Forced out of the class­room for al­most an aca­d­e­m­ic year due to a de­bil­i­tat­ing back in­jury, Bish­op’s High School stu­dent and sprint­er Malique Young has learned that the race is not al­ways for the swift.

For Kirsten-Jade Ram­per­sad, sewing and fash­ion were more than week­end ac­tiv­i­ties. They were ways to clear her mind, recharge and re­fo­cus on her stud­ies, help­ing her ex­cel with eight Grade Ones, each with a Grade A, in her CSEC ex­am­i­na­tions.

The Na­tion­al Coun­cil of In­di­an Cul­ture (NCIC) has called on politi­cians and the me­dia to stop us­ing race, re­li­gion and cul­ture as tools to di­vide the peo­ple of Trinidad and To­ba­go.

To­ba­go hote­liers are be­ing warned by the Cham­ber of In­dus­try and Com­merce to brace for a “rough” Oc­to­ber fol­low­ing a drought warn­ing from the TT Met Of­fice amid dry con­di­tions over the past three months.