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Props
CNC 3
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August 10, 2025
In a world often shaped by routine and rigid expectations, Colin Matthew Regis, better known as “Creative Matt”, chose to carve out a life defined by imagination, purpose, and resilience. At 36, the Port-of-Spain native has turned what began as a...
Dr Tim Gopeesingh heads NCRHA
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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Andrea Perez-Sobers Senior Reporter andrea.perez-sobers@guardian.co.tt Returning to public health leadership after nearly three decades, former education minister Dr Tim Gopeesingh has been appointed chairman of the North...
Group CEO: ANSA McAL share price is a gift
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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There is an old saying, “In the midst of crisis, lies opportunity.” While there is concern over ANSA McAL Group’s decision to suspend the payment of dividends for a three-year period, the group chief executive officer Anthony...
Props and passion: Creative Matt turns imagination into reality
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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Samaki Felician Freelance Correspondent In a world often shaped by routine and rigid expectations, Colin Matthew Regis, better known as “Creative Matt”, chose to carve out a life defined by imagination, purpose, and...
Photo-Synthesis Designs to bring Caribbean Style to NY Fashion Week
Trinidad Express
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THE excitement is building for Photo-Synthesis Designs, and you can feel it all the way to New York Fashion Week (NYFW) next month. It’s not Martrecia Alleyne’s first time on the prestigious runway. She debuted her designs back in September 2022,...
Young musicians to take centre stage
Trinidad Express
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Last Tuesday, at the School of Education, The University of the West Indies (The UWI), St Augustine campus, about 95 young musicians of the birdsong Academy were busy going through their paces in preparation for their 2025 concert, The Future in...
Test Arena Operations Kick Off in Norway with First Flight of All-Electric ALIA Aircraft
Autochannel
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Demonstration flights conducted by Bristow Norway AS and BETA Technologies through the Test Arena established by Avinor and CAA Norway are designed to evaluate use cases and routes for zero- and low-emission aviation in the Nordic region Bristow...
Gordon Robinson | It’s all about community
The Gleaner
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August 10, 2025
I’ve just spent another disappointing Emancipendence filled with clear signs of Jamaica’s societal corrosion. Independence (Festival) is a celebration of a radical change in Jamaica’s history. Since Emancipation Day was re-instated twenty-eight...
Reimagining Sacrifice Through an African Feminist Diaspora
Daily Independent
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August 10, 2025
1 What if our g ra n d m o t h e r s ’ sacrifices were not about submission, but about survival and resistance? When we reframe the legacy of Black women’s ‘sacrifice’ across the African diaspora, from Africa to the Americas and to the Caribbean,...
3 Critical Developments in Venezuela’s Rising Anti-Terrorism Operation under Diosdado Cabello
teleSUR
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August 9, 2025
Venezuela’s rising anti-terrorism operation leads to major arms seizure and 21 arrests amid threats linked to opposition and foreign actors. Related: 5 Critical Reasons ALBA-TCP Condemns the Rising US Threat Against Venezuela Venezuela Rising...
Deconstructing The AI Phenomenon
CleanTechnica
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August 4, 2025
AI is the new, new thing in the world of technology, but it is still in its infancy. How it will grow is unknown and largely unknowable. In the early 1980s, there was a lot of discussion about how much memory a personal computer would need. There...
Republic Bank Powers Regional Ambitions
The Voice
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August 9, 2025
Republic Bank Vice President, Karen Yip Chuck [Photo Credit: Republic Bank]Republic Bank has reaffirmed its position as a catalyst for regional transformation, serving as the Platinum Sponsor of the Caribbean Investment Forum (CIF) 2025, held from...
Business briefs | Ronald McDonald House recognized by Petrusha Law
Times-Standard - California
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August 9, 2025
Kristen Adams, associate attorney with Petrusha Law, nominated Ronald McDonald House Charities Bay Area to receive August’s $1,000 donation as part of the firm’s ongoing “10 Years, $10,000 Thanks” campaign. “Four years ago, our son Pierce was born...
OCM posts 44% rise in operating profit
Trinidad Express
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August 8, 2025
ONE Caribbean Media Ltd (OCM) has reported a net profit before tax and share of profit of $8.1 million for the second quarter ended June 2025, up 60% from $5 million in the same period a year earlier. OCM chairman Faarees Hosein, in his statement...
Beware imported crime policies
Trinidad Express
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August 8, 2025
JUST over 100 days have passed since the United National Congress (UNC) returned to office. While it’s still early, I had hoped to see stronger direction—especially in dealing with crime and education, two critical areas that continue to cripple...
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Israel and Palestine: Two-state solution looks good only on paper
Firstpost
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August 9, 2025
“Shalom, chaver (Goodbye, friend),” Bill Clinton said in his eulogy as hundreds of world leaders, including 80 heads of state, gathered at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl cemetery on November 6, 1995. Two days ago, two shots from a Beretta 84F at a peace...
COSTAATT Launches Pollinator-Friendly Campus
TTT Live Online
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August 4, 2025
The College of Science, Technology and Applied Arts of Trinidad and Tobago (COSTAATT) is literally planting seeds of change. This, as its School of Environmental, Circular Economy, and Sustainability Studies is transforming the green areas of its...
Certain fertilizer importers to face higher US tariffs
World Fertilizer
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August 5, 2025
US President Donald Trump has released a new wave of tariff rates, most fertilizer origin countries had their rates increase to 15% from the prior 10% imposed in April, including Trinidad and Tobago, Nigeria, Israel and Jordan, among others, as...
No timely sewage alerts from IMA
Trinidad Express
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August 9, 2025
IN August 2019, the Institute of Marine Affairs (IMA) warned citizens to avoid swimming at three popular Chaguaramas beaches—Welcome Bay, Williams Bay, and Chagville Beach—due to dangerous levels of microbial faecal contamination. IMA...
FOCP committed to changing cancer stigma into solidarity
Gulf Today
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August 9, 2025
Cancer stigma persists worldwide as a deeply rooted social challenge, driving discrimination and exclusion that profoundly impacts patients and communities. Globally, cancer is responsible for nearly one in six deaths, with up to 70% of these...