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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Trinidad Times.com http://www.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/10/id/f7da47955ef03229/ en-us Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:17:42 -0400 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:17:42 -0400 30 GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands: Cable & Wireless Caribbean and Research In Motion (RIM) on Thursday announced that the feature-rich BlackBerry Bold smartphone will be available in C&W’s mar... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17496345/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:52:28 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17496345/ LONDON, England: As Hurricane Hanna devastates the Caribbean, and with Hurricane Ike poised to do the same, the British Red Cross has launched an appeal to support thousands forced to flee their homes... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17496750/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:52:26 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17496750/ oscar@caribbeannetnews.com ROAD TOWN, BVI: The British Virgin Islands will observe the first Caribbean Wellness Day on September 13 with several activities, including a healthy walk, which will be led... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17496756/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:52:18 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17496756/ When will this current state of madness stop? Look at every valley of the Northern Range over the past 15 years. Every one is scarred through quarrying, logging and clearing for housing developments. ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17497215/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:26:40 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17497215/ tess@caribbeannetnews.com GRAND TURK, Turks and Caicos Islands: Tropical Storm Hanna is finally moving out of the Bahamas as it heads northward towards the United States, leaving behind a trail of dea... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17496749/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:52:27 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17496749/ oscar@caribbeannetnews.com GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Efforts are being made for closer ties between the Caribbean and Africa, South Africa High Commissioner to the Caribbean, Faith Radebe, disclosed when sh... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17496686/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:52:22 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17496686/ CURRENT champions Detour Shak Attack and Sportworld Straker Nets will meet in a re-match of last year's North Zone Basketball Commission (NZBC)  final in the second affair of a double-header at the J... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17497218/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:26:40 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17497218/ THE Trinidad and Tobago national under-20 football team got their 2009 World Youth Cup campaign off to a tame start on Wednesday night after a goalless draw against El Salvador at the Hasely Crawford ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17497219/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:26:41 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17497219/ TIDAL Wave Aquatics Club of Trinidad and Tobago dominated the competition to win the Annual Rodney Heights Aquatics Centre (RHAC) Summer Splash Swim Meet in St Lucia last weekend. The club, led by ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17497217/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:26:40 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17497217/ "Somehow I sense that this is a propitious moment. Keith Smith once wrote a series of articles in the Tapia newspaper about Bertie Marshall which he called "Pan Is Mih Gyul." They were delightful p... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17497214/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:26:39 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17497214/ LONDON, England: The world’s first and only multi-nation catastrophe risk fund, the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF), won the Re/Insurance Initiative of the Year award at Th... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17496258/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:52:16 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17496258/ DEFENDING champions Stag Trinidad Northern surged into first place with an emphatic 101- 22 win over Top Guns (Police) as action in the Toyota Championship division rugby competition continued over th... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17497216/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:26:39 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17497216/ Airlines operating to several destinations across the Caribbean are set to raise their ticket costs as a result of this year's increase in global oil prices, say industry insiders. Officials at loc... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17497212/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:26:38 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17497212/ NOMINATION FEES, totalling $143,650, were paid after the fourth nomination stage for the 2,000-metre Royal Oak Derby which will be run off on September 24 at Santa Rosa Park, Arima. At the fourth n... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17497220/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:26:38 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17497220/ PRESIDENT of the Seamen and Waterfront Workers Trade Union Michael Annisette has called on the Government to repeal a legal notice that gives foreigners the right to come to Trinidad and Tobago to wor... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17497213/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:26:37 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17497213/ The Working Committee to review the provisions of the THA Act No 40 of 1996 and the Constitution of T&T as it relates to Tobago's position regarding the reform of the Constitution has scheduled five p... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493894/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:40:16 -0400 Tobago News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493894/ Although there are reported hundreds of suspended cases of dengue fever in Trinidad and at least four in Tobago, Health Minister Jerry Narace has not declared an outbreak of the death causing fever. ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493902/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:40:11 -0400 Tobago News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493902/ Rondell Riley of Roxborough scored an impressive victory when he won the Junior Independence Calypso Monarch contest last week Friday at the Delaford Community Centre. Rondell is the brother of former... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493895/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:40:15 -0400 Tobago News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493895/ Over $16 million was spent in repair works during the vacation period to have several schools ready for the opening of the school year on Tuesday, according to Education Secretary Claudia Groome-Duke ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493899/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:40:13 -0400 Tobago News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493899/ The village of Pump Mill Scarborough Tobago is being threatened with the spread of dengue from an abandoned swimming pool which remains filled with water, open for the breathing of mosquitoes. One ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493901/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:40:12 -0400 Tobago News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493901/ Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Chief Secretary and Secretary of Public Administration, Orville London has claimed that it was almost impossible to provide an answer to a question posed by Minority Lea... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493896/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:40:16 -0400 Tobago News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493896/ Despite what anyone says to the contrary, Trinidad and Tobago is not prepared for a disaster. I say this in light of the recent flooding in Claxton Bay. This letter was written on the morning of Se... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493907/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:40:10 -0400 Tobago News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493907/ THERE has been much talk concerning the 52 prisoners who have been removed from Death Row. First let me say that I have a problem with a person been sentenced to "life" for committing "death"; and ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493905/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:40:09 -0400 Tobago News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493905/ Hospital Medical Director Dr Victor Wheeler revealed on Friday that post-mortem results on the recent suspected dengue case have proven conclusively that death was not due to dengue fever. "To-date... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493891/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:40:18 -0400 Tobago News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493891/ The official launch of the promised unified single political party, TUFDAC will take place on Sunday February 14 at Rovanel's Resort at 2 p.m. The event has been described as the Founding Conferenc... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493892/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:40:18 -0400 Tobago News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493892/ The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) has provided Transmax Taxi Association with the assistance needed to import 24 new Marcopolo Brazilian buses in order to meet the increasing demand for safe and prof... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493900/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:40:13 -0400 Tobago News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493900/ Former President Arthur NR Robinson leaves the country for The Hague on Sunday to attend a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Trust Fund for Victims of International Crime of the International C... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493897/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:40:15 -0400 Tobago News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493897/ The Tobago House of Assembly (THA) has provided Transmax Taxi Association with the assistance needed to import 24 new Marcopolo Brazilian buses in order to meet the increasing demand for safe and prof... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493903/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:40:11 -0400 Tobago News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493903/ "Boy, you is ah imps; you ain't find me with nothing," Adolphus Kenneth Ordain reportedly told Estate Constable (EC) Ian Baynes at the Store Bay Beach Facilities on August 22. This, after Baynes di... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493898/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:40:14 -0400 Tobago News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493898/ Monarch Airlines will be replacing Excel Airways on the transatlantic route between Gatwick airport in the United Kingdom and Crown Point, Tobago from mid December. This was disclosed by Tourism an... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493893/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:40:17 -0400 Tobago News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493893/ Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday celebrated 46 years of Independence from British colonial rule. In 1961, the then Premier of Trinidad and Tobago Dr. Eric Williams and Opposition Leader Dr. Rudranath Cap... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493904/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:40:08 -0400 Tobago News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493904/ Life operates on certain irrefutable facts. It is just what takes place in life. You do not have to agree with it nor does life try to justify it. It just is. Gravity pulls objects towards the eart... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493909/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:40:08 -0400 Tobago News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493909/ Tobago's home-grown Olympian Semoy 'Moyo' Hackett has heaped high praise on the Chinese officials for their efficient organisation of the just-concluded Olympic Games. The 19-year-old sprinter who ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493908/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:40:07 -0400 Tobago News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493908/ MIAMI — A powerful hurricane and two tropical storms on Thursday threaten to wreak more destruction in the waterlogged Caribbean and southeastern United States in the coming days. Tropical Sto... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493266/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:30:52 -0400 Japan Today http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17493266/ LONDON--(Marketwire - September 4, 2008) - MaybachFinancial.com is one of the fastest growing independent and unbiased research firms in the world. Through our numerous partnerships with many of the... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17476817/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:17:05 -0400 Market Wire http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17476817/ San Juan.- On a day that was to mark the significant reduction of air access from the U.S. mainland to Puerto Rico, and other destinations in the Caribbean, the region is celebrating the addition of... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17478294/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 13:10:13 -0400 Dominican Today http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17478294/ PORT OF SPAIN - Sittings of the House of Representatives resume on Friday at 1.30 pm. Outside of the regular agendas by Govt and the Opposition UNC Alliance, Diego Martin West MP Dr Keith Rowley and O... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17479162/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:15:18 -0400 Caribseek http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17479162/ PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago - The new academic year commenced yesterday with more than 50% of primary and secondary schools having already been sprayed for vector control. The school spraying p... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17479163/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:15:16 -0400 Caribseek http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17479163/ Pastor Martin Deverteuil minced no words when he accused the media of erroneous reporting on the murder of his close friend and fellow pastor Brian Pierre whose funeral service took place yesterday at... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17468970/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:19:14 -0400 Newsday http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17468970/ President of the Association of Denominational Boards Clive Borely, yesterday criticised the repair programme undertaken at 416 schools across the country, saying that the Education Ministry, once aga... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17468973/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:19:12 -0400 Newsday http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17468973/ THE SKELETAL remains found in Tortuga on Independence Day (Sunday) have been identified as that of Elroy Quashie, 19, who went missing shortly after arriving in Trinidad from his Tobago home, seeking ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17468974/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:19:12 -0400 Newsday http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17468974/ NEWLY appointed chairman of the South-West Regional Health Authority (SWRHA) Bridgelal Goberdhan has been mandated by Health Minister Jerry Narace to probe reports of an asbestos-lined roof being impr... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17468972/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:19:10 -0400 Newsday http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17468972/ HEALTH MINISTER Jerry Narace yesterday sought to downplay a travel advisory issued by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) warning British citizens about an increase in dengue cases in this co... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17468971/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:19:08 -0400 Newsday http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17468971/ PHONY degrees, forged, altered or fraudulent credentials are being submitted to employers and higher educational institutions by potential employees and students, according to the Accreditation Counci... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17468977/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:19:06 -0400 Newsday http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17468977/ A CLAXTON BAY construction worker broke his ribs, jaw and sustained several internal injuries when a stack of plywood fell on him at a hardware yesterday. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17468976/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:19:05 -0400 Newsday http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17468976/ LAUSANNE: Former 100-metre world record holder Asafa Powell, inspired by fellow countryman Usain Bolt, has vowed to reclaim his world mark, but knows it is going to take a time faster than 9.60 second... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17468975/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:19:04 -0400 Newsday http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17468975/ oscar@caribbeannetnews.com PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Twelve schools remained closed on Tuesday, the opening day of the school year in Trinidad and Tobago, because the contractors failed to complete rep... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17461850/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:21:09 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17461850/ Former United States Major League Soccer (MLS) players Shaka Hislop and Avery John and T&T Pro League coach Stuart Charles-Fevrier have all hailed Joe Public's emphatic 4-0 CONCACAF Champions League w... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17462371/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:56:09 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17462371/ oscar@caribbeannetnews.com PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Neil Warner Paul, Secretary of the Police Welfare Association, who served as a police officer in Trinidad for 28 years and also as a homicide detect... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17462376/ Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:21:14 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17462376/ LAUNCH: BGTT Government and Stakeholder manager Mark Regis, left, shakes hands with Secondary Schools Football League (SSFL) president Ewing Davis at the launch of the 2008 BGTT SSFL at the BGTT Corpo... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17462372/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:56:06 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17462372/ THREE WEEKS ago, six and seven-horse Claiming and Conditional races were cancelled, but this week, the Arima Race Club (ARC) are having a change of heart, and allowing the same races to be run off. ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17462375/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:56:05 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17462375/ An important initiative with respect to regional integration was taken recently by the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago. I am not here discussing that issue or the way in which it was pursued but... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17462367/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:56:05 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17462367/ Success, according to some sociologists, has more to do with how one feels he is perceived by others rather than an inventory of his own achievements. By such a benchmark, it can be argued that Bmobil... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17462369/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:56:07 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17462369/ Yeats has been allotted top weight of 59 kilos (130 pounds) in the Emirates Melbourne Cup at Flemington on November 4. It is the third year in a row that the triple Ascot Gold Cup winner has topped th... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17462373/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:56:03 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17462373/ Minister of Finance Karen Nunez-Tesheira will have sufficient "leeway" in the formulation and preparation of her first National Budget-the 2008/2009 fiscal package which is expected to be presented la... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17462366/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 23:56:01 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17462366/ Vice President of Finance at the Caribbean Development Bank Neville Grainger says the situation is causing the region to lose some of its brightest young people. Mr. Grainger says regional econom... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17458323/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 21:48:58 -0400 Radio Jamaica http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17458323/ PORT OF SPAIN - Chairman of the Equal Opportunity Commission John La Guerre says the Manning Initiative for economic and political integration between Eastern Caribbean States and T&T should be pursue... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17444808/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:51:19 -0400 Caribseek http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17444808/ BROOKLYN, New York (CMC):Jamaica's New York Reggae Boyz beat St Kitts and Nevis 1-0 on a Damion Powell goal Sunday to become the first team to capture the prestigious Caribbean Cup title for a fourth ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17438623/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:36:02 -0400 Jamaica Gleaner http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17438623/ Trinidad and Tobago needs to be prepared for the eventuality of a hurricane touching down on the islands, director of the Meteorological Office at Piarco Emmanuel Moolchan advised yesterday. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17434776/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:12:58 -0400 Newsday http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17434776/ Hanna is the eighth named storm and fourth hurricane for the season. Although Hanna did not cause major damage, it knocked out power on some of the islands of the Bahamas, toppled trees and blew shing... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17434782/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:12:53 -0400 Newsday http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17434782/ Farmers have filed for compensation for the damage done to their crops by flooding over the last two weeks, but many said they had little confidence in getting the help they want from the Ministry of ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17434781/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:12:52 -0400 Newsday http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17434781/ A five-year ban from sitting school examinations has been imposed on two students who admitted to cheating in the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) Communication Studies exam. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17434775/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:12:59 -0400 Newsday http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17434775/ Thousands of primary and secondary school students at more than ten schools were yesterday forced to remain at home for yet another week, and in some cases up to four weeks, due to incomplete state of... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17434774/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:13:02 -0400 Newsday http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17434774/ The relatives of missing John John secretary Niome Candice Lewis ran out of the mortuary at the Forensic Science Centre yesterday, screaming in grief after identifying her body. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17434780/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:12:51 -0400 Newsday http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17434780/ Despite flooding in several farming regions throughout the country over the past two weeks, the National Marketing and Development Company (Namdevco) yesterday said crop prices remained stable, with t... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17434779/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:12:50 -0400 Newsday http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17434779/ Rather than starting classes, scores of students in south Trinidad began the new school year protesting with their parents for better conditions to study and learn. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17434778/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:12:50 -0400 Newsday http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17434778/ OVER 400 pensioners from the Maracas/St Joseph area say they are waiting on their pension cheques for August. Several concerned pensioners telephoned Newsday to report that they have received no expla... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17434777/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:12:43 -0400 Newsday http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17434777/ Posted on: Tuesday, 2 September 2008, 21:00 CDT By Will Weissert HAVANA - Gustav swelled into a fearsome Category 4 hurricane with winds of 145 mph on Saturday as Cuba raced to evacuate more than 240... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17427616/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:29:07 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17427616/ Trinidad and Tobago's national under-16 footballers will get valuable international experience when they take on the Brazilian national under-16 team tomorrow, from 6 p.m., at the Marvin Lee Stadium, ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428160/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:53:34 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428160/ SELVON Turner grabbed a brace as 1976 FC Phoenix beat Black Rock 2-0 at Canaan last Friday to move two points clear of the losers at the top of the Western Conference of the Tobago Football Associatio... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428161/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:53:33 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428161/ BOTH the senior national football team, the Soca Warriors, and the national under-20 football team will see action today during a double-header at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. First up, the Soca Wa... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428157/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:53:35 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428157/ oscar@caribbeannetnews.com PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad: Dozens of police dashed to Monuga, a little area in the village of St Mary's, in Trinidad's forest area, following reports that three shallow graves... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428167/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:19:30 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428167/ Of course, United, the reigning European champions, got their man, Bulgarian forward Dimitar Berbatov, from another London team, Tottenham Hotspur, for the small matter of 30.75 million pounds. Even a... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428158/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:53:36 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428158/ Trinidad and Tobago remain in 45th spot, according to the latest IRB World ranking released on Monday. The Calypso Warriors, the reigning Caribbean Rugby Champions, are in intense preparations for ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428162/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:53:32 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428162/ A record ten nations have registered interest in hosting either the 2015 or 2019 Rugby World Cup, including a bid from Jamaica. The IRB were delighted at the news, calling the unprecedented respons... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428163/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:53:31 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428163/ oscar@caribbeannetnews.com GEORGETOWN, Guyana: Reports from the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) communications adviser Leonard Robertson state that Caribbean leaders will meet in Barbados on Sep... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17427622/ Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:19:26 -0400 Caribbean Net News http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17427622/ Trinidad and Tobago will host the 2010 FIFA Under-17 Women's Football World Cup. Yesterday, FIFA vice president Jack Warner revealed that FIFA had approved T&T's hosting of the event, despite a lac... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428159/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:53:34 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428159/ National cricketers Rayad Emrit, Samuel Badree and Gibran Mohammed are among a group of prospective coaches involved in a WICB Level 1 coaching course organised by the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket Boar... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428164/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:53:30 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428164/ Former national footballers Carlton "The General" Franco, David Nakhid, Dwight Yorke and Everald "Gally" Cummings are among 200 people being honoured by the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (T&... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428156/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:53:36 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428156/ DR STEVE BENNETT, who claims he is in "the departure lounge of life, but still has something to contribute to the sport of horse racing", is calling on the Ministry of Education to build a jockeys sch... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428165/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:53:30 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428165/ Marc Burns copped fifth spot in the men's 100 metres "A" race at the Athletissima 2008 Super Grand Prix meet, in Lausanne, Switzerland, yesterday. The Trinidad and Tobago sprinter clocked 10.06 second... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428155/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:53:37 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428155/ AN OBJECTION against second-placed Wrathed in race five-the Hi-5 race on Monday's Sagicor-sponsored ten-race card, cost one unknown 'unlucky' punter over $120,000. Roger Hadeed, Arima Race Club's m... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428166/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:53:29 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428166/ The search for a polio vaccine was fuelled by a collective sense of urgency to stop this crippler. Even the president of the United States, Franklin D Roosevelt, was stricken with the disease. Salk's ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428154/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:53:29 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428154/ Plans by Alutrint to build a smelter plant at La Brea moved a step further yesterday, when the sod was turned to begin construction of a port, at La Brea, which is designated for the importation of ra... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428153/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:53:29 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428153/ The September 2 signing of the controversial Economic Partnership Agreement between Caricom (Caribbean Community) states and the European Union has been officially put off, pending an upcoming Caricom... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428152/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:53:28 -0400 Trinidad Express http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17428152/ Posted on: Tuesday, 2 September 2008, 18:00 CDT Text of report by Caribbean Media Corporation news agency website on 2 September Bridgetown, Barbados: A slow moving Hanna was dumping heaving rains ov... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17423633/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:39:06 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17423633/ SAINT-MARC, Haiti — Families clutched mattresses, chairs and other belongings and slogged through waist-high floodwaters Tuesday as Tropical Storm Hanna killed at least 13 people in northern Hait... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17423635/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:19:51 -0400 USA Today http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17423635/ The Organization of American States (OAS), through its Department of Sustainable Development, will hold the Third Regional Preparatory Meeting for Latin America and the Caribbean Region of the Renewab... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17419026/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:38:28 -0400 OAS http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17419026/ By Steve HollandST. PAUL, Minnesota (Reuters) - U.S. Republican John McCain rallied behind his vice presidential pick Sarah Palin on Tuesday and his campaign accused Democrat Barack Obama of sexism fo... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17419010/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:59:34 -0400 Swiss Info http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17419010/ cruise insurance benefit only available through eCruises.com protects the vacationer against cancellation and interruption; emergency medical services and medical evacuations; and travel and baggag... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17410333/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:45:04 -0400 Market Wire http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17410333/ In the news: News crews wait outside the Edinburgh, Chaguanas home of the relatives of Brian Pierre as Acting Police Commissioner James Philbert leave... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17411028/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:05:20 -0400 Newsday http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17411028/ PORT OF SPAIN - After forty-six years, we can be very proud of our achievements as an independent nation. Trinidad and Tobago is today a modern, thriving democracy where all citizens enjoy their funda... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17411030/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:48:12 -0400 Caribseek http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17411030/ PORT OF SPAIN - The Government may have to consider developing a disaster relief fund if it intends to fulfill its Vision 2020 objective, says Works and Transport Minister Colm Imbert. He made the ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17411029/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:48:11 -0400 Caribseek http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17411029/ Literacy and adult education in Latin America and the Caribbean are the focus of a UNESCO conference that will take place in Mexico City from 10 to 13 September, 2008. Hosted by the Government of Mexi... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17406292/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:49:58 -0400 UNESCO http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17406292/ BERKELEY, CA--(Marketwire - September 2, 2008) - The San Francisco Bay Area-based non-profit organization Global Healing has announced its latest blood bank project in the small island nation of Dom... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17405190/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:40:32 -0400 Market Wire http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17405190/ CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Sept. 2, 2008) - Challenger Energy Corp ("Challenger") (TSX VENTURE:CHQ) (AMEX:CHQ), announced today that on August 28, 2008, the "Endeavour" well was successfully spud... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17406295/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:40:28 -0400 Market Wire http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17406295/ PORT OF SPAIN, Sep 2 (IPS) - A court order lifting the threat of execution hanging over 52 convicted killers in Trinidad and Tobago has put the government under renewed pressure from the opposition, d... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17406302/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:38:42 -0400 IPS http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17406302/ That dream has no chance of becoming reality anymore, as Pierre was shot dead on Sunday afternoon by an acting police inspector. Thomas-Pierre yesterday grieved for Pierre who she said was a good man ... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17403374/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:46:16 -0400 Newsday http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17403374/ Even as a new school term opens today, a large number of students will have to face the sight of dilapidated classrooms and buildings at some 34 Presbyterian schools throughout the country. http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17403375/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:46:13 -0400 Newsday http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17403375/ Jamaica is now on a massive clean-up campaign after the destruction wrought by Hurricane Gustav, which, at last count, killed 94 people in the Caribbean. However, the number is expected to rise as Jam... http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17403376/ Tue, 02 Sep 2008 05:46:12 -0400 Newsday http://story.trinidadtimes.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/f7da47955ef03229/id/17403376/