Education key to safeguarding our democracy
Published: Thursday, August 4, 2016Education is undeniably the cornerstone of a genuine democracy. It equips citizens to better discharge their civic duty and effectively govern themselves. It arms...
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Lynn, Emrit guide Warriors into final
Vinode MamchanPublished: Friday, August 5, 2016Two years ago they left Warner Park in St Kitts in tears after what they thought was an unfair decision to award Barbados Tridents the title after rain...
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Walcott to carry Team TTO flag
Published: Friday, August 5, 2016Rio 2016Olympic gold medallist Keshorn Walcott will lead the T&T contingent at today’s official opening ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games at Brazil’s...
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Ready, Set: Let the Games begin
Published: Friday, August 5, 2016Even if only for two weeks, can “Faster-Higher-Stronger” overpower deadlier, scarier and bloodier? Can the Olympic Games still offer the world momentary levity,...
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Economist: Tertiary-level student should pay tuition
Rapheal John-LallPublished: Thursday, August 4, 2016The University of the West Indies (UWI) economist Dr Roger Hosein believes that the Government Assistance for Tuition Expenses (GATE) should not be...
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Know when to surrender or contribute to your annuity
Published: Thursday, August 4, 2016The case: Anne-Marie, an operations manager with a manufacturing company, turned 47 on January 1, 2016. Anne-Marie worked as a line supervisor for several years...
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Is entrepreneurship part of your destiny?
Richard BransonPublished: Thursday, August 4, 2016Q: Do you believe in feng shui? I’ve been told by a feng shui master that I’m suited to a business career.I’ve been working for many years, but have no...
View ArticlePAYNTER: EARL BENEDICT
Published: Friday, August 5, 2016PAYNTER: EARL BENEDICT also known as Ben Paynter died on July 26th 2016. He was the son of Gloria Paynter and the late Errol Paynter. Brother of Steven Paynter....
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Friday 5th August, 2016 Rio
At HomePublished: Friday, August 5, 2016URL: http://digital.guardian.co.tt/?iid=145017#folio=72
View ArticleRecouping the high cost of Gate
Published: Saturday, August 6, 2016It was predictable that adjustments to the Gate programme, a programme of uncontested and unmonitored government funding for tertiary level education, would draw...
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Ruminating on goats and Zika
Paolo KernahanPublished: Saturday, August 6, 2016The public was recently confronted with chilling reports of 200 confirmed cases of Zika. There is little that could have been done to prevent the virus...
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Govt on vacation—away from Isis, Gate woes
Gail AlexanderPublished: Saturday, August 6, 2016Acting Attorney General Stuart Young was remaining mum with reporters on Thursday about discussions his boss, Prime Minister Keith Rowley, had told him...
View ArticleGate and economic development
Published: Saturday, August 6, 2016The present government’s philosophy on Gate, in keeping with its welfare leanings, is simply that any child/person who can qualify for tertiary education should be...
View ArticleTelling me to take a back seat
Published: Saturday, August 6, 2016Robert Nesta Marley, in Redemption Song, sang “emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds…” This can only be achieved through...
View ArticleThink of the national good
Published: Saturday, August 6, 2016The GORTT programme of assistance for tertiary level studies to nationals brings into sharp focus the question: What is the issue being addressed? I believe that...
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MAN & CHILD: Will your child become an addict?
Published: Saturday, August 6, 2016Kevin BaldeosinghMy daughter Jinaki recently started sucking her fingers.“Are they tasting good?” I ask her.“Yes, Daddy.”“You need any salt to go with them?”“No,...
View ArticleShould Govt subsidise higher education?
Published: Saturday, August 6, 2016A substantial decline in government revenues has brought into sharp focus its ability to continue financing a number of transfer payment programmes including the...
View ArticleReports of Maracas Bay sewage fear-mongering?
Published: Saturday, August 6, 2016Last week’s media reports of raw sewage making its way into the sea at Maracas Bay must have been so alarming to much of the national community.So many of us have...
View ArticleKnight Riders ride out of CPL
Vinode MamchanPublished: Sunday, August 7, 2016CPLT20At 3.04 am yesterday morning the run of the Trinbago Knight Riders in the Hero 2016 CPL ended, as they bowed out at the hands of the Jamaica...
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