Photos of the day: Jan 8
Friday 8 January 2021
V.S Agricentre and Plant Shop CSR Anand Ramdhanie waters a bunch of Marigold flowers on Montrose Main Road, Chaguanas. - AYANNA KINSALE
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The new Tobago fast ferry, the APT James, arriving at the Cruise Ship Complex in Port of Spain. - SUREASH CHOLAI
Venezuelan women on street-food hustle
Thursday 10 December 2020
Venezuelans Diannis Herrera and Carol Romero wait for customers to arrive to buy coffee and empanadas in Chaguanas. Herrera has a food badge and sells the empanadas which Romero makes along with the coffee and drinks she supplies. PHOTO BY ANGELO MARCELLE -
When Diannis Herrera arrived in TT from her home in Venezuela on June 4, 2019, she never thought that thanks to a simple cup of coffee, hers would be a recognisable face in Chaguanas.
Herrera, of course, needed a job to survive and to help her family. Unable to find a permanent one, she had to become creative and resourceful.