PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Sixty-seven-year-old Kamla Persad Bissessar was sworn in as the opposition leader here on Tuesday, promising to lead a “formidable” team that would work in the best interest of Trinidad and Tobago. Persad Bissessar, who led the main opposition United National Congress (UNC) in the August 10 general election, said that […]
By Carlton Joseph On Monday last, voters in Trinidad and Tobago decided to buck the current trend in the region of removing the incumbent government. Instead, they voted for the ruling People’s National Movement (PNM) government to stay in power. Much of the campaign focused on rising violent crime, the COVID-19 crisis and on immigration […]
PORT OF SPAIN – Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Keith Rowley claimed victory for his ruling party in the general election on Monday. Preliminary results showed the ruling People’s National Movement (PNM) won 22 of the 41 electoral seats, while the opposition United National Congress (UNC) led by former prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar won 19 […]
Conversation with comedian Marc Trinidad ‘The pandemic opened up many issues that society had been suppressing and hiding for years’ Just ask Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle who is the best Caribbean Canadian comic they have worked with and the answer will be the same – Marc Trinidad. True to his surname, Marc Trinidad […]
SCARBOROUGH Tobago -The Tobago Tourism Agency Limited (TTAL) and the destination’s tourism industry stakeholders are seeking ways to stimulate economic activity for the island with initiatives targeting the domestic market. When the Trinidad and Tobago government closed the borders in mid-March to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, the Agency ran a user-generated campaign to keep […]
Remember Jasse McDonald ? He used to be known as the golden voice on the silver network. That was decades ago when he started his broadcasting career on Redifussion in his native Trinidad. McDonald, popularly known as JC, still possesses” the golden voice ” and says he is getting ready to make a comeback in […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -Trinidad and Tobago’s Police Commissioner, Gary Griffith, says he is aware of plans to assassinate him, using foreign killers but said he is not perturbed and would continue his job to deal with the criminal elements in the country. Addressing front-line police officers and their families at the Police Academy last […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has written to CARICOM Secretary General Irwin La Rocque and Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland inviting them to send election observers to the upcoming general election on August 10. In a statement last Thursday, Rowley said the letter formally invites both parties to send election missions […]
By Gerard Johnson It was a day of rage and mayhem unlike anything the capital had seen since the Black Power revolt of 1970. From Beetham to Belmont, Sea Lots to Cocorite, from Laventille to Morvant, hundreds of angry marauding youths from these depressed areas rampaged through the streets of Port of Spain, blocking […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Keith Rowley has announced August 10 as the date for general elections in Trinidad and Tobago. Rowley made the announcement in the parliament on Friday. In the last general elections on September 7. 2015, Rowley led the governing People’s National Movement (PNM) to a 23-18 victory over the […]
