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[UPDATED] Trinidad and Tobago CXC passes improve, higher than regional average

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday · August 15, 2025

News Paula Lindo 17 Hrs Ago Education Minister Dr Michael Dowlath. - File photo THE Education Ministry said 51.02 per cent of candidates who wrote the May/June 2025 CSEC examinations achieved five or more passes, including English A and...

Tourism Trinidad showcases natural, culinary wonders to TKR

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday · August 16, 2025

Features Newsday 11 Hrs Ago Guests enjoy an array of authentic local dishes while on tour on the Caroni Swamp. - Tourism Trinidad Ltd (TTL) hosted a meet-and-greet on August 10, with the Trinbago Knight Riders (TKR) players, management, and staff,...

PAHO/WHO and Ministry of Health Host Workshop to Promote Smarter Antibiotic Use in Trinidad and Tobago

Pan American Health Organization · August 15, 2025

Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – 15 August 2025 (PAHO)— In collaboration with the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), the Ministry of Health, Trinidad and Tobago, recently hosted the Region of the Americas’...

Creating 'ripples of change': Nova Scotia immigrant wins national leadership award

CBC/Radio-Canada · August 16, 2025

When Simone Le Gendre arrived in Nova Scotia from Trinidad and Tobago in 2018, it was her first time setting foot on Canadian soil. She had no idea that seven years later she would be honoured as one of Canada's top-25 immigrants and be the...

Religious organisation sponsors school supplies for 500 students

Trinidad and Tobago Guardian ·

RADHICA DE SILVA Senior Multimedia Reporter Radhica.sookraj@guardian.co.tt Ahead of the school term, five hundred children received school supplies as the group Paying It Forward for Jesus Inc held a Children’s Fair and...

Indian Diplomatic Missions Across Globe Celebrate I-Day With Vibrant Cultural Events

MENAFN · August 16, 2025

(MENAFN- IANS) Santiago, Aug 16 (IANS) Several Indian missions worldwide celebrated the country's 79th Independence Day with vibrant events showcasing the strong bonds of culture, heritage, and shared values.In Chile, the Embassy of India in...

Trinidad and Tobago CXC passes improve, higher than regional average

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday · August 15, 2025

News Paula Lindo 2 Hrs Ago Education Minister Dr Michael Dowlath. - File photo THE Education Ministry said 51.02 per cent of candidates who wrote the May/June 2025 CSEC examinations achieved five or more passes, including English A and...

Feel Good Moment – A Taste Of Tobago In Times Square

TTT Live Online · August 16, 2025

Tobago took centre stage in Times Square, New York, on Thursday, bringing the island’s vibrant culture to the heart of the Big Apple. Spectators couldn’t resist joining in the dancing, drumming, and sweet sounds of the steelpan. The THA’s...

‘AFTCREE Expo aims to mainstream culture, tourism into economies of African states’

The Guardian (Nigeria) · August 16, 2025

Chuks Akamadu is the Managing Director/CEO of Afrocultour Limited, organisers of the Songs of Nigeria Festival (SONIFES), Nigeria Entertainment, Economic Roundtable (NEER) and others. An accomplished intellectual property lawyer, erudite cultural...

Trinidadian appears in US court on drug trafficking charges

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday · August 15, 2025

News Jada Loutoo An Hour Ago Shurlan Guppy. - TRINIDADIAN Shurlan Guppy, recently extradited to the United States on drug trafficking charges, has made his first court appearance in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. A release from the US...

Winchester shares Tobago Love, the Xperience

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday · August 16, 2025

Features Melissa Doughty Just Now Shurwayne Winchester - Shurwayne Winchester wants the love for his birthplace to shine through, loudly, with Tobago Love, the Xperience. The artiste, whose repertoire is a part of Trinidad and Tobago’s music...

Moko jumbie king takes Trinidad and Tobago culture to Japan

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday · August 15, 2025

Features Yvonne Webb 2 Hrs Ago The TT contingent and with Tekel Sylvan in moko jumbie costume at Osaka, Kansai, Japan Expo 2025 Commons-A Centre Stage. - Reigning moko jumbie king Tekel Sylvan has taken his towering talent to new heights – 13...

T&T showcases culture and creativity at World Expo 2025 in Japan

CNC 3 · August 15, 2025

Trinidad and Tobago is making a strong cultural and economic statement at the World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, captivating global audiences with its film, music, and heritage. Global Trinidad and Tobago is leading the effort, with Film...

Trinidad PM says Govt won’t engage in mass deportations of Venezuelans

Stabroek News · August 15, 2025

(Trinidad Guardian) Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar says her migrant policy, which is not yet completed, will not be one of mass deportations of migrants. Speaking with the media at bMobile’s Future Leaders Internship Engagement function at...

US report finds stable human rights climate in Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday · August 15, 2025

News Jada Loutoo 2 Hrs Ago Trade union members assemble for the Labour Day march in Fyzabad on June 19. - Photo by Lincoln Holder THERE were no significant changes in the country’s human rights situation for 2024, according to the United States’...

Back-to-school sales slow in Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday · August 15, 2025

Tobago Kinnesha George 17 Minutes Ago A parent shops for school supplies. - File photo DESPITE a slow start to the back-to-school shopping in Tobago, bookstores expect sales to gain momentum closer to the opening of the new school term....

Lauderhill to host ‘A Taste of Trinidad & Tobago’ for Independence celebration

Caribbean National Weekly · August 14, 2025

The city will come alive with the sights, sounds, and flavors of the Caribbean on Friday, Aug. 29, when Lauderhill hosts A Taste of Trinidad & Tobago in honor of the twin-island nation’s 63rd year of independence. - Advertisement - The free,...

RE Promotions hosts back-to-school drive in Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday · August 15, 2025

Tobago Kinnesha George 2 Hrs Ago RE Promotions is on a back-to-school drive. - RE (Ripple Effect) Promotions, a Tobago-based non-government organisation (NGO), is helping parents and guardians, for the tenth time, complete their back-to-school...

USNS Comfort Departs Trinidad

MilitarySpot - Alabama · August 15, 2025

AUGUST 15, 2025 – The Mercy-class hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) departed from Port of Spain, Trinidad, August 11, 2025, the last mission stop of Continuing Promise 2025 (CP25). During the seven-day visit, the team worked alongside...

Twenty Caribbean Educators Embark On Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme

TTT Live Online · August 15, 2025

Some said they’ll miss doubles, while others are excited to try sushi and ramen. But they all share one common goal: representing the region with pride in Japanese classrooms. Twenty participants from the Caribbean – 18 Trinbagonians and two...