T&T could only come second in this battle
Published: Tuesday, March 15, 2016ISCOTT, the original steel company, was a political plant. A straight case of jobs for the boys.We did not have iron ore occurring naturally but we had natural gas in...
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Seeking the national interest —the case of ArcelorMittal
Published: Tuesday, March 15, 2016KEVIN RAMNARINERegarding the ArcelorMittal situation, the question that must be asked is, what is the broad national interest? By that I don’t mean what is the...
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ArcelorMittal tackles US$16bn debt
Steel giant scales down, sells sharesSuzanne SheppardPublished: Wednesday, March 16, 2016The ArcelorMittal plant at Point Lisas, central Trinidad, is just the latest to be closed by the global steel...
View ArticleDuke: NTAC won’t work
Richard LordPublished: Wednesday, March 16, 2016President of the Public Services Association (PSA) Watson Duke says he is not confident the newly established National Tripartite Advisory Council (NTAC)...
View ArticleThe squatting dilemna
Published: Wednesday, March 16, 2016The continuing problems with squatting, which goes through flare-ups of brazen illegality and conciliatory engagements by government became frontline news last week....
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The Laventille Shop of Horrors—it ain’t a musical
Raymond RamcharitarPublished: Wednesday, March 16, 2016Amidst the hand-wringing about the secondary school system, and the culture of violence that seems to engulf the country as the economy tanks, an...
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A distraught diatribe
Published: Wednesday, March 16, 2016Kevin BaldeosinghUnlike President Anthony Thomas Aquinas Carmona, I didn’t get “very much distraught” over the eBay auction of an Order of the Republic of Trinidad...
View ArticlePNM will not abandon its ‘legacy’
Published: Wednesday, March 16, 2016For anyone who remembers our country’s history, they would be aware that this is not the first time that the iron and steel plant, currently branded under the...
View ArticleIt’s all about the bottom line
Published: Wednesday, March 16, 2016What is the main reason for venturing into business? Is it because one has a lot of money to spend, the love of people or the Government, to become famous or to make...
View Article‘Wasting’ down sweet T&T
Published: Wednesday, March 16, 2016Like many of my fellow nationals, I cringed involuntarily when I read of the WorldAtlas.com report about World Bank data revealing that sweet T&T has been deemed...
View ArticleHard work and sacrifice can save us
Published: Thursday, March 17, 2016As we discuss how horrible it is that over 700 people have lost their jobs, we must pause and consider exactly how many are affected. If we assume four per family we...
View ArticleReintroduce apprenticeship programme in schools
Published: Thursday, March 17, 2016How can we rehabilitate students who have clearly demonstrated an opposition to the core subjects in the school curriculum? The curriculum has failed them. They have...
View ArticleWomen need to take back their roles
Published: Thursday, March 17, 2016We don’t need a study to show us that a large portion of the female species is slowly letting go of their femininity. They’re preoccupied with fighting for equal...
View ArticleHave insurance policies for at-risk teachers
Published: Thursday, March 17, 2016Assuming there are 200 secondary schools, all Government-funded and run by government employees and each has five to 30 maladjusted children per year group. Then the...
View ArticleWorried for my children
Published: Thursday, March 17, 2016I am rapidly losing faith in our education system. Please, don’t get me wrong. I trust that there are still committed teachers who are trying, sometimes against all...
View ArticleTreasure the essence of womanhood
Published: Thursday, March 17, 2016Kindly allow me to commend the President of the Senate Senator Christine Kangaloo who at a seminar on Women’s Rights sponsored by the American Chamber, made that...
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A Caribbean banking agency in the US
…a further step to independenceRonald SandersPublished: Thursday, March 10, 2016Caribbean governments, indigenous banks and offshore banks located in the Caribbean are extremely concerned about the...
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