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FOOD PRICE COMMITTEE IS ELECTION GIMMICK

THE Government is facing stinging criticisms of barefaced election gimmickry with the appointment of a Food Security and Food Prices…

7 months ago

KFC’S CORPORATE GREED

The KFC example fits the textbook definition of “corporate greed” or what the respected Forbes magazine calls “greedflation.” Prestige’s chairman…

1 year ago

CONCRETE SPITE IN CEMENT PRICE INCREASE

SPITEFULNESS from the Rowley Government is the reason local consumers are facing increasing cement prices. As a monopoly, Trinidad Cement…

1 year ago

MORE BUCKS FOR PROFIT-RICH STARBUCKS

THE local franchise holder for Starbucks made a stunning 75 per cent increased profit in its most recent fiscal year.…

1 year ago

DOES MINISTER GONZALES KNOW ANYTHING?

DOES Public Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzales know anything under his watch? 

1 year ago

PUBLIC SERVICE COLLAPSING

PEOPLE have not been able to get electronic birth certificates for the past few weeks because of a shortage of…

2 years ago

ROWLEY’S PROBLEM WITH DOUBLES PRICES

PRIME Minister Dr. Keith Rowley’s recent comments on alleged price-gouging do not match his track record n the rip-off of…

2 years ago

MANUFACTURERS WOULD RELOCATE IF LIGHT RATES GO UP

WE would move our businesses abroad if electricity rates are jacked up to an unreasonable level! That is the firm…

2 years ago

RICH FEASTING ON THE POOR

I HAD KFC the other day. n addition to higher costs and the absence of condiments, it appeared as though…

2 years ago

LAWD! HOW POOR PEOPLE LIVING?!

THE cost of some food staples has doubled since 2016. Many more items have seen price increases of between 60 and…

2 years ago