Features
By Sue-Ann Wayow TRINIDAD and Tobago’s national instrument, the steelpan is being honoured by top search engine Google. The steelpan has been highlighted as a Google Doodle. A video was posted on Google Doodle Youtube channel on Monday and has already crossed three million views. Featuring the sounds of sweet pan, the Doodle 1.10 minute […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow FORMER West Indies cricket captain Daren Ganga has added another venture after leaving the field of play. The Ganga Juice Bar was recently launched in the popular business area of Woodbrook, Port of Spain. Owners Daren Ganga and his wife Pranita Tiwari-Ganga are the co-founders but Daren would credit its conceptualisation to […]Read More
THIS year is the 88th anniversary of the 1934 protests in Trinidad but many persons are unaware of the fact that the protests of 1934, 1935 and June 1937 are closely linked. The public does not appreciate or has forgotten the significance of the historic 1934 event. Every year in Trinidad and Tobago, the […]Read More
By Prior Beharry HE has achieved the three goals he had set himself in life – to become a policeman, be admitted as a lawyer and live in posh Lange Park in Central Trinidad. Now Wayne “Watchman” Hayde wants a fourth – to become the next commissioner of police of Trinidad and Tobago. The […]Read More
‘Other participants in the Hosay included free Indians who had completed their indentured contracts and working-class Africans’ THE Hosay Massacre was a bloody incident that occurred in San Fernando, in South Trinidad, on the afternoon of Thursday, October 30, 1884. Professor Kelvin Singh described this event as “one of the most traumatic episodes […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow DO not be so quick to dump your masks when the mask-wearing mandate ends on Saturday. The population is being strongly advised to continue wearing masks in certain settings by both Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh and Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram. Speaking at the Ministry of Health’s virtual media conference on […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow THE Earth is set to reach a population of eight billion. The United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) in a press release on Monday stated that according to the World Population Prospects 2022, released by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs the same day, the eight billion figure would be reached by November […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow DEO BHAGOWTEE, SC, who passed away last week was a philosopher who was passionate about his work and an epitome of a public servant. These were the sentiments expressed by those who knew him well at his funeral service which was held last Monday at his home at Point Pleasant Park, Cunupia. The officiating pundit was […]Read More
‘My father impressed upon all his children, the vitality of spiritual food’ The following is the eulogy of Albert Saggar Kalloo delivered by his daughter Dr Sherene Kalloo at his farewell at the Belgrove’s Funeral Home in Tacarigua on June 22, 2022: MANY a time we take life and its tranquillity for granted. Four […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow NOW more than ever in the world’s history, heightened and fruitful consultations need to take place between the labour force and the business class. President of the Industrial Court Deborah Thomas-Felix made this one of her points as she spoke during her second book launch at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Port […]Read More