Time for local content law for radio stations
THE EDITOR: As we approach the national budget, I would like to propose an initiative that has the potential to generate new revenue, create opportunities for our youth, and reduce…
Phillip Montano and ‘band of geriatrics’ keeping ole mas alive
LEGENDARY calypsonian Chalkdust (Hollis Liverpool) sang that in the midst of chaos, you have to learn to laugh. The sentiment has found accord with Philip Montano, a practitioner of the…
Two men chopped to death in Carapichaima, Claxton Bay
Homicide Bureau of Investigations, Region Three, police are searching for the people who chopped and killed two men in separate incidents over the weekend. On August 18, police were alerted…
Celebrating Hunters Search and Rescue Team
RESCUING and recovering bodies, under sometimes grotesque and gruesome circumstances, is not a job for the faint-hearted. Yet it is a task the 32 men and women of the Hunters…
Pattern we canall learn from?
THE EDITOR: Is there a pattern here that we can all learn from, especially the leaders in government? We have just witnessed another very poor performance of our national athletes…
The continuing education conversation
BitDepth#1472 Mark Lyndersay ON JUNE 30, the Prime Minister gave a commencement speech to more than 400 graduates at the University of the Southern Caribbean. In his speech, Dr Rowley,…
Solving the crime problem
Debbie Jacob WHEN THE Hugh Wooding Law School recently selected Israel Khan as one of seven lawyers to be honoured at its 50th-anniversary celebrations, I was reminded of the first…
Birth of criminality
LENNOX FRANCIS THOSE charged with defining crime, catching criminals, bringing sanity to the TTPS, delivering justice and all other related activities to make the society safe need to know whom…
Ramping up for viruses
The Health Ministry’s decision to repurpose the Couva Hospital as a dengue screening and treatment facility is an important step forward in acknowledging and responding to the increase in confirmed…
Regional U-17 Two-Day Cricket: Chulai, Van Lange star as Guyana romp to victory over …
Another match and another Guyanese spinner has performed remarkably in Trinidad and Tobago at the Regional Under-17 Two-Day tournament. Left-arm …