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Rambachan: Loans policy needed
Tabaquite MP Suruj Rambachan says the Government must establish a policy position on loans in this country as interest rates have risen at local banks.Contributing to debate on the mid-year review of...
View ArticleRowley denies award of contract to Brazilian firm
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has moved to quash allegations that it was the People’s National Movement (PNM) Government that signed off on the award of the controversial $5 billion construction...
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Comedian’s medical bills no laughing matter
“It’s really not easy for the average working person to manage an illness in this country.” These are the words of comedian and actor Clifford Learmond as he negotiates the aftermath of a February...
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War and whale oil
To most of us, Gaspar Grande or Gasparee Island is a quiet place occupied seasonally by holiday homeowners or renters. This minute limestone rock just off the northwestern peninsula is far richer in...
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Zika detected in Tunapuna, Gulf View
With four Gulf View residents now confirmed as having contracted the Zika virus in three months, residents are very worried about the risks to pregnant women in the community.But while residents...
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Online purchases get 7% tax
Based on data available from the CSO in September 2015, it was assumed that there would be virtually no economic growth in 2015, ie a flat economy, and there would be a decline of approximately 1.4% of...
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EX-WORKERS FEEL ADJUSTMENT PAIN
Stress, anguish and pain.Those are some of the sentiments expressed by ex-ArcelorMittal workers in the past four weeks. Tomorrow marks one month since the steel company issued termination letters to...
View ArticleJamaica wins showdown as T&T finishes down the field
BRIDGETOWN—Jamaica’s Sunshine Girls produced a convincing performance to trounce hosts Barbados and clinch the Caribbean Netball Association Jean Pierre Championship at the National Stadium on Friday...
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Tobago prime to dominate school athletic meeting again
Carifta Under-18 gold medallist Tyriq Horsford and sprint champion Akanni Hislop will return to competition in two weeks, to display their remarkable athleticism at the Secondary School Track and Field...
View ArticleWest zone aiming to reclaim titles
Perennial champions of the Port-of-Spain Rotary Games West Zone B will be seeking to reverse last year’s results with defending champion zone Central A, when the 28th Rotary Games begins at the Hasely...
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Central, Connection advance
Defending champions Central FC and two-time winners W Connection has advanced to the semi-finals of the 2016 Lucozade Sport Goal Shield after victories in the quarter-final round on Friday night. W...
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TTOC signs partnership for good governance policy
The T&T Olympic Committee (TTOC) has announced a collaboration with the International Centre for Sport Security Europe (ICSS Europe) to work together to help protect and safeguard sport. Following...
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Flow Carenage Utd unbeaten in Super league qualifiers
WALTER ALIBEYFlow Carenage United, the champion team of the Northern Football Association (NFA), leads the standings in the Champion of Champions Super League Qualifiers after two rounds of action with...
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Bovell III bags 50m breaststroke bronze
Top T&T swimmer and Olympic bronze medallist George Bovell III swam to a bronze medal in the men’s 50m breaststroke at the 12th Eindhoven Swim Cup, which is also used as the Dutch Olympic Trials,...
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Hinds hits Samuels for six
President of the West Indies Players Association (WIPA) Wavell Hinds slammed into West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels for speaking the untruth concerning his remuneration for playing for the West...
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Garner bowls CARICOM bouncer
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados—Barbados Cricket Association president, Joel Garner, has hit out at the Caricom-commissioned Governance Panel’s controversial recommendation that the West Indies Cricket Board be...
View ArticleOutpouring of support for displaced family
In a T&T Guardian article last week, Ingrid Applewhite and her son, Joshua, who were living in a bathroom at the back of the Pinto Road recreation ground, were featured. Since then, help continues...
View ArticleUrgent need to develop tourism industry
If successive governments had been asked the question: “Do you want tourism?” they would probably have all said, “Yes, of course.” But one after the other they have failed to put the building blocks in...
View ArticleThe myth of fuel subsidies
The Minister of Finance in his mid-term review of the 2015-16 budget, raised the prices of super gasoline and diesel by 15 per cent in an attempt to bring them into line with the current international...
View ArticleBudget review a valiant attempt by Government
This mid-year review is a valiant attempt by the Government to ease the country into the frigid economic waters with which we are now faced. The elimination of the fuel subsidy is justified not just by...
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