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UNC chairman Davendranath Tancoo says he is heartened by his predecessor Jack Warner’s willingness to contest the next general election. But he added the party has a process whereby it selects candidates for any election. On October 23, Warner said he was willing to be a UNC candidate in the election, which is constitutionally due […]

DURING the intergovernmental G-24 meeting in Washington, DC on October 22, Dr Alvin Hilaire, governor of the Central Bank and head of the Trinidad and Tobago delegation, called on member nations to continue their support for Haiti and implement pledges to climate change action. He made the appeals in a statement to the other ministers […]

THE TERMINATION of a $15.1 million contract for the Valsayn Avenue Bridge by the procurement regulator is a startling turn of events. It is a worrying development particularly because of the state entity involved, the National Insurance Property Development Company Ltd (Nipdec). By order dated October 18, the Office of Procurement Regulation (OPR) directed the […]

THE EDITOR: It is both shocking and disheartening to witness the struggles of our nation while Prime Minister Rowley sees it fit to travel halfway around the world to Samoa, leaving Stuart Young to act as Prime Minister. In a time when so many Trinidadians and Tobagonians are grappling with rising costs of living, job […]

Jerome Teelucksingh RECENT incidents of bullying in schools and strained relations between Tobago and Trinidad made me rethink the bygone Black Power era. A 1970 survey of Tobago revealed that 75 per cent of the best land was owned by either the local elite or foreigners. Makandal Daaga and members of the National Joint Action […]

During an interactive session at an industrial relations workshop, when the question of severance pay came up, a young entrepreneur asked if she was paying fair wages to an employee, then why did she have to plan for the significant “contingent liability” of severance pay for the future? The answer is, of course, because the […]

Part One As more countries adopt digital payment systems, places like Norway, China and Thailand have significantly reduced cash transactions, reaping the benefits of a more efficient and secure economy. TT can follow this path, aiming to lower cash usage to under 20 per cent, but we have a long way to go. In TT, […]

Aircraft designers have always pushed the envelope to develop supersonic transport (SST) aircraft. The main advantage of SSTs is its supersonic speed which significantly reduces the trip time between two cities. Its main drawback is the sonic boom created by the supersonic speeds. To date, only two SSTs, the Tupolev Tu-144 and Anglo-French Concorde have […]

A record-breaking ninth-wicket partnership of 119 runs from Sherfane Rutherford (80) and Gudakesh Motie (50 not out) was not enough to save West Indies in Pallekele on October 23, as hosts Sri Lanka rallied to an ODI series-winning, five-wicket victory in match two of three. This match, however, was reduced to 44 overs after a […]

MINORITY LEADER Kelvon Morris is urging the Farley Augustine-led THA to support the Tobago autonomy bills currently before Parliament. At a media briefing on October 21 at his Scarborough office, Morris said the Tobago Self-Government Bill and the Tobago Island Government Bill aim to grant the island the autonomy it has long been seeking. Morris […]