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Newsday reporter Jelani Beckles caught up with TKR supporters to get their perspectives on the career of former West Indies and TKR captain Dwayne Bravo. Media personality Hans Des Vignes, Jagdesh and Curtis spoke ahead of the team’s CPL match with Antigua and Barbuda Falcons at the Queen’s Park Oval.   The post Fans share […]

CATCH the Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) in action this Caribbean Premier League (CPL) 2024 with the following home-stand fixtures: Wednesday September 18, 2024 Trinbago Knight Riders vs. Guyana Amazon Warriors – Queen’s Park Oval, POS – 7.00 pm Thursday September 19, 2024 Trinbago Knight Riders vs. Antigua & Barbuda Falcons – Queen’s Park Oval, POS […]

IN ADJUDGING the Revenue Authority (TTRA) constitutional, the Privy Council has handed the Government a significant victory with consequences well beyond the administration of taxes. While the case in London against the authority was formulated somewhat differently, at its core was a fear that the new body could become simply a front through which politicians […]

THE EDITOR: As I sat at NAPA on September 16 celebrating the life of legendary musician and bandleader Roy Cape alongside hundreds of others, I could not help but ask, “Why was calypsonian Superior not afforded a similar honour when he died in December, 2018.” For those who may have forgotten, Lord Superior’s funeral was […]

CARIBBEAN Tourism Organization (CTO) secretary general and CEO Dona Regis-Prosper has welcomed the organisation’s new chairman Ian Gooding-Edghill of Barbados. A highlight of the CTO’s recent business meetings in the Cayman Islands was the election of Gooding-Edghill, Barbados’ Minister of Tourism and Transportation, as the new chairman of the ministerial council, succeeding Kenneth Bryan, Minister […]

IT’S COMMENDABLE businesses in Tunapuna have partnered with police to extend the reach of camera surveillance. We need more of this. The Eagle Eye project, launched mere months ago, is a collaboration between the Greater Tunapuna Chamber of Industry and Commerce, the Tunapuna Police Station Community Council and the authorities. It has already given police […]

THE EDITOR: While I fully commend the use of traffic wardens that I have seen in St James recently, there are other areas where they are also needed. Ariapita Avenue immediately comes to mind, Especially at night-time, unless of course they only work during the day. What’s the story with that? Woodbrook has become a […]

Finance Minister Colm Imbert, at the release of the National Financial Inclusion Survey Report in August called for an accelerated transition to a cashless society. The Finance Ministry, Mr Imbert said, was working with the Ministry of Trade and Industry to support the development and promotion of e-payment channels within the state, emphasising e-money and […]

THE EDITOR: This month, at the end of his journey through life comprising four score and ten years, a kindly gentleman succumbed to cancer, but thankfully his illness was brief. As he sat in bed, he lay in wait for the Grim Reaper, whom he faced without any fear. What would be the point of […]

THE first effort by the government to accommodate Venezuelan migrant children into the school system netted a paltry 23 students. The process has since been resumed at seven locations. Even this tentative beginning was only enabled by the passage of the Immigration (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2024, formalising a process for admittance. Four of the 23 […]