Paula Lindo Tuesday 12 May 2020 Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said if people are responsible over the next two weeks, it will be possible to crunch phases two to six of the reopening measures into a shorter time period. He said if people were not willing to follow the public health regulations, this could lead to … Continue reading
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National mental health plan coming (May 6, 2020)
Paula Lindo Wednesday 6 May 2020 Director of mental health Dr Hazel Othello has said a technical working group has been set up to look at providing mental health and psycho-social (MHPSS) support for those affected by the covid19 pandemic. Mental health and psycho-social support is a term used by the UN inter-agency standing committee to … Continue reading
MoH urges media: Present data responsibly (April 27, 2020)
Paula Lindo Monday 27 April 2020 Epidemiologist Dr Avery Hinds is calling on the media to present mortality and other data responsibly. He said data presented in a recent newspaper article was presented without context or analysis, and this was a dangerous way for data to be used. He said processing mortality data is a specialised … Continue reading
Deyalsingh: ‘I was hacked’ (April 17, 2020)
Paula Lindo Friday 17 April 2020 Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said his Facebook profile has been hacked. This has happened several times over the past two years, he said. In a Facebook post, a commenter asked him if they “had to listen to these MATT apologies for journalists asking irrelevant, dotish and vexing questions?” In response, … Continue reading
UNC: Government too aggressive over covid19 (April 15, 2020)
Paula Lindo Wednesday 15 April 2020 The United National Congress (UNC) finds it disturbing that Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh “continues to attack” anyone who questions the government’s handling of the covid19 pandemic. In a release, the Opposition said the tone of the government’s press conferences is becoming more aggressive and political when faced with valid questions … Continue reading
Hagley keeps jazz awake with Insomnia (September 13, 2019)
Jazz pianist and composer Adan Hagley will be hosting a listening party for his debut album, Insomnia, on September 15 at the Kaiso Blues Cafe on Wrightson Road. The event will serve as a teaser for the formal album launch, which will take place on October 13. Hagley said the theme of Insomnia is based … Continue reading
Light, darkness in New Media 2016 (October 9, 2016)
The New Media section of the 2016 T&T Film Festival featured two exhibitions on September 21 and 24. The first exhibition, titled “Food for Weapons” featured seven pieces from Venezuelan performance artists, curated by experimental film-maker Sandra Vivas. The second, “Light on a Whim” was put on by North Eleven Projection, the official projection partners … Continue reading
Hypervigilance vs. Underthinking
Which one are you guilty of? Source: Hypervigilance vs. Underthinking
Rondell Warner creates Moving Art (October 11, 2015)
Rondell Warner‘s ‘Articulate Spectacle’, the final New Media event of the T&T Film Festival on September 26, was a fun, upbeat mix of music, moving images and light which had people dancing and actively participating with the installation. It was a lighthearted evening where friends and strangers mingled, laughed and chatted together. Abstract moving images … Continue reading
He For She Campaign: 10,000 men asked to stand up against abuse of women (August 23, 2015)
Around the world, the 25th of each month is celebrated as ‘Orange Day’, as part of a call by the United Nations Secretary General for organizations to reaffirm their commitment to ending violence against women and girls by wearing orange. As part of the observation of this day in August, the Network of NGOs of … Continue reading
