By Gerald V. Paul Marcia Annisette, an associate professor of accounting at York University, called on fellow nationals of Trinidad and Tobago in Toronto to make a greater contribution to the development of the two-island nation. ” W e are not giving back enough. We are punching way below our weight,” she said in an […]
By Jasminee Sahoye The Mayor of Toronto’s 2016 Youth Cricket team returned home last week from a one-week trip to Trinidad and Tobago after an ” eye-opening experience” in the two-island state where they played against local teams and met several national cricketers. The Toronto team are members of the ” Cricket Across The Pond […]
By Winston H. E. Suite Who is the man Makendal Daaga for whom there has been a call for a state funeral on his recent demise? Who is this man that has caused a sitting Prime Minister to send condolences to his family while the PM was outside of the country? Who is this man […]
To commemorate Trinidad and Tobago’s 54th anniversary of its independence, UNI-TnT, a newly formed organization of Trinidad and Tobago nationals in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). is holding its first annual Family and Friends Picnic on Sunday at Petticoat Creek, Pickering. Neil Rampersad, Treasurer/Secretary of UNI-TnT, said curry duck and mango chow competitions will […]
August 17, 1946- July 2, 2016 SAN FERNANDO, Trinidad – Former Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Augustus Mervyn Manning died at hospital here on Saturday. He was 69. He died of acute myeloid leukemia, his family said in a statement on his official Facebook page. Manning who was the longest serving Member of Parliament […]
Trinidad-born Roger Mahabir, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Tracker Networks Inc.of Toronto, a cyber-security and risk management firm, told graduates of the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies at York University that “there’s no magic to success. “But with endurance and perseverance, success is magical.” Addressing convocation last week, Mahabir who received from […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley last Friday said he had never discussed the ongoing political situation in Venezuela with President Nicolas Maduro when the head of the government in South America paid an official visit to the twin-island republic last month. Rowley also made it clear that Port of Spain […]
The sun is out. The mas camp elves are busy bending wire. The pans are already ringing their merry tunes around the city pan yards. And the kaiso men and women are honing and massaging their new compositions in the tents in the quest to take the throne from reigning Monarch Macomere Fifi. Tropical Rhythms […]
MIAMI, Florida – Trinidad and Tobago dominated the Taste of the Caribbean Awards here on June 10, sweeping the medals rostrum with six gold medals and two silver medals, as well as the coveted awards for Caribbean National Team of the Year, Chef of the Year and Junior Chef of the Year. This is the […]
