Author: Newsday

THE EDITOR: How terribly unfair life can be to us, the differently-abled community in TT. Deaf people in this country are, like children, “seen, but not heard.” This time we intend to be heard. TV6 was the first television channel to carry the signed news for the deaf, and deaf people flocked to the station […]

THE Health Ministry’s decision to repurpose the Couva Hospital as a dengue screening and treatment facility is an important step forward in acknowledging and responding to the increase in confirmed dengue cases, 825 at the most recent count, and the growing number of fatalities. Trinidad and Tobago is also facing the possible spread of Zika, […]

LENNOX FRANCIS THOSE charged with defining crime, catching criminals, bringing sanity to the TTPS, delivering justice and all other related activities to make the society safe need to know whom they are after. The hunters, the Minister of National Security; the Commissioner of Police and the police service are searching for criminals with outdated spyware. […]

THE BEST was saved for last. After a rocky start last week, TT’s medal prospects at the Paris Olympics this week dramatically picked up steam. Jereem “The Dream” Richards did his country proud on August 7 at the Stade de France in the men’s 400m finals. Running in the unenviable position of lane 9, he […]

TOMORROW, Frederika Joseph, an Indo-Trinidadian, will be 100 years old. She was born on August 9, 1924 in D’Abadie. Her father was employed on an estate in D’Abadie. His main tool was a cutlass and his daily job was cutting coconuts; his wife assisted in removing the jelly. Frederika recalls during an interview, “We use […]

THIS MONTH marks six years since the Prime Minister announced the shuttering of the Pointe-a-Pierre refinery, once one of the most important in global history. Since then, instead of things coming to a definitive end, there has been a long, painful goodbye. The refinery is a headache. It is likely to remain so unless and […]

Dr Rita Pemberton AMID church service and celebration, Emancipation in Tobago began with strong expressions of resistance which were manifested in strikes across the island, some of which lasted for weeks. In this way the freed Africans sent a strong message that they were not prepared to comply with the labour demands of the planters […]

JUDY V KUBLALSINGH SO, Mark Twain said it like this: “How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and (how) hard it is to undo that work again! An open mind leaves a chance for someone to drop a worthwhile thought in it.” Sadhguru too tried: “How do you know? Usually, because someone […]

THE EDITOR: I was a tenant occupying a parcel of land which I agreed to purchase from the owner. The parcel of land comprised 716.7 square metres. However, when the transaction was completed with a deed drawn up, signed and the mortgage loan agreed with a credit union, it came to my attention that the […]

THE UNIMED Group Health Plan is a plan established by the employer for both daily and monthly-rated employees in the public and teaching services. It is a benefit to all members of the teaching service. Members and non-members of TTUTA are on the plan. TTUTA has a management role in Unimed which is exercised at […]