Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar yes­ter­day de­fend­ed a new Hous­ing De­vel­op­ment Cor­po­ra­tion (HDC) pol­i­cy, which has in­tro­duced a five per cent fee on the trans­fer of prop­er­ties with­in fam­i­lies and a ten per cent fee on trans­ac­tions in­volv­ing the sale of its prop­er­ties.

As na­tion­al ten­sions rise over crime, po­lice con­duct, and mount­ing calls for the Com­mis­sion­er of Po­lice Al­lis­ter Gue­var­ro to step down, three of the coun­try’s busi­ness or­gan­i­sa­tions are urg­ing a calm, bal­anced, and non­po­lit­i­cal ap­proach to the coun­try’s deep­en­ing se­cu­ri­ty chal­lenges—is­sues that con­tin­ue to im­pact cit­i­zens, com­mu­ni­ties and the wider busi­ness sec­tor.

ST JOHN’S, An­tigua – While ad­mit­ting that he was dis­ap­point­ed not to have made it fur­ther in the on­go­ing ICC Men’s Un­der-19 World Cup in Africa, West In­dies head coach Ro­han Nurse said he is gen­er­al­ly sat­is­fied with the team’s over­all per­for­mance.

Reez Mu­sic rock/fu­sion group will add to T&T's melt­ing pot mu­si­cal brew land­scape on Sat­ur­day (Jan­u­ary 31), when they per­form at an event where part pro­ceeds go to the UNICEF sup­port­ed ini­tia­tive "The Child Friend­ly Space." This fa­cil­i­tates a safe en­vi­ron­ment for mi­grant chil­dren to learn and play.

When peo­ple think about the health risks of al­co­hol, liv­er dis­ease and ad­dic­tion of­ten come to mind. Far few­er are aware that al­co­hol is a proven cause of can­cer. De­spite strong sci­en­tif­ic ev­i­dence, pub­lic aware­ness of this link re­mains sur­pris­ing­ly low, and al­co­hol con­tin­ues to be wide­ly per­ceived as a rel­a­tive­ly harm­less part of every­day life.