MC&J: Week 9 features three ranked matchups and much more

Last week ATS: 9-10 (6-4 National, 3-6 B1G) Season ATS: 74-69 (29-36 National, 45-33 B1G) Last week was so close to looking as good as the previous week. Five of my losses were in games where my pick missed covering by two points or less. USC, Ole...

PM ‘doesn’t care’ if T&T loses regional support for UN Security Council bid

KEJAN HAYNES Lead Editor- Newsgathering [email protected] Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has dismissed concerns that Trinidad and Tobago could lose regional backing for its bid to sit on the United Nations Security Council, saying she does...

Pereira launches digital wallet platform

When en­tre­pre­neur Mark Pereira de­cid­ed to re­turn home from Syd­ney, Aus­tralia, to build a fin­tech com­pa­ny, he didn’t look for a safe­ty net. He built one him­self. “I in­vest­ed over US$200,000, about $1.36 mil­lion, of my own sav­ings,”...

An East Texas landowner fenced off a community’s favorite fishing spot, igniting multiple legal battles

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Mississippi vs Oklahoma Prediction, Picks & Odds for October 25 — College Football Week 9

Photo By - Imagn Images. Oklahoma Sooners quarterback John Mateer (10) passes against the South Carolina Gamecocks. A loss this weekend would not knock the Mississippi Rebels out of the College Football Playoff race outright, but it would make...

Admiral’s Mystery Retirement Amid Secret War Leaves Key Command in Turmoil

U.S. Southern Command, which oversees military operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, is in turmoil after the announcement of the sudden retirement of the four-star Navy admiral overseeing that region where President Donald Trump is waging...

College Football Playoff Draft: How Many Teams Could Win the National Title?

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! How many teams would you pick to win the national championship before Notre Dame? That question was posed by Chris "The Bear" Fallica during our "Big Noon Kickoff" production call on Monday. After two...

Crafting a new T&T Economy

The much an­tic­i­pat­ed na­tion­al bud­get de­bate col­lapsed with a whim­per last week. The back and forth as to who was re­spon­si­ble and why is large­ly ir­rel­e­vant out­side of the pol­i­tics. This col­umn is tak­ing the eco­nom­ic vac­u­um...

CBF opens second call for circular economy projects

Caribbean Biodiversity Fund Opens Second Call for Circular Economy Projects The Caribbean Biodiversity Fund (CBF) today launched its Second Call for Proposals, through its Advancing Circular Economy (ACE) Facility inviting innovative projects that...

3 takeaways from Ole Miss’ loss against Georgia

After a tight win against an unranked Washington State last week, the then-No. 5 Rebels came into Athens, Ga., with much more energy. However, the Rebels lost 43-35 after a rough fourth quarter. The offense was composed and utilized quick passes...

Should T&T fear Govt control of Republic, FCB?

In his 2026 bud­get pre­sen­ta­tion last week Mon­day, Min­is­ter of Fi­nance Dav­en­dranath Tan­coo men­tioned Re­pub­lic Bank and First Cit­i­zens twice. On the first oc­ca­sion, this is what Mr Tan­coo said: “For­eign ex­change short­ages...

Thousands of jobs coming

PRIME Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar is promising over 20,000 jobs for the people of Trinidad and Tobago. She said yesterday that, in keeping with her promise to ensure job security, the current National Recruitment Drive will see the filling of...

QCinema showcases Quezon City’s strengths on its 13th year

THE QCINEMA International Film Festival returns for a 13th year with new sections and expanded programs. With the theme “Film City,” the festival will run from Nov. 14 to 23 and will feature over 80 films across 14 sections which will be shown in...

Met Office warns of flooding, rough seas as tropical wave passes

The Trinidad and Tobago Meteorological Service (TTMS) has issued two yellow-level alerts for adverse weather and hazardous seas, warning that unstable conditions could continue through Monday night. Although the axis of an active tropical wave has...

Alexander buffs Scotland over ‘secret’ drones

News Sean Douglas 7 Hrs Ago Minister of Homeland Security Roger Alexander. - File photo MINISTER of Homeland Security Roger Alexander chided Port of Spain MP Keith Scotland for seemingly exposing details of six spy drones being acquired by the...

GSIS welcomes four new trustees, vows to uphold good governance

PASAY CITY– Four new members of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) board of trustees, recently appointed by Malacañang, reported for their first day at the GSIS Head Office and met with GSIS president and general-manager Jose Arnulfo...

In Nobody’s Backyard: Open Letter Opposing US Military Incursions and Reaffirming the Caribbean as a Zone of Peace

Yesterday, October 19, marked the anniversary of the US invasion of Grenada. Forty-two years later, regional sovereignty remains a vexed question in the Caribbean, and it is being put to the test by the current US military incursions that have...

Prime Minister absent from Divali Nagar finale

News Yvonne Webb 5 Hrs Ago Dancers from the Bollywood Dance Company on stage at the Divali Nagar, Chaguanas, on October 16. - Innis Francis Amid heightened security concerns following a United States advisory to its citizens in Trinidad and...

"Warm storm" sets its sights on Colorado, with rain and snow late this week

Today’s Forecast: An area of low pressure will move from southern Nevada into Colorado over the next 12-24 hours, and it will bring some big changes to our forecast late this week. Rain and snow showers over the mountains this morning will spread...

2025 Heisman Trophy odds, Week 9 outlook: Contenders separate from pretenders in biggest shakeup of season

The second half of the 2025 college football season opened with a bang, and the combination of five top-25 showdowns and multiple upsets entirely reshaped the Heisman Trophy race. There was more separation between the top contenders and longshots...