A to­tal of 160 can­di­dates will be con­test­ing the up­com­ing Par­lia­men­tary Elec­tions on April 28, the Elec­tion and Bound­aries Com­mis­sion (EBC) has con­firmed.

Busi­ness groups yes­ter­day ex­pressed con­cern that the base­line 10 per cent tar­iff im­posed on T&T by the US will neg­a­tive­ly im­pact this coun­try and even wors­en the for­eign ex­change sit­u­a­tion.

Sprint ace Nicholas Paul sprint­ed to the sil­ver medal in the men's keirin fi­nal and se­cured his sec­ond medal at the Pan Amer­i­can Elite Track Cy­cling Cham­pi­onships in Paraguay on Thurs­day.

Dul­cie Bho­lai reached the in­cred­i­ble mile­stone of 100 years on March 28. Born in Long­denville, Bho­lai’s jour­ney stands as a shin­ing ex­am­ple of strength, de­vo­tion, and the en­dur­ing pow­er of faith and fam­i­ly.

It is of some sig­nif­i­cance that the de­clared US tar­iff war against the rest of the world has come to fruition. And while the tar­iff im­pacts will be im­me­di­ate­ly ob­serv­able and felt by con­sumers of the goods and ser­vices in the im­port and ex­port trade with the US, in its po­ten­tial ef­fect, Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump has ex­pressed a wider am­bi­tion.