Did he say ‘discouraging excess profit’?
Raymond RamcharitarPublished: Wednesday, January 6, 2016And in the dying days of the annus horribilis, thus spake the Prime Minister: “The Government will initiate Tripartite discussions with the...
View ArticleWe are where we are, yet again!
Published: Wednesday, January 6, 2016Ryan Hadeed Of all the books in the Christian Bible, none are as cryptic or frightening as the Revelation of Jesus Christ to John the Apostle, the last part of the...
View ArticleMash up the place to get jobs
Published: Wednesday, January 6, 2016Down with using the culturally acceptable, professionally standardised route of education and skills training, and presenting resume first then self if called to an...
View ArticleThe tragedy of love
Published: Wednesday, January 6, 2016It is with sadness that I am forced to share publicly, a matter of personal anguish to my family, but as I describe the situation, it is my hope that my reasons for...
View ArticleWI cricket failing long before IPL
Published: Wednesday, January 6, 2016Last year in an address at the annual New Year’s lecture in Cape Town South Africa former West Indies captain and prolific batsman, Clive Lloyd, spoke of the ills...
View Article$3.3m in trades on TTSE
Published: Thursday, January 7, 2016Overall market activity resulted from trading in 15 securities of which four advanced, five declined and six traded firm.Trading activity on the First Tier Market...
View ArticleFacing our maternal death challenge
Published: Thursday, January 7, 2016Whenever a woman dies in childbirth in a hospital, the fundamental questions are, firstly, what factors led to her death and, secondly, whether those factors were...
View ArticleEmpty bookbags a backward step
Satnarayan MaharajPublished: Thursday, January 7, 2016Part 1Father of the PNM Dr Eric Williams, while addressing thousands of school children at an Independence Day rally at the Queen’s Park Oval on...
View ArticlePatriarchal prejudices
Published: Thursday, January 7, 2016Kevin BaldeosinghAccording to a UWI feminist, it is sexist for the government to assist masons, plumbers and woodworkers. “The Governments’ plan to stimulate jobs...
View ArticleFireworks are utter cruelty to animals too
Published: Thursday, January 7, 2016I wish to express my strong condemnation of the unregulated use of fireworks to the detriment of animals, elderly and ill citizens. I personally experienced this on...
View ArticleForeign currency going up in smoke
Published: Thursday, January 7, 2016The use of fireworks over the Christmas and New Year celebrations is an absolute waste of the country’s scarce foreign currency, and all we witness is our limited...
View ArticleThe Many Faces of Sexual Harassment
Gabrielle HoseinPublished: Thursday, January 7, 2016Diary of a mothering worker There are many reasons why people don’t understand what sexual harassment looks like. First is widespread confusion about...
View ArticleDescending to anarchy not the answer
Published: Thursday, January 7, 2016There seems to be a trend in T&T that whenever residents don’t get something the knee-jerk reaction is to burn tyres and obstruct the roadways. Most recently,...
View ArticleWhere’s the plan, Dr Rowley?
Published: Thursday, January 7, 2016The message was more of a “tighten your belt and hold on perhaps until oil and gas prices recover” rather than an insightful, well considered or even...
View ArticleTURNER PEARL
Published: Friday, January 8, 2016TURNER PEARL Mrs formerly Lashley who lived in USA. Mother of: Pat Genes Charles Kenneth Thompson of TT. Larry, Laura and Lisa Turner. Died peacefully the 30th of...
View ArticleDE GOURVILLE: CARLA
Published: Friday, January 8, 2016DE GOURVILLE: CARLA died peacefully on 6th January, 2016. Daughter of Carole Thomas and Francis De Gourville (deceased). Stepdaughter of Leroy Thomas. Granddaughter of...
View ArticleI begged for my life
Yvonne WebbPublished: Thursday, January 7, 2016Gunman shoots at, robs Rikki Jai... Chutney soca artiste Samraj “Rikki Jai” Jaimungal had to beg for his life after a gunman who shot at him and missed...
View ArticleDocs involved in C-section death suspended
Casandra Thompson–ForbesPublished: Thursday, January 7, 2016The Tobago Regional Health Authority Board (TRHA) has suspended the doctors who were involved in the surgery to Rose Gordon, 35, of...
View ArticleProbe thwarted as WASA fire re-ignites
Published: Thursday, January 7, 2016Investigations into the cause of the blaze at the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) St Joseph headquarters have stalled because of a re-ignition of the fire on...
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