http://trinbago.com/news Fri, 09 May 2008 21:09:19 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://trinbago.com/news/story/EXAM_PAPERS_FOR_SALE FOR $5,000 students could have purchased the Caribbean Examinations Council Advanced Proficiency Communication Studies paper which was leaked in Trinidad at least a day before the exams were held. trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:34 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/OWTU_warns_Manning First vice-president of the Oilfield Workers Trade Union (OWTU) Ancil Roget yesterday warned Prime Minister Patrick Manning that if the behaviour of jagabats, wajangs and hooligans is warranted to ensure proper leadership, labour unions were not afraid to act accordingly... guardian.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:38 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Baby_found_in_washing_machine A 20-year-old woman gave birth to a baby boy yesterday morning, left the infant in an old washing machine in a backyard and went to work. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:42 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Breach_occurred_outside_Ministry Education Minister Esther Le Gendre said yesterday that based on a preliminary examination of the leaked paper supplied by the Express, Ministry officials were reasonably certain that the breach occurred outside the Ministry's jurisdiction. trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:34 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/TTTI_chairman_Piarco_Udecott_similar While former trade minister Dr Keith Rowley declined yesterday to respond to the Governments arguments against an enquiry into the operations of Urban Development Corporation of T&T (Udecott), other key stakeholders described the Governments defence of the company as a red herring. guardian.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:39 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Food_crops_bulldozed A TRACTOR yesterday bulldozed five acres of agricultural land in Spring Village, Valsayn destroying fields of produce including ochro, pepper, dasheen bush and coconuts, leaving farmers very upset since the produce was ripe for harvest. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:42 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/PNM_behaving_just_like_UNC_says_Rowley Sacked minister Dr Keith Rowley said yesterday that all he was seeing and hearing coming out of the PNM gave him cause for greater concern. trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:34 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/New_dates_likely_for_PNM_parley A new date may be considered for the PNMs annual convention-initially scheduled for June 28 and 29-since that date is the same weekend as the busy St Peters Day celebrations in Carenage, PNM officials confirm... guardian.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:39 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Govt_shoots_down_Udecott_inquiry THE GOVERNMENT yesterday shot down calls for probes into the activities of the Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago (Udecott), saying such calls were whimsical and fanciful, and made light of increasing claims that the corporation is operating without adequate oversight. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:42 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/PSA_official First vice-president of the Public Services Association (PSA) Stephen Thomas is demanding to know why the Government has abandoned its decentralisation plans for the city of Port-of-Spain... guardian.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:39 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Saith_Govt_considering_special_UDeCOTT_probe A special investigation by the Auditor General of Trinidad and Tobago into the State-owned Urban Development Corporation of Trinidad and Tobago (UDeCOTT) is now being considered by the Government. trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:34 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Boynes_gets_20M_tax_break FORMER Minister of Sport and Toco/Manzanilla MP Roger Boynes and his brother Ronald Boynes, chairman of the Sangre Grande Regional Corporation chairman, have enjoyed a $20 million tax break on their Salybia Resort and Spa. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:42 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Planning_Minister_More_talks_needed_on_performing_arts_hotel WHILE the 2005 Certificate of Environmental Clearance (CEC) for the Academy for the Performing Arts covered the clearing of the Princes Building grounds and the construction of a centre, further negotiations have been necessary to add a hotel... guardian.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:39 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Cabinet_to_review_tender_system Trade and Industry Minister Dr Lenny Saith, the chairman of the Cabinet's Finance and General Purposes (FNGP) Committee, says it will appoint a new committee to review a draft policy on the tender procedures on construction projects when it meets on Monday. trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:34 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/School_gangs_shock_parents Parents of students at the Richmond Street Boys Anglican and the Sacred Hearts Boys RC primary schools yesterday expressed surprise as well as concern over reports that Standard Five students of both schools were involved in gangs. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:43 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Voice_of_TBCs_Campbell_Gooding_silenced RETIRED Trinidad Broadcasting Company Ltd employee Campbell Gooding has died. He was 81... guardian.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:39 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Abandoned DELIVERED in the dark in the bushes near his mother's home, a baby boy was wrapped in a towel and left in an overturned washing machine-umbilical cord still attached to the afterbirth. trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:34 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Tears_at_students_funeral PUPILS of the Moulton Hall Methodist Primary school had to be escorted out of the Pentecostal Lighthouse Tabernacle Church in San Juan yesterday after they were overcome with grief during the funeral service of their Standard Four classmate Dominique Findley. Findley, 11, was killed in an accident on Saturday after the station wagon in which she wa(...) newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:43 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Two_shot_in_ambush_one_dead POLICE believe two men who had just staged a robbery in Malick on Wednesday night were then ambushed, leaving one of them dead and the other "brain dead". trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:34 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Not_a_dry_eye_at_Dominiques_funeral Blackie, where you gone? guardian.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:39 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Follow_Nutrina_slash_prices THE Consumer Affairs Division of the Ministry of Legal Affairs is encouraging pluck shop operators to emulate Nutrina Farms and reduce chicken prices to ease the burden on consumers facing rising food prices. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:43 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/3_detectives_charged_with_300_robbery THREE police detectives involved in some of the biggest crime investigations in Central Trinidad in recent years went to court yesterday charged with a $300 robbery that allegedly occurred two years ago. trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:34 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/New_legal_framework_for_depository_receipts TRINIDAD and Tobago Securities Exchange Commission (TTSEC) chairman and CEO Osborne Nurse said the recent RBTT/Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) transaction was the main driving force behind the Commissions drive to prepare a new legal framework for introduction of the depository receipt programme. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:43 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Bulldozer_digs_up_crops FOUR families from Spring Village, Valsayn, are now contemplating their future as their crops are being destroyed daily by a land developer's bulldozer. trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:35 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Govt_must_act_to_curb_inflation CENTRAL Bank Governor Ewart Williams yesterday reiterated the need to find temporary measures to ease the impact of rising inflation. At a luncheon hosted yesterday by the Rotary Club of Central Port-of-Spain at Goodwill Industries, Fitzblackman Drive, Williams said the essence of the last monetary policy report, which he presented in April, was th(...) newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:43 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/10_for_pluck_and_gut IN order to give customers a 50 per cent discount on chicken, several retail outlets are selling beneath cost price, but they earn $10 a bird for plucking and gutting. trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:35 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Teenager_suffering_from_renal_failure_begs_for_kidney THE COST of taking care of a daughter with end-state renal failure without family support or a permanent job has taken a toll on 51-year-old Patsy Ettienne. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:44 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Asbestos_dialysis_woes_hit_hospital EXPOSURE to dangers associated with the removal of asbestos from a building at the San Fernando General Hospital was the cause for maintenance workers to walk off their job yesterday. trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:35 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Reis_gets_his_new_birth_certificate Roger Reis has finally received his new computerised birth certificate from the Ministry of Legal Affairs. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:44 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Too_late_to_turn_back On the day of her boutique launch a few years ago, Philippa Talma felt as if she was having her first taste of freedom, in that she now had the chance to prove she could really stand on her own. trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:35 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/30_students_fall_ill_in_classes THE DUST problem at the Princes Town Junior Secondary continues to cause distress to both students and teachers with 30 students from Forms one to three, a lab technician and two administrative officials reporting breathing problems to the principal. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:44 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Tatil_moves_to_settle_claims_in_ambulance_fire TRINIDAD and Tobago Insurance Limited (Tatil) is moving to settle claims for compensation arising out of an ambulance fire six weeks ago that burned five people. trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:35 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Murdered_man_laid_to_rest FITZROY KIRK, great uncle of murder victim Brentford Eustace Wilkinson yesterday morning pleaded at his funeral service for mercy on the souls of his nephews killers. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:44 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Law_Lords_find_merit_in_argument The Privy Council yesterday found some merit in an argument raised by Jamaat al Muslimeen leader Imam Yasin Abu Bakr to use a controversial affidavit to defend himself from paying the State a multi-million-dollar debt. trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:35 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/African_immigrants_flown_home SEVERAL persons from Nigeria and Ghana who were left stranded after landing in Barbados aboard a Ghana International Airways flight in February reportedly were flown back to their homeland yesterday. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:44 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/No_bail_for_couple_on_attempted_murder_charge A HUSBAND and wife charged with attempted murder were denied bail yesterday. trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:35 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/TT_has_highest_rate_of_diabetes_in_region A Pan American Health Organisation official yesterday said TT has the highest burden of chronic-non communicable diseases in the Caribbean. Heart disease is the major cause of death in the Caribbean, followed by cancer, diabetes and stroke. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:44 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Dominique_s_dream_buried_with_her THERE was no consolation for family and friends of Dominique Findley yesterday as the young girl's dreams of attending Bishop Anstey High School and becoming a doctor were buried along with her following a highly emotional funeral service. trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:35 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Inmates_learn_vocational_skills_at_Arouca_prison SOME 95 inmates on Wednesday graduated from a rehabilitation and training programme at the Golden Grove Prison in Arouca. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:44 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Machel_tops_world_music_awards Soca superstar Machel Montano dominated the International Reggae and World Music Awards (IRAWMA) in New York last weekend, receiving not only the most wins of the night but also the most coveted awards of the night. trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:35 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Regional_hoteliers_make_a_call_for_regional_re_branding REGIONAL hoteliers on Wednesday agreed that the Caribbean region stands a better chance of competing successfully in a global tourist industry if the region is strategically re-branded and marketed as an entity, rather than individual islands competing against each other. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:45 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Over_100_billion_in_regional_investments Despite the downturn in the US economy, the 12th annual Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Investment Conference (CHTIC) has reeled in more than US $100 billion in investment in the region, all devoted to improving and expanding tourism facilities and infrastructure. trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:35 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Rootsman_loses_toes CALYPSONIAN ROOTSMAN is trying to keep the faith but on Wednesday said he was worried after the remaining toes on his left leg were amputated on Monday due to diabetes. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:45 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Cassava_chips_for_school_feeding_menu CASSAVA chips manufactured by the Trinidad and Tobago Agri-Business Association (TTABA) are poised to enter the menu of the school feeding programme. trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:35 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Trini_mathematician_on_international_board TRINIDADIAN-BORN Mathematician Professor Harold Ramkissoon has been selected to serve on the UNESCO board and scientific council in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:45 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Laughing_Buddha_to_send_Myanmar_cyclone_relief AS countries have begun sending aid to assist the thousands of victims of the deadly cyclone in Myanmar, South East Asia, one restaurant in Trinidad has decided to lend a helping a hand. trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:36 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Salybia_gets_4_million_early_childhood_centre RESIDENTS of Salybia no longer have to travel to Matura or Sangre Grande to access early childhood care centres as the Education Ministry on Wednesday formally opened the Salybia Government Early Childhood Care and Education Centre. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:45 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/19_year_old_woman_missing FRIEND'S of Lee-Ann Wilson are seeking the public's assistance in locating her. trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:36 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Danti_back_in_school SIX-YEAR-OLD Danti Singh is back in classes after he was told to leave the premises of the San Juan RC Primary school on Tuesday because of his cornrow hairstyle. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:45 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Two_committed_to_stand_trial_for_murder DEFENCE attorney Keith Scotland praised Chief Magistrate Sherman McNicolls and State prosecutor Debbie-Ann Bassaw for their speedy work in two murder enquiries that ended yesterday with two men being committed to stand trial. trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:36 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Dookeran_saddened_by_repressive_politics ON the eve of his departure to take up a three-month teaching assignment in Finland, Winston Dookeran, Political Leader of the Congress of the People (COP), say he is saddened that the patrimony of this country has been threatened. trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:36 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Guru_warns_Many_more_will_be_sacrificed SRI Vasudeva, spiritual leader of the Blue Star Organisation, says many more lives will be sacrificed and rights violated by the criminality that has gripped the society. trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:36 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Illegal_Venezuelans_fined_5_000_for_liming THREE Venezuelans who said they came to this country illegally to "lime" were ordered to pay $5,000 on Wednesday. trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:36 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/DPP_wants_probe_into_quarry THE Director of Public Prosecutions has ordered further investigations into the quarrying activity at Valencia, in which police officers are alleged to be part of. trinidadexpress.com News Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:36 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Rowley_keeps_low_profile DR KEITH ROWLEY is keeping a low profile these days. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:46 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Campus_project_in_trouble THE BILLION-DOLLAR Government Campus project, which is managed by Udecott, is in trouble, Works and Transport Minister Colm Imbert revealed yesterday as the inflation-driven construction industry crunch continues to escalate. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:46 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Mariano_Hart_above_board MINISTER in the Ministry of Finance Mariano Browne has assured that Udecott chairman Calder Hart was not placed in a position of a conflict of interest by also being chairman of other state-owned companies such as the National Insurance Board (NIB) and Nipdec. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:46 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/1B_Fund_for_Hazel MINISTER of Local Government Hazel Manning could largely decide how the $1.1 billion collected in the Green Fund since 2000 but to date untouched is to be spent, according to the Auditor Generals Report on the Accounts of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (2007). newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:46 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/CCJ_debate_today DEBATE on the Caribbean Court of Justice Headquarters Bill 2008 will continue in the House of Representatives when it sits today at 1.30 pm. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:46 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Televise_JSCs INDEPENDENT Senator Corinne Baptiste-McKnight yesterday supported the live television broadcast of the proceedings of the parliamentary joint select committees (JSCs), amid reports of a government move to cease the broadcasts of the meetings. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:46 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Ramesh_Govt_after_UNC_corporations OPPOSITION Chief Whip Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj says two United National Congress (UNC) controlled regional corporations may be slated for dissolution as the Government goes ahead with its plan to reduce the number of regional and municipal corporations from 14 to 12. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:47 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Students_steal_Jags_Sports_bags Students at the Arima Government Secondary School are now victims of their classmates as several of them have had their expensive school bags stolen in the past few weeks. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:47 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Kidnap_suspect_interrogated A Princes Town man was yesterday detained by officers of the Anti- Kidnapping Squad, and is being questioned about the kidnapping of businesswoman Philippa Talma. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:47 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/PriceSmart_buyer_robbed_at_gunpoint THE 25-YEAR-OLD son of Newsday Photographer, Vashti Singh was robbed at gunpoint on Wednesday night shortly after arriving home at Chase Village, Chaguanas. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:48 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Murder_suspect_killed A 30-year-old man who was a suspect in the stabbing death of police constable Ricardo Barrath on February 9, earlier this year, was shot dead after he and a teenager were ambushed at Ninth Avenue, Barataria, on Wednesday night, newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:48 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Student_robbed_at_knifepoint A 15-YEAR-OLD Form Four student of the Gasparillo Composite school was held up and robbed of $93 at knifepoint while he was making his way home from school on Wednesday afternoon. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:48 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/This_was_a_cold_calculated_killing This was a cold, calculated killing. You cannot suppress truth, said State Prosecutor Jerron Joseph yesterday as he spoke to the jury in the murder trial of Marlon Taitt and Ijah Oba Brathwaite. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:48 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Man_sues_over_extra_jail_time A SAN FERNANDO man who claims he was kept in jail for 22 months in excess of the 36-month jail term imposed on him by a magistrate for marijuana possession is suing the State. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:48 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Bakr_gets_special_leave_to_appeal The Law Lords of the Judicial Committee have granted Imam Yasin Abu Bakr special leave, to appeal the decision by the Court of Appeal to strike and expunge from the record, the affidavit which set out the terms of a purported agreement between the Prime Minister and himself. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:48 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Law_Association_Council_to_meet AFTER an absence of about six years, the Council of the Law Association will hold a meeting in San Fernando next week Tuesday. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:48 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Youth_committed_for_murder NICHOLAS FORTUNE, 24, of Laventille was yesterday committed to stand trial for the murder of Jason Hoyte, 25, of Arima on January 6 last. newsday.co.tt News Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:48 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Williams_US_2b_in_heritage_fund Central Bank Governor Ewart Williams says the first audited annual report of the Heritage and Stabilisation Fund (HSF), which has roughly US$2 billion, has been prepared and submitted to the Parliament. trinidadexpress.com Business Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:57 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/London_Tobago_open_for_classy_projects Chief secretary of the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) Orville London yesterday said that Tobago is open for "classy" investment... guardian.co.tt Business Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:39 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Watch_out_for_spending_spree AS world oil prices peaked at US$124 a barrel yesterday, local economists warned that the country could now be in store for higher levels of both government spending and inflation. trinidadexpress.com Business Fri, 09 May 2008 05:30:57 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Multinationals_say_no_to_depository_receipts MULTINATIONAL companies operating in T&T have refused invitations from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to follow the lead of the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) and issue depository receipts for trading on the local stock exchange... guardian.co.tt Business Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:40 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Weldfab_dispute_resolved AFTER four days of protest over job security and wage increases, workers of Weldfab Ltd are expected to resume duties today... guardian.co.tt Business Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:40 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Regional_firms_post_leading_volumes Capital & Credit Merchant Bank Limited posted the highest trade volume for the day with 162,647 shares valued at $135,999.95... guardian.co.tt Business Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:40 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Despite_competition_RML_holds_onto_market_share General manager of Readymix West Indies Limited (RML) Manan Deo, said yesterday his company uses only local labour for its projects despite a shortage of labour in T&T... guardian.co.tt Business Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:40 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Insider_trading_difficult_to_prove Insider trading in the securities market in T&T has been one of the most difficult legal contraventions to prove because of unclear legislation, according to chairman of the T&T Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Osbourne Nurse... guardian.co.tt Business Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:40 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/DOMINICA_SHOCK_PREYSAL CLICO Preysal's Shazam Babwah picked up the first beaver-trick of the 2008 WIPA 20/20 Club Champions League to bowl out Dominica for 126, but that total proved to be too much for the local team as they were dsimissed for 95 in 16.1 overs in the first quarter-final of the tournament at Guaracara Park, Pointe-a-Pierre, yesterday. trinidadexpress.com Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:35 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/No_change_for_Haddin_as_Test_debut_beckons_on_Windies_tour BRISBANE-Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has no plans to change his approach, as he eyes his Test debut against the West Indies in the three-match series beginning later this month in the Caribbean... guardian.co.tt Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:40 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Babwahs_beaver_trick_in_vain SHAZAM BABWAH took a spectacular beaver-trick- four wickets in four balls yesterday but it was not enough as Dominica upset CLICO Preysal by 31 runs in the WIPA Twenty/20 Club Championships at Guaracara Park, Pointe-a- Pierre. newsday.co.tt Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:51 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/T_TOC_hail_Sellier The Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (T&TOC) have congratulated Christopher Sellier, Elisha Greene and the Kellar brothers, Ako and Azikwe, on their successes at the 2008 Pan American Cycling Championships. trinidadexpress.com Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:36 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/WIPA_Twenty_20_Championship A BEAVER-TRICK by Clico Preysals captain Shazan Babwah was not enough to stop Dominica from creating a major upset in the WIPA Twenty/20 Caribbean Club championships at Guaracara Park in Pointe-a-Pierre yesterday evening... guardian.co.tt Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:40 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Christmas_makes_merry_again YOUNG batting prodigy Brian Christmas continued his prolific form as he guided St Pius RC Primary School to their fourth consecutive victory in a Super League Division match of the 2008 Atlantic LNG National Primary Schools Cricket League. The match was played at Inshan Ali Park, Preysal on Wednesday. newsday.co.tt Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:51 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Jones_is_Sunderland_s_player_of_the_season Trinidad and Tobago striker Kenwyne Jones is Sunderland Football Club's 2007-08 Player of the Season. trinidadexpress.com Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:36 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/T_T_Jones_is_Sunderland_Player_of_the_season Trinidad and Tobagos international striker Kenwyne Jones is Sunderlands 2007-08 Player of the Season. The 23-year-old striker has won the award in his first season at the Stadium of Light after an outstanding campaign... guardian.co.tt Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:41 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Deonarine_top_seed_in_Promenade_tennis THE Promenade Tennis Club Championships will serve off tomorrow at the Promenade Club Clay Courts, Paradise Pasture in San Fernando. newsday.co.tt Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:51 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/T_T_girls_back_on_NORCECA_Tour NANCY JOSEPH and Elki Phillip of Trinidad and Tobago will get back in action in the NORCECA (North, Central America and the Caribbean) Beach Volleyball Tour in Mexico today after missing three legs of the series. trinidadexpress.com Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:36 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Six_UK_based_World_Cup_players_to_face_England SIX ENGLAND-BASED players who played at the Fifa 2006 World Cup in Germany are likely to be in the Soca Warriors squad for the anxiously awaited June 1 International friendly against England... guardian.co.tt Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:41 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Soca_Warriors TRINIDAD and Tobagos Soca Warriors have retained the No 1 ranking in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) for the month of May. newsday.co.tt Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:51 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/More_baffling_decisions This is really an unreadable googly. Selecting any sporting team is usually a thankless task. When you have different territories pulled together for what should be a common cricketing cause, as it is here in the West Indies, choosing any combination of players is a recipe for strident, emotion-laden condemnation. Many times, the objection and outrage are groundless, insular stupidness. trinidadexpress.com Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:36 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Ames_struggles_with_74_on_first_day_at_Sawgrass Ponte Vedra Beach-Trinidad & Tobagos Stephen Ames shot a 2-over, 74 in the opening round of the US$9.5 million Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass yesterday... guardian.co.tt Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:41 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Knaggs_first_to_earn_Ryan_Abraham_Trophy CHARLOTTE KNAGGS has been selected as the first recipient of the Ryan Abraham Scholar-Athlete Squash Challenge Trophy. newsday.co.tt Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:51 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Second_unbeaten_century_for_Christmas Brian Christmas scored his second unbeaten century in the Super League last Friday when he led his school to their third consecutive victory. trinidadexpress.com Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:36 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Pan_Am_Games T&T completed its best ever showing at the Pan American Cycling Championships yesterday with Azikiwe Kellar rounding off a successful meet with a silver medal in the kilometre time trial... guardian.co.tt Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:41 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/B_Division_champions_stay_unbeaten_in_Ceramic_squash REIGNING B division champions QPCC 40 Cal are in the pole position of the 2008 Ceramic Trinidad Inter-Club Squash League beating Snikla Shredders 5-0 to notch their fourth consecutive win. newsday.co.tt Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:51 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Another_good_result_for_T_T_women Trinidad and Tobago held second-ranked Guyana to an exciting 5-5 draw as action in the North America West Indies Rugby Association (NAWIRA) Caribbean Women's 15-a-side rugby championship hosted by the Guyana Rugby Football trinidadexpress.com Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:36 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/T_TOC_applaud_Pan_Am_cyclists THE Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee (T&TOC) has congratulated Christopher Sellier, Elisha Greene, the Kellar brothers (Ako and Azekewe) on their successes at the 2008 Pan American Cycling Championships Champion... guardian.co.tt Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:41 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Move_to_market_TT_as_rugby_destination_for_overseas_teams THE Trinidad and Tobago Rugby Union (TTRFU) plans to relaunch its efforts to market TT as a premier rugby destination for pre and post-season training for amateur and professional rugby clubs, schools and universities. newsday.co.tt Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:51 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Model_Car_Association_AGM_Sunday The Model Car Association of Trinidad and Tobago will host their 38th annual general meeting Sunday from 10 a.m. to elect officers for the new season. trinidadexpress.com Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:36 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Sieuchan_leads_centurions_in_Southern_Sports_cricket EX-NATIONAL allrounder Richard Sieuchan struck 104 for Red Devils but could not prevent them from being overwhelmed by All Apaches by seven wickets as action in the $60,000 General Earth Movers Limited-sponsored Southern Sports Sunday Cricket League continued. newsday.co.tt Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:51 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Hercules_strikes_gold Chris Hercules was the class of the men's triple jump field, at the Ole Miss May Invitational track and field meet, in Mississippi, USA, last Saturday. trinidadexpress.com Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:36 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/U_21_cricketers_beat_Toronto_in_final_of_American_contest THE Trinidad and Tobago Under-21 team returned home on Tuesday after successful participation in the Philadelphia International Cricket Tournament in the United States. newsday.co.tt Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:51 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Jabloteh_play_Islanders_tonight Defending T&T Pro League champions CLICO San Juan Jabloteh will attempt to qualify for the 2009 CONCACAF Champions League club tournament when they take on Puerto Rico Islanders tonight in a qualifying playoff. trinidadexpress.com Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:36 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/He_can_Do_It_By_The_Book_in_Kamaflage DO IT BY THE BOOK galloped himself into the picture for the Sacha Kamaflage race on Sacha Cosmetics Day at the Races, Arima Race Club Day 17 at Santa Rosa Park, Arima, on Saturday. newsday.co.tt Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:52 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/W_Connection_start_Pro_Bowl_defence Champions Vibe CT 105 W Connection begin their defence of the Courts Pro Bowl when they take on North East Stars in the opening game of a quarter-final double-header at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, Marabella. trinidadexpress.com Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:36 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Nanan_bowls_Comets_to_win LEFT-ARM unorthodox spinner Magnum Nanan took four wickets to bowl Alescon Comets into the quarter-finals of the WIPA Twenty20 Club Champions League tournament on Wednesday night at Guaracara Park, Pointe-a-Pierre. newsday.co.tt Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:52 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Kelvin_Jack_joins_free_agent_list Trinidad and Tobago's 2006 World Cup goalkeeper Kelvin Jack has joined the list of free agents this summer after being told by relegated England League One club, Gillingham, that his contract would not be renewed. trinidadexpress.com Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:36 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/McComie_plans_to_attack JOE PUBLIC coach Michael McComie plans to go on an attacking mode when his club faces the in-form United Petrotrin in todays quarterfinal round of the Courts Pro Bowl tournament. newsday.co.tt Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:52 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Birchall_I_am_good_enough England-born Trinidad and Tobago 2006 World Cup player Chris Birchall yesterday expressed his frustration at being regularly ignored by the national team coaching staff and warned that the present uncertainty regarding team selection was not helping the psyche of the squad. trinidadexpress.com Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 05:31:36 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Jones_voted_Player_of_The_Year TRINIDAD and Tobago striker Kenwyne Jones is Sunderlands 2007-08 Player of the Season. The 23-year-old striker has won the award in his first season at the Stadium of Light after an outstanding campaign. newsday.co.tt Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:52 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/TT_teams_for_Olympics_of_Offshore_Fishing_in_Mexico TWO TEAMS will represent Trinidad and Tobago in the International Game Fishing Association (IGFA) Ninth Annual Offshore World Championship in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico from May 11 to 15. After having won the Spice Isle Billfish Tournament in St Georges, Grenada last year, Alan Fitzwilliam will lead Team Houdini, along with crew members Richard deVert(...) newsday.co.tt Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:52 +0100 http://trinbago.com/news/story/Olympic_chief_praises_cyclists OLYMPIC officials have congratulated a quartet of local riders who landed medals at the Pan American Cycling Championships in Uruguay this week. newsday.co.tt Sports Fri, 09 May 2008 09:31:52 +0100