Drop in energy stocks leads market lower
The latest downturn in crude oil prices put investors in a selling mood yesterday, pulling US stocks lower for the second time this week. The market decline, which wiped out some of the gains from a...
View ArticleAfter schoolbooks cut baby grant
I can’t say that I disagree with the decision to cut free textbooks to schools. This was nothing more than a buy-vote scheme that has run its course and must now be culled. I say this, not because I...
View ArticleMay the force be with Anthony Garcia
I sympathise comprehensively with the education minister—he must be excruciatingly anguished over having to greenlight directives which virtually torch the very fabric of the noble cause he did...
View ArticleGood luck with that, Dr Rowley
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley made a stirring plea to the nation for fiscal responsibility in the next few years. His speech was angled more towards moral suasion than anything else. It is doubtful...
View ArticleWI players can revolutionise Test cricket
As crazy as it may sound I honestly believe we have the perfect combination of players to do it. Cricket has been transformed by the success of the 20/20 version and it will continue to evolve. We are,...
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In 2016, I wish for
I’m no Nostradamus but like everyone else in the kingdom of this world I can still hope and wish—however unrealistically. For the year to come I’m hoping for peace on all fronts: domestic, local,...
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A Panoramic New Year, Panorama starts Carnival next weekend
Unlike the Panorama final of 1975 when almost every steelband played one selection—Kitchener’s Tribute to Spree—this year’s Panorama is expected to unearth a cornucopia of new, beautiful music. Of the...
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Abraham says a cheerful farewell
It was a year of many highs for T&T cycling, as senior and junior cyclists competed with the best in the world, a veteran endurance rider said goodbye, while the Queen’s Park Savannah is now open...
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Espinoza, Marcelle cop top Badminton awards
Alistair Espinoza and Avril Marcelle have emerged as the Senior men’s and women’s Players of the Year 2015 at the T&T Badminton Association (TTBA) Annual Awards ceremony which took place at the...
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Pacers bounced out Nat Bball Championship
WALTER ALIBEYMaloney Pacers are out of the National Basketball Championship currently taking place. Yesterday general secretary of the National Basketball Federation of T&T (NBTT), Claire...
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In a year of odd moves, FIFA and Al Capone become neighbours
All across Europe and the Americas—as they plot legal strategy, await extradition hearings and consider the billable hours run up by their lawyers—FIFA officials can take comfort in this: They are...
View ArticleHigh expectations lie ahead for T&T sports
My favorite habit during the period of the last week in the year to the first week in the New Year, is to provide my friends and acquaintances with a genuine wish for peace, good health and a...
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Emerald Bay ticks all boxes
Emerald Bay justifies each-way support in the nine-runner 3-y-o handicap over six furlongs of Southwell fibresand this afternoon when a seven-race programme kicks off the 2016 all-weather season; happy...
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Windies players to account as WICB gets tough after Caricom blows
The West Indies Cricket Board will soon be introducing performance appraisals for members of its respective teams. The players, currently behind 0-2 in the three Test series in Australia, have come...
View ArticleFormer WICB director slams critics
Former director of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dr Allen Sammy says that cricket pundits who have been attacking the board have not done their homework.Sammy said : “Much is being written about...
View ArticleHetmyer to lead Young Windies at World Cup
ST JOHN’S—Guyana left-hander Shimron Hetmyer has been appointed captain of the West Indies Under-19 squad which will do battle in the ICC Youth World Cup starting next month in Bangladesh. Hetmyer, who...
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Schools’ swine flu alert
Parents are being told to keep their children away from school come Monday when the new school term reopens, once they display cold and flu symptoms or any other form of discomfort.This is a major...
View ArticleScholarships to be cut by 15 per cent
The Ministry of Education is to cut scholarships by 15% in 2016. Education Minister, Anthony Garcia says there’s need for more discussion. "The (scholarship) cap will reside in the area of about 400...
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Marlene house inquiry sent to police
The Housing Development Corporation (HDC) Allocations Manager Lauren Legall has referred a matter regarding Housing Minister Marlene Mc Donald to the Integrity Commission and the Commissioner of...
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New governor assures policy continuity at CBTT
Newly appointed Governor of the Central Bank, Alvin Hilaire, yesterday signalled that he intends to keep faith with the interest rate policies instituted by the previous governor, Jwala Rambarran, even...
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