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Holy Faith Convent (Couva) and Miracle Ministries Pentecostal High School surged into the central zone final of the Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) Coca-Cola girls’ intercol competition on November 14 with tense semifinal victories. Miracle Ministries, last year’s girls’ national intercol runners-up, emerged victorious in a five-goal thriller against Carapichaima West Secondary as they earned […]

THE Division of Infrastructure, Quarries and Urban Development (DIQUD) said the Windward Main Road at Roxborough, near Renaissance Park, will be temporarily closed to vehicular traffic from November 18. This is to facilitate a sewerage project in the area. Alternatively, the Cameron Canal Road, which connects eastward to the Roxborough/Bloody Bay Road, will be used […]

AMIDST ongoing public jitters over the possibility of an increase in water rates, cash-strapped and heavily subsidised public utility the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) is set to offer its incoming chief executive officer Keithroy Halliday a whopping base salary of $100,000 plus other perks. This was revealed on November 15 by WASA’s line minister […]

THE TT NGL Ltd has recorded a “remarkable” 153.2 per cent increase in profit after tax for the nine months ended September 30. In its unaudited financial statements, published on the TT Stock Exchange website on November 14, TTNGL said this substantial improvement is primarily driven by the enhanced profitability of its investment in Phoenix […]

YOUTH Development and National Service Minister Foster Cummings and UNC Senator Jayanti Lutchmedial-Ramdial will face off in the courtroom in July 2025. Three days in July have been set aside for Cummings’ defamation claim against the senator and a local media house. They are from July 21 to 23. Justice Nadia Kangaloo set the trial […]

MANY issues might decide the next general election. Tobago autonomy is one of them. Farley Augustine’s shift in tone as it relates to two pending bills on this matter is a strong sign that his party senses both peril and opportunity. In a political landscape characterised by deep divides and slender majorities, the two Tobago […]

AFTER Donald Trump’s win, late-night hosts and the internet wasted no time jumping on Kamala Harris’s Obamaesque (albeit uninspired) campaign slogan “We’re not going back.” In a bizarre mashup of horrified hilarity, they trilled separately in unison, “We ARE going back!” Pollsters, pundits, bookmakers, chat-show parrots – many were stunned into silence as the comeback […]

Dr Asha Pemberton [email protected] PROBLEMATIC technology use is one of a few terms used to refer to a state of preoccupation, loss of control or intense withdrawal experiences related to internet use, social media gaming, and/or similar technology. Implicit in the condition is an overall negative impact on daily functioning. Its prevalence appears to be […]

THE EDITOR: Letting the TT dollar free-float is being bandied about by some economists. This is a slippery slope with lots of empirical evidence to suggest it will not improve our situation, but only go towards higher inflation (look at Venezuela, Ecuador, Zimbabwe and Argentina, which have adopted the US dollar, or in the case […]

THE EDITOR: John Acton (1834-1902)’s famous quote, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely,” serves as a stark reminder of the risks of unchecked authority. Prime Minister Rowley has drawn growing criticism for his increasingly harsh and at times derogatory language – a significant shift from the more respectful tone he maintained as […]