Trinidad and Tobago

structures (Amado, 2005). In Trinidad and Tobago, fathers face great injustice in fighting for the primary physical custody of their children. Primary physical custody refers to the custodial parent who provides basic commodities and with whom the child spends the majority of time with. According to the book “Social Work with Fathers”, custodial fathers are defined as those who maintain legal custody of the primary physical care a minor (Clapton, 2013). In most cases in Trinidad, judges and…

which was prepared by Dr. Carly, H. Dodd. After taking the survey, I found out so many interesting aspects of my social and flexibility skills. What made this survey extremely valuable to me, was the fact that, I am going to the Island of Trinidad and Tobago and this survey thought me a lot. I got to see my strengths, and weaknesses when it comes to being diverse cultural person. The survey had a numerous amount of questions that addressed many different aspects of cultural awareness. Some of…

For example, when the National flour mills (biggest supplier of wheat products in Trinidad and Tobago) witnessed a cultivation of ‘bad wheat’, it resulted in shortages of supplying flour. Linda’s was forced to quickly find a substitute supplier (Pegasus Limited). Though the price was a tad higher, Linda’s was forced to withstand the cost, in…

Coastal habitats and ecosystems in Trinidad and Tobago have suffered substantial amount due to coastal development, land based pollution and development activities (construction and quarrying) and agricultural activities. The location described is the Chaguaramas Bay which is located on the Northwest shores on Trinidad. There are major threats to the proper management of the coastal ecosystems. Pollution to both the land and…

The 1960 British Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan once gave a speech in South Africa known as “The Wind of Change Speech”. Macmillan said, "The wind of change is blowing through this continent, and whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact. We must all accept it as a fact, and our national policies must take account of it” (Baker 179). Macmillan was reinforcing that decolonization is taking place in Africa. Most of the European powers had African…

founded upon the principles of timeliness, transparency and accuracy in the disclosure of material information between itself, its shareholders and the general public. This is in accordance with the Rules of the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange and in adherence to the Trinidad and Tobago Corporate Governance Code. In keeping with this commitment the Group has developed an Investors’ Relation Department. This Department acts as an intermediary between the Group and its shareholders as well…

In that era, calypso was sung in patois and then it gracefully evolved to being sung in the English Language, after Trinidad was dominated by the English. As time went by Calypso music began to spread throughout the Caribbean and other countries of the world. Just to name a few, the early pioneers of Calypso music included Atilla the Hun, Lord Invader and the Roaring Lion…

white, due to the social changes in the Caribbean around that time” (nalis,gov,tt). “The first cricket match that involved person of colour in the Caribbean was played in between Barbados and British Guiana and later down in the nineteenth century Trinidad, Barbados and Guyana were involved in triangular tournaments”…

We have seen social stratification in the Caribbean transition over the years from a ‘closed system of stratification’ to that of an ‘open system stratification’. Social stratification in the Caribbean is based on class, status, power, race/ethnicity, colour, gender, education, etc. The Caribbean stratification system has been greatly influenced by its history of Colonialism, Plantation Slavery and Indentureship. Ascriptive factors such as race and the colour of one’s skin have contributed…

likewise settled Yoruba groups in Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Benin, Brazil, Cuba, Dominica, Ghana, Grenada, … .Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Jamaica , Puerto Rico, Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act , Sierra Leon, Trinidad and Tobago, Togo and the USA. The naming of a kid arrangement of an infant is a vital piece of the Yoruba society Area of the Yoruba shine. A tyke's infant 's name is regularly gotten from the circumstances of conception – for instance, if the kid…