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THE TT International Financial Centre (TTIFC) has formalised a strategic partnership with the TT Bureau of Standards (TTBS) through the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) aimed at enhancing the acceptance and receipt of payments for government services. This initiative – a TTBS press release said on October 7­­– signals the next wave of […]

Budget Debate: Opposition Leader says the trail of failures by the Government is something you just can’t make up.@Newsday_TT — Ken Chee Hing (@NewsdayEditr) October 4, 2024 Budget response: Opposition Leader says some members of the business community shamelessly pandered to the Govt. @Newsday_TT — Ken Chee Hing (@NewsdayEditr) October 4, 2024 Budget response: Opposition […]

In a media release on October 3, the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) said customers in parts of north-east Trinidad will experience a disruption in their water supply for over 24 hours between October 5 and 6. Areas served by the North Oropouche Water Treatment Plant will be affected between 6 pm on October 5-10 […]

Trinidad and Tobago’s Sunshine Snacks has signed Jamaican dancehall artiste and social media content creators Shenseea and her eight-year-old son Rajeiro “Raj” Lee as brand ambassadors for the popular snacks. However, some are criticising Associated Brands, the parent company of Sunshine Snacks, for choosing Shenseea, saying her songs make her unsuitable to promote the brand […]

AGE IS just a number. We often say that, but how seriously do we mean it? A recent call made by chairman of the Equal Opportunity Tribunal Donna Prowell-Raphael suggests not seriously enough, at least when it comes to the protection of the law. Addressing the opening of the tribunal’s 2024/2025 term on October 1, […]

THE EDITOR: One can always tell which roads our politicians never drive on. In January, letter writer Linda Capildeo highlighted the atrocious state of the NP flyover. Why is it necessary to have iron tracks across this and other flyovers? The Barataria flyover is the same. These tracks damage our tyres, suspensions and shocks. Sometime […]

BAVINA SOOKDEO “I want my people from around the world to visit (Trinidad and Tobago) and support their culture during Carnival time. We should be taking money into our country. Do not stay away.” This is the message masman Dexter Kahn has for TT citizens across the world. At 81, Kahn is finally stepping away […]

WEEKS before the US presidential election, amid turbulence in the Middle East and the ongoing climate crisis, Finance Minister Colm Imbert on September 30 delivered an overlong five-hour budget that was premised not on change, but on the notion of remaining steadfast and resolute. If it felt like more of the same, this was the […]

Maxwell Adeyemi HEMATURIA, otherwise known as blood in urine, can be scary. In many cases the cause is harmless. But blood in urine also can be a sign of a serious illness. If you can see the blood with your naked eyes, it’s called gross hematuria. Blood that can’t be seen with the naked eye […]

The decision by the Attorney General not to appeal the decision of the courts in a case that found the state to have infringed the rights of a murdered woman and her family was a formal acknowledgement that the government must take the consequences of domestic violence and partner abuse seriously. In December 2017, Samantha […]