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Afra resigns from JCC
Joint Consultative Council (JCC) president, Afra Raymond, has been forced to resign after an internal rift with two council members. Raymond resigned with immediate effect over a month ago after...
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Even after PP spends $1.6 to $2bn: School violence goes viral
Thirty-one months after losing her 14-year-old son Renaldo Dixon to school violence, Camille Taitt is still trying to come to terms with his death. Taitt, 34, admitted that Renaldo’s passing will...
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King warns against Govt’s plans: Recipe for eating up more foreign exchange
Economist Mary King says the Government intends to spend an unprecedented TT$63.1 billion and none of it looks like it is designed to boost the country’s exports or reduce its import bill. Instead,...
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Why all the secrecy in the UNC, Mr Tancoo?
Mickela MandayAfter much deliberation, I decided not to participate in any way, shape or form in the UNC’s internal elections that was held on December 5, 2015, almost three years after it was...
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Kamla washes her hands of the recession
Two years into her term as prime minister, I interviewed Kamla Persad-Bissessar (February 2012). She was sharp, with an undeniable charisma and unending confidence. Her legal training gave her added...
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Piarco upgrade to support tourism, trade
Let me declare an interest. I handle media relations for Caribbean Airlines. The intention here has always been to stimulate discussion on the service offered by our national gateway. The Guardian was...
View ArticleRest in peace, Raf
The sudden passing of “Raf,” a most respected and adventurous Caribbean iconic musician, is for me a great loss to the kaiso, jazz music direction.For me, Raf was more than a pianist/composer. He was...
View ArticleImport gas to alleviate shortage
I have been wondering about the shortages of gas to the petrochemical plants at Pt Lisas and the consequent drag on the economy. I have also read about the strength of the Singaporean economy although...
View ArticleAre steel workers supporting corruption?
It was reported that Christopher Henry, president of the Steel Workers Union, is insisting that the Government repay the Joint Trade Union Movement’s support during the last election by employing the...
View ArticleRambarran’s address in pubic interest
The ratio dicendi identified by Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran for the historic and unprecedented disclosures of the highest users of the scarce, rapidly dwindling and vital stock of forex over...
View ArticleSwimming lessons save lives
By the time Raphael and Ricardo Rambaran had taken their second gulp of seawater, a terrible tragedy was in the making. The young brothers had probably been pushed out by the backwash of waves at...
View ArticleStill confused after Central Bank governor’s statements
The governor of the Central Bank, in releasing the names and amounts of foreign exchange purchased by certain companies, raises more questions than answers. For me, the governor's statement provided no...
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MSJ head: Rambarran playing ‘populist’
Leader of the Movement for Social Justice David Abdulah is calling for Governor of the Central Bank Jwala Rambarran to go. Abdulah made the call at a press conference at the party’s St Joseph Village,...
View ArticleState ‘advanced’ towards action
The Government is remaining tight-lipped on its next move concerning Central Bank Governor Jwala Rambarran and whether it can continue to work with him following Prime Minister Keith Rowley’s stinging...
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Car plunges into river
A Chaguanas man died yesterday after the car in which he was an occupant ran off the Uriah Butler Highway and crashed into the cable barrier at the Guayamare River. Police identified him as Clyde...
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Brothers slam into pickup on M2 Ring Rd
Hansraj Roopnarine, 47, of Endeavour, Chaguanas, died on the spot yesterday when the Mitsubishi Lancer, driven by his brother, Roland Roopnarine, slammed into a pickup truck on the M2 Ring Road in...
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Former PNM finance minister: Declare reason to fire Jwala
The Government must declare its reasons if it wants to fire the Central Bank Governor says former finance minister Conrad Enill. He added that the governor and the Government cannot be at loggerheads...
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Two more murders, toll reaches 396
A few footsteps away from where Roger Romaine was shot dead in May, the man accused by relatives of killing him was shot dead yesterday morning. Micheal Matthews, 57, of Fazal Avenue, Penal, was gunned...
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More than a sno-cone man
Wesley Basdeo pedals his bicycle cart slowly through the quiet streets of Felicity every day, except Saturdays. An indelible part of the area’s daily life, villagers call him “sno-cone man.”Basdeo, 38,...
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Let retrenched ArcelorMittal workers operate Point Lisas plant—Abdulah
Leader of the Movement for Social Justice David Abdulah is suggesting that workers who were retrenched by steel giant ArcelorMittal last week be allowed to operate the manufacturing plant in Point...
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