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ZURI Ferguson shattered another national record at the World Aquatics Short Course Championships in Hungary, this time, in the women’s 50-metre backstroke. At the Duna Arena in Budapest on December 12, Ferguson, 17, became the first TT female to dip below the 28-second barrier in this event when she clocked 27.83 seconds in heat three […]

MARKETING solutions provider Eric Solis Marketing (Solis) has reported a solid cash position of $10.69 million as of October 31, driven by proceeds from its recent initial public offering (IPO). While net profit for the first half of the financial year declined to $1.14 million from $1.39 million, the company’s shareholders’ equity rose by 12.5 […]

CHIEF SECRETARY Farley Augustine has advised parents to give their children books as opposed to toys this Christmas. He spoke to reporters on December 11 after delivering remarks at the opening of the Logos Hope at the Scarborough port, Tobago. The ship, which has the world’s largest floating book fair, arrived at the port from […]

NATIONAL Transformation Alliance (NTA) political leader Gary Griffith has questioned what he described as an attempt by United National Congress (UNC) political leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar to fool the population into believing the UNC is forming a genuine political alliance with other entities to win the next general election. Persad-Bissessar was scheduled to meet with representatives […]

AN accident in Couva before dawn on December 12 claimed the lives of two men. The victims were identified as Andy Gibbs and Brandon Francois, both of whom were in a Nissan Cefiro. Central Division police confirmed that the crash happened along the Southern Main Road in Mc Bean near the Unipet Service Station. Gibbs […]

THE Trinidad & Tobago Electricity Commission (T&TEC) says the loss of electricity supply in Tobago on December 11 was caused by “a bus bar fault” at the Scarborough substation. In a statement on December 12, T&TEC’s corporate communications unit said at 10.21 pm on December 11, the entire island lost electricity supply because of “an […]

THE TT Airline Pilots Association (TTALPA) has signed a 2015-2020 collective bargaining agreement with Caribbean Airlines Ltd (CAL). TTALPA industrial relations representative Timothy Bailey confirmed this to the Newsday at 6 pm on December 11 via WhatsApp. The signing of the agreement puts and end to six years of negotiations between the pilots and CAL […]

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THE first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Atlantic’s Trains Two and Three left its facility in Point Fortin over the past two weeks, the company said in a press release on December 11. The release said the gas from Train Two left for Italy on November 26 and Train Three left for Egypt […]

THE United National Congress will continue screening on December 12 for five constituencies ahead of the general election, which is yet to be announced but is constitutionally due by the end of 2025. The second round of screening will be for the St Augustine seat, which is held by the party’s North East Regional Representative […]