Court orders OAS Construtora to pay $6 million to contractor
Brazilian construction firm OAS Construtora has been ordered to pay over $6 million to a local sub-contractor for the Point Fortin Highway. KJS Enterprise Company Limited, of Small Trace, Siparia,...
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Soca Monarch integrity will remain—exec
Caribbean Prestige Foundation for the Performing Arts chairman Peter Scoon says the executive will do everything in their power to ensure the integrity of the Lotto Plus International Soca Monarch...
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Minister: More vaccines to arrive on Monday
The Health Ministry is currently using 28,000 vaccines to combat the deadly H1N1 flu virus and a further 7,500 doses are expected to arrive in the country on Monday from the Pan American Health...
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UTC’s Calypso Fund to be listed on TTSE
The T&T Unit Trust Corporation UTC) is again set to create history when its newest fund, the Calypso Macro Index Fund, which provides investors with the unique opportunity to participate in the...
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$200m cut in THA allocation
The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) has met to reprioritise its projects following a seven per cent decrease in its parliamentary allocation for 2016.Secretary of Finance and Enterprise Development...
View ArticleT&T’s energy sector in focus
Energy and Development is the theme for the Energy Chamber of T&T’s Annual Energy Conference which takes place January 18-20 at the Hyatt Regency, Port-of-Spain. The conference will look at the...
View ArticleBig deal in a small incident
By now, most of us are aware of the recent controversy surrounding Chris Gayle’s comments to reporter Mel McLaughlin as she attempted to conduct a sports interview with him. On this side of the world,...
View ArticleCannot be business as usual
It certainly will not be a happy new year for the West Indies team and management currently touring down under. And the same applies for all the WI fans, what little is left of them, that is.I, for...
View ArticleMake music in schools mandatory
I was in Cocoa, Florida, this week and when asked of my “accent” the man proceeded to tell me about Trinidad. That his son who is “white as powder” is in the Cocoa High School steel band. That they are...
View ArticlePlay one for Jit
Every Carnival we lose a member of the fraternity. 2016 is no different. Dr Jit Samaroo has arranged his final tune. He has taken leave of us.He was the most successful arranger in the 53-year history...
View ArticleWho will check the ‘killer’ gates?
It is commendable that the construction of sliding gates has caught the attention of the T&T Bureau of Standards (TTBS), and the International Code Council (ICC). It is alarming to think there are...
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Warriors fall in Panama
Striker Kervens Fils Belfort’s goal in the 84th minute against the T&T Soca Warriors at the Estadio Rommel Fernandez in Panam City, last night, earned Haiti a place in the to Copa America...
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Red Force goes for second win
Against all odds a depleted T&T Red Force team registered an emphatic 84-run victory over Jamaica Scorpions in their first game of the Nagico Super50 series on Thursday night, and today they will...
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Red Force dents Bajan Pride
T&T Red Force cricketers romped to their second win of the 2016 Nagico Super50 series at the Queen’s Park Oval yesterday, crushing the Barbados Pride by nine wickets to go atop the standings in...
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Supermarkets will find VAT changes difficult
Even though the revised Value Added Tax (VAT) list is to be released today during the debate of the Finance Bill 2016, president of the Supermarket Association of T&T (SATT) Dr Yunus Ibrahim said...
View ArticleCOP slams property tax
Prakash Ramadhar, political leader for the Congress of the People (COP) said 2016 will be difficult on all fronts and the return of the controversial Property Tax will only make the country’s situation...
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Robbers set fire to Siparia warehouse
When burglars at a warehouse in Siparia failed to steal hundreds of thousands dollars in goods early Sunday, they then set the building on fire, causing more than $2M in damage.According to reports,...
View ArticleCEPEP in potential lawsuit from unhappy contractors
Valdeen Shears-NeptuneA group of five contractors with the Community-based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (Cepep) is contemplating seeking legal advice about their contracts with...
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Maharaj urges Government to pay up
Former Attorney General and Clico legal adviser Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj yesterday appealed to the Government to pay the money owed to the United Policyholders Group. Maharaj’s appeal comes ahead of the...
View Article‘Gang leader’ killed in shootout
A 26-year-old reputed gang leader was killed in a early morning shootout with police in Laventille, yesterday. According to reports, around 4.45 am, officers of the Inter Agency Task Force (IATF) went...
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