Struggling to divert more than 75 acres of sugarcane fields to foodcrop production, farmer Dipnarine Ramsarup works around the clock, seven days a week. »

Digicel is distributing 19,000 six-man tents valued at US$3 million to provide shelter to more than 100,000 Haitians who are living in makeshift campsites following the January 12 earthquake which devastated Port-au-Prince and its surrounding areas. »

It listed $278,970 as ’Other income’ in 2008, the last year the company published financial statement audited by KPMG Chartered Accounts in Port of Spain. »

TRINIDAD and Tobago’s economic engine-its 20-odd energy and downstream energy plants-could grind to a halt, or be forced to cut back operations, if there is no significant rainfall by May. »

She was born in India and grew up in the United Kingdom. »

A MOTHER told this story, ’When my youngest daughter was three, she begged to be allowed to attend a concert with her older sister and brother. She assured me she was a big girl and would behave herself. As we took our seats in the orchestra hall, I handed programmes to the kids. Following the lead of her elder siblings, my three-year-old opened her programme, and in her most grown-up voice said, ’Mommy, I’ll have the chicken, please’.’   »

UWI professor of Tropical Island Ecology Dr John Agard’s observation last week that no laws on the environment have been laid in Parliament under the current government may be a telling point on the country’s path to sustainable development. »

In today’s fast-paced world with a mega-firm mania, one of the biggest challenges for CEOs is to receive honest feedback and to keep their fingers on the pulse of the organisation. »

Just in time for Lent and its wave of salad eaters, the retail price of cucumbers has dropped. »

Pineapple prices have dropped. »

Busy executives and their busier clients have become big fans of meetings done over a buffet-style meal. »

The following case supplied to the Business Express by the Office of the Financial Services Ombudsman illustrates the need for customers to use their chequing accounts properly and not to issue any cheques if there are insufficient funds to cover them. »

A Canadian company is looking at Trinidad’s Central Range as it moves to explore for oil and gas deposits. »

Some time ago, the Government intimated that legislation to ban the use of cell phones whilst driving was coming. »

The local energy sector is said to be facing what has been described as ’an interesting challenge’. »

In continuing with last week’s story trend, I’d like to share another story with you. »

The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) and the Association of Female Executives of Trinidad & Tobago hosted a cocktail event last Thursday. »

Right on the heels of the Trinidad and Tobago Carnival experience, and almost five months in advance, Barbados tourism officials are already in the country, making sure the local market is setting planning budgets and marking their calendars with the Eastern Caribbean island’s annual Carnival, Crop Over in mind. »

Though statistics show this country has an estimated 15 per cent of the population living in poverty and has just come out of three consecutive quarters of economic decline, many of the country’s top policy makers made a plea for T&T to give all it could to the cause. »

INDEXATION of old age pensions, social assistance and other benefits received by poor and vulnerable citizens in Tobago head the list of recommendations from a study on the possible use of fiscal policy to fix the differentials in the cost of living between both islands in the country. »

There is an urgent need to develop Trinidad and Tobago yachting industry, especially in terms of training and entreneurial skills. »

AMIDST what was described at the time as a cornucopia of material on the economically and politically important issue of petroleum as it was then referred to, there was this publication which was thought to have been the bearer of ’interesting new perspectives’ on the subject. »

Vidia Naipaul published A Flag On The Island in 1967.  »

The United States is likely to average 95,000 more jobs each month this year, while personal savings will remain high as credit remains tight, according to a White House report released last week. »

One of the best places to learn about management in Trinidad and Tobago is at the panyard during the Carnival season. »

seafood prices are expected to climb steadily upward from today, as is the tradition when the Christian community moves into the Lenten season. »