(Trinidad Guardian) Vashist Persad, 28, is a national scholarship winner who is among thousands of T&T nationals stranded abroad. He is in New York City where he says, “We’re essentially refugees and many of us are becoming homeless, requiring financial aid, becoming sick, and undergoing tremendous psychological distress.” Persad spoke to Guardian Media responding to […]
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Port-of-Spain, September 18, 2020: As part of the national drive to safeguard the health of the Trinidad and Tobago population in the face of the global COVID-19 outbreak, the Ministry of Health continues to provide up-to-date information on the country’s status in this regard. The population is reminded to source your information only from official sources, such as […]
(Jamaica Gleaner) Fifty-eight-year old deaf-mute Patrick Duncan lives in an abandoned car in a section of Arnett Gardens known as Mexico, a situation that residents are appealing for Jamaicans to open their hearts to and help change. “I know this man for years. He has been suffering how long and him sleep in this old […]
Business Carol Quash 5 Hrs Ago Many local businesses are feeling the effects of the financial pinch brought on by the covid19 pandemic, with some of them being forced to permanently close their doors or send home workers. But for the O’Meara Road, Arima-based Mega Foods, it’s just the opposite. “The pandemic hasn’t affected us […]
(Jamaica Observer) News that Caribbean neighbour Barbados has indicated that it is “prepared to recognise a form of civil unions for couples of the same gender” and will be going to the country of almost 300,000 citizens in a referendum to settle the matter has been met with revulsion by key Jamaican church groups. President of […]
(Jamaica Gleaner) The fresh probe launched into the controversial death of Jamaica-born Rasheed Edwards has forced some residents of a New Jersey township to raise questions over the transparency of the police and post-mortem reports. Edwards, 32, was found unresponsive in the garage of his Wall Township, New Jersey, home on March 1 with a […]
Features Radica Mahase 7 Hrs Ago There should be teachers trained in UTT Special Education programme in all schools. – DR RADICA MAHASE JUSTIN is 12. He was diagnosed with autism when he was three, after his pre-school teacher recognised the signs and guided his parents to get him diagnosed. Justin has two younger sisters […]
Ahead of tomorrow’s emergency budget presentation, President Irfaan Ali yesterday announced a slew of relief measures, including a $25,000 per household cash transfer to cushion the effects of COVID-19. “We are hoping that this can help in some way to support families, many of whom do not have enough food to put on the table […]
Features Janelle De Souza 5 Hrs Ago Ayanna Webster-Roy is proud of the work she has done over the past five years as MP for Tobago East, as well as minister in the Office of the Prime Minister, and is thankful that she will get to continue working in both roles. When she was re-elected […]
News Elizabeth Gonzales 4 Hrs Ago People who have been scammed in the pyramid scheme are asked to come forward and file official complaints with the Fraud Squad. No one has done so yet. But one Tobago man plans to do so. The man, who didn’t want to be named, told Newsday he invested $700, […]