• Secrecy in dope test probe

  Minister Cadiz advises TTRA members not to divulge information Some stakeholders in the racing industry want to know what is all the secrecy about in the probe regarding the dope test result of Boxing Day Gold Cup winner Boogie Blues, owned by Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority (TTRA) chairman Derek  read more…

• ROA says reinstate Loregnard

  The Racehorse Owners Association (ROA) has written to the Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority (TTRA) calling for the reinstatement of David Loregnard as the authority’s secretary. The ROA has also sent a copy of the letter to line minister Stephen Cadiz but so far the TTRA has not responded. The  read more…

• Ogeer gets three-month extension

  THE Arima Race Club (ARC) has given the Club’s chief executive officer Ken Ogeer a three-month extension of his contract. His contract came to an end last month. The ARC has been looking around for a replacement. A new post of general manager was created to remove the position of  read more…

• ROA wants answers from the TTRA

  THE Racehorse Owners Association (ROA) held an emergency executive meeting on Friday at Santa Rosa Park, Arima at the end of the day’s racing to discuss the controversy surrounding the dope test result of Boxing Day Gold Cup winner Boogie Blues, owned by Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority chairman Derek  read more…

• Committee set up to probe dope test result

  A committee has been set up to investigate the controversy surrounding the dope test result of Boxing Day Gold Cup winner Boogie Blues, which was tested “suspicious/positive” for a Class III prohibited drug. Reports are that Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority (TTRA) board member Dr Eddie Commissioning is to head  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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