“We have nothing to talk to María Corina Machado
Diosdado Hair, Minister of the Interior and Justiceassured on Wednesday, October 16, that The government of Nicolás Maduro has nothing to negotiate with the opposition leader María Corina Machado and…
Relatives of detained protesters demand their freedom
Federico PARRA / AFP Shouting “neither terrorists nor criminals, our boys are innocent!”, about fifty relatives of the arrested in protests against the questioned re-election of Nicolás Maduro This Wednesday…
Inaccurate and incomplete reporting by the Trinidad Guardian on the Standing Finance Committee’s deliberations on the THA’s 2025 Budgetary Allocation – Ministry of Finance
The Minister of Finance has noted inaccurate and incomplete reporting by the Trinidad Guardian on the discussion on the Estimates of Expenditure for the Tobago House of Assembly.The manner in…
Students at UWI post-budget forum anxious amid economic, crime woes
Students expressed deep concern about their future amid increasing economic pressures and rising crime rates at the Conference on the Economy (COTE) post-budget forum held on October 10 at UWI’s…
Future economists demand accountability in 2025 budget
IN A two-part series, Business Day interviewed economics students to learn their perspectives on the proposed 2024/2025 budget. While their review of the budget aligned with their original hopes, themes…
Learn how to apologise
THE EDITOR: Mr Stuart Young, allow me to introduce to you a lesson in a proper apology. When apologising, the most important thing is, there must be genuineness and the…
The net-zero future of dairy farming
Lincoln Thackorie stood proudly in front of one of the latest innovations at his farm – a state-of-the-art, 12 parallel, rapid-exit milking machine. The mammoth machine, designed to milk cows…
Double standards in Trinidad and Tobago politics
THE EDITOR: I have listened to the radio, watched television and read the newspapers hoping to hear, see and read a tidal wave of outrage and disgust regarding the utterances…
What crass behaviour in the House
THE EDITOR: After reading the article that outlined in detail the “on-mic” conversation between MPs Stuart Young and Colm Imbert in Parliament during the budget debate last week Thursday, I…
Wild project
FOR SOMETHING that has been in the pipeline for so long, the $56 million Emperor Valley Zoo upgrade has turned out to be an incredibly wild beast. In contrast to…