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Rock Hard quota challenge to be heard on Thursday Wednesday 6 January 2021 In this file photo, Jose Lopez throws out a bag of Rock Hard cement to mix at Second Crossing Hardware, Bon Air Gardens, Arouca on January 2. - AYANNA KINSALE THE local and regional importers of the Rock Hard hydraulic cement, manufactured in Turkey, will on Thursday seek to convince a High Court judge to grant an interim order restraining the Ministry of Trade and Industry from imposing a quota and 50 per cent in duties...

RHONDOR DOWLAT-ROSTANT The 1st Choice Family Services (1stCFS) of the USA recently handed out thousands of dollars’ worth of school supplies, toys and food, to families and homeless individuals in Trinidad, who needed it the most during the Yuletide season. The organisation is dedicated to providing essential and uncompromising quality services to developmentally disabled individuals in Ohio (USA). In its project, “Mission Giveback”, the organizers expressed delight in the fact that the d...

Rock Hard Cement bids to block import quota Sunday 3 January 2021 Employee Jose Lopez throws out a bag of Rock Hard cement to mix at at Second Crossing Hardware, Bon Air Gardens, Arouca on Saturday. PHOTO BY AYANNA KINSALE - Cement importer, Rock Hard Cement is seeking to block the Ministry of Trade and Industry from imposing a ceiling of 75,000 tonnes of cement that could be imported in the country. In a telephone interview with Sunday Newsday, Rock Hard’s local distributor Motilal Rahmit a...

Prison officer charged with having contraband Outside the Golden Grove Prison in Arouca FILE PHOTO: SUREASH CHOLAI - A prison officer has been charged with smuggling contraband into the Golden Grove Prison on Saturday. Shawn St Louis, 49, of La Brea was allegedly found with three Samsung Galaxy cell phones, one pair of headphones, a phone charger, one pack of cigarettes and marijuana wrapped in duct tape while on duty at the Golden Grove Prison on Saturday. A police service media release on S...

What a year this has been. When we ate our black-eyed peas and rice and popped our champagne on Old Year’s Night 2019, we had no idea 2020 was going to be the year it turned out to be especially on the entertainment front. Luckily, we got to experience Carnival which, it turns out, was the last for the foreseeable future. COVID-19 ensured the complete shutdown of the entertainment sector as our Government sought to manage the number of infections locally. Virtual became the new frontier for e...

Giving back during the year of covid19 Monday 28 December 2020 Life managing director Kristoff Headley, presents donations collected by the events and entertainment company to Feel CEO Elena Villafana Sylvester. PHOTO COURTESY LIFE - This year proved to be one of the most challenging in recent times. Despite the pitfalls brought on by the covid19 virus since March, including job loss, school closures, and the emotional effects of physical distancing, this year also brought out the very best in...

From time immemorial, The Children’s Ark has always been representative of refuge and safety from the onslaught of life’s most severe challenges. Within T&T context––The Children’s Ark or TCA, the non-governmental, non-profit organisation and brainchild of Simone de la Bastide––has come to epitomise the harmonisation and amalgamation of skill, knowledge and technical expertise that are required to realise the most challenging humanitarian initiatives in our small, twin island nat...

File picture: Inmates at the Maximum Security Prison in Arouca. The Trinidad and Tobago Prison Service says today, Wednesday 23 December 2020, is the final day for the public to have visits to the prison system, until next year. In an advisory issued by the Communications Department, the Prison Service assures that all visits will resume on Monday 4 January 2021. The Prison Service says members of the public will be able to make appointments for visits from Saturday 2 January 2020, by submittin...

KALAIN HOSEIN At 2:48 PM, a earthquake of 3.9 magnitude struck northwest of Port of Spain, Trinidad, according to the University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre (UWI SRC). The quake was located at 10.904°North and 61.768°West, and at a depth of 42.72 kilometres. The UWI SRC advised that this information is preliminary and is subject to change when a seismologist reviews additional seismic data. This minor earthquake was widely reported felt across the northern half of Trinidad, wit...

Pistol, ammo seized in Northern Division File photo A series of searches and exercises in the Northern Division on Tuesday led to the seizure of a pistol and a magazine containing a quantity of ammunition, in two separate incidents. Police said members of the Arouca CID and the Air Guard went to an abandoned house in Bon Air Circular, Arouca, at around 10.30 am and found a .380 pistol and four rounds of ammunition wrapped in a white shirt. Investigators suspect the gun was used in a recent ass...