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    DURING the holiday season, discussions about generosity often focus on the giver—what it means to give, why we should give, and how giving benefits us spiritually and emotionally. Overlooked in these conversations is the quiet, dignified, and profoundly important role of the receiver. Without receivers, there would be no giving at all. The …

GLOBAL trade in 2025 is set to surge past $35 trillion for the first time, but the outlook for 2026 is more subdued, the United Nations said Tuesday. The assessment by the UN trade and development agency UNCTAD said east Asia and Africa drove global trade in 2025, while US imports stayed strong and Chinese …

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    THE call by the Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce for a market driven exchange rate has pushed a long avoided issue into the open. For years, policymakers have defended an official rate of TT$6.78 while businesses and households quietly navigated a parallel market priced far higher. The gap between the …

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Caption: Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, left, with Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh By Faith Edwards HEALTH Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said a People’s National Movement (PNM) government was the reason Trinidad …

Caption: Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar at the Couva Children’s Hospital rededication ceremony. Photo: FB By Prior Beharry TAXPAYERS were left to absorb nearly $100 million in wasted medical assets at …

  Caption: Dr Lackram Bodoe By Nalini Sudama THERE is a re-emergence of sexually transmitted disease syphilis in Trinidad and Tobago. This was disclosed by Health Minister Dr Lackram Bodoe …

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Capture: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores. AFP/Juan Barreto  By Sue-Ann Wayow NO más (no more) Maduro. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been captured and flown out of his country. The announcement came from US President Donald Trump who has long been after Maduro since resuming back the presidency in November 2024. …

Caption: Deryck Murray FORMER West Indies cricketer Deryck Murray has called on Cricket West Indies (CWI) President, Dr Kishore Shallow and the entire Board to step down. Speaking on the Mason and Guest radio programme on Tuesday, the 82-year-old Murray contended that Shallow, who was recently appointed as Minister of Tourism and Maritime Affairs in …

THE Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (CBTT) says the the fluid geopolitical tension between the United States and Venezuela is contributing to building economic uncertainty. “Nonetheless, inflation is well contained, credit growth is still reasonable, and liquidity conditions have improved. However, economic growth is somewhat tentative,” the CBTT said in its Monetary Policy statement …