
Bookies to contest claim by BLB
April 22nd 2012 12:02 PMPETER 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…

Lab changed test results after call from TTRA
April 20th 2012 12:13 PMBoogie Blues dope test inquiry INFORMATION has come forward during the Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority (TTRA) inquiry that the Iowa State University in Florida changed the “positive” result of the Boogie Blues dope test to negative after a female employee of the authority allegedly informed the laboratory that the read more…

Stakeholders want new TTRA board
April 20th 2012 12:13 PMSTAKEHOLDERS in the racing industry are calling for the removal of members of the Trinidad and Tobago Racing Authority (TTRA) board. They had made this clear when they recently met with the line Minister Stephen Cadiz at his Port of Spain office. They say the board was unaware of the read more…

Bookmakers plan response to BLB’s tax dodging claims
April 20th 2012 11:57 AMPARLIAMENT Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman, PNM Diego Martin North East MP, Colm Imbert, says he is alarmed at charges levelled against the T&T bookmakers, who take bets from gamblers on local and foreign horse racing, that they are fleecing the Treasury by failing to declare at least $500 million read more…

Nero seeks Olympic qualifier in Rotterdam marathon
April 15th 2012 12:14 PMBy Mc MOHAN AUSTIN TO the participants in the three-mile Easter weekend run at Maracas it was serious competition but to Tonya Nero it was just training. TnT Mirror spoke to Nero after the race — actually after she ran for another hour around the recreation ground — after crossing read more…

Phillip seeded for London Olympics 2012
April 13th 2012 5:43 PMNJISANE PHILLIP will be Trinidad and Tobago’s lone cycling competitor at the London Olympics this summer. Phillip has earned his points from participating in the various World Cycling Championships throughout the world. Thanks to the foresight of his father and stepfather, financing his every turn from training on the wooden read more…



