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The Joint Trade Union Movement (JTUM) is calling for the minimum wage be increased from $17.50 to $30 an hour. Ancel Roget, JTUM’s leader and president general of the Oilfields Workers’ Trade Union (OWTU) made the call while speaking during Labour Day celebrations on June 19, 2023 at Charlie King Junction, Fyzabad on Monday. Roget said it was disrespectful for […More]

On Wednesday June 21st, the Honorable Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell was exuberant in his 1st year anniversary celebration of his government’s achievement. Some major milestones achieved included: * The payment of the retroactive pensions and gratuity of approximately $75 million. * Over 1700 teachers and public servants received salaries of $1.2 million that were docked since 2018. * An honorarium […More]

ALL SCHOOLS IN T&T TO RESUME AT 100% CAPACITY Schools throughout Trinidad and Tobago will begin functioning at 100% capacity come April 19th. The return to full time learning and teaching will end more than two years of online and rotational classes. The announcement was made by Education Minister Dr. Nyan Gadsby Dolly yesterday. Acting Chief Education Officer Lisa Henry […More]

Mottley wins second term as ruling party sweeps Barbados general election BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – Barbadian voters bought into the philosophy that they are “safer with Mia” wholesale and re-elected the ruling Barbados Labour Party (BLP) into government with a consecutive clean sweep of the 30 seats in Parliament. Preliminary results showed that the BLP had won all the seats […More]

WATSON DUKE’S PARTY APPEARS TO WIN 12 OF THE 15 SEATS IN THE TOBAGO’S HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY 2021 ELECTIONS. PNM CONCEDES THA ELECTIONS.

Ida FEMA Apply/Appeal Dear partner, New Yorkers only have until December 6 to apply for FEMA relief from Hurricane Ida.Learn more about applying: https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4615 If you applied and did not receive the full amount you need, you have 60 days to appeal the decision. Learn more about appealing: https://www.fema.gov/assistance/individual/after-applying/appeals Help us to spread the word about applying and appealing deadlines! Background New York City experienced widespread […More]

Statement On The Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict This trial and the verdict it produced are clear and devastating representations of the way our country and our legal system view innocence and guilt, vigilantes and villains, race and the fight against racial injustice. A white seventeen-year-old killing protesters with a weapon of war is celebrated and acquitted. A black seventeen-year-old walking the […More]

COVID-19 death toll nears 2,000 as 11 more die, 491 contract virus Eleven more people have died of COVID-19, pushing the death toll to 1,919. The latest fatalities include one elderly male, five elderly females, four middle-aged males and one middle-aged female. One patient had multiple comorbidities including Diabetes, Hypertension and Heart Disease. Six people had one comorbidity namely Diabetes, […More]

HAPPY DIWALI (Deepavali) 2021 Happy Diwali to all my Indian Brothers & Sisters. May your light continue to shine bright not only today but every day thereafter. Love, Peace & Happiness Always! Greetings from the founder & president of AYOOTT (African Youth Organization of T&T) and NYAF (New York African fair) Also, search for Howard Hughes Live or Howard Hughes […More]

NLAAD National Latino AIDS Awareness Day is observed annually on October 15, or the last day of National Hispanic Heritage Month. In 2015, this segment of the population accounted for about one quarter of all new diagnoses of HIV in the U.S. Local organizations across the country use the day to launch prevention campaigns, offer counseling and testing, and hold […More]