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Statement by Catholic Commission for Social Justice on Monday’s budget AS FINANCE Minister Colm Imbert prepares to deliver potentially the last budget speech before the next general election, the Catholic Commission for Social Justice (CCSJ) urges the Government to prepare a budget that is oriented to the common good. As we seek to grow our […]

THE EDITOR: The TT Constitution is not founded and built upon the executive around which everything revolves. The executive dominates and controls, bestows and retracts. That is something from English constitutional-monarchal law that is not in the Constitution. Nor is the Privy Council tagged on to make it so. The Constitution sets up subsidiary structures […]

Not only is papaya high in nutrients such as vitamin C, folate, vitamin A, magnesium, fibre and antioxidants. It has high anti-inflammatory properties, and can also benefit cardiovascular health, eye health, hair and bone health. It’s one of my favourite fruits and one which I try to enjoy daily. When choosing a papaya look for […]

THE EDITOR: As we barrel pell-mell towards both 600 murders and another potentially impotent and anticlimactic budget presentation, I find myself, like many a TT citizen, faced with an undesirable dilemma. We are in the space between growing trepidation and outright cynicism. As Birdie, aka the Mighty Sparrow, sang so melodiously about his own impossible […]

AN ex-prison officer convicted earlier this week of smuggling marijuana into the prison has been spared a jail term. Visham Maharaj, 56, was fined $13,000 by Magistrate Avion Gill. He will serve two years simple imprisonment in default. Maharaj was before Gill charged with two counts of possession of 386.3 grammes of marijuana which he […]

FORMER Petrotrin workers are demanding they get leases to land they were promised as part of their termination benefit before the next general election to demonstrate this is not another election ploy. Spokesman for the group of disgruntled, potential landowners, Christopher Jackman, said six years after the closure and restructuring of the State-owned company, not […]

DEPUTY Chief Secretary Dr Faith BYisrael will be discussing Caribbean unity at the Caribbean Global Awards Gala on September 28 in London, England. BYisrael, the Secretary of Health, Wellness and Social Protection, was invited to speak by organisers, who seek to recognise excellence, innovation and the achievements of Caribbean leaders and visionaries. BYisrael will also […]

A TOBAGO contractor is demanding payment from the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) for work done on the February 7 oil spill, which affected several coastal villages along the island’s south-western peninsula. Allister Mc Clatchie, owner of the Scarborough-based company, Project 5, said he was “contacted and contracted” by the THA to help with the […]

A HIGH COURT judge has ordered the Minister of National Security to reconsider a Pakistani woman’s permanent residency application made more than a decade ago. Justice Devindra Rampersad also ordered the Chief Immigration Officer to reconsider the woman and her husband’s appeal of a 2020 deportation order against them. After granting several declarations in favour […]

ENERGY Minister Stuart Young has toured a seismic survey vessel, PXGEO 2, used in offshore exploration projects to assess potential resources accurately. Young was joined by Adam Lowmass, senior vice-president and country chair of Shell TT for the tour on September 26. A release from the ministry on September 27 said the visit followed the […]