The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian is the longest running daily newspaper in the country, marking its centenary in 2017. The paper started life as the Trinidad Guardian on Sunday 2nd September 1917 by the newly formed Trinidad Publishing Company Limited.
The Trinidad and Tobago Guardian is the longest running daily newspaper in the country, marking its centenary in 2017. The paper started life as the Trinidad Guardian on Sunday 2nd September 1917 by the newly formed Trinidad Publishing Company Limited.
Social services workers to use sign language with hearing impaired
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Ministry of Social Development and Family Services front line workers learn sign language at UWI Open Campus, Padmore Street, San Fernando, yesterday.
RISHI RAGOONATH
kevon.felmine@guardian.co.tt
When a hearing-impaired person visits a social welfare office alone, it can cost around $150 per hour for an interpreter to translate that transaction.
With many persons with disabilities already living below the poverty line, they account for a considerable portion of the State’s social safety net