Category : Migration

By Sue-Ann Wayow “WE must all acknowledge that human trafficking is both a serious crime and a public health issue.” This was the statement made by Minister of Social Development and Family Services Donna Cox on Wednesday. Cox was speaking at the launch of Heal Empower Rise Counter Trafficking In Persons (HER CTIP) Project at […]Read More

  By Chantalé Fletcher BORROWING the Nike slogan, Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowely encouraged Trinidad and Tobago and  CARICOM states to “just do it”. He said, “We at the level of the leadership in CARICOM, we have to keep trying to become self-sufficient in food, secure in food.” Speaking launch of the Agri Investment Forum […]Read More

By Sue-Ann Wayow TRINIDAD and Tobago although, free from colonisation, is still experiencing crimes of the historical past, especially against women and children. And even though Emancipation Day was recently celebrated, they continue to be enslaved at the mercy of those who run human trafficking rings. This is according to Member of Parliament for Chaguanas […]Read More

By Sue-Ann Wayow MORE projects are required in Tobago relating to the migrant population on the island. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is hoping to strengthen its relationship with the Tobago House of Assembly (THA) to achieve those projects. Secretary of Health, Wellness and Social Protection Secretary Dr Faith B. Yisrael and Assistant Secretary […]Read More

‘Today it is a migrant child who was killed. Tomorrow it can be one of your own children, take note… We want to protect our porous borders, yes. But we have never said that we should shoot at women and babies in order to do so.’ – Kamla Persad-Bissessar By Sue-Ann Wayow CITIZENS need to […]Read More