Author: Mya Quamie

The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) has begun transitioning to e-billing as their sole platform for bill distribution. A statement from WASA on February 7 said the modernisation initiative began on February 3 and all new customers applying for a water service connection at any WASA customer service location would need to provide an e-mail […]

The West Indian Tobacco Company Ltd (Witco) is celebrating 120 years of business and 50 years of association with the Desperadoes Steel Orchestra. In commemoration of this, Witco invited the Trade Ministry and the TT Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) to tour its upgraded factory on January 24. Speaking on the tour, Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon congratulated […]

THE UNC says it welcomes Caricom’s acceptance of the government’s invitation to send observers for the 2025 general election. Speaking to Newsday on January 22, UNC chairman Davendranath Tancoo said, “The UNC welcomes the news that Caricom observers will be visiting our shores to ensure that the election process is conducted in a fair and […]

OPPOSITION Senator Wade Mark questioned the process by which the new design for the coat of arms was commissioned during a sitting of the Senate on January 21 as it debated the National Emblems of Trinidad and Tobago (Regulation) (Amendment) Bill. While Mark said he was not opposed to a redesign of the coat of […]

THE UN’s health agency, the World Health Organization (WHO), has expressed regret at the US announcing its intention to withdraw from the organisation. An executive order posted on the White House’s website on January 20 said the decision to withdraw was based on the WHO’s mishandling of the covid19 pandemic and other global health crises. […]

WEST Indies Group of University Teachers (WIGUT) members, led by president Dr Indira Rampersad, marched through the UWI’s St Augustine campus as part of their protest over an ongoing salary dispute on January 20, the first teaching day for 2025. Members marched from the UWI Learning Resource Centre (LRC) to the office of UWI principal […]

In an introductory meeting with the new TT Coalition of Services Industries (TTCSI) CEO Daren Lee Sing and board members, Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon encouraged the coalition to work closely with the TT Trade and Investment Promotion Agency in achieving objectives and exploring unique ways of engaging its membership. In a release on January 15, […]

NOTABLE songwriter, tutor, and artist Roger Boothman has died. In 2024 he was awarded the Hummingbird Medal (Silver) for his dedicated service and contribution to culture and the arts. Boothman began painting in the mid-1960s at Tranquility Primary School, Port of Spain and went on to the Tranquility Secondary School, where he graduated with a […]

DESPITE earning a gross revenue of $20 million and a gross profit of $12.4 million the CinemaONE Group has reported a net loss of $7.4 million for the financial year ending September 2024. A financial report published on the Trinidad and Tobago Stock Exchange said the effects of the covid19 pandemic and the concurrent Writers […]

AFTER an almost three-week break, thousands of children returned to school on January 6, for the start of the first term of this year. When Newsday visited the Arima Girls RC, Arima Girls’ Government Primary and the Arima Boys RC schools, the compounds were bustling with activity as parents bade goodbye with hugs and kisses […]