• George quits Betting Board

  THE Bookmakers Association (BA) acting President Peter George has resigned from the Betting Levy Board (BLB), saying he has become fed up over the stagnant state of the board. George, who is the BA representative on the BLB for more than six years, has cited the lack of innovation and  read more…

• Biased Decision

  Chin slams TTRA board over Boogie Blues ‘positive’ dope test report TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO Racing Authority (TTRA) Chairman Derek Chin is taking members of his board to task for the decision to declare Boogie Blues dope test “positive”, claiming it was biased. Chin says he is yet to find on  read more…

• Armond moving to sue BLB over salary

  Controversy over the hiring of TTRA Technical Adviser Another controversy is brewing in the racing industry, which could reach the High Court. Jamaican Chris Armond, who was appointed Technical Adviser to the Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority (TTRA), has sent a pre-action protocol letter to the Betting Levy Board (BLB)  read more…

• PAC likely to summon bookmakers on “cooking the books” charges

  EXECUTIVE members of the Bookmakers Association of T&T are likely to be summoned to appear before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of Parliament to explain claims by Betting Levy Board (BLB) chairman Kama Maharaj that they are cooking their books. This is in an attempt to under-declare their income to  read more…

• Bookies to contest claim by BLB

  PETER GEORGE, head of the Bookmakers Association of T&T, says members intend to contest the claims by Betting Levy Board (BLB) chairman Kama Maharaj that they cook their books to declare less income than they really make, thereby short changing the BLB to the tune of millions of dollars. He  read more…

• George quits Betting Board

  THE Bookmakers Association (BA) acting President Peter George has resigned from the Betting Levy Board (BLB), saying he has become fed up over the stagnant state of the board. George, who is the BA representative on the BLB for more than six years, has cited the lack of innovation and  read more…

• THA commends Quow, Baptiste

  THA CHIEF Secretary Orville London has congratulated sprint queen Tobago-born Kelly-Ann Baptiste on her performance at the Jamaica International Invitational in Kingston last Saturday, a statement from the THA has stated. Baptiste came second, clocking her fastest time for the year of 10.86 behind American Carmelita Jeter, who won the  read more…

• Porno men in trouble

  From Our Files: September 15th, 1982 THE pictures which border this article are taken from movies which have been seized by a no-nonsense Moral Ethics Squad of the police service. They were snatched as the Squad started a fresh campaign to wipe out the widespread flow of blue movies at  read more…

• Oropune Village on verge of extinction

  Not far away on the Churchill Roosevelt Highway, Oropune Gardens was built to receive departing Oropune villagers. A few years ago, travellers arriving at Piarco International Airport passed through Oropune Village to get to their respective destinations. And those using the airport to reach worldwide destinations must also pass through  read more…

• Fire leaves 5 kids homeless

  A MOTHER of five had to be physically restrained on Friday morning when she returned to her Rapsey Street, Curepe home to see a raging fire engulfing the house. Sharmila Moonsammy began sobbing, telling firemen her dog was chained in the house, which had become a raging inferno and she  read more…

• Oh Flock!

  Prominent pastor quits after being caught in adulterous sex acts… One of the country’s most prominent Pentecostal pastors, Peter Regis, has been forced to resign after being caught in a sexual relationship with the wife of a junior pastor of his Valencia Pentecostal Assembly. Regis, 57, who is a well-known  read more…

• UWI bans alcohol

  Restrictions introduced to stem abuse by students A shocking revelation of alcohol abuse among male students at the University of the West Indies (UWI) St Augustine Campus has come to light in a study done by Dr Neil Singh, head of the Health Unit of UWI. In a report in  read more…

• Destra in Guyana election storm

  Soca star Destra Garcia is being denounced by opponents of Guyana’s ruling political party for her scheduled performance at a campaign rally for the PPP/C two days before Monday’s election. “You are being used as pawn in an attempt to distract your fellow West Indians at a very serious and  read more…

• Leave my man alone

  Shelly Dass upset as news of diplomatic scandal hits TnT FORMER television news presenter Shelley Dass has slammed the TnT Mirror for reporting on the diplomatic disturbance in which she is embroiled in Washington DC and says she and her husband are still together and doing fine. After attempting, unsuccessfully,  read more…

• Hindus not pleased with PM’s calf-skin sneakers

  PRIME MINISTER Kamla Persad-Bissessar loves to tell all and sundry that she puts God in front and walks behind. Now, however, there are fears among the country’s hundreds of thousands of devout Hindus who share Persad-Bissessar’s faith that in her eagerness to be trendy the PM may be, unwittingly, turning  read more…

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