Allocation reason for IPO not good enough
Sunday, July 28, 2013I sincerely wish to commend the Finance Minister Larry Howai on his decision not to purchase shares in the controversial First Citizens IPO in order to avoid a perceived conflict...
View ArticleDevelopment as a right
Sunday, July 28, 2013I endorse the ideas in the recent call by letter writer, R L Bartolo, for “… a massive and well-co-ordinated plan that embraces all areas of human development,” as bein
View ArticleSelection of post-graduate candidates for training unfair
Sunday, July 28, 2013Imagine that your five-year-old child swallows a fish bone which is stuck in his/her throat.
View ArticleDialogue on Clico deal must be broadened
Sunday, July 28, 2013I do not believe that the Minister of Finance had the benefit of multiple layers of economic voices when he took a decision involving billions of dollars of taxpayers’
View ArticleT&T still a politically immature society
Sunday, July 28, 2013We are at present in our 51st year as an independent nation and our 37th year as a republic.
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Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense
Simon LeeSunday, July 28, 2013I was flicking through my extensive extempo selection of the topical and tedious: Chaguanas West, Emancipation, mysterious ministerial mansions, emasculated mats and...
View ArticleTrayvon, Obama and racism in US
Denzil MohammedSunday, July 28, 2013One night several years ago, a policeman stopped a man for running through the Georgetown University area of DC. The man was late for a movie. He was black.
View ArticleDefenders and detractors
DR HAMID GHANYSunday, July 28, 2013As the campaign for the Chaguanas West by-election comes to an end, it is apparent that the voters will be faced with choices that could tell us a lot about ourselves.
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Democracy not a suicide pact
Maxie CuffieSunday, July 28, 2013“A strict observance of the written law is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest.
View ArticleFarewell and thank you, Louis
Sunday, July 28, 2013It was hugs and kisses as the Mayor of Port-of-Spain, Louis Lee Sing, attended his last statutory meeting of the Port-of-Spain City Council. Well, there was at least on
View ArticleDrive and listen
Debbie JacobMonday, July 29, 2013So I’m cruising down the road in my grey Cube and smiling away because the famous Hollywood actor Samuel L Jackson is reading to me.
View ArticleGoing San Fernando
Monday, July 29, 2013On Wednesday, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar announced that consideration was being given to host the annual Independence Day Awards in San Fernando.
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Toyota top-selling automaker despite China slump
Monday, July 29, 2013School boys look at Toyota Lexus LS600hL displayed at Toyota Motor Corp's showroom Toyota Mega Web in Tokyo. Toyota shrugged off China sales woes to stay the world's top selling...
View ArticleUS proposes rules for safer imported foods
Monday, July 29, 2013WASHINGTON—The US Food and Drug Administration proposed new steps to ensure that fresh produce, cheeses and other foods imported into the United States are safe. The proposed rules
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T&T and Venezuela hold energy talks
Monday, July 29, 2013Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs Kevin Ramnarine, third from left, speaks with Angel González Saltrόn, Venezuela’s Vice Minister of Hydrocarbons, People’s Ministry for Energy...
View ArticleMinister tells exporters to explore food market
Nadaleen SinghMonday, July 29, 2013The food and beverage sector can be used to diversify T&T’s economy, according to Trade, Industry and Investment Minister Vasant Bharath.
View ArticleTrading summary for week ended July 26, 2013
Monday, July 29, 2013WEEKLY BULLETIN for week ended July 26, 2013
View ArticleTHA adopts economic development plan
Monday, July 29, 2013The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) has adopted the Comprehensive Economic Development Plan for Tobago 2013 to 2017 prepared by Kairi Consultants Ltd. Chief Secretary Orville London...
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Howai ‘pleasantly surprised’ at IPO success
Raphael John-LallMonday, July 29, 2013Finance Minister Larry Howai, left, responds to questions from the floor as he sits alongside Employers’ Consultative Association (ECA) chairman Keston Nancoo at...
View ArticleRepsol to sell T&T and Peru plants by year end
Monday, July 29, 2013Spanish oil group Repsol paved the way for the eventual sale of its $6 billion stake in utility Gas Natural Fenosa, acknowledging its rationale would
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