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Steel prices rising
Posted: Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Steel prices rising at local hardwares
THE cost of steel products used in construction has increased by an estimated 40 per cent in some hardware stores as result of higher freight prices coupled with a global shortage of steel.
Restaurateur laments 'silly' anti-vax excuses from employees
Azar owns the popular Roosters fast food restaurant, which has two branches, at Shirvan Plaza and ANR Robinson International Airport, Crown Point. He also owns Kitchen Creole restaurant and Nova's Café at Shirvan Plaza. Azar, who said he has a total of 68 workers, estimated about 90 per cent of them do not want to be vaccinated.
Prices go up at several fast-food outlets
Some meals went up by $2 while others went up by as much as $10.
CAL: Higher demand for flights out of Trinidad and Tobago than in
"Some of the traffic is what we call directional, where you have people moving in one direction. Out of TT there is a spike and that is expected given the period of extended closure. For instance, if somebody has residential issues to address in the US, people with medical issues, those with properties, and then there are people who experienced a level of fatigue and have the capacity to move."
Windies slump to heavy loss in opener
Chasing a revised target of 257 for victory off 49 overs at Kensington Oval, West Indies collapsed in a heap for 123 all out in the 27th over.
Pollard: No excuses for batting implosion
And though West Indies have had a Twenty20-laden schedule in recent months, Pollard brushed aside the suggestion his side struggled to make the transition to the 50-overs format, pointing rather to a lack of "fight" and "soft dismissals", as the reasons behind the poor effort.
MATT: Media freedom no laughing matter
The call came in a strongly-worded statement on Tuesday after complaints that TTT was given preferential treatment during last Saturday's repatriation exercise of Venezuelans at the Cruise Ship Complex in Port of Spain.
Walk down memory lane with Resistance
We'd stand in a circle in the old Fire Station or in Little Carib Theatre, holding hands, and there would be an invocation, ending with, "Jah! Rastafari!" In this African space, I was aware of my race and class, as there were no other young Indian women there. Yet it was a community where I was always welcomed.
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