Butter is the healthier choice
Like letter-writer Linus Didier, I too was flabbergasted by the Government’s decision to charge VAT (Value Added Tax) on butter (healthy) but not margarine (unhealthy). And while I fully support Dr...
View ArticleAutomotive dealers slam ‘heartless Paula’
Angered by the revised foreign used car policy announced by Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon on Friday, president of the T&T Automotive Dealers Association (TTADA), Visham Babwah, says she shed...
View ArticleTwo men injured in shootout following Sando murder
Hours after Michael Patterson was gunned down in San Fernando on Friday, one of his relatives and the man who allegedly killed him were severely injured in a shootout yesterday.Both men were warded in...
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Food importers brace for tough year
Food importers say 2016 will be tough as they face double jeopardy with the reintroduction of Value Added Tax (VAT) on certain food items and limited foreign exchange as they struggle to keep prices...
View ArticleGovt gets failing grade from opposition senator
Temporary Opposition Senator Wayne Munro has given the PNM a failing grade for how it is running the country.He was speaking on the Finance Bill 2016 in Parliament on Friday.Munro said: “Since the PNM...
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NCC launches Market Strip
A sweet love song for T&T sung by Nayol Manswell and the infectious dance energy of the North West Laventille Cultural Movement backed by four stirring drummers were the highlights of Friday’s...
View ArticleLocally-produced foods also linked to ill health
I am responding to a letter written by Dr Anton Cumberbatch which appeared on Friday’s Guardian, congratulating the Prime Minister on getting it right for linking imported food and ill health. While I...
View ArticleAddress parking at Trincity Mall
In May 2015, I penned a letter that directed attention to what I had dubbed “The Jewel of the East”—Trincity, which after 50 years, has become a “development of prime attraction.” In so doing, I paid...
View ArticleLet’s overcome economic challenges together
It is amazing how the citizens of this wonderful island continue to be divided politically. On one hand there are those who can see no wrong by their political party and would do all to defend their...
View ArticleTrinidad is a paradise
Today, on the way to buy newspapers, I was entertained by Bro Valentino singing one of his classics: Dis place nice. For those of us who still love vintage calypso, the words to this song are as close...
View ArticleCivil disobedience likely to reappear in T&T
If the citizenry of T&T are not mindful and careful of the day-to-day activities by elements designed to disrupt a “working government structure” that is in place to carry the country forward, then...
View ArticleRamesar should exclude himself from CoP recruiting process
It is surprising that the head of the Police Service Social and Welfare Association should be involved in deciding the suitability of a local firm to pronounce on a choice for Commissioner of Police...
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Wand committed to elevating citizens in need for 2016
Women in Action for the Needy and Destitute (Wand) will continue to build on the group’s past work and have set two major objectives for 2016—the construction of a Restorative Retreat at Coora Camp for...
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Forces of nature bound in words
Hurricanes and Wakes, the inaugural NGC Bocas Lit Fest event for 2016, featured readings of previously published work from Andre Bagoo, Shivanee Ramlochan and winner of the 2012 OCM Bocas Prize for...
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5M2M looks to South by Southwest
A review by Janine Charles-FarrayWhen musical acts make it on an international stage, diehard fans always go back into the history of the band “before they were famous” to dig for buried treasure to...
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Natasha Joseph, Pan Ambassador
Arranger, composer, producer, teacher Natasha Joseph has been an ambassador for the steelpan, representing T&T in many countries such as USA, London and Japan, Tobago Jazz, Barbados Jazz, St Lucia...
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Pan genius don’t walk the trail no more
Tribute delivered by Rev Daniel Teelucksingh at the funeral service for Dr Jit Samaroo at the Armalaya Presbyterian Church—January 9, 2016The hills of Laventille missed the late panman Rudolph Charles...
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The Borough Power Station, San Fernando
In 1895, Port-of-Spain was illuminated with electricity by the Trinidad Electric Company under the directorship of Edgar Tripp. This was not extended to San Fernando, which remained with darkness well...
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Central Sharks maul Point Fortin
Forward Jason Marcano grabbed a first half hat trick last night to steer defending Digicel Pro League champions Central FC to an impressive 7-0 win over Point Fortin Civic Centre at the Ato Boldon...
View ArticlePereira, Martineau seal wins in TTIM 5K
WALTER ALIBEYCollin Pereira and Dominique Martineau of the Richard Jones Running Club secured wins in yesterday’s T&T International Marathon 5k Road Race at the Queen’s Park Savannah,...
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