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Jagrup voted most outstanding cricket inductee
Varindra Jagrup was adjudged the “Most Outstanding Inductee” when the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board held the graduation ceremony for the 2015 National Gas Company (NGC) sponsored Cricket Academy at...
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Brathwaite shines in Sydney gloom
SYDNEY—Enterprising all-rounder Carlos Brathwaite struck his second consecutive half-century to steal his piece of history but rain wrecked the second day of the third and final Test, allowing only...
View ArticleGayle blasted for comments to female reporter
HOBART—Chris Gayle’s comments to a female reporter during an interview broadcast live on Australian television have been criticised by the head of the Big Bash League.After scoring 41 from 15...
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Lara opens castle to boxing
Amateur boxing will take centre stage for the month of January when the T&T Amateur Boxing Association, in collaboration with LAY Management Group [LMG] and the Pearl & Bunty Lara Foundation...
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Oval Test for Indians
Local fans will finally see a Test match between India and the West Indies at the Queen’s Park Oval, after a 14-year wait.According to reliable sources, the first Test of the upcoming four-match series...
View ArticleLate certificate causes hiccup in ex-cop’s funeral
The family of a retired police inspector who was a suspected case of H1N1 (swine flu), yesterday had to postpone his funeral because they did not get his death certificate in time.Grieving widow Nazmin...
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Man in court on child prostitution charges
A Tunapuna businessman is expected to appear before a Port-of-Spain magistrate today on charges of human trafficking, child prostitution and assault.A statement issued by the T&T Police Service...
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Unfair to link it to audit—exec
In the face of a pending forensic audit into the award of multi-million dollar contracts by the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA), fire of an unknown origin yesterday broke out in the sensitive...
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Traffic warden survives hit
Traffic warden Mandisa Woods was last night still being attended to at the Accident and Emergency Unit of the Port-of-Spain General Hospital, but happy to be alive.Woods, a 27-year-old mother of two,...
View ArticleFixin T&T backs integrity probes
Fixin T&T is expressing concern over allegations of misconduct in public office against Housing Minister Marlene McDonald and Udecott chairman Noel Garcia. “Fixin T&T is deeply concerned by the...
View ArticlePostal union heads to court over managers’ pay raise
The T&T Postal Workers Union (TTPWU) has taken the management of TTPost to court for what it has deemed to be a violation of good industrial practices after claims that increases in salaries were...
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More Carnival $$ cuts likely
Further cuts may be made in the budgetary allocations for Carnival 2016, says Community Development, Culture and the Arts Minister Dr Nyan Gadsby-Dolly yesterday.Yesterday, Gadsby-Dolly and new...
View ArticleMet Service ends rough seas warning
The Met Service yesterday discontinued the rough seas bulletin which had been in effect for several weeks.A release from the Met Office yesterday stated: “Sea conditions have been steadily improving...
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4 Debe businesses hit by fire damage
Five business owners were affected by an early morning fire at a popular business place in Debe, yesterday.While the booths at the lower floor of the two-storey building suffered mostly smoke and soot...
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Economists not surprised at forecast: T&T economy to shrink
T&T has been ranked among the ten economies likely to shrink this year by the Economist. A report by the magazine’s Economist Intelligence Unit places this country 9th on the list, just above...
View ArticleNew risk officer at First Citizens
Richard Look Kin has taken up duties as group chief risk officer at First Citizens close to two years after Philip Rahaman was sacked from the post as a result of his involvement in a shares scandal...
View ArticleSliding gate standards up for review
Though the T&T Bureau of Standards (TTBS) is moving to develop effective guidelines for the construction of safer sliding gates, jurisdictional issues may yet stand in the way of their mandatory...
View ArticleMash up the place to get jobs
Down with using the culturally acceptable, professionally standardised route of education and skills training, and presenting resume first then self if called to an interview to get job. Instead, use...
View ArticleThe tragedy of love
It is with sadness that I am forced to share publicly, a matter of personal anguish to my family, but as I describe the situation, it is my hope that my reasons for doing so become clear and further,...
View ArticleWI cricket failing long before IPL
Last year in an address at the annual New Year’s lecture in Cape Town South Africa former West Indies captain and prolific batsman, Clive Lloyd, spoke of the ills of T20 cricket. He blamed the format...
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