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In this episode of Morning Edition, Mayor of Port of Spain, Joel Martinez gives us an update on flooding reported in several parts of the capital city on Tuesday.

THE country might be spared extreme weather events – and the ensuing major flooding – this year as the Meteorological Services (Met) Office is predicting a normal rainy season starting from June. This is also due to the likelihood of El Niño. El Niño refers to a warming of the ocean surface, or above-average sea

Four Vietnam veterans showed a three-minute video and then spoke to students in Matthew Berglund’s social studies classes.

WITH less rainfall than usual due in April and May, people should use water carefully even as WASA restricts the public from hose-pipe use and car-washing, urged WASA chairman Ravindra Nanga on Thursday at a briefing at the Ministry of Public Utilities in St Clair. Meteorologist Gary Benjamin told the briefing of low rainfall already

METEOROLOGIST Gary Benjamin says very often people in this country do not take yellow-level adverse weather alerts as seriously as they should, and believes the Met Office must improve efforts to educate the public on the different tiers. He was speaking at a news conference at the Ministry of Public Utilities' office in Port of

PUBLIC Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzales believes yellow-level adverse-weather alerts are "normal" in this country during the rainy season, so there is no need to close schools each time one is issued. He said if that were to happen, people may also ask for the public service to be shut down during those incidents. Gonzales was

PUBLIC Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzales has said that to aid in ensuring the sustainability of the water sector, a new office called the Office of Water Resource Management has been established. Because of this, he said, the functions of the water resource agency in the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) will be legally removed.

The Israelis just showed up. It was captured on a video, not even a minute long, and recently posted to Twitter. An anti-Israel crowd in Central

Nevada Mayor Brett Barker has called the conflict probably the biggest challenge that weve seen with development.

PITTSFIELD — Lori Goodell, Jay Marion, Julie Dieterich, Mary Benjamin, Nicole Sage and Hailey Lareau all have been promoted at Greylock Insurance Agency, according to agency president Michael Stoddard. Greylock