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PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, May 30, 2020 (CMC) – Trinidad and Tobago students will sit examinations, set by the Barbados-based Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC), in July, Education Minister, Anthony Garcia, confirmed yesterday. He told a virtual news conference ...

By Cathrine Neilsen-Hewett and Steven Howard Guest Contributors With governments around the world asking their citizens to avoid places, activities and gatherings to save lives, this just might be the largest ever international effort to self-regulate our actions against competing desires ...

By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist It is now apparent that all aspects of our daily lives have been, and are being, impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging the world. And education is also feeling the change. Students, parents and teachers ...

By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist Mother’s Day, this year, has entered its second century, since its inception, 106 years ago. Yet, most people have yet to find its true meaning. There are many, who hold the belief that Mother’s Day ...

By Melanie Soderstrom and Michael C. Frank Guest Contributors Has anyone ever told you: “Don’t baby talk to your baby?” Parents of young infants often tell us that they have heard this advice from friends, family and even health care professionals. As ...

By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist The closure of schools, stores, churches, social gathering places, offices, bars and cinemas, near and afar, have devastated the social engagement of adults. Consider the impact on youths, teens and young adults, who thrive on ...

By Wendy Grolnick Guest Contributor Parents have always helped with homework and made sure their children fulfill responsibilities like chores, but the extended and often unstructured time families are spending together during the current crisis creates new challenges. After a disaster ...

By Christine McLean Guest Contributor Now that we’re spending so much time at home, I predict that it won’t be just our houseplants and pets that will thrive. Upending the tightly scheduled days of parents and children has provided more time ...

By Yvonne Sam Contributing Columnist Let’s hear it for COVID 19, the virus that, firstly, turned an entire world into a tail-spin, and then, completely upside-down. Now, it has stirred even greater anxiety and possesses the potential to do far ...

By Stephanie Meyers Guest Contributor At one time or another, just about every parent uses food to reward their kids for good behavior and achievements – or to console them when they’re sad or disappointed. When children make honor roll, win ...