Soca Warriors leave for Honduras
Trinidad and Tobago must get at least one point in Honduras. It will be Dwight Yorke’s final international match for his country in an eventful 20 years of over official international matches and friendlies.
Each of the four remaining 2010 World Cup qualifiers is critical for the Soca Warriors.
Saturday’s game in Tegucigalpa against [...]
Two Independence Day murders
One man was killed in Laventille and the other in Enterprise, Chaguanas. Vacationers flee fire at Mayaro beach hotel.
Crime did not take a holiday on Independence Day.
Two murders were reported-so far. One occurred at Trou Macacaque around 3 a.m. when Allan John was beaten to death by a group of men. And the [...]
No Clico Independence fireworks!
There will be Independence fireworks tomorrow night. It will not be courtesy Clico but from two media companies.
Clico will be missing from the Independence fireworks tomorrow night.
The wounded insurance giant which for many years sponsored an extravagant fireworks display at the Queen’s Park Savannah is struggling these days to pay its bills: footing the [...]
US $40 million six-month profit for Sagicor
Sagicor is doing quite well despite difficulties in the international market. However, it has been downgraded by Standards and Poors.
Earlier this year, Sagicor did a bit of load shedding of its workforce sending home some 108 employees.
There was some speculation that the insurance company was growing too fast, having bought some 20 companies in [...]
Inflation at 5.9 per cent!
The evidence of falling prices cannot be found in grocery bills. Nor in the cost of household help or plumbing services.
We have to believe, I suppose, the Central Statistical Office (CSO) and also the Central Bank.
Although there is abundance evidence that prices are going up and up and up, we are being told [...]
$2.5 billion profits in 2008 for Petrotrin
Petrotrin had revenues of $40 billion last year. The picture is certainly different in 2009.
Petrotrin is expected to lose a tremendous amount of money this year but last year this State-owned entity, arguably the Government’s flagship company, made almost $2.5 billion after tax from revenues of a colossal $40 billion.
These revenues were 51.5 per cent [...]
Sales dip at Ansa McAl
The conglomerate is seeking a stimulus package from the Government for exports and construction. McAl is eyeing Central America as there is a fall off in business in Caricom.
The Ansa McAl Group has taken in front and, of late, has been calling for the fashionable “stimulus” package as earnings take a dive.
Mind you, [...]
Turnaround at NFM
National Flour Mills makes a profit for the first time in years. The husband of former cabinet minister Christine Sahadeo has made a difference at the helm.
Things are looking up for National Flour Mills (NFM) after several years of losses.
The country’s first flour mill made a before tax profit of $1.1 million for the [...]
Woman overboard!
A middle-aged woman, before startled passengers, suddenly jumped off the inter-island vessel TT Spirit as it steamed towards Trinidad shortly after 3p.m. today, according to radio reports.
The crew, however, quickly swung into action and rescued the woman and quickly hauled her abroad and placed under medical observation in a cabin. She was [...]
Media giant TPC makes $16 million
The Trinidad Publishing Company is still profitable despite the tough times.It still gets its fair share of the advertising dollar.
The Trinidad Publishing Company might have slipped as a media giant in that the Trinidad Guardian is back at the pack in the dailies, the five radio stations are behind in the ratings [...]