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THE Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC) has rejected reports alleging that it is asking its returning officers to declare their political allegiance. The EBC made this comment in a statement on August 7, hours after the Prime Minister raised questions about this matter. The commission said its chairman, Mark Ramkerrysingh, addressed a question about the […]

THA Minority Leader and electoral representative for Darrel Spring/Whim Kelvon Morris is calling for a collective approach in the fight against gang violence on the island. Speaking on the Tobago Updates morning show on August 7, Morris said one murder is one too many. He said crime has left people in his electoral district deeply […]

Dr Gabrielle Jamela Hosein SCIENTISTS continue to make unexpected discoveries in the ocean, including on the ocean floor. For example, in the past two weeks the global press has been covering the publication of findings of “dark oxygen” in the Pacific Ocean. This is oxygen produced in complete darkness about 4,000 metres below the ocean […]

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 […]

DESPITE criticism in some quarters, THA Secretary of Tourism, Culture, Antiquities and Transportation Tashia Burris has hailed this year’s Tobago Heritage Festival as a resounding success. “I feel we knocked it out of the park this year,” she told reporters during African Emancipation Day celebrations at Store Bay on August 1. For the first time […]

Ahead of the general election constitutionally due next year, media practitioners and aspiring media workers on August 6 got some tips on enhancing election coverage at a workshop in Westmoorings. The event, Enhancing Ethical and Effective Election Coverage, was hosted courtesy a collaboration between the Media Institute of the Caribbean (MIC), the British High Commission […]

Dr Emanuel Hosein, former health minister (1987-1991), has been remembered for his courage in his personal and political life, particularly during the 1990 attempted coup, by two former Cabinet colleagues. Hosein, 75, died on Monday, after an illness. The Parliament website said he was the ULF opposition MP for Naparima (1981-1986) and then the NAR […]

With the autopsies concluded, best friends Ryan Ramnanan and Sachen Teeluckdharry will be cremated alongside one another on Thursday after they died in a car accident on Sunday morning. Ramnanan’s mother, Soma, who described the friends as inseparable, had hoped for a joint send-off when Newsday spoke with her on August 5. She believed this […]

AFRICAN culture was on full display at the Rhythm and Voices event which took place at the Lidj Yasu Omowale Emancipation Village. Newsday photographer Ayanna Kinsale visited the village at the Queen’s Park Savannah, Port of Spain and captured these images. The post Lidj Yasu Omowale Emancipation Village Photo Gallery appeared first on Trinidad and […]