Author: Newsday

THERE was a certain fire to the warning to competitors given by Jerome “Rome” Precilla on February 13 during the draw for places at the finals of the new Ultimate Soca Champion competition. Mr Precilla fretted about performers who had withdrawn from the event after qualifying to compete. Dominican singer Trilla G, Trinidad Killa and […]

The litigation surrounding the operations of the Estate Management and Business Development Company (EMBD) has now been running for ten years. At the heart of the allegations are lawsuits filed by five contractors to recover an estimated $200 million owed on 12 contracts awarded in the months before the 2015 election. The EMBD, effectively under […]

“Wilson going an’ dead!” screamed the woman sitting behind me in the cinema. This was not her first very, very loud exclamation during the film, but it was so panic-stricken for a second I forgot who Wilson was and looked around to see if anyone was coming to help. This was before the fall of […]

Dr Rita Pemberton Although it is not registered on the national calendar and, as a result, has escaped the attention of the population, February 7, 1925, is a very significant date in the history of Trinidad and Tobago. This was the day when the first steps to political representation in the Legislative Council and to […]

DEOCHAND RAMJIT SINGH DURING MY recent visit to New York with my wife, who is originally from there, I had the opportunity to experience a public transportation system that is efficient, reliable, and accessible. The contrast between New York’s well-structured transport network and the dysfunctional system in TT highlights a critical issue that we have […]

THE EDITOR: Today we once more celebrate Valentine’s Day. This is a very special day and while many may find it’s over commercialised, it is always nice to show appreciation to loved ones. When we look at what’s happening around the world, we see the growth of hate with so many nations at war. The […]

SUPPOSE someone deposited hundreds of millions into the Elections and Boundaries Commission (EBC)’s bank account on the eve of a general election. How would you react? Quite probably with suspicion. But what if no individual was behind such largesse and, instead, the payee was a government? Would that change things? And what if it was […]

THE EDITOR: I am a final year engineering student at the UWI St Augustine campus. I have noticed the frustration of academic and non-academic staff to get proper parking on campus. The areas allotted for staff parking are usually filled with cars that have expired parking stickers. One solution would be for principal Rose-Marie Belle […]

THE EDITOR: With US President Donald Trump, the leader of the free world, championing a “Made in America” agenda and imposing tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium, countries worldwide are prompted to reconsider their economic strategies. These tariffs aim to correct trade imbalances but will inevitably disrupt existing supply chains, particularly in the construction […]

JUNIOR BENJAMIN, 53, is the acting Commissioner of Police (CoP). Yet, Mr Benjamin’s authority to lead has been damaged by the circumstances of his appointment. As long as the cloud of suspicion from the Erla Harewood-Christopher case looms over the service, it will hamper Mr Benjamin’s ability to serve. Parliament swiftly plugged the gap in […]