PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago’s women’s volleyball team defeated Costa Rica 3-0 on Saturday night to become the first English- speaking Caribbean country to qualify for a FIVB World Championship tournament. The 2018 tournament will be held in Japan. The Trinidad and Tobago women won for the second straight night in […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Trinidad and Tobago Tourism Minister, Shamfa Cudjoe, says one tourist is more valuable than a barrel of oil. Speaking at the Stakeholders’ Appreciation Cocktails for the 2017 Stay to Get Away campaign held at the Chaquacabana Resort and Beach Club in Chaguaramas recently, she said her ministry is in the […]
Black American actor and political activist Danny Glove addressed a large gathering of Black people at the First Baptist church in Toronto on Sunday. Calling on them to play a more active role in the politics of the country, he said that they should see themselves as citizens of the world, even though they may […]
TAROUBA, Trinidad – A 14-ball onslaught from hometown boy Kevon Cooper gave Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) the final push for an incredible, three-wicket, come-from-behind victory that spoiled St Kitts & Nevis Patriots’s dream of a maiden Caribbean Premier League title on Saturday. Cooper, later named Player of the Match, waylaid Sheldon Cottrell and Ben Hilfenhaus […]
FOCUS ON HEALTH By Guildford Joe Thomas The pre-slavery ancestors of people of the African Canadian community ate food directly harvested from the land. But their enslaved ancestors were forced to eat whatever was provided to them by the slave owners. They often ate the entrails and appendages of farm animals, including pig’s feet, […]
STOCKHOLM, Sweden -The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) said on Monday that Latin America and the Caribbean has the potential to lead a revolution in the management of wastewater as a resource by reusing it in agricultural and industrial activities, and by promoting circular economy models while at the same time striving to meet Sustainable Development […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government announced on Friday the closure of the state-run New Media Group (CNMG), putting more than 100 employees out of work. But Public Administration and Communication Minister, Maxie Cuffie, said that a new entity carrying the name, the Trinidad and Tobago Television (TTT) station, a throwback […]
The 12th annual CaribbeanTales International Film Festival (CTFF) opens with a street party in Toronto on September 6 “celebrating the legacy, the people and the beauty of the Caribbean.” According to a CTFF news release, “2017, Clinton Street at College Street in Toronto will be magically transformed with the sights and sounds of the Islands, co-hosted by the Consulate […]
Nationals of Trinidad and Tobago from Toronto and Montreal will join those from Ottawa and other parts of Canada in the nation’s capital for Trinbago Day celebration on Sunday. The event presented by the Trinidad and Tobago High Commission and the Trinidad and Tobago Association of Ottawa, will be held at Lansdowne Park. Organizers say […]
JOHN’S, Antigua– Fresh from the Under 17 Regional Title, Trinidad and Tobago are ready to defend their title in the U19 three-day tournament, set to start in St Kitts, next Monday (July 24). Guyana will also defend their 50-over title, with that format beginning on Tuesday, August 15. The three-day competition will have the teams […]
