NEWS
Dry season accelerates red palm mite Coconut estates under attack
Harsh dry weather conditions are triggering an increase in the red palm mite which has devastated 80 per cent of coconut estates in T&T.
Seven years after India’s top biological expert Dr Avvaru Sujatha made attempts to fight the red palm mite, Cedros coconut growers say their estates continue to offer low yields because of the spread of the devastating predator. Read more here…
Blaze breaks out Scarborough Fire Station
Fire officers were on Sunday night battling a blaze which ignited on the top floor of the Scarborough Fire Station.
An alarm was raised shortly after 7 pm after smoke was seen coming from the upper storey of the partially wooden and concrete at the Bacolet Street building. Read more here…
POLITICS
Khan: Paria fuel is good
ENERGY Minister Franklin Khan said there is nothing wrong with the quality of the fuel being supplied by Paria Fuel Trading company. In response to a matter on the adjournment of the Senate on Thursday night, Khan declared, “It is unsubstantiated in science and in fact.” Read more here…
UNC slams ‘dotish’ Venezuelan policy
THE Opposition United National Congress (UNC) has predicted increased hardship for this country, saying yesterday that crisis could result from a marriage of Government’s “dotish” Venezuelan policy and an economy that’s not doing as well as the population is being told. Read more here…
BUSINESS
Angostura Holdings improves
This week, we at Bourse review the performance of two companies within the Manufacturing 1 sector—One Caribbean Media Ltd (OCM) and Angostura Holdings Ltd (AHL)—for the financial year ended December 31, 2018. Read more here…
Imbert: Enough reserves to defend T&T exchange rate
Finance Minister Colm has said Trinidad and Tobago has enough foreign reserves to defend the T&T dollar for the next ten years. Read more here…
REGIONAL
Business Leaders Urge Bipartisan Consensus Towards Creating New ID Law
Jamaica's business leaders are urging for bipartisan consensus in developing a modern national identification law and accompanying system in light of Friday's court ruling that the National Identification and Registration Act (NIRA) is unconstitutional. Read more here…
ONE LEADER!’ - Phillips Staves Off Critics To Hold On To Presidency
Under-pressure People’s National Party President (PNP) Dr Peter Phillips yesterday fired salvos at detractors in the party, telling Comrades yesterday that he does not want to be looking over his shoulders while he takes on the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP). Read more here…
INTERNATIONAL
Sudan crisis: Protest leaders demand end of 'deep state'
A spokesman said leaders of the past regime should be put on trial.
Mr Bashir was toppled by the army last week after 30 years in power and a military council has pledged elections in two-years time. Read more here…
White House snubs to Congress leaves Republicans as well as Democrats aghast
Republicans on Capitol Hill are raising alarms at the White House's resistance to congressional demands, fearing President Donald Trump is bolstering the power of his office at the expense of Congress. Read more here…
15th April 2019