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Lawrence Arjoon's Legacy: Helping youths find their voices
7+ hour, 15+ min ago (780+ words) For six years, Lawrence Ar'joon has watched young peo'ple walk through the doors of the He'roes Foun'da'tion car'ry'ing bur'dens many adults would strug'gle to bear. Some ar'rived un'cer'tain of who they were. Oth'ers were grap'pling with trau'ma, fam'i'ly chal'lenges, mi'gra'tion,…...
A sister's perspective on autism: 'My brother is not the problem, society is"
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (92+ words) Anaya Persad and her brother Aidan. As we con'tin'ue to ob'serve Autism Aware'ness, we hear from those clos'est to autists'their loved ones. This week, Anaya In'dar Per'sad tells us what is has been like grow'ing up with an autis'tic sib'ling…...
Children's Authority: No change in number of nationwide child abuse allegations
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (639+ words) General manager of the Child Welfare Services at the Children's Authority of T&T, Rhonda Gregoire-Roopchand, responds to a question during the JSC on Human Rights, Equality and Diversity. OFFICE OF THE PARLIAMENT The num'ber of child abuse al'le'ga'tions na'tion'wide…...
426 retrenched in private sector last year
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (822+ words) The dis'clo'sure of 426 pri'vate sec'tor re'trench'ments in Trinidad and To'ba'go in 2025, record'ed un'der the Re'trench'ment and Sev'er'ance Ben'e'fits Act (RS'BA), lays bare a par'tial but telling snap'shot of labour dis'place'ment at a time of eco'nom'ic ad'just'ment, cor'po'rate re'struc'tur'ing and grow'ing…...
Caribbean to the bone: Allison Demas marks 15 years in business
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (965+ words) Fif'teen years lat'er, Me'dia In'Site has 32 full-time em'ploy'ees plus a net'work of re'gion'al con'trac'tors. The com'pa'ny tracks me'dia out'put across the Caribbean for a range of clients in the pri'vate sec'tor, pub'lic sec'tor and in'ter'na'tion'al or'gan'i'sa'tions, and counts among its…...
Morris tells OAS forum: T&T confronting transnational organised crime
5+ day, 3+ hour ago (376+ words) Min'is'ter in the For'eign and Cari'com Af'fairs Min'istry Nicholas Mor'ris says the il'lic'it traf'fick'ing of firearms, nar'cotics and per'sons pos'es a sig'nif'i'cant threat to na'tion'al sta'bil'i'ty in Trinidad and To'ba'go, and it is be'ing con'front'ed head-on. He made the com'ment…...
An unfinished constitutional obligation?
1+ week, 2+ day ago (326+ words) Max Al'bert and I con'tin'ue our dis'cus'sions on the To'ba'go au'ton'o'my ques'tion. Our most re'cent ar'ti'cles have ex'am'ined the con'sti'tu'tion'al evo'lu'tion of the To'ba'go House of As'sem'bly and plead'ed for fi'nan'cial and more re'spect'ful con'sid'er'a'tion for the men and women…...
Fines, forests and food: Tougher penalties could reshape rural livelihoods in T&T
2+ week, 1+ day ago (647+ words) Trinidad Guardian Fines, forests and food: Tougher penalties could reshape rural livelihoods in T&T Over the past decade, Trinidad and To'ba'go's nat'ur'al re'source and rur'al-based in'dus'tries'co'pra, tim'ber, sawmilling, and hunt'ing'have op'er'at'ed in a space where le'gal re'quire'ments ex'ist'ed on…...
Moody's revises T&T outlook to stable
2+ week, 2+ day ago (447+ words) Economist Dr Ralph Henry In'ter'na'tion'al rat'ings agency Moody's has re'vised Trinidad and To'ba'go's sov'er'eign out'look from neg'a'tive to sta'ble while af'firm'ing the coun'try's Ba2 cred'it rat'ing, re'vers'ing a move it made just six months ago amid con'cerns over de'clin'ing for'eign ex'change…...
Unprecedented: Parliament expert condemns treatment of staff in mic row
2+ week, 2+ day ago (714+ words) Speaker of the House Jagdeo Singh chats with parliament staff, Legal Officer II Sharla Elcock during the session of the standing finance committee in Parliament on Friday. Lead Ed'i'tor - Pol'i'tics The ex'pert al'so called on the House Speak'er to make…...