NEWS
37 murders in West, police tell gangsters BEHAVE
An increase in gang-related murders in Western Division, has led to seniors giving the division’s Inspector (Crime) their approval to hold talks with warring gangsters and tell them to behave. As of yesterday, 37 murders were committed in the division as compared to 28 for the corresponding period last year. Read more…
Fyzabad Sec principal, teacher get bail on corruption charges
A month after the Fyzabad Secondary School was booted from the Secondary Schools Football League for submitting false academic certificates for two players, principal Troy Jebodhsingh and physical education teacher Nigel Lakhan appeared in the San Fernando Magistrates’ Court on six charges of corruption. Read more…
Young blasts commentators on Rowley’s ‘rearranged’ invitation to China
GET your facts straight before you speak.This was the advice from Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Stuart Young yesterday as he blasted commentators who had speculated that Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley was “snubbed” by the Chinese government. Read more…
BUSINESS
bmobile partners with Unicomer for world-class data centre and business security solutions
"The new data centre and business security solutions installed by bmobile are on par with any major global communications provider and have helped us to revolutionise the way we do business. This ensures we have the technology available to quickly and easily deliver the products and services our customers want, as well as the security that our staff and facilities need," said Leslie Martinez, head of the IT Department at Unicomer (Trinidad) Limited, parent company of Courts, the Caribbean's largest furniture, appliance and electronics retailer. Martinez was referring to the company's recent tender for data centre and security business services which was won by bmobile. Read more…
Roget: Workers facing unemployment
President of the Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM) Ancel Roget, who is predicting a one-third cut in the workforce of State-owned Petrotrin, has told workers not to stay in a “comatose” state but to band together to stop Government from implementing regressive policies. Read more…
POLITICS
Young: PP govt overpaid $9M for motor site
Minister in the Office of the Prime Minister Stuart Young alleged the People’s Partnership government had overpaid, by some $9 million, for a proposed site for a Motor Vehicle Authority access centre in Arima. Read more…
REGIONAL
Georgetown, Guyana mayor rocked by scandals
Guyanese from all walks of life are united and angry that the mayor of Georgetown, Patricia Chase-Green, has again taken a “secret” trip abroad, this time to China. Prior to that, Chase-Green and town clerk, Royston King, travelled to Mexico on an alleged secret mission where they signed a parking meter contract shrouded in “secrecy and corruption”, according to local media reports. Read more…
Barbadian Companies May Be Paying “Culture Tax”
Barbadian companies with poor working environments may be paying a “culture tax” that has the potential to significantly increase their organisation’s operational expenses. The “tax” is pretty unique when compared to other taxes, because it isn’t imposed by the government, but by the very workers which companies with poor cultures are seeking to entice. Read more...
INTERNATIONAL
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17th November 2017