Like us, canna lilies are colourful children of the tropics. Our culture, as I shall explain, shares characteristics with these lilies but crucially departs in the nurture requirements. My Mayaro beat continued for much of September to include the dry hot sun of petit carême, in the course of which …

“[…] Gene Miles’ evidence before Karl De La Bastide-led commission of enquiry exposed corruption in very high places. The one-man commissioner, Karl De La Bastide, recommended that all evidence recorded at the enquiry ‘should be, without delay, transmitted to the Public Service Commission’ to enable enforcing of ‘Disciplinary Laws of …

Dr Avery Hinds, technical director in the Epidemiology Division, announced today that Trinidad and Tobago had a roughly 35 per cent decrease in Covid-19 infections over the last two weeks. However, the novel coronavirus gave a reminder of its menace today with three deaths and 86 new cases in the …

Commissioner of Police Gary Griffith had to make do with a second-hand appraisal of his son Gary Griffith III’s first step towards his dream of a professional football career yesterday. Griffith III, an attacker, featured as a trialist with Northern Ireland top flight club, Coleraine FC, last night along with …

“[…] He was certainly a man of deep and original thought. Dennis ‘Sprangalang’ Hall will always be remembered for his ability to take serious and complex issues and portray them in a manner in which everyone could understand, appreciate and enjoy…” The following press statement on the passing of cultural …

The police commissioner, in April 2020, estimated that domestic violence reports would double this year (232 in 2019 to 558 in 2020). This is consistent with what the UN calls the ‘shadow pandemic’—a global increase in domestic violence amid the Covid-19 health crisis.  ‘How do you reach out for help …

The following column on Dennis ‘Sprangalang’ Hall, who passed away on Friday 2 October 2020, was first published in the Sunday Guardian on 30 January 1994: “Why you want to write about me?” he asks suspiciously on the telephone. “I doh like publicity. I’s just ah ordinary man making mih …

The Ministry of Health announced 59 new positive cases of Covid-19 today, which took the total since the onset of the pandemic to 4,629 positives from 28,864 unique patient tests. There are 1,824 active cases at present. As of this morning, there were 103 persons hospitalised for the novel coronavirus …

Minister of Health Terrence Deyalsingh got his Influenza vaccine today and is urging members of the public to follow suit, as Trinidad and Tobago braces for the 2020-21 flu season. The Ministry of Health tallied 41 fatalities in the last flu season and, with the Covid-19 pandemic already testing the …

“[…] Attitudinal and behavioural changes won’t happen by vaps. We have serious work to do. For example, we must address the need for values/conscience formation and citizenship programmes—at home, in our educational institutions, in our faith communities, in our workplaces etc…” The following is a press statement from the Catholic …

Fifa-appointed normalisation committee chairman Robert Hadad is still mum on the salary that he and his fellow members collect monthly from the world governing body, even as coaches and players remain unpaid. Hadad admitted in a recent SportsMax interview that he and his colleagues are paid by Fifa but did …

The Ministry of Health revealed another Covid-19 related death this evening, with the deceased patient described as ‘an elderly female with pre-existing medical conditions’. It was the second death announced today and the 54th in September. Trinidad and Tobago has suffered 76 fatalities since the onset of the novel coronavirus …