Hostile export environment
President of the T&T Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) Dr Rolph Balgobin says the institutional environment for exporting goods is stacked against local manufacturers making the process of...
View ArticleRepsol workers challenge retrenchments
Workers dismissed by Spanish energy giant Repsol are fighting back. The 11 workers, accompanied by a representative from the Bankers Insurance and General Workers Union (BIGWU), met on Thursday with...
View ArticleTHRTA head elected to regional group
Brian Frontin, CEO of the Trinidad Hotels, Restaurant and Tourism Association (THRTA) has been elected treasurer of the Caribbean Society of Hotel Association Executives (CSHAE). The elections took...
View ArticleThe ethnic of Carnival
We must not agree that Carnival is debauched, or that it is going to die. Here is why.Who would have thought that we could devise a war, a stage, a gayelle, sans stick, sans knife, sans guns? Just sans...
View ArticleSoca dealt death blow to calypso
I disagree completely with the idea that Calypso Fiesta is responsible for killing the calypso artform. It is dying from lack of sustenance.A good calypso requires a certain amount of intelligence to...
View ArticleDiego Martin river a mosquito breeding ground
In a letter to the editor of February 8 concerning to the control of mosquitoes, I did mention that what was required was a cleansing of the river in Diego Martin which empties into the sea. This is...
View ArticleHalf loaf better than none
I think that it is insensitive and cruel for the Government and private companies to send workers home because of the economic situation. Instead of sending workers home why not cut salaries by ten per...
View ArticlePass the Beverage Container Bill
This is an open letter to those in authority to fast track the long overdue beverage container legislation. By putting a price on plastics the landscape will become a different place overnight as well...
View ArticleDiversification, why so hard to do?
Since 1956 successive governments have faced the issue of diversification yet none has been able to lead us there, far less to keep us there. As John Lennon said, “It’s like trying to shovel smoke with...
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Minister seeks quick resolution
President of the Pharmacy Board of T&T Andrew Rahaman claims the National Insurance Property Development Company Ltd (Nipdec) is owing 290 pharmacies millions of dollars for services rendered...
View ArticleRally round the NGC
I have been paying attention to Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj and his attack on one of the country’s most profitable state energy companies, the NGC, and his attempts to bring the NGC into disrepute.Mr...
View ArticleRamesh’s statements disappointing
I read with amazement and concern, a recent news article headlined Maharaj blasts NGC over SIS, which spoke to Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj’s proposed action to show that NGC is using its power...
View ArticleA hero and a scamp
Two sportsmen exercised their rights within the law of the games and one is regarded as a hero and the other, a scamp.Lionel Messi was delegated the responsibility to take the penalty kick. Instead of...
View ArticleA tribute to Joey Lewis
Oswin RoseThe passing of Joey Lewis, my good friend, signals the end of an era which included many well-known bandleaders and dance bands that graced the dance halls of T&T. We remember fondly...
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NGC contractor stabbed to death
A National Gas Company (NGC) sub-contractor was found dead at her home on Friday afternoon by her husband, stabbed several times about the body. Angeline Ali, 56, of Papourie Road, Barrackpore, was...
View ArticleMan with Zika-like symptoms sent home from hospital
A man exhibiting symptoms of the Zika virus was sent home from hospital even after being told by doctors that he may “unofficially” have the virus. Speaking to the Sunday Guardian yesterday, the...
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Residents want quick clean-up
Although Diego Martin was identified as “ground zero” for the Zika virus in T&T, having recorded the first official patient diagnosis on these shores, funds allocated to aid in the fight to...
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Cop, young mother injured in accident
A last-minute decision by Vanessa Persad to leave her three-year-old son at home on Friday night may have saved his life.Persad, who celebrated her 22nd birthday on Friday, was supposed to take her son...
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Uncle Ellis Reid: Dancing his way to fame
Valdeen Shears-NeptuneWith Carnival 2016 just concluded, the Sunday Guardian sat down with one of the country’s newest local celebrities, whose performances and name now appear to be known locally,...
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Pantin puts Pan Rhythms & People on display
The Art Society of T&T is pleased to feature new works from local artist Gail Pantin in her latest solo exhibition titled Pan Rhythms & People. The exhibition, which runs from February 20 to...
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