Daily Archive: Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Articles published on Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Sabrina Lalla-Mitchell

In T&T: Sons watch mom die

Spurned lover attacks woman at car dealership (Trinidad Express) Sabrina Lalla-Mitchell’s tormentor turned up at her workplace and stabbed her to death yesterday afternoon —a killing witnessed by her two children.

Radain Wilson

Woman who forgot child in custody

The woman who forgot to drop off two-year-old Radain Wilson of El Dorado Village, West Berbice (WCB) at his playschool on Monday is still in police custody; the child was discovered dead in her car three hours later.

Under-19 rugby team beaten by T&T 22-18

The national under-19 rugby team returned home on Monday from their stint in Trinidad and Tobago where they suffered a 18-22 points defeat at the hands of the home team in a 15’s rugby match-up last Sunday at the Queen’s Park Savannah.

City chamber condemns importer abuse of customs systems

The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI)  yesterday condemned what it sees as the abuse of the  Permit for Immediate Delivery (PID) and the Prior to Processing facilities by some importers, and urged  members of the Chamber and the larger business community to note these issues and comply accordingly.

Zvonareva torches tired Jankovic in Doha

DOHA, (Reuters) – Vera Zvonareva powered past a lethargic Jelena Jankovic in the opening game of the WTA Championships yesterday, keeping her hopes alive of grabbing the world number one spot from Caroline Wozniacki.

Four overseas men in T&T squad

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Russell Latapy has fortified Trinidad & Tobago’s men’s national team with the selection of four overseas-based players for the second round of the Digicel Caribbean Cup to be staged from November 2 to 6 at the Hasely Crawford Stadium here.

No deliberate misrepresentation

Dear Editor, Mr Hydar Ally in a letter in the SN captioned ‘A misrepresentation of the facts,’ published on October 6, stated that Lionel Peters was bent on “misrepresenting the facts regarding the selection of presidential candidates… since he was not a member of the leadership… and as such was not privy to what transpired.”

African agriculture coming of age-report

LONDON,  (Reuters) – A growing African food sector can  yield private sector returns on the back of government support,  said a report yesterday, which also said that a global grain  reserve may be needed to protect consumers from price spikes.

Thompson’s passing and after

When, two weeks ago, our editorial concerned itself largely with the changing political fortunes in the leadership of the Barbados Democratic Labour Party, there was already widespread speculation in that country that the serious illness of Prime Minister David Thompson was almost certainly one of the considerations in former Prime Minister Owen Arthur’s decision to mount a challenge to Ms Mia Mottley.