G L E N D A Charles-Harris was living with her family in Sweden but she missed the beauty of the local flowers like the flamboyant poui and immortelle. When her children grew up and travelled abroad, she remained in Trinidad in her home in Diego Martin as she planned to leave the house for them. Even when crime and murders increased in the country, she stayed.
QUEEN STREET, Port-of- Spain is to be renamed Queen Janelle Commissiong Street in honour of Trinidad and Tobagos first Miss Universe winner, and the first woman of colour to take the title, exactly 40 years ago on todays date.
FLIGHT cancellations and delays on the Tobago air bridge due to crew constraints resulted a number of frustrated passengers at the Piarco International Airport yesterday including many on standby.
BOOKSE LLERS have assured the public that the availability of primary and secondary school textbooks will not be affected by the shortage of United States dollars on the local market.
THE Roman Catholic Church yesterday welcomed Simon Peter Ango to the priesthood, bolstering the churchs depleting stock of clergymen.
PROFESSOR Karl Theodore, director of the Health Economics Unit (HEU) of the University of the West Indies says people who are laid off should not have a problem getting help. He says there are more than 200 to 300 programmes designed to support people who get into trouble.
REFERRING to items on the agenda set by the prime minister for their meeting on Tuesday as buzzwords, Opposition Leader Kamla Persad-Bissessar says she will attend with an open mind and a desire to pursue the more crucial topics of crime, jobs, and the economy.