Features Narissa Fraser 5 Hrs Ago Municipal police officers place the chain of office on Saleema McCree Thomas after she was sworn in as mayor of Point Fortin last Wednesday. PHOTOS BY LINCOLN HOLDER – Mother, mentor, mayor – all accurate descriptors of Saleema McCree Thomas. The new Point Fortin mayor has had her fair […]
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Features Janelle De Souza 2 Hrs Ago Tabaquite MP Anita Haynes studied finance for the first year and a half at St John’s University in New York, but changed her major because she was not happy, switching instead to politics. PHOTO by ederson ramsundar – Courtesy Anita Haynes The new MP for Tabaquite, PRO for […]
(Jamaica Gleaner) The shops of two Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) operatives were set on fire in May Pen, Clarendon late Wednesday evening in an incident that is alleged to be politically motivated. The Sevens Road shop of JLP polling division captain in Clarendon Central Sandra Mills was destroyed while that of JLP councillor caretaker for the May […]
Features Janelle De Souza 2 Hrs Ago Khadijah Ameen addresses supporters at the launch of her 2020 general election campaign for the St Augustine constituency in this photo taken on July 11. – SUREASH CHOLAI While Khadijah Ameen is elated that she won the St Augustine seat for the United National Congress (UNC) in the […]
Features Melissa Doughty 3 Hrs Ago Angelique Nixon – The political dust is settling, but many issues were raised on the campaign trail. Most noticeable for some were comments or suggestions surrounding issues of sexuality and gender during the build-up to the August 10 general election. For CAISO: Sex and Gender Justice, voters in this […]
Features Janelle De Souza 2 Hrs Ago In this October 24, 2019 file photo Opposition Senator Anita Haynes make a point during a Senate sitting. Haynes is the UNC candidate for Tabaquite. PHOTO BY SUREASH CHOLAI – About one third of the 150 candidates contesting the August 10 general election are women, and three political […]
Features Paula Lindo 2 Hrs Ago A young man raises his arms, a sign of “don’t shoot’ to police during protests in east Port of Spain over the police killing of three men in Morvant on June 25. PHOTO BY JEFF MAYERS – In 1970, all the students of a form five class of Woodbrook […]
Features Mark Lyndersay 26 Minutes Ago Cast and crew at the production of the first video from the SocaKidz album. – KASEY PHILLIPS looked at his eight-month-old boy and wondered what he would be singing when he heard the music he produced. And he knew that would happen. Phillips and his producing partner, Kit Israel, […]
Features Radica Mahase 54 Minutes Ago Are any politicians advocating for Gary’s needs? – Sataish Rapersad DR RADICA MAHASE I AM 40-years-old and I have Down syndrome and autism. When I was growing up it didn’t really have a school for me. But my mother was a teacher in a primary school and she made […]
(Trinidad Express) “I have never run away from the colour of my skin.” So said Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley as he slammed Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar, whom he accused of “race-baiting” yesterday. He was responding to questions about his Facebook post in which he said in reference to Persad-Bissessar: “Finally!!! Caught in her frequent […]