Reprisal killings expected
Police are bracing for reprisal killings following the murder of a suspected senior gang member on Tuesday night. Police said around 9 pm, the victim Terrance “Biggs” Roberts, of Myers Lane, Old...
View ArticlePolitical legend dies
Political legend, cultural icon, mentor to many. Those were among tributes which have poured in for longstanding political and cultural figure Dr Kamaluddin “Charch” Mohammed who died Tuesday night and...
View ArticleImam: Kamal’s life was the true jihad
Imam Sharif Ali says while there is much talk about ISIS and jihad in the world today, the life of former PNM founding member Kamalludin Mohammed’s was also a jihad.He was speaking at yesterday’s...
View ArticleAirport opts for T&T Christmas
Piarco International Airport will no longer be having a white Christmas as the managers in the Airports Authority have decided to change their display in the atrium.Yesterday, pictures circulating on...
View ArticleTTPost threatens strike action
With Christmas in full swing, members of the public can be vastly affected as workers of TTPost are threatening industrial action.At a press conference by the Postal Workers Union of T&T at the...
View ArticleJack’s extradition case February 19
Former government minister Jack Warner’s extradition proceedings will not begin until next year. Warner, who is wanted in the United States for a dozen fraud and corruption charges stemming from his...
View ArticleA man of humble beginnings
ENTERPRISE DESKKamaluddin Mohammed was born on April 19, 1927 at El Socorro, not far away from where he lived until he passed away on Tuesday at 10.30 pm at the age of 88. He was the fifth of 13...
View ArticleRecord Cyber Monday spending tops US$3b
NEW YORK—Shoppers spent more than US$3 billion online this Cyber Monday, making it the biggest online shopping day ever. Research firm comScore said shopping by phone, laptop or tablet jumped 21 per...
View ArticleHonours for top service providers
Amalgamated Security Services Ltd was named Service Provider of the Year (Large) at the 8th Annual Excellence in Services Awards Ceremony hosted by the T&T Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI)...
View Article$5.6m in trades on TTSE
Overall market activity resulted from trading in nine securities of which five advanced, one declined and three traded firm. Trading activity on the First Tier Market registered a volume of 413,266...
View ArticleDigicel takes control of Prism Holdings
KINGSTON, Jamaica—Digicel Group has acquired a controlling interest in financial services powerhouse, Prism Holdings, for an undisclosed sum, it was announced yesterday. Established in 1993 in Barbados...
View ArticleChildren gone wild
Gone are the days of adults reprimanding children. Today, children are cussing teachers, their parents, police and so on, as the law has made them untouchable. To speak to them loud is abuse. To strike...
View ArticleLearning: Key to Economic Adaptation
I welcome the appointment of the Economic Advisory Board by the current Government, which has two advisory tasks before it; the first is to bring the economy into a reduced but more efficient and...
View ArticleQuestions for Kamla
I have seen Mr Bhoe Tewarie as a frontliner in the Kamla Persad-Bissessar attempt at retaining the leadership position. Mr Tewarie was the Minister of Planning in the last government. I wonder if Mrs...
View ArticlePuppets teach children about disaster preparedness
A natural disaster gives no warning, it just leaves its calling card. This is why it is crucial that all necessary precautions are taken to be prepared. The Digicel Foundation is helping people with...
View ArticleThe Christmas Chocolate Shop
The Chocolate Affair, T&T’s first ever Christmas Cocoa Fair, takes place at the Normandie Hotel in St Ann’s on December 5.The Chocolate Affair is being organised by a group of chocolate...
View ArticlePaper Based Bookshop keeping reading entertainment alive
Charmaine DaisleyAn Evening of Tea and Readings held on November 28 at Paper Based Bookshop at The Normandie, St Anns, proves that the activity of reading books has a chance to survive in the midst of...
View ArticleWalsh: Pink ball Tests can boost Caribbean cricket
BRISBANE—West Indies legend Courtney Walsh believes the pink ball is the future of Test cricket could work wonders in the Caribbean.The Jamaica icon is with the West Indies team as ‘selector on tour’...
View ArticleSmad Place a strong prospect
Smad Place achieved a career-best time-handicap mark when winning the Hennessy unchallenged on a soft Newbury surface last Saturday, jumping the fourth last this striking grey Smadoun gelding was...
View ArticleU-21 volleyball women on mission for gold
This country’s Under-21 women’s volleyball team will be on a mission to reclaim their top billing as queens of the region when they leave on Sunday for Bridgetown, Barbados to contest the tenth...
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