QPCC an example for the region
Published: Friday, June 20, 2014The West Indies came to Trinidad last week, trailing 0-1 in the current Test series against New Zealand. In the opening Test in Jamaica they produced a pitch that many...
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Preserving the sugar heritage
Paolo KernahanPublished: Saturday, June 21, 2014It is 1996 and I’m standing at the side of the Rivulet Road in Couva at 5 am. There is only a peek of sunrise; faint ribbons of light span the blue-black...
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The political leadership stakes
Gail AlexanderPublished: Saturday, June 21, 2014Though she usually enters Parliament after sessions begin, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar arrived early last Friday and for Monday’s session on...
View ArticleReferendum should decide pension and salary increases
Published: Saturday, June 21, 2014A newspaper article stated “New legislation increasing the pension for judges and parliamentarians will not have a big impact on the Treasury just yet because it...
View ArticleBody cameras can help rebuild trust in police
Published: Saturday, June 21, 2014Body cameras for police seems to be the latest in a series of attempts to ensure that they act in the best interest of all citizens (themselves included) in any...
View ArticleResilience as an imperative in T&T politics
Published: Saturday, June 21, 2014The Bill of Rights under our Republican Constitution guarantees inter alia the right “to join political parties and to express political views”—section 4. In turn, the...
View ArticleBar encroaches on sidewalk
Published: Saturday, June 21, 2014I wish to suggest to the Director of Highways Division that he consider restricting parking along Crystal Stream between the Diego Martin Highway and Morne Coco Road...
View ArticleCybercrime Bill to protect the children
Published: Saturday, June 21, 2014It really is amazing how in a small country as ours, there is such a high percentage of missing persons. Such a percentage should not exist at all. Once in Trinidad it...
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Boy on the mend after hot water burn
Sascha WilsonPublished: Monday, June 23, 2014The condition of a five-year-old child who was burnt with hot water at his home is improving. Prince Coutanio, however, remains warded at the San Fernando...
View ArticleMotor Vehicle Authority ready by September
...but will start in phases, says CadizTAUREEF MOHAMMEDPublished: Monday, June 23, 2014The Motor Vehicle Authority (MVA) will not be fully operational in September, but instead is expected to be...
View ArticleObtaining title and rights to property
Nicole SamuelPublished: Monday, June 23, 2014Law Made Simple“Title” as it relates to land, refers to the legal right or interest in a piece of property. This interest can be either freehold (an...
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Ronald through the looking glasses
As told to BC PiresPublished: Monday, June 23, 2014TRINI TO D’ BONEDispensing optician Ronald Romany could never be accused of making a spectacle of himself.My name is Ronald Romany and I’m a...
View ArticleKeith’s cocoyea
Published: Monday, June 23, 2014Tobago PeepsWhile waiting in the shed, surrounded by car parts and tools of the auto-straightening and rebuilding trade, I notice a pile of cocoyea brooms resting...
View ArticleArgentina, US hedge funds in court over bond debt
Published: Monday, June 23, 2014NEW YORK—Lawyers for Argentina and a group of US hedge funds are in federal court in New York amid a high-stakes showdown over an order for Argentina to pay the funds...
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T&T public transport going green
Sean NeroPublished: Monday, June 23, 2014Ramona Ramdial, Minister of State in the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, left, presents the Green Leaf Award for Non-Governmental Organisation...
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Tribeca opens at One Woodbrook Place
Published: Monday, June 23, 2014TriBeca beauty professionals Sherma Sandy, left, Afesha Lawrence, Mary Browne, Zorina Hosein, Bianca Marie Guerra, Stephanie Bhola and Jovonne Joseph.Hairstylist Sherma...
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Chile no answer for Van Gaal’s Oranje
Published: Tuesday, June 24, 2014SAO PAULO—Two substitutes, two goals. Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal can, it seems, do no wrong at this World Cup. He sent on replacements Leroy Fer and Memphis Depay...
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