Author: Newsday Reporter

JASON CLIFTON THE final day of the 2024 racing season will culminate with an impressive six-race card on Boxing Day at Santa Rosa Park, Arima. First Citizens has thrown its hat in the ring and will sponsor all the races on day’s programme. There will be two feature events on the day’s card. The third […]

RELATIVES of Well Service Petroleum Ltd worker Pete Phillip had a difficult time celebrating Christmas, knowing he was supposed to return from offshore duty on December 25. Phillips, 47, had planned spend Christmas with his wife Kandasie, 34, and their four children- Jesiah, 13, Justin, 11, Jelicia, nine and Giselle, three. Phillip’s relatives spent their […]

VADODARA, India: Harleen Deol cracked her maiden international century and India Women put together yet another masterful showing to once again roll over the West Indies Women, this time by 115 runs, to wrap up the One Day International series here at the Kotambi International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday. In a match that saw India […]

MASON Hall Police Youth Club PRO Akiea Gunn said club-members feel motivated to expand on their good work, after being recognised at the annual Tobago Day Awards earlier this month. The club, which was founded 24 years ago, received an award for community service. Gunn said, “Being recognised by your island at the highest level, […]

ATTORNEY and former United National Congress (UNC) senator Wayne Sturge has been selected by the UNC as its candidate for Toco/Sangre Grande for the 2025 general election. Sturge was among five candidates  the UNC announced in a media release on December 22. Also on the UNC slate are John Michael Alibocas (San Fernando East); Dr […]

THE family of Well Services employee Pete Phillip are distraught after he was confirmed missing after the partial collapse of an oil rig he was working on. Phillip was one of 75 workers on Rig 110 in the Heritage East Offshore Area when the incident happened around 3.09 am on December 22. At his family’s […]

ONE man is missing and another was injured after the partial collapse of an oil rig, owned and operated by Well Services Petroleum Co Ltd, a private company, on December 22. The incident happened on Rig 110 in the Heritage Offshore East Field around 3.09 am. In a statement, Well Services said there were 75 […]

THE Bocas Lit Fest has launched Term II of its Bocas Academy. In a news release on December 18, Bocas Lit Fest marketing and media manager Alette Liz Williams said the academy is “a multi-level curriculum of writing workshops and masterclasses designed to develop authors at every stage of their careers.” It said the term […]

Five people were arrested, three firearms and quantities of ammunition and cannabis seized, by officers during ongoing anti-crime exercises in Central and Western divisions. A TTPS release said between 10 am-6 pm on Thursday a man was held with a firearm loaded with six rounds of ammunition. A quantity of cannabis was also seized. In […]

The Caribbean Poultry Association (CPA) and the University of the West Indies, St Augustine campus’ School of Veterinary Medicine (UWI-SVM) have formalised their mutually beneficial relationship via the establishment of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This MoU will bring together both parties for collaboration and co-operation in various areas including research, professional development programmes, training […]