NEWS
Notorious Venezuelans infiltrate T&T gangs
Deadly alliance
A murderous and notorious Venezuelan gang has infiltrated Trinidad and Tobago’s borders and many of them are now part of the criminal landscape that has intensified this country’s violence over the last few months. Read more here…
Kamla queries AG's six-storey property acquisition
How come it's not mortgaged?
Opposition leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar is calling on Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi to explain how he managed to construct a six-storey building in Port-of-Spain without securing a mortgage. Read more here…
AG goes after ‘Blingers, Zessers’
Account for your gold, fancy cars
“Blingers” and “Zessers” beware of Government’s Explain Your Wealth legislation.
Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi made this clear as he piloted the controversial bill in the Senate yesterday. “We intend to take the ‘bling’ away, via the court considering if you can explain your wealth,” Al-Rawi said. Read more here…
POLITICS
Rambachan: NIDCO responsible for highway land acquisitions
FORMER works minister Dr Surujrattan Rambachan said property acquisitions for the Solomon Hochoy Highway extension to Point Fortin had been undertaken by the National Infrastructure Development Company Limited (NIDCO) which had retained professional consultants and valuators for the project. Read more here…
Khan: TT has 14 years of gas
THE 2017 Ryder Scott Report said this country has gas reserves to last the next 14 years and seven months, Energy Minister Franklin Khan told the Senate yesterday (Monday) in reply to a question by Opposition Senator Wade Mark. Read more here…
BUSINESS
Bitter endings for Angostura CEOs
IN LESS than nine years, the publicly traded rum and bitters company, Angostura Holdings Ltd, has changed three chief executives, five chairmen and a suite of executives.
Genevieve Jodhan, the last chief executive, resigned on Thursday after an agreed settlement. Jodhan’s exit from Angostura was the latest in a series of high-profile executive exits from the company. Read more here…
REGIONAL
Growth & Jobs | The Growth Of The Local Stock Market - The 101 On IPOs
Given the successful listing of several companies on the Jamaica Stock Exchange in recent years and the general positive performance of the stock exchange, many Jamaican investors have taken an interest in the local stock market. Read more here…
Sagicor Group Makes $14b Profit, Expanding Wealth Arm
Sagicor Group Jamaica will invest the equivalent of $2.6 billion to build out its investment services in the Cayman Islands, in a bid to grow regionally. It comes on the heels of record profit for Jamaica’s largest insurance conglomerate, which also overtook big bank Scotia Group to take the number two slot among listed companies with the largest bottom lines. Read more here…
INTERNATIONAL
Bill Weld: Trump to face 2020 Republican challenge
Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld has become the first Republican to challenge Mr Trump in 2020.
Mr Weld, 73, has released a campaign video contrasting his style with the current president's. Read more here…
Notre-Dame fire: Millions pledged to rebuild cathedral
The fire, declared fully extinguished some 15 hours after it began, ravaged the 850-year-old building's roof and caused its spire to collapse.
But firefighters who worked through the night managed to save the Paris landmark's main stone structure, including its two towers. Read more here…
16th April 2019