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Economic insecurity increases violence
Gabrielle HoseinPublished: Friday, September 30, 2016Hunger, anger, frustration, trauma and desperate choices all rise. Expectations and needs cannot be adequately met. Low income communities, which...
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Crime of Kidnapping
Published: Friday, September 30, 2016Whether kidnapping is back or not in T&T is not the focus of this article. We are dealing with the crime of kidnapping and its attendant laws so that...
View ArticleThis father deserves our help
Published: Friday, September 30, 2016It grieves me to see how this father is suffering and is treated like a common criminal. This man does not deserve to go through this kind of punishment. He made a...
View ArticleFATCA debacle a case of lost trust
Published: Friday, September 30, 2016It was with a great bewilderment that I read a newspaper article on of September 28 which indicated that the deadline for FATCA was not September 30 as previously...
View ArticleTo whom should a working parent turn?
Published: Friday, September 30, 2016T&T ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1991. Article 18:1 of the Convention recognises that “parents have the primary...
View ArticleEnergy sector reactions to budget: T&T may lose investors
Radhica SookrajPublished: Saturday, October 1, 2016President and CEO of the T&T Energy Chamber Thackwray Driver yesterday warned that higher corporation taxes will chase off potential investors. He...
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Couva Chamber pleased
Adrian BoodanPublished: Saturday, October 1, 2016The Couva/Point Lisas Chamber of Commerce has described the 2016-2017 Budget as a good initiative by Government. President Liaquat Ali said the group...
View ArticleInflation rises to 3.1 per cent
Published: Saturday, October 1, 2016The country’s headline inflation rate rose slightly to 3.1 per cent, latest data from the Central Bank shows. According to the Central Bank’s Monetary Policy...
View ArticleMassy shares slide $0.59 to $54.10
Published: Saturday, October 1, 2016Overall market activity resulted from trading in nine securities of which three advanced, four declined and two traded firm.Trading activity on the First Tier Market...
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Cut in expenditure was inevitable
Published: Saturday, October 1, 2016It must be admitted up front that constructing a budget with a $20 billion fall in revenue must have been a most challenging exercise for Minister of Finance Colm...
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Elite tax for high income earners
Gail AlexanderPublished: Saturday, October 1, 2016Imbert spreads economic burden aroundPay up!Motorists immediately began spending more for diesel yesterday.Smokers, drinkers and online purchasers will...
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T&T going into debt trap—Kamla
Shaliza HassanaliPublished: Saturday, October 1, 2016Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar yesterday described the Budget as a “debt trap.”Analysing the fiscal package moments after Finance Minister...
View ArticleLondon gives Sandals project his blessing
Richard LordPublished: Saturday, October 1, 2016Tobago House of Assembly Chief Secretary Orville London says many people on the island are in support of the establishment of a Sandals hotel.He made the...
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Citizens happy at T&TEC rebate, no hit on food
Sascha WilsonPublished: Saturday, October 1, 2016Debe housewife Rita Chanka raised her eyebrows with a worried facial expression when she heard Finance Minister Colm Imbert yesterday mention property...
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Hart recalls Williams
Nigel SimonPublished: Saturday, October 1, 2016T&T Soca Warriors coach Stephen Hart named a strong 21-member team squad led by captain Kenwyne Jones for the upcoming Scotiabank Third Round...
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Sports gets $325m
Published: Saturday, October 1, 2016Government’s allocation of just over $325 million to sports came as a surprise to many, yet appreciated generally by the National Governing Bodies (NGBs) yesterday....
View ArticlePakistan thumps West Indies by 111 runs
Published: Saturday, October 1, 2016SHARJAH—Left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz's 4-42 backed up Babar Azam's maiden one-day international century as Pakistan crushed the West Indies by 111 runs in the...
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Sir Viv urges Windies to show more pride
Published: Saturday, October 1, 2016SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates – Batting legend, Sir Vivian Richards, says all does not appear to be well in the West Indies dressing room and believes someone needs...
View ArticleProgreso Honduras ends W Connection CCL hopes
Published: Saturday, October 1, 2016SAN PEDRO SULA—Victor Moncada scored his third goal of the 2016/17 Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League to lift Honduras Progreso to the top of Group A with a 1-0...
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‘Bamber’ to cross the ‘Bridge!’
Jeffrey RossPublished: Saturday, October 1, 2016The Jeffery Ross Racing SpecialBamber Bridge looks a “stand-out” for the £150000 Tattersalls October Auction Stakes over six furlongs of 'good to firm'...
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