Panday, Ramesh to address UNC base supporters
Sunday, December 1, 2013Former political leader of the United National Congress (UNC) Basdeo Panday and attorney general Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj will mount one stage next Sunday, to address t
View ArticleRay Holman set to thrill with ‘A True Trini Christmas 111’
Sunday, December 1, 2013Music composer, arranger and pannist Ray Holman will bring the production, “A True Trini Christmas 111,” to the stage, on December 7 and 8. The show will run at the Little Carib...
View ArticleKeyana’s relative still in police custody
Sunday, December 1, 2013Up to late yesterday, the man held in connection with the murder of six-year-old Keyana “Ki-Ki” Cumberbatch, of Maloney, last week, was still in police custody. The man
View ArticleMagistrate to restart Save Our Children Foundation
Yvonne WebbSunday, December 1, 2013The savage death of six-year-old Keyana Cumberbatch has moved Magistrate Lucina Cardenas-Ragoonanan to restart the Save Our Children Fou
View ArticlePlaying politics with children
Shaliza HassanaliSunday, December 1, 2013Keyana CumberbatchJudy Wilson, CEO of Rainbow Rescue, has slammed governments—past and present—for failing to protect our nation’s children. Wilson said that...
View ArticleProtesting Tacarigua residents want CoP to step in
Charles Kong SooSunday, December 1, 2013Tacarigua residents and members of The Save Our Green Space Committee staged a placard demonstration along the Priority Bus Route, by the Eddie Hart Grounds,...
View ArticleThree men shot dead
Jensen LaVendeSunday, December 1, 2013Three men have been shot dead in three separate incidents between Friday night and yesterday morning.
View ArticleJack to bring ‘organised structure’ to ILP
RENUKA SINGHSunday, December 1, 2013In its short five-month lifespan, the Independent Liberal Party has fought three elections and faced public scrutiny usually reserved fo
View ArticleAutomotive dealers slam Govt CNG plan
Charles Kong SooSunday, December 1, 2013A taxi driver fills his tank with CNG at a gas station on Rushworth street, San Fernando. Photo: Tony HowellVisham Babwah, president of the T&T Automotive...
View ArticleTrading summary for week ended November 29, 2013
Monday, December 2, 2013WEEKLY BULLETIN for week ended November 29, 2013
View Article‘Our children are dying’
Monday, December 2, 2013“Get up, get up!” Verna St Rose-Greaves was shaking, her voice shrill and demanding, a wail of anger and grief as she appealed to the assembled Parliament to act in an emotional...
View ArticleThe lads introduce themselves
Debbie JacobMonday, December 2, 2013Allow me, dear readers, to introduce you to my current CXC English language class in YTC. Eight months ago, I chose these lads because they are, for the most part,...
View ArticleOutrage and Anger in Haiti
Wesley GibbingsSunday, December 1, 2013Young men on the way to work taking a risky bus ride in Haiti. PHOTO: WESLEY GIBBINGSGrowing outrage over the treatment of people of Haitian descent in the...
View ArticleGill nets causing rapid decline in leatherback population
Marc de VerteuilMonday, December 2, 2013Trinidad’s leatherback population is in a continuous and rapid decline. The probable cause: gill nets.
View ArticleSetting better examples key in raising our children
Monday, December 2, 2013The tragic death of Keyana Cumberbatch dominated this week's news as well as the hearts of the citizens in T&T.
View ArticleJust add a little ‘chinks’
Sunday, December 1, 2013Note to self: too many sorrel petals in the hot water will make the result too acidic.
View ArticleTricycles against the traffic
Prakash PersadMonday, December 2, 2013T&T is a small country with a big traffic problem. The population is some 1.3 million, who own and drive some 700,000 vehicles.
View ArticleWhat happens to a dream deferred?
Monday, December 2, 2013It seems as if every expert has given an opinion on the nation’s prisons, the plight of inmates and of the officers.
View ArticleStricter enforcement of sign laws needed
Monday, December 2, 2013The laws governing billboards and signage, written in 1934 and reviewed in 2003, are very explicit. “Paragraph 5.2 Restricted Areas/Zones: Display of freestanding outd
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