Trinidad and Tobago News
| Teams share points after another washout Trinidad has turned out to be a nightmare for the organisers with yet
another match - the second - to be abandoned without a ball being
bowled. The afternoons haven't been kind to the players and spec...
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7/29/10 9:13 PM
Smart cards serve as keys to the Internet In case of a massive cyber attack individuals around the world could be called upon to restart the Internet, according to BBC and Popular Science reports. www.topix.net | 7/29/10 7:25 PM Brenau soccer signs Trinidad standout SAN FERNANDO, Trinidad and Tobago -- Jaimey Alleyne, who has played
extensively on club and national teams in her homeland, has signed a
letter of intent to continue her education and soccer career at...
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7/29/10 6:52 PM
Sorting out SAUTT In the last seven years, the Special Anti-Crime Unit of Trinidad and Tobago has been given nearly $1.6 billion to fight crime. www.topix.net | 7/29/10 3:11 PM 1984 Mazda 626 GLX review from Trinidad and Tobago My dad was the first owner of this car; it wasn't his top priority. I
got it from him in 2005, and since then these were some of the things I
have changed. I'm not going to sell it or trade ...
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7/29/10 2:13 PM
Critical Alerts For Merck, Dr Pepper Snapple, Polo Ralph Lauren, Royal Caribbean and Sears Released By Seven Summits Research -- Seven Summits Research issues critical PriceWatch Alerts for MRK,
DPS, RL, RCL, and SHLD. To see what our analysts have discovered about these
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7/29/10 1:52 PM
BBC Caribbean News in Brief The economic union proposed by these smaller-member states of the
Caribbean Community (Caricom) is expected to take effect by January of
next year. The treaty facilitating this was signed in June.
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7/29/10 12:16 PM
No bad kids, only bad parents Opposition Member for East End Cayman Islands Arden Mc Lean, right, and
Independent Member D Ezzard Miller, share a light moment. Occasion was
the 35th Conference of the Caribbean, Americas and Atlant...
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7/29/10 11:49 AM
Indians in T&T mark independence August 15 R Shanker, Second Secretary, High Commission of India, Indian High
Commissioner Malay Mishra and M M Sharma, director and First Secretary,
Mahatma Gandhi Institute For Cultural Co-operation, smile for...
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7/29/10 11:49 AM
Don’t stick, use the new library Nela Khan It is never too late to become an avid reader. This was the
message given to residents of the St Jude’s School for Girls,
Belmont, by Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Arts and...
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7/29/10 11:49 AM
Former PNM councillor on tourism committee Former PNM councillor Denise Aleong-Thomas accepts her letter of
appointment to the Committee for the Sustainable Development of Tourism
in Trinidad from Tourism Minister Dr Rupert Griffith at the Hya...
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7/29/10 11:49 AM
Focus on prison reform Prisons Commissioner John Rougier, right, and Dr Miguel Carrillio,
executive director and professor of strategy at the Arthur Lok Jack
School of Business, sign the MOU at the school’s Mt Hope compou...
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7/29/10 11:49 AM
Gypsy promises cleaner Mayaro Stray dogs on the beach at Mayaro. Expect to see a cleaner Mayaro in
the coming months says Mayaro MP Winston “Gypsy” Peters. The
beaches in the area’s most frequented bathing spots received...
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7/29/10 11:49 AM
Vedic conference to be held in Trinidad and Tobago Port-of-Spain, July 29 Over 100 scholars from India and around the globe will participate in the World Association of Vedic Studies at the University of the West Indies early next month. www.topix.net | 7/29/10 10:56 AM Vedic conference to be held in Trinidad and Tobago By Paras Ramoutar, Port-of-Spain, July 29 : Over 100 scholars from India
and around the globe will participate in the World Association of Vedic
Studies (WAVES) at the University of the West Indies ea...
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7/29/10 7:27 AM
Incentives, the key to cleaner environment In a bid to push for environmental awareness, legislation and
enforcement in T&T the Guardian Media Group is showcasing best
practices from other countries and local recycling experts with our mul...
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7/29/10 7:19 AM
PNM to name 3 mayors next week Choice of Mayor and Aldermen for the People’s National
Movement’s three corporations will be made next week after party
units and constituencies confer on selections, Port-of-Spain Mayor Murchison...
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7/29/10 7:19 AM
Princes Town man stabbed to death The body of a man bearing stab wounds, with his hands bound behind his
back, was discovered in bushes off Penal Rock Road, Penal, yesterday
morning. Police have identified the man as Bickram Saisnarin...
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7/29/10 7:19 AM
Now Guyana faces dengue outbreak Days after a dengue outbreak was declared in T&T, Guyana is said to
be facing a similar threat. According to a report in the Starbroek News
yesterday, Guyana’s Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy...
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7/29/10 7:19 AM
Petrotrin to pay for firing two President of the Trinmar branch of the OWTU Ernesto Kesar, left, shakes
hands with Douglas Johnson, right, while Marlon Butcher, centre, looks
on. Johnson and Butcher won an industrial dispute in the ...
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7/29/10 7:19 AM
Ganga Singh is new WASA chief THE "WATER FOR ALL" man is back, for now. Ganga Singh, the former United National Congress public utilities minister known for the "Water for All" initiative, has been named acting chief executive officer of the Water and Sewerage Authority . www.topix.net | 7/29/10 6:46 AM Vedic conference to be held in Trinidad and Tobago Port-of-Spain, July 29(IANS) Over 100 scholars from India and around the
globe will participate in the World Association of Vedic Studies (WAVES)
at the University of the West Indies early next month.
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7/29/10 6:00 AM
The Caribbean prospective - Part 1 Conversely, Jamaica, Trinidad and Guyana have weakening economies, but
they have sport teams that are competitive at the highest level. The
Eastern Caribbean has semi-strong economies. In my honest op...
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7/29/10 5:36 AM
Darren Bravo blitz gives T&T easy win Trinidad and Tobago 157 for 7 (Darren Bravo 65, Dwayne Bravo 28,
Santokie 5-24) beat Jamaica 108 (Dwayne Bravo 2-13, S Ganga 2-19,
Pollard 2-19) by 49 runs
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7/29/10 5:14 AM
Grand Riviere ready for Classic Fourteen horses have been slated to face the starter in the feature
Grade One Midsummer Classic, the second leg of local racing’s
Triple Crown, on Monday at Santa Rosa Park, Arima. The event, for We...
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7/29/10 5:07 AM
$99m needed to repair Govt houses. Oropouche West Member of Parliament Roodal Moonilal says $99 million
will be needed to refurbish housing developments. He was speaking during
Emancipation celebrations at his constituency office in De...
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7/29/10 5:07 AM
Manohar in race for Chaguanas Manohar Ramsaran Who will be the next mayor of Chaguanas? Elected
People’s Partnership councillors are looking UNC councillor for
Montrose Gopaul Boodhan and former Chaguanas MP Manohar Ramsaran...
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7/29/10 5:07 AM
Rebuilding will take some time says Browne It might need months or years to rebuild a PNM so that large numbers of
the population will have the confidence in it to govern T&T, PNM
Diego Martin Central MP Amery Browne said yesterday. Browne...
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7/29/10 5:07 AM
Sparrow doing well after surgery Slinger Francisco, popularly known as Sparrow. Renowned calypso icon
Slinger Francisco, popularly known as Sparrow, is resting comfortably at
a private hospital in Maryland, United States, after un...
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7/29/10 5:07 AM
Ganga Singh to act as WASA’s CEO Public Utilities Minister Emmanuel George listens to WASA’s
general manager, corporate communications, Ellen Lewis, left, as she
makes a point, while permanent secretary Jacqueline Ganteaume-Farell ...
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7/29/10 5:07 AM
Ganga Singh to run WASA After three months in office, Chief Executive Officer of the Water and
Sewerage Authority, Andrew Smith has resigned, and appointed to act in
the position is former Public Utilities Minister Ganga Sin...
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7/29/10 4:37 AM
$130M to fix HDC houses REMEDIAL works to correct flaws on houses constructed by the Housing
Development Corporation (HDC) under the Patrick Manning-led PNM
administration could cost up to about $130 million.
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7/29/10 4:37 AM
Mango mania Mangoes reigned last Sunday, at the Trinidad and Tobago Mango Festival. In its second year running, the Trinidad and Tobago Mango Festival, under the auspices of the Network of Rural Women Producers of Trinidad and Tobago and co-organised by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture , not only focussed on promoting the use of ... www.topix.net | 7/29/10 3:42 AM Try Ish, Steve in T&T Two British legal luminaries are sharing the views of Sir Ellis Clarke that businessmen Ishwar Galbaransingh and Steve Ferguson should face trial in Trinidad and Tobago. www.topix.net | 7/28/10 11:32 PM BBC Caribbean News in Brief Ministers and representatives from Caribbean nations are in London
attending a conference on small states and their response to the
economic crisis.
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7/28/10 10:39 PM
Trinidad to probe coup attempt by Islamic group PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago's new government
announced Thursday it will name a commission to look into a bloody 1990
coup attempt by a radical Islamic group in the twin-island ...
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7/28/10 10:21 PM
With Their Powers Combined, They Can Save the Internet If there is ever an Internet catastrophe, never fear, the internet
domain name watchdog, ICANN, has it covered. In case of an attack on the
web's infrastructure, they have distributed parts of a key t...
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7/28/10 8:01 PM
Trinidad and Tobago Death Penalty Laws THE EDITOR: We all know that after the most famous hangings in Trinidad and Tobago, which involved Nankissoon Boodram and his 8 henchmen, the hanging of Anthony Briggs was the last the country has seen. www.topix.net | 7/28/10 7:18 PM How to miss a coup Start by leaving the country a few days before the event . About five days is good, say around July 22, 1990. www.topix.net | 7/28/10 6:17 PM Goverments must be accountable Independent Senator Corrine Baptiste-Mc Knight says lack of
accountability is one of the leading causes of democratic failure in
countries around the world. She made this comment during her presentat...
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7/28/10 3:21 PM
Never again says PM on 1990 events Jasper McLeod, nephew of fallen SRP Solomon McLeod, got an autograph
yesterday from Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar. At centre is
Government Minister Dr Roodal Moonilal.Solomon McLeod died duri...
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7/28/10 3:21 PM
96 councillors for PP; 37 for PNM The People’s Partnership (PP) is likely to have 96 councillors
throughout Trinidad, according to a preliminary report of the Elections
and Boundaries Commission (EBC). The United National Congress ...
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7/28/10 3:21 PM
More licks for PNM from Kamla It now has control of both Central and Local Government. The Opposition People's National Movement on Monday faced its second comprehensive electoral defeat in as many months, winning a mere three of the 14 regional corporations in the Local Government elections- Point Fortin, Port of Spain and San Juan/Laventille. The People's Partnership ... www.topix.net | 7/28/10 2:13 PM Caribbean Casino and Gaming Corp. Joins Information Portal StockProfile.com CGAQ ) has become a member of StockProfile.com. StockProfile.com
provides the investing public with a unique information portal for
investors who like to conduct their own research as well as make th...
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7/28/10 1:43 PM
BBC Caribbean News in Brief A health expert has warned that an epidemic of dengue fever in the
Caribbean and Latin America has increased the risk of an outbreak of
the sometimes deadly mosquito-borne virus in South Florida.
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7/28/10 1:21 PM
Hannah returns. The ten year old girl who went to Argentina for a life saving liver transplant is back in Trinidad and Tobago. www.topix.net | 7/27/10 12:31 AM Barath raring to go TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO batsman Adrian Barath is eagerly looking forward to
the West Indies Cricket Board’s Caribbean Twenty20 tournament.
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7/23/10 3:09 AM
Uganda: Trinidad And Tobago to Set Up Oil School A TRINIDAD and Tobago-registered organisation has incorporated a local
institution that will train Ugandans in soft skills required for the oil
and gas industry.
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7/22/10 7:58 AM
Poverty Facts and Fiction EVERY time I hear someone parrot poverty numbers in my Trinidad and Tobago, I wince. www.topix.net | 7/18/10 2:41 PM Kamla's clampdown Trinidad and Tobago's Prime Minister warns "each time there is a
shortfall, we cannot continue like Trinidad and Tobago is an ATM card."
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