Trinidad & Tobago Newspapers

THE DECISION to wear one’s hair in a particular style is deeply personal, reflecting culture, heritage, religion and identity. For many it is not just a matter of fashion, it is an expression of who tey are. Yet individuals continue to face unfair treatment because of their natural hair textures that reflect their racial, ethnic or cultural […]

BitDepth#1525 MARK LYNDERSAY CHRIS RECKORD is chairman of Jamaica's National Artificial Intelligence Task Force, chairman of the Innovation & Digital Transformation Committee for the Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica (PSOJ), and deputy chairman of the Jamaica ICT Authority. He's one of the key architects of Jamaica's drive to transform […]

THE EDITOR: Approximately five months ago the Newsday published my letter about the dilapidated and ugly eyesore that the roads in Roystonia, Couva, had become, as a result of neglect and squabbling over who is in charge for the past nine and a half years. To our pleasant surprise, less than six months under the new administration, the road has […]

MUCH has Donald Trump, 79, done in the name of “law and order.” Yet, few American presidents have been less concerned with the rule of law than he. Pardoned have been insurrectionists. Flouted have been court orders. Judges and lawyers attacked. Manifestly unlawful executive orders have been issued. Dictators, like Vladimir Putin waging an […]

WHEN IT comes to medicine and illness – the human experience of disease – there are many things that we doctors do not understand. We depend on patients to show us what they are, how they look, what they sound like, and, most importantly, how they work – how well they work or how bad they work. Our medical textbooks do not have the answer. […]

DEBBIE JACOB EVERY August, when Independence Day rolls around, I am reminded of how many people are clueless about the meaning of independence. The pending parade and dreaded evening of fireworks spark those feelings. This year, Opposition Leader Penny Beckles’s reaction to the UNC cancelling the Independence Day parade and calling for the UNC […]

Yung Bredda is among TT artistes nominated in top categories at this year’s Caribbean Music Awards. The third annual awards will be held live on August 28 at Kings Theatre, Brooklyn, New York. The artiste, whose hit Greatest Bend Over was recently remade, one featuring Jamaican artiste Sean Paul and the other featuring Chloe and Moily, was also […]

After six years of hosting the fundraising art exhibit, Paintings In The Garden, in New York, TT-born artist Alicia Aberdeen-Jones is bringing the seventh edition of the event to Trinidad and Tobago. The opening gala will take place on August 28, at the Central Bank auditorium and will feature a number of well-known talents, among them Mungal […]

COMMISSIONER of Police (CoP) Allister Guevarro says Venezuelan criminal elements are playing a growing role in TT’s crime landscape, particularly in the areas of narcotics, firearms and human trafficking. His comments came less than 24 hours after Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar supported the US government's deployment of military assets […]

On a rainy day in TT, the Windward Islands turned out to be the only prosperous team in the first round of the West Indies Rising Stars Men's Under-17 50-over Championship when they defeated Jamaica via the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern (DLS) Method at the Queen's Park Oval in St Clair, on August 24. At the National Cricket Centre in Couva, recently […]