Garcia cools Vincy
Holland-based teenager Levi Garcia came off the bench in the 62nd minute to score twice in 11 minutes as T&T Soca Warriors earned a come-from-behind 3–2 win over St Vincent and The Grenadines in...
View ArticlePrisons execs told of jail break plan
Official minutes from an executive meeting which took place at the Prison’s Administration Building, Phillip Street, Port-of-Spain, on January 27, 2015, has revealed that prisons officials were aware...
View ArticleForest ranger in Lady Chancellor fire dies
Senior forester II, Keith Campbell was a well-respected, resourceful and humble man who will be missed dearly by his colleagues in the Forestry Division.Campbell 56, succumbed to injuries he sustained...
View ArticleRamkissoon: Give workers the proper gear
President of the T&T Fire Service Association Leo Ramkissoon says workers in the Forestry Division need to be commended for their hard work and dedication in the fight to eradicate bush fires. He...
View ArticleJordan turns over a new leaf
In less than one school term, Jordan Adams was suspended at least five times. He spent as many days in school as he spent out of school on suspension. Fighting, smoking, drinking, gambling, breaking...
View ArticleI want justice
A bush fire raged in an empty lot of land obliquely opposite Pauline Lum Fai’s home at Henry Street, Orange Valley, close to where the decomposing body of her six-year-old son Sean Luke was found ten...
View ArticleFarmers: Don’t sideline our produce
“When you buy fast food, you know where the lettuce comes from? The tomatoes and cucumbers?” asks one South-based farmer.“All imported. Imagine these international restaurants and fast food places come...
View ArticleKamla to T&T: Count your blessings
As Christians around the world celebrate the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says while there will come moments that people will oppose each other in...
View ArticleTwo men killed— one in Belmont, one in Morvant
Police are investigating the murder of a man known as “Fish” and “Justin” from Calvary Hill, Morvant. They said neighbours heard gunshots in the area just before midnight.Yesterday morning around 9.30...
View ArticleSocial Development working on plan for the retrenched
Valdeen Shears-NeptuneThe Ministry of Social Development and Family Services is in the process of developing of a multi-sectoral plan to assist this country’s retrenched workers.This, according to line...
View ArticleGlobalisation having negative impact in Caribbean
What does globalisation mean for the Caribbean? Though globalisation is inevitable, it has its advantages and disadvantages. For the Caribbean, I believe the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. This...
View ArticleWhy so many on edge these days?
Most citizens are horrified at the unrelenting and seemingly escalating spate of murders engulfing the land. Though being neither sociologists nor psychiatrists, some speculate whether this could be a...
View ArticleVision 2020 the problem not the solution
It is not adequate to say that our nation today is in a ‘crisis’, a term made all too popular in recent times by many a social commentator. It is without a doubt that there has been a strong narrative...
View ArticleSt Fort, Hosford strike Carifta gold
Tyriq Horsford and Khalifa St Fort of T&T both won gold medals on day one of the 45th Annual Carifta Games at the National Athletics Stadium in Grenada, yesterday.Horsford was a class above the...
View ArticleWindies chase perfection
With three wins from as many matches, the West Indies will play lowly Afghanistan in their final Super10 match of the ICC World T20 at Nagpur in India today for 5.30 am (T&T Time).After their...
View ArticleGarcia: It’s just another moment to remember
Holland-based Soca Warriors winger Levi Garcia says his two-goal debut performance to lead his team to a come-from-behind 3-2 win over St Vincent and The Grenadines in their 2018 World Cup Concacaf...
View ArticleHot weather, hot prices affect World T20
The ongoing ICC World T20 in India has failed to attract the crowds that normally comes out to cricket and those who have ventured through the turnstiles have not seen the kind of entertainment that...
View ArticleNero 75th in IAAF World Half Marathon
T&T’s Tonya Nero ran a season’s best to place 75th at the IAAF World Half Marathon Championships in Cardiff in the United Kingdom, yesterday. Nero, one of this country’s most successful...
View ArticleAlexander, Paul, and Maharajh shine
It was a night of thrills and spills on the opening programme of the 2016 Easter International Cycling Grand Prix at the Arima Velodrome, Arima, on Friday night with sprint ace, T&T’s Quincy...
View ArticleHart: I can’t accept that performance
Soca Warriors coach Stephen Hart says he will accept the performance of his team, in its come-from-behind 3-2 win away to St Vincent and The Grenadines in their 2018 World Cup Concacaf Semifinal Round...
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