- 2 July, 2025
CANNABIS CAUSES HEART ATTACK, SAYS NEW STUDY
The study found that cannabis users under age 45 were twice to have a heart attack than non-users.
The investigation surveyed 33,000 people aged 18 to 44 who used cannabis within the past 30 days.
One of the study’s authors, a clinical scientist, said: “It is something important that health care professionals need to be aware of and counsel patients on.”
There was an earlier study that found a link between heavy cannabis use and heart attacks.
WHY YOU SHOULD DO EARLY CHRISTMAS SHOPPING !
Chairman of the Toy Retailers Association Alan Simpson was reported as saying that some have paid “an excess of (US) $30,000 just to get a container onto the ship.”
Simpson also said: “But even if you agree to pay, that doesn’t mean that you are going to get a container to actually put your goods onto the ship.
“It’s a double whammy.
“Not only are there going to be price rises, (but) there are going to be shortages because there just aren’t enough containers out there.”
VACCINATE TO ENTER REPUBLIC BANK
The country’s largest bank — $1 billion profit in the first three quarters of its current fiscal year – has made this clear in a letter to relevant customers.
In a sample letter to business clients, Republic said that from September 1, “we request only the vaccinated members of your organisation to attend to the ‘on-premise’ needs of the bank.”
LOCKDOWN HURTING ENTERTAINMENT PLACES
MORE and more entertainment places, including cinemas, are facing permanent closures as a result of the lengthy Covid-19 lockdowns.
WHY NOT GYMS, CASINOS?
The government’s decision to debar casinos and gyms from reopening their doors is causing consternation in both sectors, which each employs thousands of workers.
REAL ESTATE SECTOR REOPENS TO CRISIS
As the industry reopens after the Covid-19 shutdown, Trinidad and Tobago is in the midst of a mortgage market crisis, confirmed by the Central Bank and by agents in the sector.
Home prices have slumped by as much as 30 per cent, and it is a buyers’ market.
ARE HUAWEI PHONES SPYING ON US?
The Chinese company is also capable of tapping into conversations among businessmen, diplomats, politicians – anyone!
As part of its outreach in T&T, the company has provided scholarships to tertiary students, under a programme titled Seeds for the Future.
WHAT BHP’S DEAL MEANS FOR T&T
WORKERS could eventually lose their jobs, downstream service providers affected and tax payments reduced sometime after BHP Group sells its assets in Trinidad and Tobago.
MORE THAN 8,000 BUSINESSES NOT REOPNEING
MANY more than 6,000 small businesses have been permanently closed by the economic ravages of Covid-19.
TRADITIONAL MEDIA SEEING RED
TRADITIONAL media houses in Trinidad and Tobago are seeing financially difficult times.
