Jane Austen may be new face on £10 bill
Wednesday, June 26, 2013LONDON—Pride and Prejudice novelist Jane Austen looks set to replace Charles Darwin as the new face on Britain’s £10 note. The outgoing governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King
View ArticlePopulation in crisis-hit Spain down 114,000
Wednesday, June 26, 2013MADRID—Spain’s population dropped by a little under 114,000 to 46.7 million last year as many of the country’s foreign res
View ArticleInform fully on fire truck
Tony FraserWednesday, June 26, 2013A circus of evasion, contradiction, arrogance and a failure to fully account to the nation for the expenditure by Cabinet of $6.8 million on a $50,000 job make up the...
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Passing the cultural torch in Toronto
DAVID CUFFYWednesday, June 26, 2013The three directors of Pass The Torch, from left, John “Jason” Perez , Jiselle Doyle-Marshall and Dick Lochan.A few T&T nationals residing in Toronto, Canada,...
View ArticleIt’s like love on a two-way street
Caroline C RavelloWednesday, June 26, 2013I once made an unfair, accusatory remark in an argument with a boyfriend to which he took umbrage and exploded, asking me, “Who am I speaking with, Caro or...
View ArticleMental training can reduce stress in children
Wednesday, June 26, 2013A new study suggests a particular type of mental training can help to reduce stress and depression among school-age children. UK researchers found mindfulness training, a...
View ArticleYoung writers welcome for Burt Award submissions
Wednesday, June 26, 2013The inaugural Burt Award for Caribbean Literature is now open for submissions.
View ArticleSt George’s celebrates diamond jubilee
Wednesday, June 26, 2013As the Ministry of Education is set to revert some 20 pilot-project secondary schools to co-educational institutions come September, St George’s College, Barataria, on September...
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Chefs show off at 2013 Tobago Culinary Festival
Wednesday, June 26, 2013TOP: Drummers of Tomorrow entertain at the 2013 Tobago Culinary Festival. BOTTOM: Les Coteaux Folk Performers dance at the Tobago Culinary festival.Thousands came out to Pigeon...
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Deosaran: Need to change structure of Police Service
Geisha KowlessarFriday, June 28, 2013The time has come to revamp the structure of the Police Service and to decentralise it to make it more efficient and more responsive to the needs of the public....
View ArticleWarner talks with EBC on his options
Reshma RagoonathFriday, June 28, 2013Former Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner met with officials of the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) yesterday to discuss his options in the upcoming by-election
View ArticleLee Sing: Run utility cables underground
Friday, June 28, 2013It isn’t rocket science, Port-of-Spain mayor Louis Lee Sing said yesterday, while suggesting that utility cables should be run underground for public safety.
View ArticleCaricom must focus on tourism—Cadiz
Kalifa ClyneFriday, June 28, 2013Caricom countries need to put tourism on the agenda for discussion says Minister of Tourism Stephen Cadiz. He said that after
View ArticleRescued mom still in hospital
Friday, June 28, 2013It has been two weeks since Princes Town mother of three Bissoondaye Geeta Seenath made her way out of the Matura Forest, but she is still warded at the Sangre Grand
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Jack: Bigwigs picked Ameen early
SHASTRI BOODANFriday, June 28, 2013Popular psychic Yesina Gonzales, right, sprays insecticide to get rid of the countless mosquitoes that invaded Wednesday’s cottage meeting hosted by Jack Warner....
View ArticleWarner knocks PM for vote for party suggestion
Radhica SookrajFriday, June 28, 2013Jack Warner has criticised Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar for urging United National Congress (UNC) supporters to vote for party rather than an individual.
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Journalist gets landmark $.6m for protecting his source
Nadaleen SinghFriday, June 28, 2013Former Express reporter Darryl Heeralal leaves the Industrial Court, St Vincent Street, Port-of-spain, after winning judgement against One Caribbean Media, the parent...
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SEA results stay July 4
Khara PersadFriday, June 28, 2013Scholarship award recipients from the Ministry of Local Government wait their turn to receive their documents at the Ministry of Works and Infrastructure on Wednesday....
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