Month: April 2011

April 11, 2011

Eight debutants for Carifta swim

Eight new faces will represent T&T in the 11-12 age group at the Carifta Swimming Championships in Barbados from April 23-26. They are among ten representatives in this age group who will be anxious to contribute to T&T’s medal haul as the team…

April 11, 2011

Sarwan blasts unbeaten double

Test batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan shrugged off his omission from the West Indies Twenty20 squad to stroke an unbeaten double century for Georgetown Cricket Club in the Division One championship on Saturday.  The right-hander, one of several changes…

April 11, 2011

Ganga hosts golf April 23

The Daren Ganga Foundation (DGF) is hosting its second annual fundraising golf tournament on April 23 at the Millennium Lakes Golf & Country Club in Trincity. The tournament will host 60 teams of two golfers from throughout the Caribbean who will…

April 11, 2011

CARICOM’s problems create doubt for trading partners

Could a moment come when the Caribbean's partners in Europe and North America reconsider the way…

April 11, 2011

T&T manufacturers looking to set up plants in Jamaica

MANUFACTURERS in Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) including one large player are eyeing Jamaica with a view to establishing operations here, Minister of Industry Commerce and Investment Karl Samuda revealed last week. "They (Trinidadians) are satisfied…

April 11, 2011

European banks face ‘tougher’ stress tests

Europe's banking regulator has said that banks will be subject to tougher tests in its latest examination of their finances. It includes some Irish banks, including one which passed last year's test but later needed a government bail-out. The…

April 11, 2011

TNT shares drop 10% on impact of higher oil price

Shares in the Dutch logistics group TNT have fallen 10% after the company warned high oil prices and other problems would hit profits at its express unit. The company cut its earlier forecast of operating income of 400m-420m euros ($607m, £370m)…

April 11, 2011

Toyota to restart Japanese output at reduced capacity

Toyota will restart production at all of its Japanese factories between 18 and 27 April, the company has said. However, the world's biggest car manufacturer said that production at its domestic factories will resume at a reduced capacity. Production…

April 11, 2011

S. African Leader: Gadhafi Accepts Cease-Fire Plan

South African President Jacob Zuma, leading a delegation of…

April 11, 2011

Life Sentence for Australian Who Threw Daughter from Bridge

An Australian court sentenced a man to life in prison Monday for killing his four-year-old daughter in front of her two young brothers. Arthur Freeman, 37, was convicted of murdering his daughter Darcey by throwing her from Melbourne's West Gate…