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PETROTRIN-OANDO IS ANOTHER NIQUAN DEALPETROTRIN-OANDO IS ANOTHER NIQUAN DEAL

PETROTRIN-OANDO IS ANOTHER NIQUAN DEAL

FOR several troubling reasons, the Petrotrin-Oando deal is shaping into another billion-dollar Niquan scandal.

3 months ago
BANKS AND THE WIDENING WEALTH GAPBANKS AND THE WIDENING WEALTH GAP

BANKS AND THE WIDENING WEALTH GAP

REPUBLIC Bank’s profits have soared from $664 million in 2004 to $1.2 billion in 2014 to $2 billion in the…

7 months ago
PETROTRIN TAKEOVER: NIGERIAN FIRM IN $$ CRISISPETROTRIN TAKEOVER: NIGERIAN FIRM IN $$ CRISIS

PETROTRIN TAKEOVER: NIGERIAN FIRM IN $$ CRISIS

THE favoured contender to take over Petrotrin is being stalled by a major financing setback. Nigeria-based Oando PLC, a debt-ridden…

9 months ago
6 MATERNAL PATIENTS DIE AT MT. HOPE; FILE GOES MISSING6 MATERNAL PATIENTS DIE AT MT. HOPE; FILE GOES MISSING

6 MATERNAL PATIENTS DIE AT MT. HOPE; FILE GOES MISSING

SIX patients have died at Mount Hope Women’s Hospital over the past few months – including one a few days…

9 months ago
EXPOSE HALTS $475 M HDC DEALEXPOSE HALTS $475 M HDC DEAL

EXPOSE HALTS $475 M HDC DEAL

THE Government’s decision to cancel a $475.8 million housing contract with a Chinese company has come after an investigation by…

10 months ago
INVESTORS STILL BYPASSING T&TINVESTORS STILL BYPASSING T&T

INVESTORS STILL BYPASSING T&T

INVESTORS are continuing to bypass Trinidad and Tobago, a new United Nations report has revealed. T&T, which had a net…

10 months ago
PHARMACEUTICAL MONOPOLY STRENGTHENS ITS HOLDPHARMACEUTICAL MONOPOLY STRENGTHENS ITS HOLD

PHARMACEUTICAL MONOPOLY STRENGTHENS ITS HOLD

SUPERPHARM, part of Agostini’s pharmaceutical monopoly, is taking over Massy’s drug stores, giving further pricing power to a single industry…

10 months ago
BANNED CHINESE FIRM LANDS $475 M HDC DEALBANNED CHINESE FIRM LANDS $475 M HDC DEAL

BANNED CHINESE FIRM LANDS $475 M HDC DEAL

A CHINESE company with a dark history of bribery and other financial scandals is being given a $475.83 million public…

10 months ago
IT’S OFFICIAL: T&T WORST QUALITY OF LIFE IN CARIBBEANIT’S OFFICIAL: T&T WORST QUALITY OF LIFE IN CARIBBEAN

IT’S OFFICIAL: T&T WORST QUALITY OF LIFE IN CARIBBEAN

TRINIDAD and Tobago has the worst quality of life in the Caribbean, according to detailed studies by international agencies.

10 months ago
GOVT PAYS $12M TO EVALUATE BIDS –BUT PREPARES TO HAND PETROTRIN TO JINDAL  GOVT PAYS $12M TO EVALUATE BIDS –BUT PREPARES TO HAND PETROTRIN TO JINDAL  

GOVT PAYS $12M TO EVALUATE BIDS –BUT PREPARES TO HAND PETROTRIN TO JINDAL

THE Government is paying a foreign evaluator almost TT $12 million to examine the nine bids for a lease of…

10 months ago