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Tourism Agency pays $2m electricity bill for 5 hotels

Tobago Corey Connelly 6 Hrs Ago File photo: Chief Secretary Farley Augustine. THE Tobago Tourism Agency Limited (TTAL) has paid more than $2 million to T&TEC for outstanding electricity bills owed by five hotels on the island. During Thursday’s plenary sitting at the Assembly Legislature, Chief Secretary Farley Augustine said the bills were accrued during […]

Unstoppable Green House retains title

Perennial champions Green House continued their dominance at Luther Thorne Memorial Primary School sports with yet another memorable performance today at the Usain Bolt Sports Complex.  Led by Victor Ludorum Tyler Gill, Green House tallied 377 to retain their crown ahead of keen rivals Yellow House scoring 333 points in second position and Red House […]

Business stakeholders want meeting with THA

Tobago Corey Connelly 3 Hrs Ago File photo: The Port of Scarborough, Tobago. TOBAGO business stakeholders are calling for an urgent meeting with the THA executive to discuss the way forward because they are still experiencing the effects of the covid19 pandemic. At a Tobago Chamber of Commerce Business Development Series, titled Financing Solutions for […]

Scotiabank invests $300k in all-round youth cricket development

Sports Jonathan Ramnanansingh 55 Minutes Ago TTCB president Azim Bassarath, left, and Scotiabank Foundation director Peter Ghany with some participants in the Scotiabank NextGen U15 Cricket Programme 2023. Photo courtesy Scotiabank Scotiabank has pumped $300k into its 2023 NextGen U15 Cricket Development Programme. From February 1, eight zonal teams will do battle in a 50-over […]

Energy Minister: Kevin Ramnarine clueless about Dragon deal

News Ryan Hamilton-Davis Just Now Energy Minister Stuart Young. – Responding to former energy minister Kevin Ramnarine saying the revived Dragon gas deal may take as much as four years before gas arrives in TT, Energy Minister Stuart Young said Ramnarine knows nothing about the issue. “Kevin Ramnarine is a failed minister of energy,” Young […]

Purple panthers hunt and dethrone Orange

The athletes of Purple House Panthers meant business when they hunt down former champions Orange House and ran away as champions of St Bartholomew’s Primary School inter-house sports held today at the Usain Bolt Sports Complex.  St Bartholomew’s and Luther Thorne Memorial Primary jointly held sports today and when the curtains came down on the […]

Regional air transport: myths, dreams and reality

Business Newsday Reporter Yesterday A Liat plane gets set to land on a Caribbean island. The airline is now defunct. – The matter of intra-regional air transportation has been talked about for decades by regional governments and yet there are no tangible plans to positively address this matter that seriously impacts social and economic development, […]

Red Force face Windwards in CWI four-day opener

Sports Jonathan Ramnanansingh 19 Hrs Ago In this Januray 5, 2023 photo, TT Red Force batsman Tion Webster plays a shot during a practice match at the Queen’s Park Oval in St Clair. TT Red Force begin their CWI Four Day campaign on January 31 against the Windward Islands Volcanoes, at the Grenada National Stadium. […]

Digicel tops Ookla broadband-speeds ranking

Business Mark Lyndersay Yesterday TT’s aggregated speeds and their international rankings according to Ookla’s tests. – Digicel topped the Ookla Speedtest rankings for the fourth quarter of 2022 for broadband speeds, with the telecommunications company taking the top spot for both mobile and fixed-line download speeds. Ookla publishes median results for the speeds it monitors, […]

Pride begin title bid at iconic stadium

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Barbados Pride’s bid for a third successive first class crown will begin at the Vivian Richards Cricket Ground in Antigua next week, when they take on traditional rivals Guyana Harpy Eagles. Cricket West Indies yesterday formally announced the match schedule for the opening two rounds of the five-round tournament which runs […]