First Citizens trades $8.7m shares
Overall market activity resulted from trading in ten securities of which none advanced, one declined and nine traded firm.Trading activity on the First Tier Market registered a volume of 274,873 shares...
View ArticleGiving our youth a second chance
The problem of violence in schools reflects the level of violence and criminal gang activity in our society. Is it any wonder that the murder rate continues to escalate? No doubt such violence and...
View ArticleWater down the drain
On St Vincent St, Port-of-Spain, right in front of GML building, there is a major water leak that has been there for at least two months. One morning I saw George Gonzalez on his way in and I pointed...
View Article‘Food’ for thought
Allow me to comment on a good letter written by Noel Kalicharan on the evils of eating doubles. Now while I do not support him advocating that we should cut out doubles entirely, (although I too have...
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Cutlass Attack: Guard slain in front of girlfriend on beach
Hours before appearing before a Point Fortin magistrate for being an uncontrollable child, a 14-year-old Granville girl spent Tuesday night assisting police with their investigation into the murder of...
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WI chase leather all day
Yesterday will go down in history as yet another day 11 men clad in white from the Caribbean chased a red leather ball for six hours and at the end of it all, still couldn’t catch it.The story has...
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Jones out for two weeks
Soca Warriors captain is expected to be available for this country’s opening match of the Concacaf Semi-final Round Group C World Cup qualifier away to Guatemala on November 13.This after the...
View ArticleBaptiste: Catches win matches
West Indies coach Eldine Baptiste said that dropped catches may have cost his side the initiative on the opening day of the first Test of the Sobers/Tissera series at Galle, yesterday.Two dropped...
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Molino progressing with rehab
Midfielder Kevin Molino is progressing with his recovery from a serious ACL injury and subsequent surgery in May. Reports are that the Orlando City player will resume field training in December. He...
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Hope springs eternal
Jan Steen really should make it fourth time lucky in the Maiden Stakes over six furlongs of ‘good to soft’ Brighton today when Oisin Murphy is again booked for the progressive David Coakley-trained...
View ArticleCrusaders keeps second place hopes alive
Andrew Alexander was very instrumental in Solo Crusaders blanking hosts D’Abadie Youths 3-0, to keep its hopes of a second place finish alive in the T&T Table-Tennis Association Premier Division...
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Martin quits as T&TCA pres
After seven years in office, David Martin has resigned as president of the T&T Chess Association, effective October 3, 2015. His departure comes somewhat as a surprise although stories leaking out...
View ArticleBenjamin shocked by TTCB structure
Former West Indies fast bowler Kenneth Benjamin has expressed complete shock upon learning of the present structure of the T&T Cricket Board (TTCB). The TTCB’s structure has been brought to light...
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Hudson treble extends Naparima SSFL lead
In form Isaiah Hudson got his second hat-trick and seventh goal in three matches as Naparima defeated host Fatima 4-1 to widen its lead at the top of the BGTT/First Citizens Secondary Schools Football...
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West Indians woven into Sri Lankan cricket fabric
While the West Indies were beating the world the Island of Sri Lanka was looking for recognition on the world scene and how well they have done, as they ran out to play the West Indies in the first...
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The Second Coming of Hatuey
We cannot return to Eden (Raoul Pantin)Prominent amid aspects of this story (the “discovery” of the Americas)…are the massacres of innocent peoples, the atrocities committed against them and, among...
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One-and-a-half better than two
All passengers on the following jet ski over troubled waters are asked to suspend their disbelief, in the interest not merely of verisimilitude (sounds lovely doesn’t it) but of survival. On one of...
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Superwoman flies into Trinidad concert
An ambitious young brother/sister promotion team is sending teenagers across the country into a frenzy over the upcoming Superwoman concert. Sareeta Bridgelal, 32 and her brother Randir own and operate...
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The perfect book for terror trivia
Review by Kevin BaldeosinghAre you the kind of person who gets into arguments about which historical figure was more evil than which? Or about historical facts in general?If so, then Atrocities is one...
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My first year as tutor at Alta Sangre Grande
As Alta continues annual student registration at classes across Trinidad, we rally our readers to share the message of our anti-stigma campaign: No shame. Go brave. You can read. Alta tutors who have...
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