Trinidad & Tobago Newsday
A fire officer was injured when he fell out of the fire tender he was in near the Siparia Market on December 5. According to reports, the officer was part of a a crew that was proceeding to a Santa Claus request in a water tender. In the vicinity of the market, a door opened […]
TEDDY MOHAMMED of Hillview College, Tunapuna and Alicia Dipchan of St Joseph’s Convent, San Fernando, were named as winners of the President’s Medal for the 2024 CAPE exams, according to a statement on December 5 by the Ministry of Education. They are among some 100 scholarship awardees – 38 open and 62 additional. “Teddy Mohammed […]
THE Point Lisas Industrial Port Development Company (Plipdeco) has announced the retirement of its president, Earnest Ashley Taylor. In a notice published on the TT Stock Exchange website on December 5, Plipdeco said Dr Averne Pantin, vice president of technical services, will continue to act as president until further notice. Earlier reports said Taylor was […]
GLOBAL ratings agency Fitch gave Unicomer, parent company of Courts and Dollar Value, high marks last week. Unicomer received a long-term local and foreign currency issuer default rating of “stable.” “Unicomer’s ratings incorporate its leading business position in most of its operations and the solid financial position of its shareholders,” a media release on Fitch’s […]
NEW Defence Force coach Densill Theobald is promising an attacking and aggressive style of play for the 2024/25 Trinidad and Tobago Premier Football League (TTPFL) as his team tries to reclaim their league title. Theobald, who also coaches TT’s under-14 boys’ team and is an assistant coach at Naparima College, was unveiled as the Defence […]
Faraaz Abdool asks us to look out for the birds using Tobago as a rest stop on their annual migrations. Animal migration has been billed as one of Earth’s most impressive spectacles. This is not the measured expansion of creatures slowly meandering beyond established boundaries; migration knows no borders whatsoever. As humans, we demarcated a […]
JMMB Investments has published November’s valuation report for Massy Holdings Ltd (MHL), highlighting growth in some segments and challenges that could affect its trajectory. While Massy continues to benefit from acquisitions and improved operational efficiency, the company’s share price has seen a 19 per cent decline from January-September 2024. This has led to a decrease […]
THE DICTATORIAL regimes of Adolf Hitler (of Germany), Benito Mussolini (of Italy), Joseph Stalin (of the then Soviet Union) and Francisco Franco (of Spain) under-reported and hid unemployment. In these four countries, millions were unemployed – proof of the failures of socialism, fascism, populism, communism and Marxism. The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimated that the […]
THE LAUNCH of a J’Ouvert band by state-owned Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL) is no flight of fancy. It is an idea whose time has come. For tourism to take off, we need novel approaches. CAL’s inspired move to start Caribbean Iere Mas is a good example of the way forward. Its complementary decision to partner […]
Dr Rita Pemberton WHEN THE colony of Trinidad and Tobago was created, two island units with different historical experiences were brought together in a union that was devoid of any mechanism to facilitate integration of the two. The colony was divided into eight administrative districts called counties, which were subdivided into wards. Tobago, which was […]