Author: Janelle De Souza

BRITISH High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago, Jon Dean says TT will be the first country to kick off the King’s Baton Relay for the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. It also has the honour of designing the artwork of the baton used in the relay. Dean made the revelation at a reception for Commonwealth […]

Since music is such an integral part of Carnival, one may think deaf people cannot appreciate the festival, but that is a very wrong assumption. Dr Kristin Snoddon, a deaf scholar, associate professor and graduate programme director with the School of Early Childhood Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University, said she had always been fascinated by […]

Hard work and determination are some of the most important attributes to have if you want to succeed, says executive director of Caribbean Public Health Agency (Carpha) Dr Lisa Indar. Indar holds a PhD, MSc and BSc from UWI and studied multiple disciplines including epidemiology, microbiology and environmental health. She was fortunate to study at […]

For the first time in 30 years, the band 3canal will not be bringing out its J’Ouvert band and, as the mas was such a big part of the band’s identity, its three members have decided to switch things up and try something new: kaiso – TT’s “mother music”. While Wendell Manwarren, Roger Roberts and […]

GENEVIERVE HADEED was re-elected as president of the Syrian Lebanese Women’s Association (SLWA) at its annual general meeting and elections at a home of a member in St Clair, Port of Spain, on January 22. In her address, she reflected on the organisation’s 75th anniversary. She said, “This milestone is a testament to the unwavering […]

THE Gender and Child Affairs division of the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) and the High Commission of Canada met on February 5 to explore cross-government learning on addressing Women, Peace and Security (WPS). Permanent secretary Kurt Meyer and director of Gender Affairs Shelley-Ann Hart met with Canadian High Commissioner Michael Callan and the […]

Dr Vanessa Harry, senior lecturer and head of the Obstetrics and Gynaecology Unit at the Faculty of Medical Sciences at UWI, St Augustine, says TT has about 200 cases of cervical cancer a year, and most of those cases present at stage 2 or 3 because there are no symptoms during stage 1. She said […]

THE attorney for one of the men charged in the 2014 murder of Senior Counsel Dana Seetahal is calling on the Commissioner of Police to provide evidence that would be used against his client as well as answers to alternative theories surrounding the murder. In a letter dated December 24, Quantum Legal attorney Aaron Lewis […]

THE Prime Minister, members of his government, opposition politicians and the people of Trinidad and Tobago on December 28 congratulated Joshua “D Pan Man” Regrello after he set a world record of 31 hours for the longest-playing pan marathon to enter the Guinness Book of World Records. Previous steelpan world records had been set for […]

Former dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences at UWI Prof Emeritus Terence Seemungal says most people recover from long covid in three to six months, but there are a few for which symptoms last longer. The US Centers for Disease Control defines long-term covid as a chronic condition that occurs after covid19 infection and […]