Author: Mya Quamie
In an introductory meeting with the new TT Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI) CEO Daren Lee Sing and board members, Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon encouraged the coalition to work closely with the TT Trade and Investment Promotion Agency in achieving objectives and exploring unique ways of engaging its membership. In a release on January 15, […]
NOTABLE songwriter, tutor, and artist Roger Boothman has died. In 2024 he was awarded the Hummingbird Medal (Silver) for his dedicated service and contribution to culture and the arts. Boothman began painting in the mid-1960s at Tranquility Primary School, Port of Spain and went on to the Tranquility Secondary School, where he graduated with a […]
DESPITE earning a gross revenue of $20 million and a gross profit of $12.4 million the CinemaONE Group has reported a net loss of $7.4 million for the financial year ending September 2024. A financial report published on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange said the effects of the covid19 pandemic and the concurrent Writers […]
AFTER an almost three-week break, thousands of children returned to school on January 6, for the start of the first term of this year. When Newsday visited the Arima Girls RC, Arima Girls’ Government Primary and the Arima Boys RC schools, the compounds were bustling with activity as parents bade goodbye with hugs and kisses […]
The board of governors of the National Institute of Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology (NIHERST) was awarded by the Integrity Commission for achieving 100 per cent compliance in filing declarations of income, assets and liabilities as well as statements of registrable interests for the year ending December 31, 2023. Integrity Commission chairman Haydn Gittens […]
Two hundred children from La Brea, Claxton Bay and Cunupia were able to explore the opportunities that technology and artificial intelligence (AI) present in today’s evolving job market. On November 23, Planting Seeds hosted Patricia Marseille, executive of supply chain management at The Walt Disney Company, in an event aimed at preparing youth for the […]
OVER the past three years, bushfires have increased by over 210 per cent owing to climate change, human activity and dry spells. The financial losses caused by bushfires more than doubled from 2023 to 2024. In a presentation at the 2025 Dry Season Seventeenth National Climate Outlook Forum at the Trinidad and Tobago Civil Aviation […]
UNILEVER Caribbean Ltd (UCL) has announced the resignation of its director Camilo Trujillo, effective December 31. The announcement was made in a notice to shareholders, published on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange website on December 27. “The board of directors thank Trujillo for his service to the company,” UCL said. For the nine months […]
In recognition of its recent accomplishments in regional export, Trade and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon toured the warehouse of Christle Ltd at the O’Meara Industrial Estate on December 17. She was accompanied by Roger Roach, president of the TT Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) and Gabrielle Agostini, chief operating officer of Coconut Growers Association (CGA) Ltd. The […]
TRADE and Industry Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon has paid tribute to Minister in the Education Ministry Lisa Morris-Julian, who died in a fire at her Arima home on December 16, along with two of her children. “God gives us gifts and he sends us here on earth to do a job. God put her here for […]