“Do good to oth­ers and do every­thing with a good heart.”

This is the se­cret to longevi­ty ac­cord­ing to Muriel Moore, who cel­e­brat­ed her 102nd birth­day yes­ter­day.

Her fam­i­ly host­ed a small cel­e­bra­tion at their Point Fortin home to cel­e­brate the mile­stone and mem­bers of the Min­istry of So­cial De­vel­op­ment and Fam­i­ly Ser­vices’ Di­vi­sion of Age­ing and Cor­po­rate Com­mu­ni­ca­tions and Ed­u­ca­tion Unit at­tend­ed as part of on­go­ing ef­forts to recog­nise the coun­try’s cen­te­nar­i­ans.

Dur­ing the event, Moore was ho­n­oured as part of the Min­istry’s Na­tion­al Cen­te­nar­i­an Pro­gramme where cit­i­zens 100 years and over are recog­nised for their con­tri­bu­tions to the de­vel­op­ment of Trinidad and To­ba­go.

In­spec­tor I of the Di­vi­sion of Age­ing, Que­lyn Joseph pre­sent­ed Moore with a Cer­tifi­cate of Ho­n­our and Achieve­ment.

Moore al­so re­ceived a cake spon­sored by the Kiss Bak­ing Com­pa­ny and a ham­per for achiev­ing the mile­stone.

Ac­cord­ing to Moore, a moth­er of six chil­dren, a grand­moth­er of 13 and a great-grand­moth­er of 32, if the younger gen­er­a­tion wants to live a long and pros­per­ous life, they should re­spect their par­ents and have more faith in God.

Pro­vid­ing in­sight in­to her life, Moore stat­ed that she was born in St Vin­cent and mi­grat­ed to Trinidad when she was three years old.

“I learnt all my life skills in the Tacarigua Or­phan­age and I thank God for every­thing I can do. I could make the best tamarind balls and ice cream. Every­thing. Up to this day, I am still mak­ing it.”

Moore al­so said that de­spite her age, she loves to sing, dance, play cards and read the news­pa­per and Bible every day.

May­or of Point Fortin, Al­der­man Saleema Thomas wished Moore con­tin­ued health and strength on be­half of all the peo­ple of Point Fortin.

Moore was the own­er of a par­lour for over 20 years, sell­ing pholourie, can­dies and fudge to the ma­jor­i­ty of school chil­dren in Point Fortin.

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