Mash up the place to get jobs
Down with using the culturally acceptable, professionally standardised route of education and skills training, and presenting resume first then self if called to an interview to get job. Instead, use...
View ArticleThe tragedy of love
It is with sadness that I am forced to share publicly, a matter of personal anguish to my family, but as I describe the situation, it is my hope that my reasons for doing so become clear and further,...
View ArticleWI cricket failing long before IPL
Last year in an address at the annual New Year’s lecture in Cape Town South Africa former West Indies captain and prolific batsman, Clive Lloyd, spoke of the ills of T20 cricket. He blamed the format...
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Wonderful evening of boxing at Lara’s castle
Olympic hopefuls Aaron Prince and Michael Alexander were in action at Tuesday Night Boxing at the Castle, as former West Indies batsman Brian Lara opened his home to boxing for the first time in...
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Mr Famous: Power soca will never die
Groovy soca music may continue to cluster local airwaves ahead of Carnival 2016 but one artiste isn’t turning his back on the Power element that is synonymous with Carnival. The entertainer who...
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Tami G returns with a wine and ah...
Trinidad and Tobago, let’s welcome back Tameeka Garcia-Harris, aka Tami G, from New York to the soca arena. She will be gracing Trinidad with her presence once again this month. Tami G’s previous works...
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From Platinum to Panorama gold?
History will be created in Panorama this year when an all-female steel orchestra competes—a first in the competition’s 53-year existence. From Malick, Barataria, the pan band is called Platinum, and it...
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We Three Kings
Santa has trekked back north and stocks of black cake are diminishing as swiftly as foreign exchange and whatever you thought you had in your bank account. Here in the foothills, it’s unnervingly...
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An intuitive mix for exercise
Review by Kevin BaldeosinghWhich will get you fitter: running an hour every day five times a week, or sprinting 30 seconds ten times with a one to two- minute rest in between?Given that I’m asking the...
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The Road I Once Walked
Adult Literacy Tutors Association (Alta) volunteers are not paid—yes, but for me payment is seeing the students’ eagerness to learn. One individual attending an Alta class can positively impact an...
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Singh not afraid of WASA audit
Former minister of the environment and water resources, Ganga Singh, says he fears no audit into the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) because “all processes were followed” under his tenure.He made...
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Officials search for clues but Employees feel fire no accident
The official cause of the fire that destroyed the second floor of the Water and Sewerage Authority’s (WASA) main building at its St Joseph administrative complex is yet to be determined.Yesterday, fire...
View ArticleLaptops stolen from Princes Town school
The Ministry of Education and police are investigating the theft of ten laptop computers from the Princes Town East Secondary School on Tuesday. According to reports, school was in session when a...
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$2m bail for human trafficking accused
A 30-year-old Tunapuna man accused of trafficking a minor and inciting her into prostitution has been granted $2 million bail. Anthony Smith, a bar manager from Tunapuna Road, El Dorado, was given the...
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12 homeless after arson attack
Two vehicles, a four-apartment building and a business were destroyed by fire following an arson attack in Laventille yesterday. Twelve people, including four children — aged two, nine, 10 and 11 — are...
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Man killed, woman critical after crash
An unidentified man is dead and a woman is in critical condition at hospital after a Hilux van and a truck, belonging to Seereeram Brothers, collided along the Caroni South Bank Road, Caroni,...
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Principal pays fitting tribute to hero student
The funeral for 13-year-old Nathan Barcoo-Campo was a large and sad event. The church, located in Samaroo Village, Arima, was packed with relatives, friends and Trinity College East schoolmates as they...
View ArticleDuke cancels hunger march
Public Services Association (PSA) president Watson Duke has cancelled all protest action by members of his union, including a hunger strike he intended to stage because of the government’s failure to...
View ArticleMagistrate recuses self from Seetahal trial
Accused gang leader Rajaee Ali and 11 members of his organisation accused of assassinating Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal have succeeded in their bid to have Chief Magistrate Marcia Ayers-Caesar recuse...
View ArticlePolice plead for public’s help
The Police Service is appealing to members of the public to once again cooperate with the authorities to help in reducing crime.Speaking during the first media briefing to be held this year at the...
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