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Truck driver killed outside his home
Minutes after Ravi Maniedeo said goodbye to his mother and brother on New Year’s Day, he was killed near his home at Old Longdenville Road. Maniedeo, 27, a truck driver, was shot in the head as he got...
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Carnival Film debuts at Imax
If director of the Carnival Institute Dr Kim Johnson has his way, video recordings of T&T’s indigenous art forms will no longer destined for a vault to be forgotten. Using material from events...
View ArticleMan shot in land dispute
An argument over land almost cost a Princes Town man his life on Friday night after he was shot in the stomach by a neighbour.Up to yesterday, Dwayne Mc Intosh, 25, was warded in a serious but stable...
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12 schools stay closed tomorrow
There will be no school for hundreds of secondary school students across the country tomorrow and Tuesday. They have been asked by the Ministry of Education not to report for classes for the first two...
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ACP moving from aid to development
Although it was established 40 years ago, the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP) is still relevant today says secretary general Dr Patrick Ignatius Gomes.Guyanese-born Dr Gomes, who...
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The 2016 deepwater silver lining
Kevin ramnarineBy the time you read this, the Prime Minister would have addressed the nation on the state of the economy. The speech would have focused on falling revenue from the energy sector and the...
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The past year in art
The threshold between an old and a new year is highly visual. People often set their sights on what is to come—redrawing horizon lines and picturing the shape life will take. They also look back on an...
View ArticleUNC needs new political image
Let us move past both the general and the UNC internal elections where there is enough political grief to be worked on. The UNC is at its weakest and people who profess to love their party should...
View ArticleMore attention needed on danger of fireworks
Both the print and electronic media have made a good start by publishing pictures and stories of the misery caused by fireworks this season. However, more stories and, particularly, more pictures need...
View ArticleRambarran consistent with moral requirements of the post
The issue of the former governor of the Central Bank, Mr Jwala Rambarran, choosing to divulge the names of some 18 corporate entities that, in his estimate, gobbled up most of the country's foreign...
View ArticleTime to put political agendas on back burner
After listening to the address by the Prime Minister on the state of our country's economy it is clear that our current circumstances require our collective effort to weather this economic storm. It is...
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Cathy’s at home in T&T
Driving along the Diego Martin highway it is hard to miss the expansive, brightly coloured green home of Cathy George and her husband, panman Clyde “Lightning” George.Cathy George (nee Crowley) is an...
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Happy New Year: Expect real sporting fireworks
“Happy New Year 2016”, the “Year of the Red Fire Monkey” in the Chinese Zodiac! Per author and religious minister, late Dr Norman Vincent Peale, whose words should have inspired many a cricketer, 2016...
View ArticlePhillips focuses on sport tourism
Chairman of the Sport Company of T&T (SporTT) Michael Phillips says priority will be given to developing the sport tourism mandate in 2016, but in doing so the board will need to establish a...
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Narine retained by KKR despite ICC ban
MUMBAI—Under-fire West Indies off-spinner Sunil Narine has been retained by Kolkata Knight Riders for the upcoming Indian Premier League season, despite currently being banned from bowling in...
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Aussies turn to spin in bid to sweep
SYDNEY—It was a decision a decade in the making: Australia selected Nathan Lyon and Steve O'Keefe for the third Test against the West Indies, marking the first time since 2006 that it has named two...
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Failures for Gayle, Bravo as Renegades lose
MELBOURNE, Australia—Both Chris Gayle and Dwayne Bravo failed to spark as Melbourne Renegades crashed to a comprehensive seven-wicket defeat to city rivals Melbourne Stars yesterday.Playing at the...
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Holder backs idea of enhanced pay
SYDNEY, Australia—West Indies captain Jason Holder believes parity in earnings will motivate players to focus more on international cricket instead of solely on the lucrative Twenty20 format.Holder was...
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Week after saving mom from cutlass attacker: Teen Hero Dies
Nathan Barcoo-Campo, 13, who was severely chopped by a cutlass-wielding bandit at his Las Lomas No.3 home on December 27, yesterday succumbed to his injuries.Barcoo-Campo was attacked by the bandit as...
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Man liming with friends murdered
RALPH BANWARIEA 25-year-old man was gunned down while liming at party at Moolchan Street, Guaico, Sangre Grande, yesterday. Orcale Kerbie Smith, 25, an unemployed father of two, died on the spot after...
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