Tag Archive for 'Disaster'

Lecturer wants children in East PoS tested for lead poisoning

Published on April 7, 2013 in Environment, General T&T, Health and Media. 4 Comments Tags: Abuse, Disaster, Laventille, Newsday.

By Shereen Ali Sunday,
April 7 2013 – newsday.co.tt

A part-time lecturer in the Department of Behavioural Sciences at the University of the West Indies, St Augustine is calling for the authorities to test children living in East Port-of-Spain for lead poisoning.

Lecturer Valentine Smith’s call is based on his contention that there may be environmental and biological factors among the causes for violence and youth delinquency in this area.
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How the International Community Failed Haiti

Published on January 17, 2013 in Caribbean, General T&T, Haiti, International and Politics. 6 Comments Tags: Abuse, African, Aid, Disaster, Racism, USA.

Hundreds of Thousands Homeless in Haiti Three Years After the Earthquake Despite Billions in Aid Funneled to NGOs, Contractors and Internationals

By Bill Quigley and Amber Ramanauskas
January 17, 2013 – counterpunch.org

Despite billions in aid which were supposed to go to the Haitian people, hundreds of thousands are still homeless, living in shanty tent camps as the effects from the earthquake of January 12, 2010 remain.

The earthquake devastated Haiti in January 2010 killing, according to Oxfam International, 250,000 people and injuring another 300,000. 360,000 Haitians are still displaced and living hand to mouth in 496 tent camps across the country according to the International Organization of Migration. Most eat only one meal a day.
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Flooding leaves north under water

Published on November 20, 2011 in Flooding, General T&T, Media and Politics. 9 Comments Tags: Disaster, T&T Govt.

St James Flood Nov 19th, 2011, 12:39pm; Bournes River overflowing at Patna Street Bridge and subsequently flooding Bournes Road and Western Main Road.
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Flooding in La Seiva, Maraval

Published on June 4, 2011 in Flooding, General T&T, Photos and Weather. 20 Comments Tags: Disaster, Flooding.

June 04, 2011

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Awesome power of nature

Published on March 20, 2011 in General T&T and International. Closed Tags: Disaster, Earthquake, Japan, Raffique Shah, Tsunami.

By Raffique Shah
March 20, 2011

I WAS watching a World Cup cricket match on television when I decided to see what was happening in the world. For me, that means switching to BBC, sometimes CNN, but never Fox News. When I saw “breaking news” on the screen, and images that looked like something out of a movie, I paid immediate attention. Massive earthquake in Japan, reporters were saying, as cameras (or video footage) showed huge walls or swirling water smashing everything in their paths. Tsunami!
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Big Quake and Tsunami in Japan

Published on March 12, 2011 in General T&T and International. 2 Comments Tags: Carnival, Disaster, Earthquake, Japan.

King of Carnival Wade Madray portrays ‘Pacific Tsunami’ from Legacy’s South Pacific

BIG QUAKE
TOKYO: A ferocious tsunami unleashed by Japan’s biggest recorded 8.9 earthquake slammed into its eastern coast yesterday, killing hundreds of people as it carried away ships, cars and homes, and triggered widespread fires that burned out of control.
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Kamla’s Aid Comments on Target

Published on November 15, 2010 in Business, Caribbean, Finance, General T&T, International, Media, Opposition Party, People's Partnership, Politics and USA. 3 Comments Tags: Disaster, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Kwame Nantambu, Politics, T&T Govt, USA.

By Dr. Kwame Nantambu
November 16, 2010

Within recent times, a plethora of unfounded, misleading and misconstrued remarks/opinions have been levelled at and/or against Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar’s aid comments in the aftermath of hurricane Tomas’ devastation/destruction in some Caricom countries.
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TT aid for foreign imports

Published on November 10, 2010 in Business, Caribbean, General T&T, International, People's Partnership and Politics. 4 Comments Tags: Disaster, Dr Eric Williams, George Alleyne, Hurricane, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Politics, T&T Govt, Tropical Storm.

By George Alleyne
November 10 2010 – newsday.co.tt

It was late Prime Minister Dr Eric Williams, who, on December 2, 1977, first brought to the attention of a shocked Trinidad and Tobago that aid money from this country to several Caricom Member States was being used to purchase foreign imports at the expense of goods and services from Trinidad and Tobago.
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Not what you say, but how you do it

Published on November 7, 2010 in Caribbean, Finance, General T&T, People's Partnership and Politics. 21 Comments Tags: Disaster, Hurricane, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Politics, Raffique Shah, T&T Govt, Tropical Storm.

By Raffique Shah
November 07, 2010

ONCE more Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has triggered Caribbean hostility towards Trinidad and Tobago by another ill-timed, inappropriate statement. Coming a few months after her “Trinidad is not Caricom’s ATM” gaffe, one wonders who is advising the PM on the nuances of good diplomacy.
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Lending a Helping Hand

Published on November 6, 2010 in Caribbean, General T&T, People's Partnership and Politics. 19 Comments Tags: Disaster, Hurricane, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Politics, T&T Govt, Tropical Storm.

By Kamla Persad-Bissessar
November 06, 2010

A statement made by Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar on Thursday at a press conference in Macoya.

Trinidad and Tobago, as a responsible friend and partner, stands solidly behind the humanitarian and reconstruction efforts of our Caricom neighbours who were devastated by Hurricane Tomas.
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