Caryl Jacobs is a talented singer / songwriter from the beautiful twin isles of Trinidad and Tobago. With a strong musical background, as both parents (Carl and Carol Jacobs) held a very iconic role in the calypso/soca industry, Caryl began her professional career at the age of 16, singing in the family-owned band ‘Islanda’. She […]
On August 31, 1962, the twin Republic of Trinidad and Tobago gained its independence from Great Britain. Celebrating its 59th Independence Anniversary on August 31, Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley stated that as the Independence Day holiday approaches, people should use the time to reflect and be grateful to be citizens of Trinidad and Tobago. […]
By CARICOM The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) enters this New Year 2021 with renewed hope for emerging from the darkness of the past year. The promising light at the end of the tunnel provided by the vaccine for COVID-19 provides the possibility of relief from the health and socio-economic challenges posed by the pandemic. The Community […]
NEW YORK CITY – 5-year-old author and artist Egypt Bush is a New Yorker with Trinidad heritage. Due to the pandemic, her weekly trips to the library for bedtime storybooks stopped. After reading the same books over and over, Egypt’s dad asked her to come up with her own bedtime stories. Not one to back […]
By Calvin G. Brown, WiredJA WASHINGTON, DC – October 8, 2020: The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) says given the unprecedented nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, under further strong deterioration of macro financial conditions, some Trinidad and Tobago banks could breach their minimum capital requirements in 2022. A report from the IMF following […]
By Kyron Regis, Trinadad & Tobago Guardian With the T&T budget expected to be presented in a matter of weeks, three economists have argued that devaluing the TT dollar would not be in the best interest of the country. This is while economists, like Dr Roger Hosein, Marla Dukharan and some of the business chambers […]
Photo: Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley addresses reporters on Covid-19 rollback measures at the Diplomatic Centre in St Ann’s on Saturday. Seated, from left, are Chief Medical Officer Dr Roshan Parasram and Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh. By Wiredja News Desk PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad, August 16, 2020 – As Trinidad and Tobago is once again placed into […]
By Paula Lindo, Trinidad & Tobago Newsday The Cabinet of the newly-elected government of TT has been sworn in. Led by Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley, the team also includes Faris Al-Rawi who has retained his post as Attorney General, with Renuka Sagramsingh-Sooklal as Minister in the Ministry of the Attorney General and Legal Affairs. […]
BY Calvin G. Brown, WiredJA.com PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad: People’s National Movement MP Ancil Antoine has been dropped as the party’s D’Abadie O’Meara candidate in the upcoming August 10 elections, due to insensitive and objectionable statements he made about the United States during a political meeting on Saturday. In a Facebook post on Sunday, Prime Minister Dr […]
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau Of Western Hemisphere Affairs at the US Department of State, Julie J Chung (Source: Twitter) By Calvin G. Brown, WiredJA PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, JUNE 12, 2020 – The United States has subtly implied that Trinidadian Businesses could face retaliation from the country if they failed to comply with the […]