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BitDepth#1490 Mark Lyndersay PRETTY MUCH everything on this list falls in the category of stocking stuffer, the kind of small gift that’s considerate and thoughtful but not overwhelmingly expensive or likely to create guilt if the giver didn’t actually get a gift. You might also find this list handy to get yourself something special. In […]
Austin Fido AS YEAR-END approaches, it is time for taking stock. In that spirit, here is a look at some highlights and lowlights of the political scene from around the world: this column’s entirely unofficial Year in Politics Awards (2024 global edition). 1. The Don’t-Try-This-At-Home Award: Javier Milei Javier Milei has spent much of December […]
ATTORNEY and former United National Congress (UNC) senator Wayne Sturge has been selected by the UNC as its candidate for Toco/Sangre Grande for the 2025 general election. Sturge was among five candidates the UNC announced in a media release on December 22. Also on the UNC slate are John Michael Alibocas (San Fernando East); Dr […]
THE Fireworks Action Coalition of Trinidad and Tobago (FACTT) has written to the Prime Minister urging him to protect the public from the damaging effects of fireworks. Their appeal comes mere days ahead of the New Year, which is typically ushered in by fireworks on the stroke of midnight. In a letter on December 20, […]
THE family of Well Services employee Pete Phillip are distraught after he was confirmed missing after the partial collapse of an oil rig he was working on. Phillip was one of 75 workers on Rig 110 in the Heritage East Offshore Area when the incident happened around 3.09 am on December 22. At his family’s […]
WITH just a day to Christmas, Tobago businessmen have observed that shoppers are very cautious about their spending. But they are still urging them to shop local and support the island’s economy “while preparing to weather the economic challenges until brighter days arrive.” Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce president Curtis Williams said several of […]
ANGOSTURA LTD has re-entered the Chinese market with a $1 million shipment to the country under a distribution agreement with Caribbean Commercial Management (Hangzhou) Company Ltd, a subsidiary of First Caribbean Marketing Company Ltd. (FCMC), signed in July 2024. In a release, the Trade and Industry Ministry said Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon marked the event on […]
ONE man is missing and another was injured after the partial collapse of an oil rig, owned and operated by Well Services Petroleum Co Ltd, a private company, on December 22. The incident happened on Rig 110 in the Heritage Offshore East Field around 3.09 am. In a statement, Well Services said there were 75 […]
THE Bocas Lit Fest has launched Term II of its Bocas Academy. In a news release on December 18, Bocas Lit Fest marketing and media manager Alette Liz Williams said the academy is “a multi-level curriculum of writing workshops and masterclasses designed to develop authors at every stage of their careers.” It said the term […]
COUNCILLORS and aldermen of the Arima Borough Council on December 19 led mourners in signing a condolence book to honour deceased MP Lisa Morris-Julian opened that morning at the council headquarters at O’Meara in Arima. About 70 people had signed up until midday. Morris-Julian, 48, and two of her children Xianne, 25, and six-year-old Jesiah […]