourne. Waugh has...
View ArticleMom who had contracted swine flu dies at Mt Hope
More than two weeks after being admitted to the Eric Williams Sciences Complex in Mt Hope for pains related to her pregnancy, 28-year-old Stacy Ramkissoon has died. Ramkissoon had contracted the H1N1...
View ArticleImbert urges cautious spending as Rowley to give nation ‘reality check’
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley is expected to present a reality check to citizens when he addresses the nation on Tuesday. That is according to Finance Minister Colm Imbert.Rowley told a function...
View ArticlePM slams ‘rumourmongering’ over Barbados trip
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has denied that he snuck off to Barbados for medical reasons. In response to texts from the T&T Guardian, Rowley said he was in Barbados over the weekend to attend...
View ArticleMan killed by police after robbing bar in Chaguanas
One of two bandits who robbed a Chaguanas bar yesterday was killed during gunfight with police before they’d even got away. Police have not yet said who the dead man is, and they are searching Central...
View ArticleLuggage woes threaten return from China
Up to press time last night it was unclear whether Trinidad and Tobago’s representative at Miss World in China had caught her plane to London, to catch her connecting flight back to T&T on...
View ArticleFood vendors, customers avoid Savannah
Friday and Saturday saw a decrease in the numbers of both vendors and customers at the Queen’s Park Savannah, following Port-of-Spain Mayor Raymond Tim Kee’s revelation of a major rat infestation in...
View ArticleWhat does ‘administrative leave’ mean for Jearlean?
Industrial relations consultant, Robert Giuseppi believes that Jearlean John, Managing Director of the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) has nothing to be worried about if she didn’t commit any...
View ArticleAg CoP Williams: Drop in ‘serious crimes’ rate projected for 2015
Acting Commissioner of Police Stephen Williams says 2015 is projected to have a ten per cent reduction in serious crimes compared to last year.Williams spoke to the Guardian at an event in Laventille...
View ArticleANSA McAL Foundation delivers Christmas Cheer
The ANSA McAL Foundation delivered its share of Christmas cheer on Thursday morning at the ANSA McAL Hospitality Suite at the Queen’s Park Oval. Ten organisations received donation cheques from the...
View ArticleMarsha’s comeback
Plantain allyuh! Yam! Come allyuh, green fig!” The loud shouts coming from the middle of the Chaguanas Market are from young Marsha Bhall as she busily sells vegetables and provisions to a steady...
View ArticleForeign reserves plunge
T&T’s net official foreign reserves plunged by 14.7 per cent between the start of 2015 and the end of October, which is the lowest foreign reserve figure recorded by the Central Bank since November...
View ArticlePrivatisation can reduce strain on Treasury
Government ought to never encounter difficulties in meeting its financial obligations so long as it precisely appreciates the reason for its existence. From ancient times the inhabitants of our planet...
View ArticleTorture for retiree to get benefits
After working in the public service for over 30 years it’s a shame and disgrace that upon retirement as public officers people have to wait from eight months to a year, sometimes more, to receive their...
View ArticleGo for Highest Quality
Zauffaly won’t be a surprise if he causes one in the Maiden Stakes over a mile of Chelmsford polytrack today. Significantly his third run, at this venue, was undoubtedly a career-best!Ed Dunlop’s...
View ArticleBacchus steals show at Harvard awards
Captain of the Harvard Club’s Under-19 rugby team Odell Bacchus has again been named as the junior member who best epitomises the Spirit of Harvard Awards (SOHA).The announcement was made at the...
View ArticleSmith must pursue integration of sport for all
Sport is an important social dimension to demonstrate genuine inclusion for persons with disabilities. According to the United Nations Enable “The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with...
View ArticleRapturous reception for Ramesar’s Haiti Bride
Caribbeing filmmaker Yao Ramesar’s latest feature Haiti Bride, shot in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake, premiered at the fourth Ghetto Biennale in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, last Wednesday night,...
View ArticleWine for Christmas
“One Christmas Eve day, when I was just ten years old, I came home from flying my kite outside, and I saw the wine my mother had just finished bottling, and I poured a quarter glass into a tumbler, and...
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