Deonarine, Charles spin Preysal to first win
Jelani BecklesMonday, April 14, 2014Stafanie Taylor...included in the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 team of the tournament and will be representing the outfit during an exhibition match next month. Spin...
View ArticleTaylor over the moon after Women’s T20 pick
Monday, April 14, 2014Stafanie Taylor...included in the ICC Women’s World Twenty20 team of the tournament and will be representing the outfit during an exhibition match next month. KINGSTON—West Indies...
View ArticleBovell: I am a self-made man
Sean NeroMonday, April 14, 2014“I don’t believe that because my parents were successful athletes, it has made me a successful athlete,” Olympic bronze medal winner George Bovell III has said.
View ArticleChange through football
Anand RampersadMonday, April 14, 2014Fifa has revoked the ban on the wearing of religious headwear by female and male players.After receiving increasing calls from several quarters, FIFA at its March 1...
View ArticleReferees want their voices heard
Monday, April 14, 2014Joseph Taylor will be at the helm of the T&T Football Referees Association (TTFRA) for the next two years after the association held its annual general meeting (
View ArticleGut bacteria, fibre reduces risk of cancer
Tuesday, April 15, 2014A high-fibre diet may protect against colon cancer, but only if you have the right gut bacteria, a new study in mice suggests.
View ArticleSamsung gears up again
Mark LyndersayTuesday, April 15, 2014The Samsung Gear Fit connects to a compatible Galaxy phone to transmit health information and Web notifications. Photo: Mark LyndersaySo I’ve been wearing a watch....
View ArticleCaribbean fertility rates low
Joshua SurteesTuesday, April 15, 2014Dr Catherine Minto-Bain at work in her clinic the T&T IVF Fertility Centre in Maraval. PHOTO: Kristian De SilvaThe assumption that the Caribbean is a hotbed of...
View ArticleSponsor’s cuts hurt pan
Peter Ray BloodTuesday, April 15, 2014Deputy Mayor of Port-of-Spain Kerron Valentine, left, presents Kern Lopez with an award for best young arranger at Pan Trinbago’s Northern Region Carnival 2014...
View ArticleAuto dealers file injunction against Minister’s policy
Reshma Ragoonath and Shastri BoodanWednesday, April 16, 2014The Trinidad and Tobago Automotive Dealers' Association (TTADA) was yesterday granted an injunction restraining the implemenation of Tra
View ArticleBourse Securities placed on Rating Watch
Wednesday, April 16, 2014Less than a week after he resigned under intense public pressure, the founder and CEO of one the country’s brokerage houses, Subhas Ramkhelawan, has received more bad n
View ArticleBharath: Need to offer better export quality
Nadaleen SinghWednesday, April 16, 2014Trade, Industry and Investment Minister, Vasant Bharath, second from left, chats with Executive Director (Ag) Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS),...
View ArticleFirst Citizens jumps $0.67
Wednesday, April 16, 2014Overall market activity resulted from trading in 17 securities of which six advanced, three declined and eight traded firm. Trading activity on the First Tier Market registered...
View ArticleChoosing PSC members: Take care but not forever
Wednesday, April 16, 2014The latest body blow to the beleaguered Police Service Commission (PSC), coming directly on the heels of the expiration of the term of chairman Prof Ramesh Deosaran on April...
View ArticleEpistemic anarchy—the Umwelt wars
Raymond RamcharitarWednesday, April 16, 2014Reading Terrence Farrell’s book, The Underachieving Society, I was struck that his conclusions as to Trinidad’s problems, and their solutions, were similar...
View ArticleMen of stature
Tony FraserWednesday, April 16, 2014Two Caribbean men representative of two generations of Caribbean people passed from our presence last week.
View ArticleNorman Girvan—a special Caribbean man
Wednesday, April 16, 2014We join the other contributors to the memory of Norman Girvan, a special Caribbean man, by relating personal encounters with him beginning almost 50 years ago.
View ArticleBrandon Hargreaves’ death needs probing
Wednesday, April 16, 2014In all good conscience, I am compelled to take issue with the report which stated that the Head of The Child Protection Task Force Mrs Diana Mahabir-Wyatt does not believe that...
View ArticlePublic service infomercials are pure politicking
Wednesday, April 16, 2014Politicians and citizens are reminded that T&T subscribes to the United Nations “Declaration on the Right to Development” defined as “an inalienable human right by virtue...
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