MIF support for health and education projects
Sunday, September 1, 2013The Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), a member of the Inter-American Development Bank Group, will support the Government of T&T to pilot the use of Public Private
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Capital spending down, transfers and subsidies up
Aleem KhanSunday, September 1, 2013Capital spending in T&T is down while spending on transfers and subsidies are up, according to the recently released RBC Caribbean Economic Repor
View ArticleDigicel gets Cisco gold star for excellence
Sunday, September 1, 2013Kingston, Jamaica—Digicel Business has achieved a Customer Satisfaction Excellence Gold Star from Cisco.
View ArticleMaritime manager lands million-$$ role
Sunday, September 1, 2013PARK RIDGE, USA—Saad Anthony Baksh, BSc, of Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago, and sales manager at The Maritime Financial Group, has been named as a 2013–2014 Zone Chair in the...
View ArticleDunkin’ Donuts sorry for blackface advert
Sunday, September 1, 2013BANGKOK—Dunkin’ Donuts has apologised for the “insensitivity” of an advertising campaign in Thailand featuring a woman in blackface makeup to promote a new chocolate-flavoured...
View ArticleWhy gold is making a comeback
Sunday, September 1, 2013NEW YORK—Gold is having a summer revival. The price of gold touched $1,420 an ounce last week, a three-and-a-half month high, as escalating tensions in the Middle East,...
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Google Glass through eyes of early users
Sunday, September 1, 2013Sarah Hill, a Google Glass contest winner, of Columbia, Missouri, tries out the device, in New York. (AP Photo)SAN FRANCISCO—Geeks aren’t the only people wearing Google Glass....
View ArticleIndia PM vows no capital controls
Sunday, September 1, 2013NEW DELHI—India assured foreign investors it is not contemplating capital controls as a step to stabilise the falling Indian rupee.
View ArticleMonitor your pet’s strange eating habits
Kristel-Marie RamnathSunday, September 1, 2013Coprophagia is the term used to describe the behaviour of an animal eating his own faeces (autocoprophagy) or stool eliminated by others of his own kind or...
View ArticlePut spirituality back into our schools
Vernon KhelawanSunday, September 1, 2013Tomorrow tens of thousands of the nation’s children, including a large number of Catholic children, will return to their various schools, both primary and...
View ArticleNo time to waste
Debbie JacobMonday, September 2, 2013Here we go again with another year of school. Every year I write about what students need to do in order to succeed academically.
View ArticleSugar, sport and storytelling
BC PiresMonday, September 2, 2013My name is Ian McDonald and I wrote the novel The Hummingbird Tree. It amazes me that, 40 years after publication and basically 50 years after it was written, people...
View ArticleTime to account for school laptop project
Monday, September 2, 2013Has the Government created incentive programmes for developers to create software, learning tools and digital education systems that would leverage these powerful technology...
View ArticleVINCENT: BENEDICT
Saturday, August 31, 2013VINCENT: BENEDICT “Carlie, Rosy Cheeks” of Achong Street Tunapuna has departed this life on August 25th 2013 at Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex aged 84. Son of Stella....
View ArticleCABANA: ALVARO
Sunday, September 1, 2013CABANA: ALVARO passed away peacefully on 23rd August, 2013. Owner of Structure and Designs Ltd. Also Former employee of De Four Farmer and Associates Ltd. Loving friend to many.
View ArticleLEUNG: DR. ROY Martin
Monday, September 2, 2013LEUNG: DR. ROY Martin passed away peacefully on 30th August, 2013. Son of the late James Snr and Eunice Leung.
View ArticleHERNANDEZ: DR EDWARD CHRISTOPHER
Monday, September 2, 2013HERNANDEZ: DR EDWARD CHRISTOPHER aka Eddie formerly of Tobago, will always be remembered as the loving husband of Norma Hernandez nee Haynes.
View ArticleRAMLOGAN: SAVITRI
Monday, September 2, 2013RAMLOGAN: SAVITRI retired school principal of Clarke Road, Penal died at the age of 62 on Wednesday August 28th, 2013. Wife of Krishna Ramlogan.
View ArticlePIMENTO: SR. MARIE O’Carm
Monday, September 2, 2013PIMENTO: SR. MARIE O’Carm, Corpus Christi Carmelite of 30 Belmont Circular Road, Belmont died on Thursday 29th August, 2013. Daughter of Joseph and Olga Pimento (dec’d).
View ArticleAPPOO: RITA
Monday, September 2, 2013APPOO: RITA of Sam Boucaud Road, Santa Cruz, passed away peacefully on Friday 30th August, 2013. Daughter of Paul and Louisa Thomas (both deceased). Beloved wife of Ned Appoo.
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