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Professor gets $1M to write a report THE five-member Committee appointed by Cabinet to “enquire into the root causes of the problems identified and shown by crime statistics, particularly as it affects Trinidadian males, and to suggest solutions to problems they identify” has hit a snag over money. The delivery read more…

Biased Decision
May 11th 2012 8:47 PMChin 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
April 27th 2012 12:15 PMControversy 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
April 27th 2012 12:02 PMEXECUTIVE 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
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…



