News
Campbell backs fresh start ahead of Sri Lanka showdown
3+ hour, 25+ min ago (404+ words) Opening batter John Campbell batting in the nets at the CWI High Performance Camp in Antigua. ST JOHN'S - Open'ing bat'ter John Camp'bell struck an op'ti'mistic tone on the sec'ond day of the West In'dies' high-per'for'mance train'ing camp in An'tigua, de'clar'ing…...
Students to be indefinitely suspended after viral fight
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (283+ words) Screengrab from a video showing a student being beaten by other students in Chaguanas on Wednesday. Three stu'dents are ex'pect'ed to be placed on ex'tend'ed in'def'i'nite sus'pen'sion pend'ing in'ves'ti'ga'tions in'to a fight which was cap'tured on video and cir'cu'lat'ed on…...
Stepdad charged with Angelo's murder
22+ hour, 42+ min ago (304+ words) Shannon Miller stepfather of two-year-old Angelo Plaza, who disappeared on May 11 in Tobago. A 24-year-old Good'wood man has been charged with the mur'der of two-year-old An'ge'lo Plaza, near'ly two weeks af'ter the tod'dler's dis'ap'pear'ance trig'gered an is'land-wide search op'er'a'tion in…...
Downswell happy with U17 World Cup draws
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (205+ words) KINGSTON, Ja'maica " Tech'ni'cal di'rec'tor of Ja'maica's Un'der-17 men's foot'ball team, Wen'dell Down'swell, be'lieves the team can ad'vance out of their group at the 2026 FI'FA World Cup. The ju'nior Reg'gae Boyz were drawn in Group E along'side Italy, Ivory Coast and…...
Inside the passport backlog: Citizens face six-month wait for appointments
21+ hour, 40+ min ago (842+ words) For the first time since the 2023 launch of the e-ap'point'ment plat'form, man'aged by the Im'mi'gra'tion Di'vi'sion un'der the Min'istry of Home'land Se'cu'ri'ty, cit'i'zens are now ex'pe'ri'enc'ing un'prece'dent'ed de'lays in se'cur'ing pass'port ap'point'ments. Book'ing an ap'point'ment on the on'line plat'form, which…...
Rethinking entrepreneurship in small states
11+ hour, 39+ min ago (94+ words) Gov'ern'ment is re'quired to pro'vide the in'cen'tives for com'pa'nies to op'er'ate eth'i'cal'ly and in ac'cor'dance with sound gov'er'nance prin'ci'ples. In ad'di'tion, pol'i'cy ini'tia'tives should be geared to'wards the cre'ation of in'no'va'tion and en'tre'pre'neur'ial ecosys'tems. Labour laws and poli'cies should al'so…...
Stakeholders praise payments bill, but raise multiple concerns
11+ hour, 28+ min ago (611+ words) Un'der the pro'posed leg'is'la'tion, op'er'a'tors would be re'quired to meet min'i'mum cap'i'tal thresh'olds in or'der to ob'tain li'cences. Pereira main'tained that high-en'try re'quire'ments risk shut'ting out small'er in'no'va'tors be'fore they can scale. These cap'i'tal re'quire'ments favour in'cum'bents like for'eign com'pa'nies…...
Harpy Eagles win lion share of West Indies Championship awards
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (326+ words) Guyana Harpy Eagles captain Tevin Imlach was named Best Wicketkeeper ST JOHN'S, An'tigua " De'spite be'ing de'throned by the Trinidad and To'ba'go Red Force, the Guyana Harpy Ea'gles still man'aged to walk away with the ma'jor'i'ty of in'di'vid'ual awards on of'fer…...
Molino and Jones clear the air following police detention
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (268+ words) Foot'ball has giv'en me op'por'tu'ni'ties and ex'pe'ri'ences that I have nev'er tak'en for grant'ed. From rep're'sent'ing Trinidad and To'ba'go as cap'tain of the na'tion'al team, to play'ing pro'fes'sion'al'ly abroad, and con'tin'u'ing my ca'reer to'day, I have al'ways tried to car'ry…...
T&T downplaying oil spill damage, says Venezuela
11+ hour, 30+ min ago (720+ words) Venezue'lan en'er'gy con'sul'tant Dr Ein'stein Mil'l'n Ar'cia is ac'cus'ing T&T's Gov'ern'ment of down'play'ing the true ex'tent of the en'vi'ron'men'tal dam'age caused by the oil three weeks ago. On Mon'day, Venezuela's For'eign Af'fairs Min'is'ter Yv'n Gil de'mand'ed com'pen'sa'tion for the…...