The Trinidad & To­ba­go Na­tion­al Pe­tro­le­um Mar­ket­ing Com­pa­ny Lim­it­ed (NP) is as­sur­ing that it has tak­en all nec­es­sary steps to pre­pare for the im­pact of Trop­i­cal Storm Karen.

Just over three years ago, the land where The Skin Health In­sti­tute now sits was derelict; an aban­doned res­i­dence in des­per­ate need of TLC. Many would have writ­ten it off, but its po­ten­tial caught the eye of Dr Rachael Eck­el - an award-win­ning cos­met­ic doc­tor whose vi­sion has trans­formed Port-of-Spain’s vis­age, as well as the skin health of its clien­tele. In part­ner­ship with ar­chi­tects and in­te­ri­or de­sign­ers from La­gu­na Beach, Cal­i­for­nia, the build­ing has been con­vert­ed in­to a beau­ti­ful, mod­ern space, with crisp lines and nat­ur­al el­e­ments - per­haps an echo of the skilled work that takes place there. When you walk through the doors, you in­stant­ly feel the sense of pro­fes­sion­al­ism and glam­our that the space brings, and know that your skin is in safe hands.

Na­pari­ma Col­lege kept the lead in the Pre­mier­ship Di­vi­sion of the Sec­ondary Schools Foot­ball League (SS­FL) by de­feat­ing one of its main chal­lengers this sea­son Mal­ick Sec­ondary 2-1 at Trin­i­ty East Ground in Arou­ca on Sat­ur­day.

WASH­ING­TON—As Chi­na and the US near a new round of trade talks, Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump said yes­ter­day he doesn’t feel he needs to se­cure an agree­ment be­fore next year’s elec­tion.

Chief Of­fi­cer Bernadette Pa­ponette cuts a strik­ing fig­ure in her hi­jab and crisp, black and white uni­form. Then there is her ef­fu­sive smile. She is sec­ond in com­mand on­ly to the cap­tain of the ves­sel and is the on­ly fe­male Chief Of­fi­cer serv­ing on­board Nid­co's wa­ter taxis. ​

"I don't take on any politi­cians, you hear? Be­cause when I open my purse I don't see them." I laughed in my car as the ra­dio hosts did in the stu­dio.