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Pollard powers T&T to IPL semis
Posted: Saturday, October 17, 2009
The Performing Arts Centre -update
Work is feverishly progressing on the National Academy for the Performing Arts building on Chancery Lane, Port-of-Spain.
Pollard powers T&T to IPL semis
Ever heard of the old adage, 'it aint over till the fat lady sings'? Well T&T and in particular, all rounder Keiron Pollard proved that right on Friday night, against the New South Wales Blues and in the process, booked a place in the semifinals of the IPL Champions League tournament.
Coach — TT the team to beat in Airtel Twenty20
COACH of the Trinidad and Tobago cricket team, Kelvin Williams believes that the national team has established themselves as the team to beat in the current Airtel Champions League Twenty20 tournament in India.
Politicians praise cricket team
Prime Minister Patrick Manning, Chaguanas West MP Jack Warner and Sports Minister Gary Hunt yesterday congratulated the Trinidad and Tobago cricket team on their third consecutive victory at the Champions League T20 tournament in India.
PM Manning: World needs deliverance
PRIME MINISTER Patrick Manning yesterday warned that the world is at a time where it needs "deliverance", as he committed his Government to maintaining "high ethical standards" in all aspects of national life.
PM invokes 'light of discipline'
Panday: TT in darkest hour
Look to the future with hope—Panday
Opposition Leader Basdeo Panday has called on the nation to look to the future with hope despite the many challenges, as it celebrates Divali.
President: Let it shine all through the year
Prez Max gets poetic on Divali
Jack stresses purity of purpose
No Osha violations
Labour Minister Rennie Dumas says the Chinese firm Beijing Liujing Construction Company has committed no breach of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (Osha).
Living condition outside OSH Act
Chinese kitchen closed
Public Health Officers have asked officials from Beijing Liujian Construction Corporation TT Limited (BLCC) to close the kitchen at the Chinese living quarters in Central.
Living conditions shock Minister
Paula Gopee-Scoon, Foreign Affairs Minister, was aghast yesterday when showed a picture of the concrete latrines used by Chinese labourers at Ramsaran Trace in Cunupia and published in yesterday's Newsday.
Chinese workers not paid directly
THE CHINESE company at the heart of recent claims of the human trafficking of Chinese workers to this country yesterday confirmed that it does not pay salaries directly to the immigrant Chinese workers it employs, but rather to their families in mainland China.
Company speaks out: Chinese chose to end their contracts
CHINA-BASED firm, Beijing Liujing Construction Company (TT) Ltd, says its disgruntled workers who staged a protest four days ago are claiming a performance deposit which they forfeited.
Mendes accuses Daly of 'abusing a confidence'
Explain tendering
It is clearly not enough for Minister of Planning, Dr Emily Gaynor Dick-Forde, to say that the Urban Development Company of Trinidad and Tobago (Udecott) "went through a process" in the award of a $300 million contract to Sunway Construction Caribbean Limited to furnish the Ministry of Legal Affairs tower.
Obama chooses woman as US ambassador to T&T
Nine months after he took over as President of the United States, Barack Obama has chosen a black woman as the new ambassador-designate to T&T.
Questions remain over death of Da Costa
Astra Da Costa, the executive chairman of the advertising/ public relations agency All Media Projects Limited (Ample), died Thursday of broncho-pneumonia, pulmonary fibrosis and a pulmonary abscess, according to a close friend yesterday who had seen the death certificate, which was signed by pathologist Dr Hughvon des Vignes.
Swine flu death toll now four
Mourners cautious at victim's funeral
Dookeran, Warner to share stage
Congress of the People (COP) Political Leader Winston Dookeran will address the People's Governing Council Meeting of the National Joint Action Committee (NJAC) tomorrow morning.
Warner calls for political round table
With two COP leaders appearing on the Divali platforms of two UNC MPs within days of each other, estranged UNC deputy leader Jack Warner is calling a November 15 roundtable of all political leaders, including UNC's Basdeo Panday, for forward momentum on unity.
Psychiatry expert: Society becoming a volatile one
Principal at the School of Psychiatry at St Ann's Hospital David Murphy believes the society is becoming a volatile one.
Police murdered men
SEVERAL Beetham residents yesterday cried foul over the killing of two of its residents Wednesday night, saying the two young men Fabian Mauge, 26, and Ricky Roberts, 25, were murdered in cold blood by the police.
Tension still high in Beetham
Residents of Beetham Gardens are claiming that 15 people, among them children, were held hostage by heavily armed police officers who threatened to "kill everybody" during a police lockdown in the area Thursday evening.
Beetham calm ahead of 'lockdown'
Bar owner saw when Balo was snatched
Bar owner Zyroon Gajadhar told a Washington jury how she witnessed the kidnapping of her long time friend, Balram 'Balo' Maharaj, from the Samaan Tree Bar, on April 6, 2005.
Illegal firecrackers seized
TWO pirogues were impounded and a quantity of illegal firecrackers seized by Police and Customs and Excise officers in Los Iros on Wednesday evening. Investigators believe the items were being brought into the country in time for Divali celebrations tomorrow.
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