Trinidad and Tobago senator, Hafeez Ali has resigned from office after a video of him performing a sexual act was leaked to the public through social media. Ali, who was appointed as a government senator in September, 2015, was reported to have tendered his resignation on Friday 10th June, 2016, because he feared that his […]
June 11 will be a night of sheer Pan Fantasy. The steelband will celebrate 30 glorious years at Tropicana Community Banquet Hall that night with spectacular music and good times. Wendy Jones, leader of Pan Fantasy, the reigning Pan Alive Steel pan Champions, told The Camera yesterday, “We are grateful for the ability and opportunities […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Go to hell was the “message” Trinidad’s secretary general of the Sanatan Dharma Maha Sabha (SDMS), Satnarayan ‘Sat’ Maharaj, sent publicly to Catholic Archbishop Joseph Harris in light of the controversial debate on child marriage and the law. “Mr Archbishop and all you other people look at the mote in […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Former radio and TV producer, presenter and actor Holly Betaudier (Holly B) passed away peacefully at his home last Sunday night. He turned 91 on Jan. 27. Betaudier saw all of his children within the last month and a half. On his dad’s passing, his son Holly Jr. said: “He’s […]
“Take two flatbreads known as bara, fill them up with curried channa (chickpeas) and stir in 1.3 million multi-ethnic, diverse, colorful people and you can enjoy the snack-sized sandwich we call doubles – one of the many foods which are indigenous to and part of the national cuisine of the twin-island Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.” […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A group of homeless people who sleep in Tamarind Square in the capital have filed a lawsuit challenging the Port of Spain City Corporation’s decision to lock them out. The corporation has locked four of the five gates around the square, and there is a padlock on the fifth but […]
Couva Boys’ journey began in the fall of 2008 with the Brampton All Fours League (BAFL). They persevered throughout the last eight years, finally capturing a Hat-trick win in the BAFL 2015-16 season. Couva Boys won their conference, the 2016 playoff finals, and the 2016 knock-out finals. Couva Boys’ lucky charm Mary Jane Mason was […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – The Trinidad and Tobago government is considering decriminalizing marijuana and is reviewing existing legislation as well as planning wide consultation before adopting any position, Attorney General Faris Al-Rawi has said. Al-Rawi told media there has been “a full exercise of analyzing the types of crime in our prisons and the […]
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Trinidad and Tobago is to retrofit an area of its Piarco International Airport by July to improve accommodation for Jamaicans refused entry into the two-island republic. Jamaica Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Senator Kamina Johnson Smith confirmed she was informed of the decision by T&T’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Senator […]
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – A Guyanese mother was one of two people who appeared in court charged with stealing stuffed toys including those of TV characters Spongebob Squarepants and Barney from a mini-mart. Rhonda Daniels, 32 and Rickson Patterson, 42 of La Romaine appeared before senior magistrate Nannette Forde-John. The charge laid by Constable […]