ASSING: CLAUDE
Published: Friday, June 10, 2016ASSING: CLAUDE (Uncle Chang/Akung) passed away peacefully on 8th June 2016 at the age of 85. Husband of Molly née Lee. Father of Anthony and Michelle. Father inlaw of...
View ArticleBOON DENNIS: (BUTCH)
Published: Friday, June 10, 2016BOON DENNIS: (BUTCH) passed away on Sunday 5th June, 2016 at the age of 67. Parents: Bobby and Maggie. Children: Johnathon and Nick. Siblings: Michael, Rocky, Claudette,...
View ArticleARCHER: JOHN STEDMAN
Published: Friday, June 10, 2016ARCHER: JOHN STEDMAN passed away peacefully on 5th June, 2016 at his home in Antigua at the age of 71. He was the son of the late John and Kathleen Archer and the father...
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Locked Out: Board action to expel 3 teachers affects entire school
Radhica SookrajPublished: Friday, June 10, 2016Pressuring the Ministry of Education to discipline three senior teachers, the Arya Pratinidhi Sabha Board has shut down the Rio Claro Vedic Primary...
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SRP’s home firebombed
Sharlene RampersadPublished: Friday, June 10, 2016Patricia Jycerie wept openly yesterday as she recalled how a nagging feeling to check on her younger sister saved her own life when her home was...
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Vicky sent to St Ann’s for evaluation
Sascha WilsonPublished: Friday, June 10, 2016Fraud accused Vicky Boodram has been sent to St Ann’s Hospital for a psychiatric evaluation on the request of her attorney.Boodram, who is facing more than...
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Court of Appeal orders retrial for rape accused
Derek AchongPublished: Friday, June 10, 2016The Court of Appeal has ordered a retrial for a 48-year-old man from Tobago accused of raping a 12-year-old schoolgirl in 2008. Appeal Court judges — Paula...
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SIS assets still frozen
Gail AlexanderPublished: Friday, June 10, 2016NGC denies erroneous media report The High Court order granted last December “freezing” the assets of Super Industrial Services (SIS) was still in place...
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It’s a witch-hunt
Shaliza HassanaliPublished: Friday, June 10, 2016 Dr Tim on EFCL firing:Former education minister Dr Tim Gopeesingh has described Monday’s firing of five Education Facilities Company Ltd (EFCL) as a...
View ArticleEconomist: Time for capital expenditure
Published: Saturday, June 11, 2016UWI economist Dr Roger Hosein is urging Government to begin its capital expenditure programme to generate economic activity in T&T. “With the recent uptick in the...
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CTO looks to multi-destination tourism
Sean NeroPublished: Saturday, June 11, 2016Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) chairman Richard Sealy wants his membership to embrace multi-destinational travel when offering vacation packages to...
View ArticleTime to reform Insurance Act
Published: Saturday, June 11, 2016It must be considered a serious dereliction of responsibility by succeeding Parliaments to have allowed the outdated Insurance Act, which facilitated the serious abuse...
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Facing up to homelessness
Paolo KernahanPublished: Saturday, June 11, 2016The recent story of a group of homeless people taking the Port-of-Spain City Corporation to court was the cherry on top the crazy cake we have to eat...
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Govt still loses points on Colm’s HSF caper
Gail AlexanderPublished: Saturday, June 11, 2016Yesterday’s clash in Parliament between the House Speaker and Opposition MP, Roodal Moonilal, followed by the Opposition’s walkout concerning other...
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MAN & CHILD: The rising son
Published: Saturday, June 11, 2016Kevin BaldeosinghWhen my wife Afi and me go to pick up our one-year-old son Kyle at my mother’s home in the evening, he will crow “Da da!” as soon as he sees me, while...
View ArticlePlastic pollution, a clear danger to humanity
Published: Saturday, June 11, 2016World Oceans Day was celebrated on June 8, the theme for this year being, “Healthy Oceans, Healthy Planets.” This was brought to the fore via a full-page advertisement...
View ArticleThe shafting of Bernie Sanders
Published: Saturday, June 11, 2016Power does not make joke. The power structure constitutive of a nation, an ideology, does not make joke. When you come up against it, it shafts you. It spits you out....
View ArticleGovt not addressing homeless issue
Published: Saturday, June 11, 2016Oh! What a night for the homeless man seen sleeping in a drain in Port-of-Spain. The situation is totally out of control and has reached the critical stage of epidemic...
View ArticleMuhammad Ali: The greatest what?
Published: Sunday, June 12, 2016In addition to all the encomiums, praises, tributes paid to Muhammad Ali during and following the Muslim hour of prayer on Friday in Louisville, Kentucky, I add the...
View ArticleMCDOOM, ORIS
Published: Sunday, June 12, 2016MCDOOM, ORIS former principal of St Augustine Senior Secondary School passed away on 24th May 2016 in Tampa, Florida. She was the wife of Imran McDoom, formerly of the...
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