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Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival returns with a brand new venue
Features Newsday Reporter An Hour Ago One Woodbrook Place is the new home of the Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival (TTFF). - Photos courtesy TTFF AFTER a year-long hiatus, the Trinidad+Tobago Film Festival (TTFF) is making a return. The festival will...
Activist gets Venezuelan help to ID Central murder victims
Shastri Boodan Freelance Contributor Venezuelan human rights activist Yesenia Gonzalez is now working closely with members of the Venezuelan community both here and in that country to help identify the bodies of two...

For the women who did
This week’s Bookshelf sets fiction aside to engage with fact. These are the stories of women who are no longer here to tell them. In the Caribbean like everywhere else violence begins at home, behind closed doors, in the places meant to offer...

Tales of a Trini Racing Driver
Commentary Marina Salandy-Brown An Hour Ago The cover of #33 Tales of a Trini Racing Driver by Gordon Gonzales. - F1 or Formula One car racing is one of the world’s top sports and the very pinnacle of motorsports. The annual cycle of 24 grand prix...

Melly Rose represents Trinidad and Tobago on Okayplayer’s Offstage
Features Newsday Reporter An Hour Ago Melly Rose - SINGER Melly Rose, on June 26, was featured in the newest episode of Offstage with OkayAfrica, an online video series presented by Okayplayer in celebration of Caribbean Heritage Month. Melly Rose...

Indian PM to address joint sitting of Trinidad Parliament
(Trinidad Guardian) The Prime Minister of India is expected to address a joint sitting of this country’s Parliament during his official visit to Trinidad and Tobago from July 3–4, 2025, at the invitation of T&T Prime Minister Kamla...
IDA leader: Tobago not being told truth about economic state
Elizabeth Gonzales Tobago Correspondent Innovative Democratic Alliance (IDA) leader, Dr Denise Tsoiafatt-Angus, says while the Tobago House of Assembly is painting a pretty picture with its $3.7 billion budget, the...

Opposition politicises issue of Hindi language in education policy
Rahul Gandhi and allies oppose Hindi in education, sparking debate over language, identity, and politics. NEW DELHI: The Indian National Congress, led by Rahul Gandhi, along with its allies like M.K. Stalin from Tamil Nadu, Uddhav Thackeray from...

Trinidad and Tobago entrepreneur wins business pitch competition in NY
Features Newsday 4 Hrs Ago Founder and CEO of Vibe Connections Ltd Amina Blake-Foreman, displays her winning cheque at the CBN X USC 2025 Business Pitch Competition which took place at The Se7en, Washington Ave, Brooklyn, New York on June 22. -...

PHOTOS: Salmon Arm celebrates Gathering Together cultural fusion festival
Cultures collided in Salmon Arm with a celebration of diversity at the annual Gathering Together Festival on Canadian Multicultural Day. On Friday, June 27, the Ross Street Plaza became a world map with booths representing Ethiopia, Trinidad,...
Women in shallow grave were strangled and smothered to death, autopsy finds
Anna-Lisa Paul Senior Reporter anna-lisa.paul@guardian.co.tt Autopsies on the bodies of two Hispanic women found in a shallow grave in central Trinidad on Wednesday night, have listed the official cause of death as manual...

Chef “Stikxz” Of Miss Lily’s On Caribbean Culinary Culture Today
Chef Brittany "Stikxz" Williams took the reins at Miss Lily's this spring.Michael Condran The baton of Jamaican flavors has been passed from one esteemed chef to another at the beloved corner hotspot, Miss Lily’s 7 A Cafe, in the East Village....

The Grenada Boys’ Secondary School and the debate over Secondary Education in Grenada, 1885-1946 – Part VII
The time has come when the question of a Government school for girls, properly staffed and equipped, must be faced by the community.” The debate over the examination results and the state of the secondary schools continued for more than a month....

Bodies of two women found in shallow grave remain unidentified
Police are yet to identify the bodies of two Hispanic women unearthed from a shallow grave in Central Trinidad earlier this week. Officers were called to agricultural lands north of Ramsaran Trace, off Warren Road in Cunupia, at approximately...

5 Countries, 8 Days: PM Narendra Modi Set For Longest Diplomatic Visit In 11 Years
Last Updated:June 30, 2025, 14:02 IST PM Narendra Modi’s tour will cover two continents and include visits to Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Brazil and Namibia PM Narendra Modi also completed a six-nation trip in eight days when he visited...

Trinidad and Tobago athletes inspire movement, joy on Olympic Day
Sports Newsday Reporter 28 Minutes Ago A girl shows her enthusiasm during a flag football drill at Olympic Day 2025 at the Queen's Park Savannah, Port of Spain, on June 23. - Photo courtesy TTOC MOVEMENT, motivation and joy resonated throughout...

'Killie man' Rory McKenzie on emotional Rugby Park journey, Trinidad, and Ayr
“I'm not really one for being in the limelight,” McKenzie said. "I'm quite a private person and I just like to get on with my football.” Maybe then the humbler title of ‘a Killie man’ would be more appropriate, though it would be something he...

10,000-plus suddenly jobless in Trinidad after CEPEP contracts cancelled
(Trinidad Express) A wave of contract terminations at the Community-Based Environmental Protection and Enhancement Programme (CEPEP) has sparked political controversy, with former finance minister Colm Imbert claiming that over 11,000 CEPEP...

Borussia Dortmund to set up football academy in Trinidad
CMC – BORUSSIA Dortmund (BVB), one of the best football clubs in the world, is set to open a Caribbean Youth Football Academy within the next month. The German club will officially launch the BVB International Academy – Caribbean on July 25 at the...
Pride TT calls for legislative reform to protect LGBTQI+
Pride TT is calling for legislative reform to secure equal rights and protections for members of the LGBTQI+ community. The organisation held a peaceful protest outside Parliament at Woodford Square yesterday to mark the...