Tobago Kinnesha George 22 Hrs Ago TTUTA Tobago officer Bradon Roberts - THE TT Unified Teachers Association (TTUTA) is dissatisfied with the July/August school repair programme in Tobago after the THA Division of Education, Research and Technology said all schools were ready for the new academic year. Speaking with Newsday on September 3, TTUTA Tobago
Business Andrew Gioannetti 22 Hrs Ago Marcus Mycoo, farmer and chairman of the MIATD consulting team. - File photo by Lincoln Holder FLOODS destroy millions of dollars in crops annually, but they represent just one of several threats to the livelihoods of thousands of farmers and the national food supply. Prolonged heat spells and droughts
News Newsday Reporter 5 Hrs Ago An aerial view of Port of Spain. - File photo by Jeff K Mayers ALL adverse weather warnings have been lifted by the TT Meteorological Services (TTMS) after an area of disturbed weather moved away from Trinidad and Tobago and the Lesser Antilles. A press release on September 2
News Newsday Reporter 6 Hrs Ago Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh. - File photo by Venessa Mohammed A TOLL FREE hotline has been launched by the Ministry of Health to assist people living with non-communicable diseases (NCDs). A press release on September 2 said the 24-hour hotline offers medical advice and support for individuals who use
News Sean Douglas 9 Hrs Ago San Juan/Barataria MP Saddam Hosein. - File photo SADDAM Hosein, MP for Barataria/San Juan, rejected the Prime Minister’s recent disavowal of any blame for the spike in violent crime, speaking at a briefing at UNC headquarters, Chaguanas, on September 1. Holding up a Sunday newspaper reporting the kidnap and
Commentary marinasb 12 Hrs Ago - THE alarming headline in this newspaper on August 21 announced “64% fail maths” in CSEC exams, across the region. According to the Caribbean Examinations Council, only six per cent of Caribbean children passed five subjects or more at CSEC level, and fewer than one in 20 pupils got five
Commentary Newsday 12 Hrs Ago - THIS past Monday I set out my coffee cup, put a spoon next to it and turned on the kettle of my despair. Heedless of my hostility toward it, the wretch provided perfectly acceptable boiling water. I filled my cup, stirred and went outside. There I sat peacefully for
Editorial Newsday 11 Hrs Ago The defaced Christopher Columbus statue in Columbus Square in east Port of Spain. - File photo THE debate over removing monuments to colonisers took a dark, aggressive turn during the session convened at Government Plaza, Port of Spain on August 28. The discourse devolved dramatically after one member of the
News Newsday Reporter 21 Hrs Ago Paula Guy reviews a booklist while back-to-school shopping for the new school term at Mohammed's Bookstore Associates Ltd on Henry Street. - Photo by Gabriel Williams WITH the new school term starting as early as September 2 for some students, shops across Trinidad are bustling with activity. Families are
Commentary Ramesh Deosaran 23 Hrs Ago - MORUGA “mom hacked to death,” screamed big front-page headlines. Hours after that, Michelle Benjamin (MP for Moruga/Tableland) cried, shedding tears, as she explained, not only for the murdered wife and judicial support officer, Stacy Gopaulsingh but “for all other murdered people in my constituency and the country.” Others
Editorial Newsday 23 Hrs Ago Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley during a media briefing at Whitehall on December 12. - File photo by Angelo Marcelle AT midnight on December 27, the Prime Minister made a statement on the official Office of the Prime Minister Facebook page expressing disappointment at the murder rate for 2024. The
Commentary marinasb 23 Hrs Ago - WE will soon say goodbye to a most unsettling year. Not necessarily personally but in the sense of the seismic shift in world affairs that has caused us all to question so much of what we took for granted in our lifetimes and the generally accepted value system. Truth
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