US home sales hit 5.4M in July, highest since ‘09
Thursday, August 22, 2013WASHINGTON—For the first time since 2009, previously occupied US homes are selling at a pace associated with a healthy market. Sales jumped 6.5 per cent in July to a seasonally...
View ArticlePolice credibility on the line
Thursday, August 22, 2013The objective observer cannot help but conclude that the police service is operating without “intelligence” on criminal activity. Raids are carried out when there is a crisis...
View ArticleAt last, better late than never
Clevon RaphaelThursday, August 22, 2013Better late than never.
View ArticleThe Opposition finally sees the big picture
Thursday, August 22, 2013The decision to leave behind a myopic past and merge like minds amidst a criminal plague, is but a good one; a decision that has been long overdue.
View ArticleWe just want to live in peace
Thursday, August 22, 2013I wish to express my sympathy for the grieving family of the 16-year-old Rasheeda Gomez, another one of our innocent children whose life was snuffed
View ArticleCapital Punishment The Solution To Crime
Thursday, August 22, 2013Conventional wisdom doesn’t believe that capital punishment is the ideal solution to solving our crime epidemic.
View ArticleNothing achieved in police raid on East PoS
Thursday, August 22, 2013Given the spate of shootings that has occurred, particularly the recent killing of youths in Trinidad, I am one of the first persons to say that law enforcement officer
View ArticleUse correct protocol in displaying national flag
Thursday, August 22, 2013To some of us who have passed along and seen bunting presenting a version of the colours and design of the national flag of T&T it seems as if this may be a contravention...
View ArticleNoise pollution affecting residents
Thursday, August 22, 2013I am a student and live at a rental apartment building in Macoya. Almost every day I am forced to put up with a constant high level of noise emanating from the car of a fellow...
View ArticleStars encouraged by massive fan support
Friday, August 23, 2013Leading Caribbean and international cricketers say they are encouraged by the massive show of support from fans around the region for the inaugural Limacol Caribbean Premier...
View ArticleT&T opens youth netball campaign against Bermuda
Friday, August 23, 2013Trinidad and Tobago will open its campaign in the World Youth Netball Championships against Bermuda tomorrow.
View ArticleDes Vignes outlasts Chin Choy to take RBC crown
Friday, August 23, 2013Girls under 14 single champion Daynelle Des Vignes, second from left, with her mother Tricia, right, father Donelle, second fro right, and aunt Liselle Quash, left. Daynelle Des...
View ArticleStampfli moves into ITF final
Friday, August 23, 2013T&T’s Breana Stampfli in action against Canada’s Anjana Suresh in the Under-18 Girls Singles semifinals at the St Vincent ITF Junior International Tennis Tournament...
View ArticleHart to announce OSN Cup squad next week
Friday, August 23, 2013Trinidad and Tobago head coach Stephen Hart will name his squad next week which will travel to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia to take part in the OSN Four Nation Cup from September 5.
View ArticleAtlantic, Lewis host sailing camp in Vessigny
Friday, August 23, 2013Sailor Andrew Lewis...wants sport to growAtlantic Sport Ambassador and Olympic sailor, Andrew Lewis was seven years old when his father sent him to his first sailing camp, where...
View ArticleDominican Republic denies T&T volleyballers
Nigel SimonFriday, August 23, 2013T&T captain Nolan Tash in actionThis country senior men’s volleyball team failed in their bid to reach the quarterfinal stage of the eight Pan American Cup at the...
View ArticleSolozano, McSween top players in Under-19 series
Friday, August 23, 2013BASSETERRE—T&T’s Jeremy Solozano has emerged as the leading batsman following the West Indies Cricket Board Regional Under-19 50-over competition here.
View ArticleCPL T20—a rich, rewarding experience
Asha De Freitas-MoseleyFriday, August 23, 2013Irishman Kevin O’Brien was among the top players for the T&T Red Steel. Photo courtesy CPLT20 Some of you may have realised that I am currently working...
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