NGC's $1B LOSS
Posted: Saturday, December 27, 2025

NGC's $1B LOSS; chairman defends sweeping cuts, blames past mismanagement under PNM

Pan Trinbago defends steelpan's value as NGC withdraws sponsorship
PAN TRINBAGO has pushed back against comments by National Gas Company (NGC) chairman Gerald Ramdeen, saying his remarks undervalue the social, cultural and economic contributions of steelbands and mischaracterise corporate sponsorship as being outside the remit of responsible state enterprise operations.

Peace on Earth? Democracy everywhere?
There are big wars in Ukraine and Sudan and another one is only on temporary hold in Gaza. Smaller wars are underway in Yemen, Burma, and Thailand/Cambodia, and a larger and nastier one will start if the United States attacks Venezuela. It hasn't been this bad for a long time.

SoE and US/Venezuela tensions hit tourist arrivals in Tobago
IT HAS been a blue Christmas Season for many hoteliers and guest house and bed-and-breakfast operators in Tobago, which the Tobago Hotel and Tourism Association is blaming squarely on the ongoing military tensions between the United States and Venezuela.

MSJ advocates peace as war looms
He compared ongoing Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip and West Bank to the efforts of King Herod to "kill all boy children following the birth of Jesus in order to prevent the Prince of Peace challenging his (Herod's) power.

Abdulah referred to conflicts in other parts of the world, such as Russia-Ukraine (where the war is about power and control in Europe), to Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo, where conflict masks covert efforts by bigger players to acquire mineral wealth.

He observed that the situation is no different in the Caribbean with respect to the US military deployment outside of Venezuela's territorial waters, which began in August.

DRUGS DOWN
Defence Minister praises US radar:

Guyana's non-oil sector registers growth of more than seven per cent
Guyana's non-oil economy grew by 13.8 per cent in the first half of 2025, according to the mid-year economic report.

Ukraine Seeks Meeting With Peace Talks With Florida On Sunday

Government doubles most traffic fines from January 1

Doctor travels to Icacos to help Warao children
Medical outreach worker Dr Christina Benitez has been travelling to Icacos to provide care to Warao children living along the south-western coastline, as the migrant population in the area continues to grow and uncertainty deepens amid ongoing regional tensions.

TPP brings music, races and Tobago pride to Milford Road Esplanade
OVER the next two days, the Milford Road Esplanade will come alive as the Tobago People's Party (TPP) seeks to bring the culture, the competition, and the community together at Tobago Is We Festival!

Anglican message addresses fear, anxiety, stress, loss of hope

Siparia Deltones mourns death of band captain George Caesar
The management of the Siparia Deltones Steel Orchestra is mourning the death of its band captain, conductor and drill master, George Caesar, who passed away on the morning of Boxing Day.

TTBWA: No HDC housing for the blind
DESPITE reports that the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) had allocated over 120 housing units for 2025, the Trinidad and Tobago Blind Welfare Association (TTBWA) said that no blind or visually impaired person benefited from the initiative.

Two killed in road accidents in Piarco and Charlieville
The number of road fatalities has risen to 108 for the year, following two separate incidents in Piarco and Chaguanas yesterday. The comparative figure for the same period last year stood at 122.

Boxing Day horror on highway
A 26-year-old St Helena man was killed and four others injured in a violent early-morning crash along the Churchill Roosevelt Highway near the Piarco walkover on Boxing Day.

Autopsy ordered after prisoner falls ill, dies at hospital
Prison authorities are probing the sudden death of a prisoner who is said to have fallen ill at the Maximum Security Prison in Golden Grove on Christmas Day and was rushed to the hospital, where he later died.

The prisoner was identified as Alfred Cedeno, 40.


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