Energy decline hits NEL profits
Government’s investment holding company National Enterprises Ltd (NEL) suffered a $142.9 million drop in profits for the nine months ended December 31 which chairman Jerry Hospedales said was due in...
View ArticleOrchard signs new ambassador
Orchard has formalised its relationship with soca star Nadia Batson and officially welcomed the artiste to its family. She joins the Orchard Point Fortin Jammers as ambassadors of Nestlé T&T’s...
View ArticleCaricom looks at threat to finance sector
PLACENCIA, Belize—Ahead of last night’s opening of the Caricom Heads of Government Inter-Sessional meeting in Belize, Finance Ministers met yesterday morning to discuss a regional response to a threat...
View ArticleHigher overseas profits for Massy Group
For the first time in its history the Massy Group has earned more profit before tax (PBT) from outside of T&T. Chairman Robert Bermudez, in comments to shareholders on the group’s unaudited...
View ArticleCougars of T&T conquer Barbados relay fair
Five-time Juvenile champion of T&T Cougars track and field club, made a triumphant historic visit to Barbados last Saturday when it dominated the Barbados Relay Fair which was staged at the...
View ArticleCentral, Army and W Connection clash vital points
The three-team battle at the top of the 2015/2016 Digicel T&T Pro League table will resume today with the trio of defending champion Central FC, Defence Force and DirecTV W Connection, separated by...
View ArticleMilk still zero-rated
I have taken note of a letter by Soraya Aziz on price increases at the grocery.Ms Aziz complained that two weeks ago Massy Stores raised the price of Svelty milk by 17 per cent and it appears that she...
View ArticleWest Indies cricket is doomed
Over the last three years and more particularly over the last six-nine months I have read and listened to statements from Azim Bassarath (president of TTCB), Allen Sammy (of TTCB), Surey Ragoonath (CEO...
View ArticleProud to call them ‘our’ team
Our Windies U-19s cricketers have demonstrated amazing discipline and teamness in winning the 2016 ICC Under-19 World Cup.As many regional cricket fans did, I saw every ball and particularly enjoyed...
View ArticleThis team is our future
Congratulations to the West Indies for winning the world cup. They defeated the favourites, India, in Mirpur. This victory was achieved away from home.This achievement must be recognised. It must not...
View ArticleTechnocrats, Glamorgan start Premier volleyball defence
Reigning champions, Technocrats (men) and Glamorgan (women) will begin defence of their respective titles when the 2016 season of the Flow T&T Volleyball Federation Premier League serves off with a...
View ArticleLondon, Daniel, Roberts snare silver
Local athletes Mark London, Deandra Daniel and Khemani Roberts keep impressing on the University circuit with each winning silver in their respective events at the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference...
View ArticlePreparation pace quickens at Olympic House
Breaking point. Trinidad and Tobago is at a crucial place. People make decisions on the basis of agendas. It is about what is convenient and expedient. It matters not what the truth may be. Once it...
View Article‘Rain’ is forecast at Southwell today
A six-race programme represents “short change” for the regular die-hards, who frequent the fibresand course, on which Rain In The Face achieved his best time-handicap mark to date last month, but they...
View ArticleWomen Warriors hunt Guyana win
T&T’s Women Soca Warriors must beat Guyana in their final Group B match of the 2016 Concacaf Women’s Olympic Qualifiers at the BBVA Compass Stadium, Houston, Texas from 5pm tonight in order to...
View ArticlePlayers decision pleases Cameron
President of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dave Cameron has described the withdrawal of Darren Bravo from the T20 World Cup tournament as unfortunate.Bravo pulled out of the team, opting...
View ArticleRed Force crumbles to Jaguars spin
GEORGETOWN—Guyana Jaguars spinners, led by Veerasammy Permaul, put the T&T Red Force in a spin, on the final day of their sixth round match in the Regional First Class championship at the National...
View ArticleKnight Riders backing embattled Narine
Sunil Narine’s Indian Premier League franchise, Kolkata Knight Riders, has thrown its full backing behind the embattled off-spinner, following his abrupt withdrawal from the West Indies Twenty20 World...
View ArticleIan Alleyne detained by police
Crime Watch host, Ian Alleyne, is in police custody after he was arrested outside the home of the owner of a Chaguanas business for allegedly using obscene language.Alleyne was outside the home of the...
View ArticleExpect increase in layoffs —expert
A member of the Economic Development Advisory Board is predicting a significant increase in T&T’s unemployment rate from four per cent to 15 per cent this year. Professor Karl Theodore explained...
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