THE late President of the United States Ronald Reagan once referred to Africans as “monkeys”. This was revealed in recently released recordings of a conversation between sitting President Richard Nixon and Reagan who was then the governor of California. According to the Washington Post, the conversation was published in The Atlantic by history professor and […]
PORT-OF-SPAIN – TSTT will be partnering with Huawei to have 5G network technology in Trinidad and Tobago by the end of the year. This was announced yesterday at a conference at the Hyatt Regency hosted by Huawei titled Summit on the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Goals of the Trinidad and Tobago National Development […]Read More
THE man at the heart of the Cambridge Analytica (CA) data-mining scandal is fearful about coming to Trinidad and Tobago. This was revealed by Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi at a press conference at his office in Port-of-Spain yesterday. Al-Rawi said Christopher Wylie was willing to testify before a Joint Select Committee of the Parliament […]Read More
A digital flyer circulating on social media yesterday showed that the funeral of reputed gangster Vaughn “Sandman” Mieres, 46, and his wife Alika “Letty” Dehere is set to take place on Friday at the Las Cuevas Government Primary School. The couple were among four killed at their School Street, Las Cuevas, home where gunmen […]Read More
BRAZIL – BRAZILIAN authorities have seized 57 properties belonging to former Brazil and Barcelona forward Ronaldinho. They have also confiscated his Brazilian and Spanish passports due to unpaid taxes and fines, according to reports in Brazil. Ronaldinho has also been fined £2.06 million for illegally building a pier at his lake house in the city […]Read More
A net profit of $210 million has been recorded by the West Indian Tobacco Company (WITCO) for the six month period ending June 30, 2019. In a statement the Chairman of WITCO Anthony Phillip said, “I am pleased to report that West Indian Tobacco has recorded Profit Before Taxation of $300.9 million, representing an […]Read More
PRESIDENT Paula-Mae Weekes is on vacation in Europe and Russian for the next two weeks. A statement from the Office of the President noted that the president started her vacation last Sunday and will also pay an official visit to Scotland from August 16 to 18. In Scotland she has been invited to attend the […]Read More
SAN FERNANDO – Criminals have robbed a pregnant woman of her vehicle on Saturday in the carpark of the popular C3 Centre mall in Corinth, San Fernando. Police said the incident took place in the basement carpark and they have CCTV footage to help with the investigation. The C3 Centre management expressed sympathy with […]Read More
PRIME Minister Dr Keith Rowley says the judiciary takes it easy on criminals. He said, “If I can be critical of the judiciary because they are always critical of the executive, sometimes you get the impression that members of the judiciary don’t know what is going on in Trinidad and Tobago.” Rowley was speaking on […]Read More
DIEGO MARTIN – PRIME Minister Dr Keith Rowley says it appears the Law Association has a problem with Chief Justice Ivor Archie’s lifestyle. He also questioned the political affiliation of the Law Association and said a lack of evidence was the main reason he did not invoke Section 137 of the Constitution to initiate a […]Read More