Author: Janelle De Souza

VALEDICTORIAN of the Faculty of Medical Sciences 2024, Selena Deochand says the world needs more than just brilliant minds, it needs compassionate hearts. Speaking at the UWI St Augustine 2024 graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the UWI Sport and Physical Education Centre on October 26, Deochand said kindness, empathy and care […]

HAVING lived abroad for 34 years, islands represent places of refuge, mindfulness, peace and renewal to humanist photographer Christine Norton. And in her newest exhibition The Island: Remember to Pray, she is encouraging viewers to understand there is a quiet side to life, and to see and create it for themselves. “The island is a […]

LARA QUENTRALL-THOMAS, Regency Recruitment and Resources Ltd founder, is hoping to develop policy guidelines and recommendations for employers to support women with menopause in the workplace. The idea, she told Newsday during an interview on October 24, began when she started her PhD at UTT in September 2023. Quentrall-Thomas, 55, said, she was thinking of […]

Hurricane Oscar was expected to affect the Turks and Caicos Islands, the southeastern Bahamas, and parts of Cuba on October 19, and the three countries issued hurricane watches and warnings. At 1 p.m. on October 19, Turks and Caicos issued a tropical storm warning, warning that people should expect heavy rainfall and “possible hurricane conditions” […]

Government-owned Hyatt Regency hotel had to delete a social media post and apologise after it announced that effective November 1, local currency was not going to be accepted as payment for services. The post sparked a firestorm of criticism online even though it had been edited several times before it was taken down. General manager […]

The Oilfield Workers Trade Union president general Ancel Roget says the unions reject the “bullying” by Finance Minister Colm Imbert who, in his budget statement, said the government will give workers five per cent in the next wage negotiations. In his reading of the 2025 budget statement in Parliament on September 30, Imbert said the […]

The North West Regional Health Authority (NWRHA) congratulated its employee Nadira Maharaj, who received the Medal of Merit (gold) for healthcare on Republic Day. In a release on September 26, the NWRHA board of directors, management and staff applauded her accomplishment and said the RHA was committed to supporting her endeavours, which would continue to […]

ORDER of the Republic (ORTT) recipient Prof Patrick Hosein says Trinidad and Tobago needs to complete its digital transformation and build out its technological basics in order not to be left behind in an increasingly technology-based world. “I think in certain areas we are moving too slowly. Technology is moving at a much faster pace […]

FORMER police commissioner James Anthony Philbert says as someone from the outside looking in, he feels the police could “move a little faster” when it comes to solving crimes. He made the statement to members of the media on September 24, after the 2024 National Awards ceremony at the President’s House, Port of Spain, where […]

A Coast Guard officer is one of two men charged with the murder of Diego Roper, 23, of Maraval. According to the police, Roper was on the roadway in front of his Paramin home around 9.30 pm on September 8 when he was heard shouting, “No boy, no boy,” which was followed by gunshots. A […]