Dyslexia training programmes give valuable help
Dyslexia is characterised by extreme difficulty in learning to read, write and spell in spite of adequate intelligence. Even mildly dyslexic students experience school as stressful and unfulfilling...
View ArticleA feast of film at UWI
The UWI Film Programme celebrates its tenth anniversary with a World Festival of Emerging Cinema, to be held from today, for four days—May 19-22. Venue is The UWI Film Programme, Carmody Street, St...
View ArticleBpTT partners with Agriculture Ministry
BpTT has entered into a unique partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, Lands and Fisheries to promote food security, via a project to grow short-term food crops at three locations in Trinidad....
View ArticleTrini art headlines in Amsterdam
Two Trinidadians have been literally painting Europe. Attorney Justin Sobion, son of late AG Keith Sobion, and the Carnival/Island scenery of Netherlands-based photographer Kerron Riley are getting...
View ArticleWorld Music alive at Kaiso Blues Cafe
Returning to his homeland Trinidad, after 27 years in the United States, Carl Jacobs is living a dream he has nurtured since his early days as an artiste and performer. After 12 months, his Kaiso Blues...
View ArticleSoca, pan and dance on spot
The A Team Band will take its versatile stage show to three international carnival celebrations this summer.A Team, best known as the official backing band of the International Soca Monarch...
View ArticleHarder They Come to screen at San Fernando Hill
After playing to sold out audiences at the T&T Film Festival (TTFF) last September, the Caribbean classic film, The Harder They Come, will once again be screened by the TTFF in an open-air...
View ArticleTough Argentina test for under-21 stickmen
T&T national Under-21 men’s hockey squad, led by goalkeeper Kwasi Emmanuel, will be underdogs when they come up against ten-time reigning champions Argentina in the curtain raiser of the 2016...
View ArticleJabloteh hunts point to seal CFU spot
Play Whe San Juan Jabloteh will go into today’s final round of matches in the 2015/2016 Digicel T&T Pro League only needing a point against Japs North East Stars to secure second spot behind...
View ArticleBascombe stars at schools track and field meet
Shaniqua Bascombe had a super day on Wednesday at the Atlantic National Primary Schools Track and Field Championships at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Mucurapo, picking up the most outstanding award...
View ArticleWinchester says no pressure in Uruguay
Playing at the Estadio Centenario in Montevideo against Uruguay can be a gruelling contest and a nerve wracking one for most teams. Just ask Australia, or any other national team that has had to travel...
View ArticleCollect on Prize Money
Prize money looks headed for Godolphin coffers after the four-runner, £40000 listed ‘Cocked Hat’ Stakes over eleven furlongs of ‘good to firm’ Goodwood today; this twice-raced Authorized colt is...
View Article$.6m boost for Warriors
The T&T Football Association’s Soca Warriors three-match tour of South America and Asia has been boosted by the injection of $600,000 from the People’s Republic of China in T&T and Shanghai...
View ArticleNAAAs: Don’t blame us for Games cancellation
WALTER ALIBEY‘Don’t blame us for the T&T Grand Games cancellation.” So said Peter Samuels, public relations officer (PRO) of the National Association of Athletic Administration (NAAA). His response...
View ArticleGrowing Pains
Under fire T&T Football Association (T&TFA) president David John-Williams and Soca Warriors coach Stephen Hart both opted to stay mum on an alleged dispute over the scheduling of a fourth...
View ArticleLawyer seeks isolation in jail
Reeshie Surajbally, who was allegedly caught with two naked intoxicated girls in his van, was jeered and taunted by a large crowd when he appeared in the Princes Town Magistrates’ Court...
View ArticleSuspect in acid bath attack finally held
Three months after La Romaine mother, Rachael Chadee, was allegedly maimed in a brutal acid and knife attack by a man, her family’s prayers were answered when police found him hiding at his sister’s...
View ArticleWe don’t support child marriage
The Presbyterian Church of T&T (PCTT) and the Anglican Church said they neither perform nor support child marriages as espoused by the Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO) president Brother...
View ArticlePSA faction calls on Duke to resign
Even though the Public Service Association’s executive has thrown its support behind rape accused president, Watson Duke, the PSA’s Constitution Protectors is calling for his resignation.Founding...
View ArticleParties spent $157m in ads for last polls
Political parties spent in excess of $157 million in ads in the run-up to the September 7 general election in T&T.This was revealed by president of the Advertising Agencies Association of T&T,...
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