A long-an­tic­i­pat­ed diplo­mat­ic meet­ing be­tween Trinidad and To­ba­go and Venezuela is set to take place to­day, with For­eign and Cari­com Af­fairs Min­is­ter Sean Sobers trav­el­ling to Cara­cas for talks with Venezue­lan For­eign Min­is­ter Félix Plasen­cia.

KFC cus­tomers are pay­ing more from yes­ter­day, with Pres­tige Hold­ings Ltd (PHL) in­creas­ing the prices of nine menu items by be­tween $1 and $4, which a rep­re­sents two to five per cent price change.

Trinidad and To­ba­go winger Ryan Telfer net­ted his first goal of the sea­son, but it was in a los­ing ef­fort as his Hal­i­fax Wan­der­ers FC was edged 4-3 by Pa­cif­ic FC in the Cana­di­an Pre­mier League at Starlight Sta­di­um on Sun­day.

S o, is it just me, or has every­one else no­ticed an un­mis­tak­able rise in crosstalk at front­line coun­ters these days? I don’t think that it’s a fig­ment of my imag­i­na­tion. It seems as if every­where I go, there are end­less con­ver­sa­tions hap­pen­ing be­hind the coun­ters that have noth­ing to do with my trans­ac­tion.