Features 2 Hrs Ago Dawad Philip – File photo Kenneth Ramchand City Twilight Poems by Dawad Philip Jazz, blues, calypso, Carnival, dance, and the full range of the Trinidadian tone of voice are the body and soul, and the lifeblood pulsing in these well-orchestrated and careful poems. You pick up the tune at once, and […]
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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 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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
(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 […]
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 […]
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 […]