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Southex promoter George Singh is threatening legal action against the promoters of an alternative competition to his Chutney Soca Monarch competition-citing copyright infringement.

The banner fashioned after the main backdrop of Ian Alleyne’s Crime Watch set was enough for the crowd to begin loudly applauding.

Local Government Minister Chandresh Sharma says T&T healthcare system was one of the best in the world.

Steve Cram, Chancellor of the University of Sunderland with Seerita Ramkissoon and Nardesh Maraj, University of Sunderland business graduates who studied at Trinidad’s School of Business and Computer Studies.

The sister of former Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning says her hospitalized brother is recovering well from a stroke suffered earlier this week.

The Association of Female Executives of Trinidad and Tobago will host a luncheon and discussion on March 8 at the Port of Spain Ballroom at the Hyatt Regency, Wrightson Road, Port of Spain.

PORT OF SPAIN – Former Trinidad and Tobago prime minister Patrick Manning was airlifted to the Walter Reed Memorial Hospital in the United States yesterday as his family questioned the quality of health care he had been receiving here even before he suffered the mild stroke that left him partly paralysed two weeks ago.

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FOUR people who were beaten by police at Panorama semi-finals on Sunday intend to file complaints against the police through the Police Complaints Authority .

As Caribbean nationals around Washington prepare to celebrate their joint anniversaries, they joined the diaspora around the world in praise of the opening showcase, the Jamaica Jazz and Blues Festival, held last Thursday through Saturday in Trelawney Jamaica.

Thirty-five years after the first Express Individual of the Year Award went to Olympic gold medallist Hasely Crawford, the 2011 recipient is another athlete whose achievement and inspiration once again move us to celebrate the brilliant potential of young people in Trinidad and Tobago.

Recently I talked with a visiting graduate student who is working on a media study, part of which has to do with “The changing role of newspapers in Jamaica”. She told me she planned to focus on the nine months leading up to the Coke extradition as a turning point in the system.

Upstream companies operating in Trinidad and Tobago will invest $3 billion in oil and gas exploration activities this year, Energy Minister Kevin Ramnarine said on Monday.

FOREIGN MINISTER A.J. Nicholson has said Jamaica and the twin-island republic of Trinidad and Tobago should mark their jubilee year by taking steps to break away from the United Kingdom-based Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

Mission Catwalk participants 2011 Shellane McFarlane, Gregory Williams, Janelle Forde, Rebecca Stirm, Janel Jolly, Kerin Scott, Crystal Powell, Maria King-Beadle, Shannon Kwong, Kimbally Smith.

The Mission Catwalk reality series has expanded its reach and returns to television for a second season with contestants from several Caribbean countries.

A trombone-player joins with the rhythm sections to make music in the North Stand of the Queen’s Park Savannah, during the semifinals of the National Panorama competition yesterday.

A few days ago I received a call from a distressed resident in Barataria. She explained that two weeks ago a female mixed-breed puppy had been dumped in the area by an irresponsible owner.

Calypso Rose is subject of the documentary “Calypso Rose: Lioness of the Jungle,” part of AfroPoP series on public television channel WORLD.

Sangre Grande bard Eric Taylor is calling for the reintroduction of the Federation.

The Tennessee track & field teams were in the Big Apple Friday, but Trinidad & Tobago natives Annie Alexander and Jamol James felt right at home, delivering UT its best finishes of the day at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational.

COMMISSIONER of Police Dwayne Gibbs yesterday said the procurement procedure relating to the lease of a light sport aircraft by the Police Service was done above board.

Despite announcing last month that the Scarabeo 9 oil rig now off Cuba “generally” meets acceptable safety standards, federal officials acknowledged this week that results of their inspection of the platform would have prohibited it from drilling in U.S. waters.

If any single issue gets political parties kicked out of office, it is poor procurement procedures.

She is a member of residence life, Linfield Concert Choir, Linfield Concert Band, Linfield Chamber Orchestra, and a woodwind ensemble.

Shakki Star Fire and the Mighty Take Over, the St. Kitts and Nevis reigning Groovy & Power Soca Monarchs are expected to take part in the first Caribbean Soca Monarch competition during Antigua Carnival later this year.

Gaming and lottery company Supreme Ventures Limited has opted to delist from the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange , citing low trading volumes.

On each episode, a guest judge joins Linton-George , menswear designer Carlton Brown and Jamaica Observer Lifestyle Editor Novia MacDonald-Whyte to critique the designs and eliminate one designer.

One of the more openly critical voices against the appointment of Chief Justice Ivor Archie and Justice of Appeal Wendell Kangaloo to the ranks of Senior Counsel last year, Karl Hudson-Phillips QC, has been appointed, along with 11 other attorneys, to review whether the appointment of Senior Counsel should be abolished, or for the appointments

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Former Express editor-in-chief Owen Baptiste, who returned home a year ago after 13 years as an English tutor in China, said on Wednesday he was not impressed with the state of local media.

It would be hugely entertaining as theatre of the absurd except for the fact that, sadly, the current drama being played out between the Prime Minister and her Minister of Works involves real people, real public resources and a real country that is ours.

The 1990 attempted overthrow of the Government was a misadventure, a miscalculation by Jamaat al Muslimeen leader Yasin Abu Bakr, who thought he would ride on the high wave of discontent in the country at the time.

In April 2011, the TTPS commenced an Air Support Unit pilot project as part of the 21st Century Policing transformation initiative.

United States law enforcement is on the hunt for a violent fugitive believed to be hiding in Trinidad and Tobago.

In Part I of this series I suggested that there are certain issues on the death penalty that need to be discussed.

By Derren Joseph February 01, 2012 Recently I ended up at a fundraiser organised by Democrats Abroad here in the UK.

More than 200 international scholars and activists have sent an open letter to Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra in support of the Nitirat group’s campaign for amendment to Article 112 of the Penal Code on lese majeste.

Regional credit rating agency CariCRIS is working on a model to start rating credit unions across the Caribbean to supplement the work of regulators of the multibillion-dollar sector.

Sabrina Gordon, Business Reporter Gaming and Lottery company Supreme Ventures Limited has opted to delist from the Trinidad & Tobago Stock Exchange , citing high costs and low trading volumes.

FRESH FACES: Tourism Minister Dr Rupert Griffith poses with members of the Tourism Development Company board yesterday at the Hyatt Regency hotel, Port of Spain.

The people of Trinidad and Tobago are angry, almost bloodthirsty, demanding that something be done about a crime situation gone out of control.

Diane “Lady Wonder” Hendrickson is speaking loudly about some of the social issues facing Trinidad and Tobago with her Carnival 2012 offering of “Iceberg of Contention.” A “The song is all about Trinidad and Tobago.

TERRY DALY will be known as a convicted rapist in whichever community he goes to live in Trinidad and Tobago, after he is released from jail in the next 14 years.

Guyana’s new soca chutney king Haresh Singh will head to Trinidad & Tobago to take place in that country’s soca chutney competition along with Terry Gajraj and Fiona Singh who placed second and third respectively.

At the weekend Gary Brabin hinted that he`d be looking to bring somebody in, to cover for injuries, ahead of the transfer window closing, and that is exactly what he has done.

AMBULANCE HORROR Health Minister Dr Fuad Khan promised “harsh decisions” after an ambulance service ignored the cry for help from a young mother and her ailing baby.

Soprano Jeanine De Bique , who has collected competition victories in New York, Italy and the Netherlands, will sing on the Alys Stephens Center’s Young Artist Series on Thursday.

THE Trinidad and Tobago Film Company launched its new themes for 2012 during the prize-giving ceremony of the Secondary Schools Short Film Festival at MovieTowne, Port of Spain, last week.

NATIONAL SECURITY Minister Brigadier John Sandy has asked top cop Dwayne Gibbs to provide a report on the $900,000 contract between the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service and Trinidad and Tobago Air Support Company for the use of a light aircraft for police surveillance.

Caribbean Financial Action Task Force executive director Calvin Wilson, centre, chats with Finance Minister Winston Dookeran, left, and National Security Minister John Sandy at the 7th annual AMI/CFT compliance conference at the Hyatt Regency, Port-of-Spain, yesterday.

Auntie Thea’s Rise ‘N Shine Workshop and Concert Series is moving into a new dimension for 2012.

Last week, the Art Society of Trinidad and Tobago gathered members and interested parties for a panel discussion about copyright.

Indian High Commissioner Malay Mishra said yesterday that Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar failed to truly connect with the people of her ancestral village of Bihar during her recent State visit to India.

The government of Trinidad and Tobago has praised to train a group of 28 Ugandan students in oil and petroleum management.

In this Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011 photo, Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill. leaves a Republican caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Two fishermen were recovered off the coast of Macqueripe on Saturday afternoon after being reported missing by family members last Thursday.

In one of his press releases on the subject of silk, the Chief Justice wondered whether, since national awards, like Senior Counsel awards, are in the gift of the Prime Minister, former CJs who received Trinity Crosses should “consider returning them”. It has been argued that there is a “tradition” of giving the highest national

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Trinidad and Tobago Unified Fisher Folks wants more efficient safety arrangements for fishermen at sea.

According to the UNDP Report of 1995, the illicit trade in narcotic drugs is considered one of the most corrosive threats to human society.

Oilfield Workers Trade Union president general Ancel Roget, right, listens to instructions from an unidientified senior officer who confronted the labour leader during the joint platform march through the streets of Sangre Grande on Friday evening.

PRESIDENT Barack Obama’s bold move to seek to apply a tax rate of 30 per cent to America’s super-rich should serve as a catalyst of sorts for Finance Minister Winston Dookeran.

Much has happened in the past week to induce me to postpone completion of last Sunday’s promised column on Parties and Democracy in Trinidad and Tobago in the post-independence era.

Recently I ended up at a fundraiser organised by Democrats Abroad here in the UK.

Dirk Barnes, a former major in the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force, and now the managing director of the Trinidad and Tobago Air Support Company Ltd, said yesterday that his arrangement to supply a light surveillance aircraft for three months to the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service was completely above board.

CHAIRMAN of Caribbean Airlines Limited George Nicholas III has filed a defamation lawsuit against Opposition Leader Dr Keith Rowley, Trinidad Express newspaper reporter Joel Julien and the daily newspapers’ publisher One Caribbean Media Limited .

PRIME MINISTER of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, yesterday wept as he spoke of his visit to see former prime minister Patrick Manning at the San Fernando General Hospital.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator A.J. Nicholson , shares a toast with newly appointed Australian Honorary Consul Marjory Kennedy; Australian parliamentary secretary for Pacific Island Affairs, Richard Marles; and high commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago, Phillip Kentwell, at a reception to celebrate Australia Day and the … (more)

Sugar Aloes goes through his rendition during Thursday night’s opening of Calypso Revue in Port-of-Spain. Photos: Andy Hypolite It was no surprise that the present government’s management style was the object of scrutiny by several bards when Calypso Revue staged its Port-of-Spain premiere at the SWWTU Hall, Wrightson Road, last Thursday night.

THE rate of inflation in Trinidad and Tobago slowed in the final month of last year, the Central Bank said yesterday.

The Speaker of Parliament, Ms Rebecca Kadaga, has called on Commonwealth parliament speakers to push for independence from the Executive, saying it will be the only way for MPs to achieve their oversight function.

OPPOSITION MP Donna Cox has questioned a $900,000 contract between the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service and a local company for air support services three months after e-mail exchanges between Deputy Commissioner of Police Jack Ewatski with the company’s directors.

Rudyard Kipling was an English poet, short-story writer and novelist celebrated for his tales for children and the ‘white man’s burden’ of imperialism in India.

The Government has paid sacked director of the Special Anti Crime Unit of Trinidad and Tobago Brig Peter Joseph $1 million for his wrongful dismissal, sources told the Express yesterday.

BRITISH Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Jeremy Brown says the level of compensation for British couple Peter and Murium Green ‘has to be realistic.’ The Greens, originally from Reading in Berkshire, England were viciously attacked in Tobago in August 2009 while vacationing at their holiday home at Bacelot.

The man who led the resource-rich Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago for nearly 15 years has been hospitalized after an apparent stroke.

“Wilman Villlar was a political activist accused of murder, contempt and who knows what other charges.

FIU student Brian Riscigno lost his speech and his ability to walk in a 2008 stroke at age 24.

With the start of the year, the killings have returned as though with vengeance.

The deal was sealed on January 16, but is subject to a share purchase agreement to be finalised by February 1. The companies, which include Standard Distributors Barbados Limited and Bell Furniture Limited, are being acquired from Norman Finance Developments Limited and Anthony N. Sabga Limited.

Government should state clearly the nature and extent of the planned Indian investment in Trinidad and Tobago, which it is trumpeting, and whether this relates to the setting up of entirely new businesses or whether it will be the acquisition, wholly or largely, of State-owned and other existing companies.

At the outset, it must be stated quite equivocally that no where in the in the annals/records of world history is it written that Africa is the grandmother of human civilisation.

Guyana remained ranked at 58 on the Press Freedom Index 2011-2012, the Reporters Without Borders organisation said in its tenth annual report, while pointing out that radio broadcasting remained a monopoly.

Last weekend, Clico published its audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2009, which indicated that the financially strapped insurance company had assets of $15.1 billion and liabilities of $24.5 billion, resulting in a deficit of $9.4 billion.

From sandy beaches to deep blue seas, explore it all with fun and silly hermit crab characters in Xia-Xia the game.

Question: If Trinidad and Tobago were one hundred percent Hindus, would our response to Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar kissing President Pratibha Patil’s toes elicit a different response? I suspect it would.