The trinidad Guardian / Bridgemans Services Group vice-president Andrew Purdey is hoping his company will be treated fairly at tender evaluation process for the selection of a new passenger vessel for the sea bridge. The company’s tender of the controversial Ocean Flower 2 was among eleven others received by the Port Authority of T&T (PATT)…
The trinidad Guardian / Prisons FC became the first team to be officially promoted to the Trinidad and Tobago Super League – League One on Saturday after a thrilling 4-2 victory at YTC Arouca against Petit Valley/Diego Martin Utd (PVDMU). Prior to kick off, the match was set up as a winner take all encounter,…
The trinidad Guardian / Former national defender Marvin Andrews remains a hero at Scottish club Glasgow Rangers. This was evident after the club has presented their supporters with an opportunity to hear first-hand the memories of a true Rangers great with an Ibrox Tour hosted by Marvin Andrews on September 28th. As fans tour behind…
The trinidad Guardian / Four businesses under one company-JMH Enterprise Limited-at the Trincity Industrial Estate went up in flames on Sunday night. Owner Christopher James said yesterday his losses are estimated to run “well into the hundreds of millions of dollars.” He said eight trucks, three vans, four cars and equipment were all destroyed in…
The trinidad Guardian / Customer service at all government offices must be improved, along with flexible working hours and regulated lunch breaks. These are some of the wishes rounding out the American Chamber of T&T’s (AmChamTT) budget submissions for 2017/2018 under the area of Ease of Doing Business. While the Chamber acknowledges the challenges that…
The trinidad Guardian / Battlecry came through to cause a major upset on the Arima Race Club’s (ARC) Republic Day card when the John O’Brien trained three-year-old colt beat overwhelming favourite, Bigman In Town in the feature Grade One – Caribbean Champion Stakes over 1,800 metres. In winning the Champion Stakes, O’Brien and Battlecry stopped…
The trinidad Guardian / The Embassy of the Republic of Korea has announced that this year’s National Foundation Day will be celebrated on October 3, 2017. A release from the Embassy said it is organising Korea Week 2017 with a series of events during the first week of October, which will be open to the…
The trinidad Guardian / One person told me to my face that my belief that women will play the most significant role in global development in the future is baloney. I have also been told it goes against religious and societal norms and values. I am committed to driving strategic change for women in sport…
The trinidad Guardian / Founder and principal of the Rio Claro Learning and Development Centre for Special Children, Kellyann Pascall, together with her staff and students, started the new school term with a newly built Centre courtesy the Digicel Foundation. A release said the Digicel Foundation invested $1.2 million to rebuild the school which houses…
The trinidad Guardian / Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon is calling for cooperation between regional and international partners as greater efforts are made to address security issues affecting Latin America, the Caribbean and the wider global community. Speaking at the Caribbean Security Forum hosted by the Trinidad and Tobago Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI)…
Trinidad Express / DEFENDING champions North defeated Tobago by an innings and 181 runs in their second-round match in the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Board (TTCB) Under-19 InterZone Tournament. Joshua De Silva made an undefeated 117, Brandon Maharaj slammed 109 not out, and Wendell George cracked 106 not out, while Jordan Warner contributed 59 as…
The trinidad Guardian / The Continuous Assessment Component (CAC) of the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) has been scrapped, Education Minister Anthony Garcia announced yesterday. “Cabinet decided that students who are writing in May 2016 will write the exam for the CAC for the last time. This year is the last year for the students writing…
The trinidad Guardian / The University of the West Indies (UWI) has announced the appointment of Lisa Cummins to the post of executive director of The UWI Consulting Company (UWIC) effective March 1. UWIC, which is chaired by Vice-Chancellor Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, is the university’s business unit that provides international and regional advisory services. …
The trinidad Guardian / That someone is “not accountable to anyone” is misleading in any given situation as we as human beings are certainly accountable for any and all of our actions during our stay on this earth. Especially when one is holding public office and has unlimited access to the funds of the public…
The trinidad Guardian / In reference to the letter to the editor headlined, Lots to gain from legalising marijuana, the writer very well expresses the benefits in five points: 1) eliminating gang activity; 2) reducing prison population and costs to citizens/government; 3) reducing court congestion and so allowing courts to deal with real criminals; 4)…
Trinidad Express / MUMBAI Semi-final hero Lendl Simmons has warned England that West Indies are not a “one-man show” but says the Caribbean side must now play well in tomorrow’s final if they are to win the Twenty20 World Cup. Simmons was the architect of the Windies’ seven-wicket win over tournament favourites India at the…
The trinidad Guardian / Minister in the Office of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs, Stuart Young, yesterday called on the Integrity Commission to investigate the Solomon Hochoy Highway to Point Fortin project, which he described as a “travesty.” Young said the Government was also exploring all legal options regarding the highway’s main contractor Construtora…
chinadaily.com.cn / The program includes providing Chinese language services, such as Chinese language audio tours or docent services, free visitor guides and apps in Chinese as well as Asian cuisine at the museum’s restaurant. The museum also launched its WeChat channel last month to promote the museum among Chinese. “We are proud to be the…
The trinidad Guardian / Why is no one surprised at the fact that the Prison Service executive failed to act on the information that there was an intended jailbreak immediately before the break actually occurred? Not only did they not take precautions but they did not even let their junior officers know. For those of…
The trinidad Guardian / Former health minister Dr Fuad Khan says the time has come for the Government to determine its policy on the termination of pregnancies because of the Zika virus. He made the comment yesterday, hours after Health Minister Terrance Deyalsingh confirmed that a 23-year-old pregnant Belmont woman had been diagnosed with Zika….
Trinidad Express / ELIZABETH MANDLIK will attempt to capture her second consecutive under-18 title when the curtain falls on the Bmobile ITF (International Tennis Federation) Junior Tournament today at Trinidad Country Club, Maraval. It will be the clash of the top two seeds for the second straight week as the American will oppose Stefania Rogozinska…
Trinidad Express / port of spain The “Soca Warriors” are moving on in style. Stephen Hart’s red army mowed over their opposition as they easily extinguished the “Vincy Heat” on Tuesday evening at the Hasely Crawford Stadium with a verve and swagger long yearned for by the fanbase. The team have built up a euphoria…
Trinidad Express / St Kitts and Nevis Patriots will open the Hero Caribbean Premier League (CPL) on June 30, against two-time finalists Guyana Amazon Warriors at Warner Park, in the first of four matches scheduled to be played on the island. They also have a tough second home match against 2013 champions Jamaica Tallawahs before…
Trinidad Express / NATIONAL cricket administrators have reacted positively in response to cricket clubs who have made representation on behalf of their players who want to view the ICC World Twenty20 finals involving both West Indies men and women’s teams tomorrow. West Indies men play England, while the regional divas clash with Australia in the…
Trinidad Express / The Trinidad and Tobago junior women’s hockey team will be looking to bounce back from their 10-0 drubbing at the sticks of the USA when they face Mexico in their second game of the Pan American Junior Women’s Hockey Championship at the National Hockey Centre in Tacarigua, from 4 p.m. today. Mexico…
Jamaica Gleaner / The faith factor is a critical, indispensable part of our Christian walk. It is central to everything we do for, “Faith is the confidence that what we hope for will actually happen; it gives us assurance about things we cannot see.” Hebrews 11:1 NLT Prayer activates our faith, so what does praying…
Trinidad Express / JADA RENALES will be attempting to complete a hat-trick in the National Badminton Junior Championships over the next two days at Central Regional Indoor Sports Arena, Chaguanas. The under-19 silver-medallist in last year’s Caribbean Regional Badminton Confederation (CAREBACO) Championships, has been crowned champion in the spotlight category for the last two years…
Trinidad Express / THE two main events ended prematurely when the curtain fell on the Chetwynd International Senior Tennis Tournament Monday at UWI Tennis Courts, St Augustine. Trailing Richard Gray by seven points to five in the deciding “super tiebreak” of the men’s over-35 final, multiple national champion and Davis Cup player Ivor Grazette retired…
News day / DECISION to not pay close to 130 police officers for extra duty during the World Cup qualifying match between Trinidad and Tobago and St Vincent and the Grenadines on Tuesday, resulted in officers boycotting duties at the National Stadium. Newsday understands that only half of the 260 officers asked to carry out…
Trinidad Express / Trinidad and Tobago has recorded its first case of the Zika virus in a pregnant woman. Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh yesterday confirmed that of the two new cases announced earlier this week, one is a 23-year-old woman who is 13 weeks pregnant. The woman is from the Belmont area. The World Health…
Trinidad Express / Archbishop Joseph Harris has said though his position might be unpopular and considered “outdated”, under no circumstances must abortion be an option. On the other hand, gynaecologist Dr Sherene Kalloo says women in Trinidad and Tobago should have the option to terminate a pregnancy if it is determined that the baby will…
Trinidad Express / IN PARLIAMENT Government is asking the Integrity Commission to investigate the “travesty” committed by the People’s Partnership government in its mishandling of the Point Fortin highway contract. This was revealed by Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Stuart Young, in a statement to the House of Representatives yesterday, at…
Trinidad Express / Kumar Ramroop is not buying the Ministry of Education’s explanation as to why his daughter, Arti, who attained 21 passes in last year’s Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) examination, was overlooked for either of the two President’s Medal awards for secondary education. Ramroop believes the reason provided by the Education Ministry as…
Trinidad Express / There was little standing room at the St Charles RC Church in Tunapuna yesterday as relatives and loved ones came out to pay their final respects to forest ranger Keith Campbell. Campbell died on the night of March 25, hours after sustaining third degree burns to 90 per cent of his body…
Trinidad Express / There was no wrongdoing when the National Infrastructure Development Company Ltd (Nidco) took the decision to waive the right to termination of the OAS Construtora contract upon the contractor’s bankruptcy, says former government minister Suruj Rambachan. At the Parliament sitting yesterday, at Tower D, International Waterfront Centre, Port of Spain, Legal Affairs…
Trinidad Express / port of spain CALLING it “unnecessary” and “a burden” on the primary school system, Education Minister Anthony Garcia yesterday announced the end of the Continuous Assessment Component (CAC) of the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) introduced in 2012 under the former government. Primary-level pupils due to the sit the 2016 SEA will be…
Trinidad Express / piarco ANYONE awake during the early hours of the first day of April yesterday would have experienced the sweet sound of rain pounding on their roofs, which has not been heard for some time. However, this is “nothing unusual or abnormal,” said Meteorological Service officer Gary Benjamin. “We are still in…
Trinidad Express / A registry for sex offenders has been established. However, only the Police Service will have access to it, National Security Minister Edmund Dillon said yesterday. Responding to a question in the House of Representatives, at Tower D, International Waterfront Centre, Port of Spain, Dillon said the registry was established on December 22,…
Trinidad Express / THE Government must not run from the issue of abortion, but come up with a policy which will treat with pregnant women who are infected with the Zika virus, says former health minister Dr Fuad Khan. Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh yesterday announced that this country has recorded its first case of a…
Trinidad Express / One day after her seven-year-old son, Hezekiah Hospedales, was killed in a bush fire in San Juan, 28-year-old Shaleza Theodore-Hospedales has died as a result of burn injuries. Medical Director of the San Fernando General Hospital Dr Anand Chatoorgoon said Theodore-Hospedales suffered approximately 95 per cent burns about the body and was…
Trinidad Express / arima A MAN who stabbed a woman to death before attempting to take his own life appeared before an Arima magistrate yesterday, charged with her murder. The accused—Kendall Shalto, 34—was brought to the Arima Magistrates’ Court yesterday morning in a marked police car charged with the March 12 murder of Christina Francis,…
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CARACAS.- La espera terminó y los Rays de Tampa Bay, en teoría, reforzaron la posición que menos le estaba aportando a la ofensiva con el regreso del criollo Wilson Ramos a las mayores. ?Estamos felices por tener a Wilson Ramos con nosotros? , dijo Kevin Cash a MLB.com. ?Me imagino que probablemente tenía algunas inquietudes…
CARACAS.- La espera terminó y los Rays de Tampa Bay, en teoría, reforzaron la posición que menos le estaba aportando a la ofensiva con el regreso del criollo Wilson Ramos a las mayores. ?Estamos felices por tener a Wilson Ramos con nosotros? , dijo Kevin Cash a MLB.com. ?Me imagino que probablemente tenía algunas inquietudes…
La compraventa de inmuebles como Torre Agbar, Xanadú y el Edificio España aumenta un 70% la inversión en el primer semestre hasta los 6.000 millones de euros. La inversión inmobiliaria vuelve a registrar cifras récord en el mercado español. A falta de apenas cuatro días del cierre del semestre, la compraventa de edificios y solares…
san fernando Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley prayed with members of the Muslim community and distributed zakat (charity) to the needy as he celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr at two masjids in San Fernando yesterday. He attended the Eid services on an invitation from Minister of Local Government Kazim Hosein, who is also referred to as a…
gasparillo The mother of a disabled child was shot dead inside her apartment in Gasparillo yesterday. Ornella Philips, 28, was shot once in the chest. Her body was discovered lying in the living room around 10 a.m. The country’s murder toll now stands at 243. Her eight-year-old daughter, Kayla, has cerebral palsy and depends…
ISTANBUL (AP): Turkish police stopped activists for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex rights from gathering in large numbers for an LGBT Pride event in Istanbul yesterday, but smaller groups made impromptu press statements, defying a ban imposed by the governor. Organisers of the 2017 Istanbul LGBTI+ Pride had vowed to march in central Taksim…
LONDON (AP): The list of high-rise apartment towers in Britain that have failed fire-safety tests grew to 60, officials said yesterday, revealing the mounting challenge the government faces in the aftermath of London’s Grenfell Tower fire tragedy. All of the buildings for which external cladding samples were so far submitted failed combustibility tests, Communities Secretary…
BAHAWALPUR (AP): Alerted by an announcement over a mosque’s loudspeaker that an overturned tanker truck had sprung a leak, scores of villagers raced to the scene with fuel containers yesterday to gather the oil. Then the wreck exploded, engulfing people in flames as they screamed in terror. At least 153 men, women and children were…
WASHINGTON (AP): Making a final push, United States President Donald Trump said he doesn’t think congressional Republicans are “that far off” on a health overhaul to replace “the dead carcass of Obamacare”. Expressing frustration, he complained about “the level of hostility” in government and wondered why both parties can’t work together on the Senate bill…
While reliving the horrors experienced by so many families after another spate of bizarre violence across the country last week, I couldn’t help but picture Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett’s rictus grin plastered on television screens while the elderly and even suckling babes were being gruesomely slaughtered inside their homes. While the rest of us were…
The trinidad Guardian / Bridgemans Services Group vice-president Andrew Purdey is hoping his company will be treated fairly at tender evaluation process for the selection of a new passenger vessel for the sea bridge. The company’s tender of the controversial Ocean Flower 2 was among eleven others received by the Port Authority of T&T (PATT)…
The trinidad Guardian / Prisons FC became the first team to be officially promoted to the Trinidad and Tobago Super League – League One on Saturday after a thrilling 4-2 victory at YTC Arouca against Petit Valley/Diego Martin Utd (PVDMU). Prior to kick off, the match was set up as a winner take all encounter,…
The trinidad Guardian / Former national defender Marvin Andrews remains a hero at Scottish club Glasgow Rangers. This was evident after the club has presented their supporters with an opportunity to hear first-hand the memories of a true Rangers great with an Ibrox Tour hosted by Marvin Andrews on September 28th. As fans tour behind…
The trinidad Guardian / Four businesses under one company-JMH Enterprise Limited-at the Trincity Industrial Estate went up in flames on Sunday night. Owner Christopher James said yesterday his losses are estimated to run “well into the hundreds of millions of dollars.” He said eight trucks, three vans, four cars and equipment were all destroyed in…
The trinidad Guardian / Customer service at all government offices must be improved, along with flexible working hours and regulated lunch breaks. These are some of the wishes rounding out the American Chamber of T&T’s (AmChamTT) budget submissions for 2017/2018 under the area of Ease of Doing Business. While the Chamber acknowledges the challenges that…
The trinidad Guardian / Battlecry came through to cause a major upset on the Arima Race Club’s (ARC) Republic Day card when the John O’Brien trained three-year-old colt beat overwhelming favourite, Bigman In Town in the feature Grade One – Caribbean Champion Stakes over 1,800 metres. In winning the Champion Stakes, O’Brien and Battlecry stopped…
The trinidad Guardian / The Embassy of the Republic of Korea has announced that this year’s National Foundation Day will be celebrated on October 3, 2017. A release from the Embassy said it is organising Korea Week 2017 with a series of events during the first week of October, which will be open to the…
The trinidad Guardian / One person told me to my face that my belief that women will play the most significant role in global development in the future is baloney. I have also been told it goes against religious and societal norms and values. I am committed to driving strategic change for women in sport…
The trinidad Guardian / Founder and principal of the Rio Claro Learning and Development Centre for Special Children, Kellyann Pascall, together with her staff and students, started the new school term with a newly built Centre courtesy the Digicel Foundation. A release said the Digicel Foundation invested $1.2 million to rebuild the school which houses…
The trinidad Guardian / Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon is calling for cooperation between regional and international partners as greater efforts are made to address security issues affecting Latin America, the Caribbean and the wider global community. Speaking at the Caribbean Security Forum hosted by the Trinidad and Tobago Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI)…
The trinidad Guardian / The 12th T&T Film Festival closes with a spectacular bang today, with a terrific and groundbreaking film selection that was not picked before only because of the limitations of programming schedules. For many people, this will be the film of the festival. Today’s film is: Melocotones aka (Canned) Peaches (Dominican Republic,…
The trinidad Guardian / Diego Martin mother Carol Noel was overwhelmed with grief yesterday, after learning the man who was killed when a falling tree crashed into a car at Granville beach on Sunday was her son, Joshua Grannum. According to reports she received, Grannum, 23, was seated in a silver Nissan AD Wagon talking…
The trinidad Guardian / At this point, nobody in T&T can say they didn’t know what would happen. The consequences of natural disaster in nations both well prepared and marginally ready are writ large across headlines and leading broadcasts the world over the last two weeks. Despite our most vocal protestations that “God is a…
The trinidad Guardian / Responding to the call made by a 97-member group led by comedian and media personality Errol Fabien, the public, corporate T&T and local and regional soca artistes and deejays showed just how big a heart T&T has on Sunday at the One Caribbean Relief Concert at the Queen’s Park oval, Port-of-Spain….
The trinidad Guardian / LONDON Captain Jason Holder believes West Indies can still take a share of the five-match One-Day International series against England despite losing two of the first three games. Speaking following the Caribbean side’s 124-run defeat at Bristol on Sunday, Holder said the Windies needed to execute better in the remaining games…
The trinidad Guardian / In a move worthy of the Monty Python comedy group at their sublime best, the T&T Defence Force (TTDF) has come up with a list of things that they say the people of Dominica desperately need, that beggars the imagination. After conducting a critical needs assessment on the ground, the TTDF…
The trinidad Guardian / Bridgemans Services Group vice-president Andrew Purdey is hoping his company will be treated fairly at tender evaluation process for the selection of a new passenger vessel for the sea bridge. The company’s tender of the controversial Ocean Flower 2 was among eleven others received by the Port Authority of T&T (PATT)…
The trinidad Guardian / The body of a 48-year-old man was found lying on a river bank in Williamsville yesterday morning. Police suspect that Nowray Rooplal, of Dharamdass Trace, St Julien Road, Princes Town, may have fallen into the river and drowned. However, investigators are awaiting the results of an autopsy at the Forensic Sciences…
The trinidad Guardian / Movement for Social Justice leader David Abdulah has labelled as racist and xenophobic recent public comments over Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s call to house nationals from Hurricane Maria-devastated Dominica here in T&T. Abdulah weighed in on this issue, which has generated mixed public reactions, at a press conference at MSJ…
The trinidad Guardian / Strong winds and heavy rainfall associated with bad weather over the past 48 hours led to power outages and flash flooding in West Trinidad yesterday. Several homes in the East and Central Trinidad also lost roofs. Homes in Westmoorings, Talparo, Couva and Chaguanas lost roofs, the T&T Guardian was told. At…
El conflicto de la estiba ha tomado un respiro, después de que los sindicatos suspendieran el jueves pasado tres de las nueve jornadas de huelga convocadas -incluidas las de este lunes y el martes-, que de momento durará hasta el próximo 29 de junio, día en que se retomarían las movilizaciones previstas. Las organizaciones sindicales,…
Un equipo de Ecuador participará en el Campeonato Mundial de Parapente que se celebrará en el Monte Avena, Italia, entre el 1 y el 15 de julio. El elenco ecuatoriano está integrado por Juan Miguel García, Juan Gabriel Patiño y José Esteban Andrade, quienes estarán entre los mejores 400 exponentes de esta disciplina de acuerdo con la…
Un total de 57 efectivos de la Unidad Militar de Emergencias y once medios aéreos se han incorporado al operativo de extinción del incendio declarado en Moguer. Así, tras el desalojo a las 00.32 horas del camping Cuesta de la Barca, el poblado forestal, el Parador de Mazagón, así como unas casas próximas a este…
Casa Blanca pide a Suprema restituir el veto migratorio El gobierno del Presidente Donald Trump pidió anoche a la Corte Suprema de EE.UU. que restablezca la prohibición temporal de viaje al país desde seis naciones de mayoría musulmana, luego de que fuera bloqueada por tribunales inferiores que la consideraron discriminatoria. Para decidir si se…
Actualmente, EE.UU. mantiene fuertes tensiones con Rusia, un mayor involucramiento en la guerra siria y una fuerte presión sobre Corea del Norte para que abandone su programa nuclear. Esta escalada preocupa a la opinión pública, pero ¿acaso estamos cerca de un nuevo conflicto mundial? Analizando fríamente los escenarios de crisis, estos evidencian riesgos de conflictos;…
Actualmente, EE.UU. mantiene fuertes tensiones con Rusia, un mayor involucramiento en la guerra siria y una fuerte presión sobre Corea del Norte para que abandone su programa nuclear. Esta escalada preocupa a la opinión pública, pero ¿acaso estamos cerca de un nuevo conflicto mundial? Analizando fríamente los escenarios de crisis, estos evidencian riesgos de conflictos;…
KAZÁN.- El delantero Javier Hernández y el zaguero Diego Reyes se entrenaron por separado por sobrecargas musculares el lunes en la última práctica de México en Kazán antes de viajar a Sochi para enfrentar el jueves a Alemania por un boleto a la final de la Copa Confederaciones . Reyes salió lesionado en el partido…
26 06-17.-La abogada e internacionalista Eva Golinger cuestionó a través de su cuenta en la red social twitter la autenticidad documentos contra Rodríguez Torres. Golinger pidió como experta en escritos oficiales de Estados Unidos tener cuidado con este documento, debido a que no parece auténtico. La internacionalista respondió a la periodista Érika Ortega Sanoja, ahora…
Qué se necesita para derrotar a un villano con esbirros amarillos, un hombre con poderes arácnidos y un auto con ojos y boca querido por millones de niños? Mi mundial , que se establecerá como el único estreno uruguayo durante las vacaciones de julio , demuestra que unos goles no son suficientes, sino que además…
Apresurarse a decir aquello de ” el libro es mejor “, se ha convertido en un cliché. Una frase manida que resulta pretenciosa, cargante y propia de un Sánchez Dragó que se aferra con pedantería a aquello de cualquier tiempo pasado fue mejor . Por eso a los tópicos es mejor no hacerles caso pero,…
SEATTLE.- Robinson Canó conectó un grand slam y un vuelacercas de dos carreras, Andrew Moore trabajó siete innings para ganar en su debut en las mayores y los Marineros de Seattle se impusieron el jueves 9-6 a los Tigres de Detroit y sumaron su quinta victoria al hilo. El grand slam del dominicano Canó en…
NUEVA YORK.- Markelle Fultz y Lonzo Ball le dieron nuevas expectativas al futuro de la NBA el jueves por la noche. Mientras tanto, Jimmy Butler y Tom Thibodeau esperan proporcionarle un nuevo brillo a su carrera. Fultz y Ball encabezaron una racha récord de atletas que pasaron sólo un año en el deporte universitario antes…
