A CEDROS mother of four wept hysterically yesterday as she recalled the horror of losing her only daughter who, in the blink of an eye, was gone, drowned during a family outing at Columbus Bay in Cedros on Sunday. Natalia Samuel is the third child to drown within the past month in separate circumstances.
THE Employers Consultative Association (ECA) yesterday said that last weeks call by Joint Trade Union Movement president Ancel Roget for consumers to boycott businesses owned by the so called elitist one percent, is not an effective solution, especially given TTs harsh economic realities.
FISHERMAN Raffick Kurban, 61, had a deep love for the sea, so much so that he spent most of his days at the beach fishing or swimming. Sadly, the fisherman did not know that Sunday evening would be his last time at the sea when he drowned while swimming at La Retreite beach in Moruga.
WORLD renowned medical doctor turned journalist Sanjay Gupta is his role model, but Dr Reyad Hosein who started as a trainee reporter with Newsday yesterday, is not taking chances in changing careers.
PRESIDENT of the Police Social Welfare Association (PSWA) Insp Michael Seales had a sedition charge against him dropped when the case came up for hearing yesterday in the Port of Spain Magistrates Court.
THE American Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) yesterday condemned as divisive, unfortunate and counter productive, the call by President of the Joint Trade Union Movement Ancel Roget for a boycott of businesses owned by the top one percent in society, during last Fridays union march through the streets of Port of Spain.