PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A four-month old capuchin monkey was taken to court in South Trinidad on Monday. The monkey was an exhibit in a case in which Akiem John of Point Fortin was charged with having the animal without a permit. John pleaded guilty when he appeared before Magistrate Margaret Alert. He told […]
By Gerard Johnson Trinidad and Tobago was rated the happiest country in the Caribbean. The twin-island republic ranked 38th among 156 countries surveyed for the 2018 World Happiness Report, released last week by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. Countries were ranked based on six variables: income, freedom, trust, healthy life expectancy, social support and generosity. […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad — Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley says he is studying a response by President Anthony Carmona “reaffirming his decision” to grant sabbatical leave to the embattled Chief Justice Ivor Archie. Archie was due to leave here for the United States last weekend, but deferred his departure after then acting head of […]
By Carlton Joseph Recent visitors to Trinidad and Tobago experienced some problems, especially when trying to get from Trinidad to Tobago. The one Ferry, T&T Express, which was servicing this route had to be taken out of operation because of ” insurance issues and rough seas. ” Insurance issues? As with many things in […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The outgoing President of the Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), Sir Dennis Byron says the court, which was established in 2001, to replace the London-based Privy Council as the region’s final court, is currently poised to contribute to positive change in the social order of Caribbean societies. Speaking at […]
Staring down the barrel of a gun while being held hostage in the Parliament Chamber at the Red House in Port-of-Spain, Winston Dookeran introduced himself to the gunman as the Minister of Planning. “He then said to me ‘I bet you didn’t plan for this!’” It was the 1990 attempted overthrow of the Trinidad and […]
Trinidad-born Dr.Hedy Fry, Liberal Member of Parliament for Vancouver Centre since 1993 and the longest serving female Canadian Member of Parliament, will be the keynote speaker today at a networking event in Trinidad at which #CaribbeanMenCan solidarity campaign will be launched. The High Commission for Canada in Port of Spain has teamed up with Interclub, […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The oldest Hall of Residence at the University of the West Indies’ (UWI) St Augustine Campus has officially dropped the name of a racist British Colonial Governor in South Africa. What was once Milner Hall of Residence, named after Lord Alfred Milner, is now Freedom Hall. The process to review […]
Dionne Brand, poet, writer, filmmaker and educator, who was born in Guayaguayare, Trinidad, is one of 15 persons who will receive honorary degrees from the University of Toronto this year. The list of recipients of honorary degrees for 2018, released last week, includes Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Elena Kagan, parliamentarian […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Former Trinidad & Tobago and Manchester United footballer Dwight Yorke is being sued by reigning Chutney Soca Monarch Neval Chatelal for the non-payment of a TT$250,000 (One TT dollar =US$0.16 cents) loan. It was reported that Yorke, 46, was loaned the money in March last year to assist in a […]
