By Sue-Ann Wayow POINT Fortin has its first female mayor. Saleema Thomas, 35, took her oath of office last week at the Point Fortin Borough Corporation’s office in Mahaica and hosted her first statutory meeting as mayor. Thomas shared a bit of her story with AZPNews.com in the hope that she can be […]
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By Pamela Ramcharan A parent of an 11-year-old boy who tested positive for Covid-19 after a repatriation flight from Canada has commended doctors and nurses at the Caura Hospital. Both mother and child returned to Trinidad and Tobago (TT) on July 17. The mother gave an account of the process they had to […]Read More
AS the Secondary Assessment Exam (SEA) got going this morning, more than 19,000 students write the exam that was originally scheduled for April 2 but postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic. AZPNews.com Reporter Pamela Ramcahran’s son Avinash is one of those sitting the exam today. See below the interview Pamela did with her son. Nervous. […]Read More
By Sue-Ann Wayow REGARDLESS of the outcome of the Secondary Entrance Assessment (SEA) on Thursday, it is important for parents to continue building the self-esteem of their child and to promote positivity. Educator Lynda Banks-Khan shared with AZPnews.com some tips she had written for parents and pupils. Banks-Khan is also the sole facilitator […]Read More
By Pamela Ramcharan THE parent of a child who tested positive for Covid-19 in July, is calling on the government to better educate citizens about the virus to eradicate the stigma associated with it. The call was made during a telephone interview with AZPNews.com on Saturday, weeks after the child was discharged from the […]Read More
MEET Sherroll and Lorens Perez, originally from Barcelona, Venezuela. They arrived in Trinidad in 2016, having to flee what they described as the harsh and oppressive regime of Nicholas Maduro. Las gemelas, as they are referred to, had to leave their home, school, friends and life behind. Sherroll said, “It was very difficult […]Read More
In the atmosphere there is a layer of air. This layer of air is called the Saharan Air Layer (SAL) which is an extremely hot, dry and dust-laden layer of air that originates over the Sahara Desert of North Africa, where it extends from the surface upwards to several kilometres, according to the Trinidad […]Read More
By Prior Beharry TONY HALL’s life was about being Caribbean in the world. He was honoured on Monday evening along with music producer Daryl Braxton in a four-hour programme on Gayelle The Caribbean hosted by cultural icon Errol Fabien and renowned music producer Robin Foster. It was titled 4 The Boys. Callers paid tribute […]Read More
Tony Hall Described as Foundation Stone in Caribbean Media Space
THEATRE icon and community television pioneer Anthony “Tony” Hall who passed away in Tobago on Monday has been described as a “fierce warrior” in the building of “a Caribbean civilization.” President of the World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) Embert Charles said on Tuesday that Hall was a “foundation stone” in a media space in […]Read More
BONNIE KHAN, a Trinidadian living in Italy, tells the Managing Editor of AZPNews.com Prior Beharry what’s it like to live under lockdown in one of the countries most affected by the Covid-19 virus. Khan tells how the gondolas are no longer operating and the once bustling city of Venice with tourists at every nook and […]Read More