sentences:  He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Caribbean New Media Group, a new state entity which replaced Trinidad and Tobago Television (the National Broadcasting Service) which was wound up by the government three years ago to make way for an expanded and more modern electronic and new media network.Madeira has received several awards for his work in broadcasting and journalism, including the very prestigious Luminary of Journalism award by British Petroleum of Trinidad and Tobago (BPTT) in 2007.He lives in the east Trinidad town of Arima where he was born on June 9, 1944, and whose leaders have gone as far as naming one of its streets after him.