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Red Force dents Bajan Pride
T&T Red Force cricketers romped to their second win of the 2016 Nagico Super50 series at the Queen’s Park Oval yesterday, crushing the Barbados Pride by nine wickets to go atop the standings in...
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Supermarkets will find VAT changes difficult
Even though the revised Value Added Tax (VAT) list is to be released today during the debate of the Finance Bill 2016, president of the Supermarket Association of T&T (SATT) Dr Yunus Ibrahim said...
View ArticleCOP slams property tax
Prakash Ramadhar, political leader for the Congress of the People (COP) said 2016 will be difficult on all fronts and the return of the controversial Property Tax will only make the country’s situation...
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Robbers set fire to Siparia warehouse
When burglars at a warehouse in Siparia failed to steal hundreds of thousands dollars in goods early Sunday, they then set the building on fire, causing more than $2M in damage.According to reports,...
View ArticleCEPEP in potential lawsuit from unhappy contractors
Valdeen Shears-NeptuneA group of five contractors with the Community-based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (Cepep) is contemplating seeking legal advice about their contracts with...
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Maharaj urges Government to pay up
Former Attorney General and Clico legal adviser Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj yesterday appealed to the Government to pay the money owed to the United Policyholders Group. Maharaj’s appeal comes ahead of the...
View Article‘Gang leader’ killed in shootout
A 26-year-old reputed gang leader was killed in a early morning shootout with police in Laventille, yesterday. According to reports, around 4.45 am, officers of the Inter Agency Task Force (IATF) went...
View ArticlePolicemen charged with extortion
Four police officers have been arrested for attempting to bribe a Chinese businessman. According to reports, the officers, all police constables assigned to the North Eastern Division, were arrested at...
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Unpaid bills to companies could worsen recession
Economist Dr Vaalmikki Arjoon is appealing to the Government not to dip into the Heritage and Stabilisation Fund (HSF) to pay local contractors who are owed $2 billion, even as he admits that failure...
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Teen mom beats tough life to help others
Abandoned by her mother at age nine and left to care for three younger siblings she later lost, Melanie Daniel endured a life of pain and tragedy. But she was determined to survive.Today, at 45, Daniel...
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Nobby pushes right buttons at Kaiso Showcase
Calypsonian Carl “Nobby” Barrington stole the show at the opening of the Kaiso Showkase 2016 on Friday night with his composition, Marriage Advice.Barrington and 22 other calypsonians performed at the...
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Approval sought for oil sands project
President of the Quarry Association of T&T Ramdeo “Dan” Persad is predicting said the country will get a new crude oil production centre if a large scale mining and processing project gets off the...
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Farewell to a genius
Jit Sukha Samaroo was known for shrinking in the background of over-abundant adulation. Some close to him would conclude that the current period of gushing praise would most likely not have been a very...
View ArticleWork ethic too poor for tourism industry
Year after year, government after government, we have heard the cries from ministers and the public alike for the urgency of diversification. This has become an even more pressing matter now due to the...
View ArticleFuture of food is technology
I have been following the recent letters and posts about the recession and the long touted need for diversification and the even longer touted need for agriculture to be a major mechanism for...
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Elsa keeps 2016 fashion
My fashion forward friend and media maven Judette Coward showed up for our lunch date in a black and white eyelet romper, and red high heels with a splattering of sequins on the tips. On point, as...
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Soca from Tortola
Carnival 2016 holds promise of good things for aspiring soca artiste Hashim Lewis, who is now based in Trinidad. Born and raised in Tortola, BVI to Trinidadian/Nevisian parents, Lewis has been...
View ArticleSando upsets Connection to climb out cellar
Club Sando moved off the bottom of the Digicel Pro League (DPL) standings on Saturday with a 1-0 upset win over W Connection.It was the second consecutive win for the Anthony Streete-coached Sando in...
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Wallace off to join pro ranks Down Under
Samantha Wallace, T&T’s standout goal-attack at the 14th Netball World Cup in Sydney Australia, last year, leaves today to join the professional ranks in England. In an early Christmas gift,...
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Graceless Gayle, tactless and unprofessional
Chris Gayle’s comments toward Australian Ten Sports’ presenter Mel McLaughlin were tactless, graceless and categorically unprofessional, whether it was said in Australia, Kazakhstan, Myanmar or any...
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