May 03, 2021
The headline read: “It was a bloody weekend across Trinidad and Tobago”.
The news story announced: “From Friday night into yesterday, eight people were killed, pushing the murder toll for the year so far to 113. Victims were found dead in St James, Arima, La Horquetta, Valencia, Curepe, Embacadere, Tunapuna and Petit Valley.” (Express, April 26.) Two more people may have been murdered on that weekend.
All victims were black. There is no evidence that the murderers were black. However, all of these murders took place in black communities which suggests that there might be a lot of pain in those communities. The question remains: what can we do to relieve these communities of this constant trauma of hurt and ineffable loss?
A programme that funds job placement opportunities for students studying ICT or related subjects is to receive a funding boost, to incentivise private firms to take on young trainees.
The MITA Student Placement Programme for 2021 will have an €800,000 budget, Economy Minister Silvio Schembri said, with companies receiving a 75 per cent reimbursement of basic salary costs, compared to the 50 per cent they received previously.
In practical terms, participating private organisations will benefit from an additional student salary of around €500 per student employed as part of the program, he said.
Reimbursement for the public sector will remain at 100 per cent of salary.
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really behind her mask is a fierce female who loves bubbly a little too much, takes life a little seriously, but knows the importance of working hard and balancing that out with some good fun! By Jessica Tennant
During his years as a secondary school teacher, Mr Kenneth Chua frequently spoke to his students about the joys of learning, the importance of upskilling, and the value of resilience.
In 2019, after 10 years of teaching, he realised that he had not been walking the talk , that he was not fulfilling his potential, and that he could learn and grow further.
The 38-year-old decided to leave his job at the end of that year and pick up new skills. Last March, he enrolled for an immersive software engineering course at General Assembly, a coding school.
This was under the Tech Immersion and Placement Programme (TIPP), an Infocomm and Media Development Authority of Singapore initiative to develop tech talent.