Creating non-violent schools
I have been reading and listening to the many comments concerning non-violence affecting the education system in T&T. As an educator of 43 years teaching experience in the primary school system, I...
View ArticleTime for a national economic revival
We need connectivity. Not simply highways. We strongly support the Point Fortin to San Fernando Highway. However, the Debe to Mon Desir highway would have demolished one of the most traffic-free,...
View ArticleT&T can learn from Venezuela’s woes
In Ms Panday’s Easter Sunday article, she correctly analysed the Venezuelan economic situation to turn on the alarms in T&T so the country doesn’t follow that path. The description was accurate but...
View ArticleEnvironmental matters not being taken seriously
Media Reports are that the United Nations has classified T&T as being at the top of the ladder among countries when measured by the accumulation of waste per capita. This does not surprise me as by...
View ArticleA job well done by Fire Services
The residents of Pearl Gardens, Petit Valley, would like to acknowledge the yeoman and dedicated service provided by the officers of the Fire Services to the community in fighting a bush fire in the...
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T&T 6 - SVG 0
Substitute Trevin Caesar scored a late brace as T&T Soca Warriors continued their march towards the six-team Concacaf Final Round of Qualifiers with an emphatic 6-0 win over St Vincent and The...
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Minister highlights value of risk management
Foreign trade comes with opportunities and risks. So said Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon when she addressed the T&T Risk Management Institute’s Second Annual Caribbean Risk Management Conference....
View ArticleVTI wins Addy for Ginseng ad
Since acquiring Carib Brewery’s Ginseng Up account in late 2009, advertising agency Valdez and Torry International Limited (VTI) has won awards for its creative work on Ginseng Up brand campaigns year...
View ArticleAre we prepared FOR THE diversification challenge?
While I am a very strong supporter of diversifying our present economy there are some realities we all must face in order for this to take place. The first of these is that capital is needed to begin...
View ArticleCuba’s legacy helps shape Caribbean
One of the biggest and most followed international events has been the recent visit of US President Barack Obama to Cuba. Indeed it has generated many discussions at various levels as to the importance...
View ArticleBe prepared before plunging into world of exports
There have been calls in some circles for companies who are net foreign exchange earners to be given incentives to go out and earn even more foreign exchange for the country.Specifically, a...
View ArticleScandal, crime and bacchanal for breakfast
The report by Dr Everold Hosein accusing the media of focusing only on scandal and bacchanal is correct. One only has to look back at the headlines in the media at any period in the past or recent...
View Article‘No employing relative’ rule unrealistic
There are many reasons why members of parliament are addressed as “Honourable,” but the present controversy about employing relatives might prompt some to call this a misnomer. I have no quarrel with...
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Windies meet India in semis
West Indies captain Darren Sammy has admitted that his team is seen as underdogs going into today’s ICC World T20 semi-final against favourites and host India at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai, but...
View ArticleWindies women feel confident
While the men’s team go into their semi-final clash of the ICC World T20 against hosts India as underdogs, the West Indies women will tackle New Zealand five hours earlier in their semifinal matchup of...
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Hart salutes Garcia and Jones
Soca Warriors coach Stephen Hart was very impressed with his team’s 6-0 drubbing of St Vincent and The Grenadines in their 2018 Fifa World Cup Concacaf Semifinal Round match at the Hasely Crawford...
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Wilde Extravagance to put on a show
Wilde Extravagance is definitely up to making a successful seasonal debut in the ‘aged’ Maiden Stakes over five furlongs of Wolverhampton Tapeta today and giving the career of 21-year-old Connor...
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National gymnast receives elite funding
National gymnast Marissa Dick was among 11 T&T athletes receiving Elite Athlete Funding from the Minister of Sport and Youth and Affairs Darryl Smith at the Ministry’s head office on Abercromby...
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Black coaches ‘held back in Scotland’, say Latapy and Harper
Former Soca Warriors captain and World Cup midfielder, Russell “Little Magician” Latapy and Kevin Harper, two black former Scottish top-flight footballers at Hibernian claim the colour of their skin is...
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T&T’s stickwomen host USA in opener
T&T’s Under-21 women’s hockey team will flick off their campaign in the Junior Women’s Pan American Hockey Championship hosted by the T&T Hockey Board against USA at the National Hockey Centre,...
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