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Trinidad suffers storm damage
(Trinidad Express) Heavy rainfall, accompanied by high speed wind, toppled trees and caused flash flooding in parts of Trinidad on Saturday
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After long wait, J'cans stranded in C'bean to be repatriated
CARIBBEAN Airlines will, as of this weekend, be operating flights for Jamaicans stranded in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, The Bahamas, and Antigua and Barbuda, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Kamina Johnson Smith has
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Actor Geoffrey Holder born
Actor Geoffrey Holder was born on the island of Trinidad, British West Indies.
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Aug
1
1930
Antigua and barbuda
Current government officials
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Holness announces COVID screening for all incoming travellers this month
Prime Minister Andrew Holness has announced that there will be mandatory COVID screening for all passengers arriving in Jamaica this
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Trinidad opens wider on Thursday - No Covid cases for 21 days
Trinidad opens wider on Thursday – No Covid cases for 21 days
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Three suspects held in Westmoreland robbery rampage
WESTERN BUREAU: THREE PERSONS who are strongly believed to be linked to a syndicate of criminals responsible for a recent spate of robberies and murders in Westmoreland are now in custody. Last Friday, as business owners, staff and customers...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
We are clearly not ready to roll out the Grade Six examination
With the way now cleared for a new administration, I write to support and reiterate the call made in a letter by Omchand Madhu titled `Incoming Minister of Education should postpone National Grade Six Assessment’ that appeared in our
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Musician Cameron Sankey Playing Music, Talking Tech
… I had two or three gigs a week, traveling out of the [U.S. and] state with other artists,” said Sankey, a full-time musician, music producer, mixing engineer, writer-arranger, keyboardist, and
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T&T security minister says protests 'carefully orchestrated'
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — National Security Minister Stuart Young yesterday described as “carefully orchestrated and pre-planned” the protests in the eastern part of the capital following the shooting deaths of three people by police over the
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Goalie Simone Eligon in Concacaf’s League A Best XI - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
TT women's football team goalkeeper Simone Eligon has been named to Concacaf's League A Best XI for the October window of Concacaf women's Gold Cup qualifying. Eligon, 23, replaced veteran TT goalkeeper Kimika Forbes for TT's two matches against Puerto Rico on November 27 and 31 respectively.
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Trinidad: Former PNM minister's brother to run for UNC
Trinidad: Former PNM minister’s brother to run for UNC
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Trinidad: Religious organisations not rushing to reopen
(Trinidad Guardian) Religious organisations will now be allowed to open the doors of their worship centres for Corpus Christi on Thursday after Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday announced Government was moving up the previously-announced opening date by one
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Guyanese cricketers stranded in TT expected to return
With over 300 confirmed Guyanese stranded overseas during the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, four cricketers stranded in Trinidad and Tobago are expected to be reunited with their families at
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UNLV shooting: Three killed in University of Nevada rampage
Police say three people have been killed in a shooting at the Las Vegas campus of the University of Nevada (UNLV) in the USA on Wednesday morning. Officers struck and killed the suspect, who remains unnamed, in a shootout. One other victim remains in a critical condition at a local hospital, police
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300 Trinidadians stuck on cruise ship off Barbados
(Trinidad Guardian) National Security Minister Stuart Young says over 300 nationals stuck on a ship off Barbados will be allowed to come home if the cruise ship company agrees to quarantine them at sea off Trinidad and
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Key state agencies are prisoners of political crowding
By making public the fact that it has now moved the country’s agriculture sector to the top of its agenda (ahead of tourism) in terms of targeting foreign investment for the country, the Jamaica Promotions Corporation (JAMPRO), the country’s national investment and export promotion agency, has
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Trinidad: Cops, soldiers charged with humiliating homeless man
(Trinidad Express) The Trinidad and Tobago Regiment is confirming that two of its soldiers, along with two police officers, have been charged in connection with an incident that happened with the “homeless humiliation” in the first days of the Covid-19 lock
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Marlene Nourbese Philip
Marlene Nourbese Philip is the winner of the 1988 Casa de las Americas prize for poetry. She is a writer, poet, university lecturer and lawyer who lives in Canada but who hails from Tobago. Her published works include the novel Harriets Daughter and three collections of poetry including
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Feb
3
1947
African Americans in New York City
African Americans constitute one of the longer-running ethnic presences in New York City. The majority of the African American population largely claims descent from West and Central Africa by way of importation to the American South via the Atlantic slave trade (and a rarer presence of those
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Caribbean at UN: vote for Security Council | New York Carib News
With only a few days left before all United Nations member states elect two countries to non-permanent seats on the powerful Security Council, a leading Caribbean diplomat at the world body, Liz Thompson used those words to
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Source: The New York Carib News
Trini fraudsters using new strategies to steal money
Assistant Superintendent of Police Curtis Julien told a news conference that scammers have now resorted to using point-of-sale machines in business places rather than automated teller machines (ATM) to get cash from unsuspecting
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Senate to probe admission fraud in varsities, polytechnics
The lawmakers noted that authorities of some higher institutions are using admission to exploit and frustrate intelligent students. The post Senate to probe admission fraud in varsities, polytechnics appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
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CXC must seriously reconsider its rigid July proposal
CXC’s proposal to use only Paper 1 (multiple choice) together with the students’ SBAs or IAs to assess them is seriously
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Cameroon: Who Are the Women Working for Change and Peace in Cameroon?
[DW] Marthe Wandou, Esther Omam and Sally Mboumien are activists and affiliates of 1st National Women's Convention for Peace in Cameroon. The body representing 77 organizations has been awarded the 2023 German Africa Prize.
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The Church of St. Mark, Brooklyn, New York (1838- )
The Church of St. Mark in Brooklyn, New York was originally established by a group of black Episcopalians in 1838.  The next year, Dr. Samuel M. Haskins was asked to be rector (pastor), the role he would maintain for 60 years.  By April 1841 the congregation completed a Gothic style edifice in
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'No mask, no roti, no service' -Trinidad PM
Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley has advised citizens to obey public health regulations to wear masks when entering public
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Trinidad: Missing businessman found in concrete grave
(Trinidad Guardian) Relatives of Carenage businessman Koongebeharry Jaisarie, 64, are demanding justice after his body was discovered days after he went
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Mathieu, Gail Dennise (1951?- )
Gail Dennise Mathieu, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, was appointed United States Ambassador to Niger by President George W. Bush in 2002. She remained in Niamey, the capital until 2005.  In 2007 President Bush appointed her United States Ambassador to Namibia. Between these
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2013
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