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Food prices increased 9.7% in two years
Posted: Friday, April 1, 2022
Food prices increased 9.7% in two years
Ministry of Trade's basket of 118 items
Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon: $32m to train 300 youngsters
This was confirmed by Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon as she addressed the post-Cabinet press briefing at the Diplomatic Centre, St Ann's on Thursday. Participants, who must be 17-25, will each receive a $3,000 monthly stipend, she said.
Blaxx's bequest
A seven-night memorial entitled "Who God Bless", aptly titled after Blaxx's 2021 soca release, is planned from 5 p.m. daily at the Desperadoes Steel Orchestra panyard on Tragarete Road, Port of Spain. The nightly wake started on Thursday and ends next week Wednesday.
SEA SMILES
Covid-19 challenges were a blessing to some and a bane for others but the majority of pupils and their parents yesterday agreed that schooling going forward cannot be the same.
Relief for pupils as SEA finally over
... 44 miss exam due to COVID-related issues
Cancer-stricken pupil Sidara motivates SEA classmates
DJ Bravo creates IPL history as top wicket-taker
The 38-year-old former Trinidad and Tobago and West Indies all-rounder overtook ex-Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga on the list when he had Hooda caught by Ravindra Jadeja for 13. Bravo now has a tally of 171 IPL wickets, followed by Malinga (170), and a trio of retired Indian spinners – Amit Mishra (166), Piyush Chawla (157) and Harbhajan Singh (150).
WI surpassed expectations
...showed heart, despite World Cup failure
Sinanan proud of decline in road traffic deaths
"With 110 in 2018, 102 in 2019, 88 in 2020 and 69 in 2021 – these figures are clear examples of what we can achieve when there is a commitment to action."
Waiting for roadside assistance, mom killed by truck
Ramesar was seated in the family's car, which was parked on the side of the road, with her husband and son, when a truck loaded with lumber crashed into the vehicle.
Ramdeen: Private autopsy shows diver alive for at least 24 hours
Private autopsy: Diver may have been alive 39 hours after Paria incident
He added, "On the earliest time of death, he would have been alive in the pipeline for 15 hours and 15 minutes and on the latest time of death he would have been alive in the pipeline for 39 hours and 15 minutes."
DPP drops misbehaviour charge against ex-minister Marlene McDonald
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