MIAMI – Trinidad and Tobago is the Caribbean National Culinary Team of the Year. The team won top honors in the finale of the 2018 Taste of the Caribbean culinary competition at the Hyatt Regency in Miami last Thursday evening, after also winning the Bartender, Best Non Alcoholic Drink and Beef categories. Trinidadians in winners’ […]
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – The High Court in Barbados can no longer impose mandatory death sentences on convicted murderers. Last week, the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), the island’s highest court, struck down the mandatory death penalty on the grounds that it is unconstitutional. The judgments, the last which Sir Dennis Byron will deliver as […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad —The Trinidad and Tobago based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has ruled that an amendment, that barred Presidents of the Republic of Guyana from serving more than two terms in office, was a valid amendment to the Constitution. In the ruling handed down on Tuesday, the court said that after examining […]
Trinidadian Commonwealth gold medallist Michelle-Lee Ahye (left) powers her way to victory in the women’s 100-metre final at the NGC/Sagicor/NAAA National Open Championships at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain on Saturday. Also in photo are Zakiyah Denoon (centre) and Jenea Spinks. It was Ahye’s first race on home soil since capturing the […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — West Indies completed a crushing 226-run victory over Sri Lanka just after lunch on Sunday, the final day of the first Test, as the tourists surrendered meekly following the demise of century-maker Kusal Mendis and Captain Dinesh Chandimal. Set a daunting target of 453, the Sri Lankans crashed from 189 […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Economist Winston Dookeran has been appointed Professor of Practice at the Institute of International Relations, University of the West Indies (UWI), St Augustine Campus. A former minister of finance and minister of foreign affairs, Dookeran said ” it’s a great opportunity to contribute once more to the scholarly world at […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad -An independent senator is urging the Trinidad and Tobago government to allow for the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes, saying the initiative could also help in the diversification of the economy of the oil rich twin island republic. Senator Dr. Dhanayshar Mahabir, a University of the West Indies lecturer, said […]
An elderly woman stunned guests at the Annual Mothers’ Day and Arrival Day celebrations of the Zoomers’ Association of Trinidad and Tobago ( ZATTIC) in Mississauga on Sunday. Dr Kris Rampersad, a Trinidad-based journalist and author was speaking about her efforts at ” developing literary and heritage sectors and creating global connections with Caribbean groups” […]
Trinidad and Tobago’s s women’s football team will remain largely unchanged, heading into the opening phase of the CONCACAF Caribbean World Cup qualifiers, starting on May 19 at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, Central Trinidad. The squad, which topped their group in the recent Caribbean Football Union Challenge Series a couple weeks ago, will […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Trinidad and Tobago has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Cooperation within the Framework of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Initiative with China, according to an official statement issued here on Monday. The statement from the Office of the Prime Minister said […]
