Consider residents’ views on King’s Wharf project
Monday, June 3, 2013On May 26, police officers served “show cause” notices on 100 shacks built on King’s Wharf, notifying their inhabitants of the San Fernando City Corporation’s intent to demolish the...
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Your favourite colour and why
Monday, June 3, 2013I recently decided to repaint my bedroom Sherwood Forest green because it reminded me of the woods where my dad took me and my brothers to swing on grapevines.
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Storm smashing through paradise
DYLAN KERRIGANMonday, June 3, 2013The Angel of History is an insightful inscription written by Walter Benjamin to describe a Paul Klee painting.
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Renewable Energy Utilisation Policy
Prakash PersadMonday, June 3, 2013Recent data indicate that approximately 13 per cent of the world’s total energy comes from renewable sources. This figure is set to grow as decarbonisation strategies...
View ArticleQuestions over Dr Hafizool Mohammed
Monday, June 3, 2013There are so many allegations of misfeasance in public office that the population is probably numb to further disclosures.
View ArticleLessons from the past
Monday, June 3, 2013About 50 years ago, my good friend Paul Jones and I built two skaters (scooters) from discarded wood and large bearings and embarked on an adventure.
View ArticleWhat after contract expires?
Monday, June 3, 2013I'm writing on behalf of the 60-plus holders of BSc Elementary Education who were employed by the Ministry of Education, (a year after graduation) tw
View ArticleNew word
Monday, June 3, 2013Little Trinidad and Tobago has added a bold, new word to diplomacy's delicacies—”brutal.” Horace Broomes
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What you need to know about e-mail fraud
Gerard BestMonday, June 3, 2013The current controversy which has arisen out of the contribution of the Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives on May 20 has given rise to a great deal...
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Khan to protesting prisoners: Reconsider your actions
Anna Lisa PaulTuesday, June 4, 2013Two weeks after prisoners at the Remand Yard in Golden Grove embarked on a hunger strike to highlight their anger over the delays in the justice system, Prisons Insp
View ArticleArt Society faces eviction
Tuesday, June 4, 2013The Art Society (ASTT), which has been occupying a $7 million plot of state land in posh Federation Park, Port-of-Spain, has been threatened with eviction by the Com
View ArticleTrini investment banker in Hong Kong: Benefit of doing business with China...
Raphael John-LallTuesday, June 4, 2013China's investments in T&T serves the Asian superpower’s self interest rather than broader Caribbean development says Anthony Desir, a T&T-born investment ba
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Chinapoo takes helm at UTC
Tuesday, June 4, 2013Newly appointed UTC executive director, Ian Chinapoo and chairman, Wendell Mottley, give their best wishes to Eutrice Carrington.A new executive director took up duties at the...
View ArticlePrime ministers to meet on fuel subsidy in July
Tuesday, June 4, 2013KINGSTOWN—Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves says he has requested a 90-minute meeting with his Trinidadian counterpart, Kamla Persad Bissessar, next month to discuss the Caribbean...
View ArticleCLF shares stay at $21.05
Tuesday, June 4, 2013Overall market activity resulted from trading in eight securities of which four advanced, zero declined and four traded firm.
View ArticleFocus on US and China at Invest Caribbean
Wednesday, June 5, 2013NEW YORK—Investment in the Caribbean region is bringing together a unique coalition for Caribbean American Heritage Month, as the United States, China and the Caribbean unite for...
View ArticleLopinot as heritage district
Tuesday, June 4, 2013Lopinot Village, with its natural, almost undisturbed beauty and historical value, is well worth making into a heritage district.
View ArticleMyopia and the great outdoors
DAVID E BRATTTuesday, June 4, 2013Poor children! Look what they have to deal with. Epidemics of drugs, medical and non-medical. An obesity epidemic. A fast-food epidemic, related to the obesity epidemic.
View ArticleFour words I dread
Lisa Allen-AgostiniTuesday, June 4, 2013The first time it happened I was furious, nearly spitting with anger. The second time I wanted to cry. Why was this happening to me?
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