A SIGNIFICANT DAY for the nation.
This is how Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has  described the "Soca Princesses" World Cup victory yesterday.
Trinidad and Tobago’s defeated Chile 2-1 in the in their opening game in the Under 17 Women’s World Cup.
The victory was the first this country has recorded in a football World Cup. The World Cup is current;y being held in Trinidad and Tobago.

The Trinidad and Tobago Unified Teachers Association is not pleased with the amount of repair work done on schools during the vacation period.
TTUTA says the Ministry has failed to live up to its promise of opening all schools on time.
 

ONLY 98 per cent of schools were ready to opened today-the first day of the new school term-the Education Ministry has said.
 Pleasantville Secondary, St. Augustine Secondary and Cowen Hamilton Secondary will remain closed.
The Ministry says Cowen Hamilton will open tomorrow while the other two will do so on Wednesday.
According to the Ministry a total of 136 schools in seven districts were repaired and facilities and infrastructure improved during the August
holiday period.