For­mer Na­tion­al Gas Com­pa­ny (NGC) pres­i­dent and Or­der of the Re­pub­lic of Trinidad and To­ba­go (ORTT) re­cip­i­ent Mark Lo­quan has passed away.

The Min­istry of Fi­nance plays a cen­tral role in shap­ing eco­nom­ic out­comes – dri­ving fis­cal sta­bil­i­ty, in­vestor con­fi­dence and the coun­try’s ca­pac­i­ty to man­age growth or cri­sis.

T&T Un­der-17 women’s coach Ayana Rus­sell has called for more in­ter­na­tion­al ex­po­sure for the play­ers fol­low­ing her team’s third de­feat from as many match­es in their Group C CON­CA­CAF Fi­nal Round Qual­i­fiers, a heart-wrench­ing 2-1 loss at the death to Hon­duras at the Ato Boldon Sta­di­um in Bal­main, Cou­va, on Sat­ur­day night.

To­ba­go Fash­ion Co­da is back with a bang. Af­ter a hia­tus, the Run­way Meets Rhythm spec­tac­u­lar promis­es to be un­for­get­table.

Elec­tion cam­paigns are not beau­ty pa­rades. Elec­tors do not of­ten cast their vote as a thank you or to sup­port the bet­ter out­fit­ted. The pre­vail­ing view is that cit­i­zens vote to re­ject un­wel­come poli­cies or be­cause they are up­set over the in­cum­bents’ per­for­mance. It is of­ten emo­tion—not sober, ra­tio­nal cal­cu­la­tion—that serves as the main guid­ing fac­tor. The cam­paign speech­es need some mod­icum of sense and prag­ma­tism, even if politi­cians al­so play on emo­tion­al fac­tors.