Tag Archives: Trinidad

Dr Gabrielle Hosein: Advocate for equality

Features Carol Quash 8 Hrs Ago Dr Gabrielle Hosein says, ‘There’s so much to do with life, but in phases and stages.’ – Vidya Thurab When Dr Gabrielle Hosein spoke with WMN last week, she said, “There’s so much to do with life, but in phases and stages.” And that’s just how Hosein approaches hers. […]

Trinidad cops actively pursuing several cases of ‘unexplained wealth’

(Trinidad Guardian) Police are actively pursuing several further matters under the Civil Assets Forfeiture law – the Unexplained Wealth law – to have certain people in T&T explain how they have achieved their wealth. Also, the success of upcoming law to give Tobago autonomy will lie in the hands of the Opposition whose support will […]

An advocate for deaf rights

Features Tyrell Gittens 8 Hrs Ago Salina Peterson wants government to identify TT Sign Language (TTSL) as a national language and to establish laws to protect the deaf from abuse. – Angelo Marcelle This interview was facilitated using the sign language interpretation services of Johannah-Rae Reyes. Currently a participant in the Deaf Empowerment and Advancement […]

Master of all arts

News Andrew Gioannetti 6 Hrs Ago Dennis “Sprangalang” Hall posing for promotional photographs for the show Whose Blues at the Little Carib Theatre, in which he was a guest performer in 1981. PHOTO BY MARK LYNDERSAY – FILMMAKER and founder of Banyan Ltd Christopher Laird says his long-time colleague and friend Dennis “Sprangalang” Hall should […]

Trinidad: People refusing COVID tests

(Trinidad Guardian) Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram yesterday revealed that the Ministry of Health’s goal of increasing testing for COVID-19 is being hampered because people are continuing to refuse swabbing for the virus “in a lot of instances.” “We are trying to swab as many people as we can once they come in with […]

Trinidad and Tobago Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update #475

Port-of-Spain, September 22, 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. The population is reminded to rely on information from official sources only, such as the […]

Stranded Trinidad national scholarship winner feels totally abandoned

(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 […]