PORT-OF-SPAIN , Trinidad – Opposition Leader Kamla Persad Bissessar has been retained as the political leader of the opposition United National Congress (UNC) after her main challenger for the post, Vasant Bharath, a former trade minister, confirmed on Monday that he had conceded defeat. “The gap is far too large,” Bharath told reporters, adding that […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government says it has deported 160 Venezuelans who had illegally entered the country, In a statement on Saturday night, the Ministry of National Security said that the deportations were carried out in conjunction with the Venezuelan authorities and in compliance with the laws of Trinidad and […]
The newly formed Project Equity of Toronto has launched an appeal for funds to purchase laptop computers, tablets and chromebooks for students in Trinidad badly in need these devices. Trinidad-born Elsa Valaerie Lynch, a former school principal and founder of Project Equity, said that schools in Trinidad and Tobago have been closed since last March […]
SCARBOROUGH, Tobago — The Trinidad and Tobago government announced on Saturday a total ban on Christmas parties within the public sector, while also urging the private sector to do the same. The Government also announced a (TT)$30 million (One TT dollar=US$0.16 cents) initiative aimed at assisting persons who have lost their jobs, or have fallen […]
PORT-OF -SPAIN, Trinidad – A father of two young children was shot dead last week in front of a woman with whom he had a relationship. Police found the body of Kevon Dominic, 31, with gunshot wounds on a bed in the woman’s home in Siparia in South Trinidad. Dominic had been shot several times […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A policeman assigned to the Port of Spain Criminal Investigation Department (CID), was ticketed for not wearing a mask in public. In a news release, Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith said the officer was on duty in downtown Port of Spain on Friday with other officers. He was the only […]
TRAVEL New travel protocols for Trinidad and Tobago PORT OF SPAIN – The Trinidad and Tobago government announced on Saturday new protocols for entry into the country as it eased slightly some of the existing measures in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, speaking at a news […]
Seven farm workers from Trinidad who had been labouring in tobacco fields in Delhi, Ontario this summer are now ” in limbo.” Their work on the farm is over but they canot return home because of restrictions during the current COVID-19 pandemic Farmer Mike Bouw who hired the men, said they had booked flignts to […]
Editorial Allow the farm workers to return home Many nationals of Trinidad and Tobago have been complaining about the treatment they have been receiving at the country’s consulate in Toronto. In desperation, some have suggested that the consualate should be closed and officials there should be sent packing, We certainly cannot agree that such […]
By David Jessop A little earlier this month, the University of the West Indies’ Shridath Ramphal Centre, published a policy paper that called for a new, integrated regional approach to post-COVID Caribbean economic recovery. It asked in effect whether the region should seek to re-embrace the ‘old normal’ or seek solutions to the existing and […]
