Thinking with our hands can yield new ways to solve problems
Published: Thursday, January 5, 2017New research by two cognitive psychology experts from Kingston University London is demonstrating how our decision-making is heavily influenced by the world around...
View ArticlePayment hiccup for pan players
Yvonne BaboolalPublished: Friday, January 6, 2017Cheques issued but can’t be cashed Panmen yesterday breathed a sigh of relief when they finally began receiving the $1,000 cheques owed them for...
View ArticleHome torched while trying to kill bees
Jensen La VendePublished: Friday, January 6, 2017A Belmont man was left homeless yesterday after he accidentally torched his home in an attempt to get rid of a bee hive.According to fire officials, the...
View ArticleChutney King’s legacy lives on
Sharlene RampersadPublished: Friday, January 6, 2017Politicians, fans, artistes pay tribute to Anand YankarranWith live singing, a music truck and thousands of fans, family members and artistes in...
View ArticlePolice body head to CPO today
...Not willing to accept 0/0/0 offerGeisha KowlessarPublished: Friday, January 6, 2017The Police Service Social and Welfare Association is expected to begin its wage negotiations for the period 2014 to...
View ArticlePiparo caretaker chopped and burnt
Sascha WilsonPublished: Friday, January 6, 2017Friends and family of Piparo murder victim Delinjah “Ninja” John described him yesterday as one of the nicest persons you could ever meet.But his killers...
View ArticleIMF to examine financial systems
Published: Friday, January 6, 2017The International Monetary Fund (IMF) yesterday announced that it will assess a range of financial systems this year, ranging from large ones such as China and Japan...
View ArticleTime against T&T on FATCA
Published: Friday, January 6, 2017The clock is ticking. The breathing room granted by the United States Government for T&T to pass the Foreign Account Taxpayer Compliance Act (FATCA) legislation is...
View ArticleOK, protest, then what?
Published: Friday, January 6, 2017Protests over the crime situation are good but we need much more than these.There are three sources of power involved in crime-fighting: institutional, civil society...
View ArticleYet still, change is always possible
Gabrielle HoseinPublished: Friday, January 6, 2017I entered this new year far from home and, over just these short days, have been reminded that we have less to overcome than we think and more...
View ArticleAgostini’s sales and profit increase in 2016
Published: Saturday, January 7, 2017Agostini’s Limited has achieved increases in sales and profits in the first full year of its joint venture with Goddard Enterprises Ltd (GEL) of Barbados.After the...
View ArticleNGL down by $0.49 to $20.50
Published: Saturday, January 7, 2017Overall market activity resulted from trading in 11 securities of which two advanced, four declined and five traded firm.Trading activity on the First Tier Market...
View ArticleProtecting and promoting the steelpan
Published: Saturday, January 7, 2017For many citizens of this country, both here and in the Diaspora, the invention of the steelpan from discarded oil drums in East Port-of-Spain more than 80 years ago...
View ArticleLEARNING TO LIVE WITH LESS MEAT
Paolo KernahanPublished: Saturday, January 7, 2017In my youth, meat was never the star of any meal. Perhaps it was my father’s parsimonious rural upbringing, but his extreme interpretation of home...
View ArticleFATCA MOVES, HOPE ON OWTU MATTER ...BUT THA CHALLENGES FOR GOVT
Gail AlexanderPublished: Saturday, January 7, 2017The Opposition UNC’s desk-thumping approval was long and loud in Parliament at 2.44 pm yesterday.As well it may have been, since the Opposition was...
View ArticleMAN & CHILD: Her brother’s keeper
Published: Saturday, January 7, 2017KEVIN BALDEOSINGHExcept for telling which shoe is right and which is left, my 19-month-old son Kyle has hit every developmental milestone earlier than his sister...
View ArticleDevaluation could work in T&T’s favour
Published: Saturday, January 7, 2017In spite of the machinations in the global marketplace by both OPEC and non-OPEC countries to cut oil production in an effort to stabilise price, it appears that the...
View Article0-0-0 is a generous offer
Published: Saturday, January 7, 2017It is common knowledge that Petrotrin is vastly overstaffed, some say as much as ten times what is required to run an operation of its size. Therefore, the company...
View ArticleRoad to Mayaro worse than Bocas
Published: Saturday, January 7, 2017On Monday I spent the day at Chacachacare, crossing three choppy Bocas to get there.On Tuesday I went to Mayaro and, for two and a half hours, navigated some of the...
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