Newtown, Port of Spain Government run schools located in close proximity to Maraval Road and Tragarete Road, such as Wood Brook Secondary School and St. Cecelia's Private Secondary School. Over the years a branch of a tertiary educational institute, SBCS, has offered its services from two locations on Picton Street. Newtown, Port of Spain Newtown, is a district in the Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. Over the years Newtown has evolved into a fairly well developed business area with large residences being converted into business places or being torn down with the intention to build a more business like location. One of the
Languages of the Caribbean an issue in the post-colonial era. In recent years, Caribbean islands have become aware of a linguistic inheritance of sorts. However, language policies being developed nowadays are mostly aimed at multilingualism. Most languages spoken in the Caribbean are either European languages (namely English, Spanish, French, and Dutch) or European language-based creoles. English is the first or second language in most Caribbean islands and is also the unofficial "language of tourism", the dominant industry in the Caribbean region. In the Caribbean, the official language is usually determined by whichever colonial power (England, Spain, France, or the Netherlands) held sway over the