UWI relaunches presence in Turks and Caicos
The University of the West Indies (UWI) Open Campus is partnering with the Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) to re-establish a physical presence in the territory. The relaunch ...
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Watch: Salon owner seeks to improve hair industry with new invention
Afiya Hopson has been braiding hair since she was 14. When she did her degree in Industrial Engineering at the University of the West Indies, Hopson married her passion for braiding with her degree...
Deyalsingh: Couva Hospital will be paying hospital
Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh said that the Couva Hospital will be a paying hospital. Speaking at Thursday's post-Cabinet briefing, Deyalsingh said the only non-paying patients sent to the ho...
TUCO partners with ROYTEC to offer Cert in Business of Entertainment
The Trinbago Unified Calysonians Organisation (TUCO) is partnering with UWI-ROYTEC to offer a Certificate in the Business of Entertainment. The course will run from September 12 to December 12. ...
Cop points gun at law student: 'I will blow off your f-ing head'
Makandal Daaga Law Scholarship winner Kareem Marcelle described the terrifying moment when his home was broken into and a sub-machine gun was pointed at him with the words, “If you move I will bl...
UWI announces Staff Games in Grenada and plans for Faculty of Sport
The University of the West Indies recently launched its 16th Biennial Inter-Campus Staff Games to be held in the Spice Isle of Grenada as tribute to the island’s government for a gift of 89 acres...
Road works between UWI, Curepe intersections from Thursday to Sunday
The Ministry of Works and Transport is advising members of the public that there will be traffic disruption along the Churchill Roosevelt Highway between the UWI Intersection and Curepe Intersection d...
UWI moves to enhance regional disaster management capacity
As the Caribbean enters the official 2018 hurricane season, the Disaster Risk Reduction Centre of the Institute for Sustainable Development (ISD) at the University of the West Indies is set to pilot t...
Machel Montano's mother gets her Master's degree
Elizabeth Montano, mother of soca star Machel Montano, has been awarded a Master’s Degree in Cultural Studies. Machel made the revelation to the world on Tuesday when he showed off his mother’s Mas...
UWI Mona psychiatrist: No increase in cannabis cases
A psychiatrist at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, said there have been no increases in cases associated with cannabis since the herb was decriminalised in 2015. According to a statem...